Xufei Mao                                    

                

Ph.D. Candidate of Computer Science

Department of Computer Science

Illinois Institute of Technology 
 

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Office:

019B Stuart Building              Phone: (312) 567-5869

10 West 31st Street               Fax:      (312) 567-4950

Chicago, IL  60616                 Email:  xmao3@iit.edu

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Research

I am a third year Ph. D. student in the Computer Science Dept. at the Illinois Institute of Technology, advised by Dr. Xiang-Yang Li. I am working as a Graduate Student Researcher at Wireless Networking Laboratory in the Computer Science Dept. and a Teaching Assistant of the CS Dept. as well. My research interests include design and analysis of algorithms concerning wireless networks, network security, etc.. Topics include Capacity (Throughput) study, Channel Assignment, Link Scheduling, TinyOS and MIMO, etc.

Publications and Talks

Xufei Mao, Xiang-Yang Li, and Shaojie Tang

Multicast Capacity for Hybrid Wireless networks

ACM MobiHoc 2008 (Acceptance ratio 44 out of 300 < 15%.)


Xufei Mao, Xiang-Yang Li and S. Kami Makki

Static Channel Assignment for Multi-channel Multi-hop and Multi-radio Wireless Networks

International Workshop on Theoretical and Algorithmic Aspects of Sensor and Ad-Hoc Networks (WTASA¡¯07)


Dongni Li, Xufei Mao, Jing Yu and Guangxing Wang

A Destruction-resistant Dynamic Routing Algorithm for LEO/MEO Satellite Networks

The 4th International Conference on Computer and Information Technology Wuhan, China, 14-16 September 2004 (CIT2004)

Xufei Mao, Xiang-Yang Li and S. Kami Makki

Static Channel Assignment for Multi-channel Multi-hop and Multi-radio Wireless Networks

Presented at International Workshop on Theoretical and Algorithmic Aspects of Sensor and Ad-Hoc Networks (WTASA¡¯07)

Ashraf Nusairat, Xiang-Yang Li , and Kami Makki  

QoS-Aware Integrated Cellular and WiFi Wireless Networks

Presented at International Workshop on Theoretical and Algorithmic Aspects of Sensor and Ad-Hoc Networks (WTASA¡¯07)

Teaching Experience

[1] CS430 Introduction to Algorithms TA, Illinois Institute of Technology (Fall 2006)

[2] CS550 Advanced Distributed System TA, Illinois Institute of Technology (Spring 2007)

[3] CS455 Data Communications TA, Illinois Institute of Technology (Fall 2006, Fall 2007, Spring 2008)

[4] CS458 Information Security TA,Illinois Institute of Technology (Fall 2007, Spring 2008)

Education

M.S., College of Information Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, China, 2000 - 2003
B.E., College of Information Science and Engineering, Shenyang Univ. of Tech., 1995 - 1999

Awards

2007 Who¡¯s Who Among Students in American Universities & Colleges

Academic Fun Facts

My Erdos number is four, which means I am 4-hops away from Paul Erdos (a great mathematician) in the collaboration graph. The coauthors of mine who have an Erdos number 3: Xiang-Yang Li.

Also see my academic ancestors: Xiang-Yang Li-->Shang-Hua Teng --> Gary Miller --> Manuel Blum (Turing Award) --> Marvin Minsky (Turing Award) --> ... , --> Alonzo Church --> ... , --> Poisson --> Lagrange --> Euler --> Bernoulli, .....