AffiliationWineMocol: Wireless Networking and Mobile Computing LaboratorySchool of Computing Queen's University Contact
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ResarchMy research revolves around using computing technologies to foster human interactions and knowledge sharing in order to advance our civilizations. After completing degree at Peking University and moving to Vancouver for advanced studies, I started using graph theoretic tools and optimization methods to design networks where users can move freely without infrastructure of any kind during my doctoral (i.e. mobile ad hoc networks) and post-doctoral (wireless sensor networking) periods at Simon Fraser University. Since joining university faculty, I explored innovative designs of computer network protocols to unleash potentials of wireless and mobile devices (network coding, opportunistic data forwarding, and delay-tolerant networking). The theme is to veer away from making wireless links as reliable as wired ones towards harnessing their broadcast nature for performance physically beyond what the wired links was able to achieve for decades. At the same time, I have been an advocate of the transition from personal-computing era to mobile-computing era. Threads of my research in mobile computing include indoor positioning of smart phones, mobile and location-aware social networks, and creative uses of mobile devices in education settings. I apply techniques of complex networks modeling, machine learning, semantic data mining, and evolutionary computation to investigate properties of techno-social networks in terms of their formation, capacity, and resilience. I am a believer in an inter-connected future immersed in computing technologies.Notes to prospective students
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WineMocol group meeting (with Somayeh joining from Iran via FaceTime), January, 2017. From left to right: Shorouq, Hoda, Ali, Fan, Xiaolin, Ali, Somayeh (FT), Sipan, and Chen |
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Somayeh and Chen attending IEEE GlobeCom 2016 Washington, DC |
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WineMocol members posing in front of an iceberg, June 13th, 2014. Front row: Jingwen, Yi, Somayeh, Chengling. Backrow: Ruoyu, Wenlong, Chen, Alex, Yuanzhu |
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WineMocol members by the St. John's Harbour, February 19th, 2012. Wasiq, Xu, Yuanzhu, and Zehua (Photo courtesy of Yiying Lin) |
Year | Graduate Courses | Undergrad Courses |
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2021-22 | CISC 221: Computer Architecture | |
2019-20 | COMP-6917: Complex Networks | |
2018-19 |
COMP-4768: Software Development for Mobile Devices
COMP-2006: Computer Networking |
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2017-18 | COMP-6917: Complex Networks |
COMP-4759: Computer Networks
COMP-2006: Computer Networking |
2016-17 | COMP-6917: Complex Networks | COMP-4768: Software Development for Mobile Devices |
2015-16 | COMP-6782: Experimental Computer Networking | COMP-4768: Software Development for Mobile Devices |
2014-15 |
COMP-4768: Software Development for Mobile Devices
COMP-4759: Computer Networks |
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2013-14 | COMP-4768: Software Development for Mobile Devices | |
2012-13 |
COMP-6782: Experimental Computer Networking COMP-6777: Mobile Ad Hoc Networking |
COMP-4768: Software Development for Mobile Devices
COMP-4759: Computer Networks |
2011-12 | (Sabbatical leave) | |
2010-11 |
COMP-4759: Computer Networks
COMP-4768: Software Development for Mobile Devices COMP-3715: Network Computing with Web Applications |
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2009-10 |
COMP-6782: Experimental Computer Networking COMP-6777: Mobile Ad Hoc Networking |
COMP-4768: Software Development for Mobile Devices
COMP-3715: Network Computing with Web Applications |
2008-09 |
CS-4759: Computer Networks
CS-3715: Network Computing with Web Applications |
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2007-08 |
CS-6782: Experimental Computer Networking |
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2006-07 |
CS-2711: Introduction to Algorithms and Data Structures CS-3715: Network Computing with Web Applications |
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2005-06 | CS-6777: Mobile Ad Hoc Networking | CS-2710: Object-Oriented Programming II |
2004-05 | CMPT-212@SFU: Object-Oriented Applications Design in C++ |