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Short Biography

Hongxing Li is currently a software engineer at Google. Before that he was a software engineer in Ads team @Facebook and AWS team @Amazon. He was a postdoctoral scholar in Prof. Nitin Vaidya's group at UIUC and Prof. Prasant Mohapatra's group at UCDavis. He received his PhD degree in 2012 from the Department of Computer Science, The University of Hong Kong, under the supervision of Prof. Francis C.M. Lau and Dr. Chuan Wu. He finished his M.Eng study in 2008 at the Department of Computer Science and Technology, Nanjing University, China, under the supervision of Prof. Guihai Chen. Before that, he got his B.Sc degree in Computer Science from the same department of Nanjing University in 2005.

His research interest includes wireless networks, cloud computing and network coding.

Contact

• • Email: hxlihku@gmail.com

  • Google Scholar Profile

Publications

Thesis

• • Hongxing Li. "Optimal Data Dissemination in Stochastic and Arbitrary Wireless Networks". PhD Thesis.

Journal

• • Hongxing Li, Chuan Wu, Zongpeng Li and Francis C.M. Lau. "Virtual Machine Trading in a Federation of Clouds: Individual Profit and Social Welfare Maximization". Accepted by IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (ToN).

  • Xuanjia Qiu, Hongxing Li, Chuan Wu, Zongpeng Li and Francis C.M. Lau. "Cost-Minimizing Dynamic Migration of Content Distribution Services into Hybrid Clouds". Accepted by IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems (TPDS).

  • Hongxing Li, Chuan Wu, Dongxiao Yu, Qiang-sheng Hua and Francis C.M. Lau. "Aggregation Latency-Energy Tradeoff in Wireless Sensor Networks with Successive Interference Cancellation". IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems (TPDS), vol. 24, no. 11, pp. 2160-2170, 2013.

  • Hongxing Li, Qiang-Sheng Hua, Chuan Wu and Francis C.M. Lau. "Latency-Minimizing Data Aggregation in Wireless Sensor Networks under Physical Interference Model". Elsevier Ad Hoc Networks, vol. 12, pp. 52-68, 2014.

  • Xingwei Wang, Jiajia Sun, Hongxing Li, Chuan Wu and Min Huang. "A Reverse Auction Based Allocation Mechanism in the Cloud Computing Environment". Applied Mathematics & Information Sciences, vol. 7, pp. 75-84, 2013.

  • Hongxing Li, Edward Chan and Guihai Chen. "AEETC--Adaptive Energy-Efficient Timing Control in Wireless Networks with Network Coding ". Springer Journal of Telecommunications Systems, vol. 45, pp. 289-301, 2010.

Conference

• • Hongxing Li Chuan Wu and Zongpeng Li. "Socially-Optimal Online Spectrum Auctions for Secondary Wireless Communication". To appear in Proceedings of 34th IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (IEEE INFOCOM 2015), Hong Kong, Apr. 26-May 1, 2015.

  • Pengfei Hu, Hongxing Li, Hao Fu, Derya Cansever and Prasant Mohapatra. "Dynamic Defense Strategy against Advanced Persistent Threat with Insiders". To appear in Proceedings of 34th IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (IEEE INFOCOM 2015), Hong Kong, Apr. 26-May 1, 2015.

  • Xi Chen, Lei Rao, Xue Liu, Hongxing Li and Xinbing Wang. "Right Time in Right Place: Taming Workload Oscillations in Internet Data Center Cost Management". In Proceedings of 5th International Green Computing Conference (IGCC 2014), Texas, Nov. 3-5, 2014.

  • Xuanjia Qiu, Chuan Wu, Hongxing Li, Zongpeng Li, and Francis C.M. Lau. "Federated Private Clouds via Broker's Marketplace: A Stackelberg-Game Perspective". In Proceedings of 7th IEEE International Conference on Cloud Computing (IEEE CLOUD 2014), Alaska, Jun. 27-July 2, 2014.

  • Hongxing Li and Nitin Vaidya. "Optimal CSMA-based Wireless Communication with Worst-case Delay and Non-uniform Sizes". In Proceedings of 33rd IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (IEEE INFOCOM 2014), Toronto, Canada, Apr. 27-May 2, 2014.

  • Jian Zhao, Hongxing Li, Chuan Wu, Zongpeng Li, Zhizhong Zhang and Francis C.M. Lau. "Dynamic Pricing and Profit Maximization for the Cloud with Geo-distributed Data Centers". In Proceedings of 33rd IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (IEEE INFOCOM 2014), Toronto, Canada, Apr. 27-May 2, 2014.

  • Hongxing Li, Chuan Wu, Zongpeng Li and Francis C.M. Lau. "Socially-optimal Multi-hop Secondary Communication Under Arbitrary Primary User Mechanisms". In Proceedings of 32nd IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (IEEE INFOCOM 2013), Turin, Italy, Apr. 14-19, 2013.

  • Hongxing Li, Chuan Wu, Zongpeng Li and Francis C.M. Lau. "Profit-Maximizing Virtual Machine Trading in a Federation of Selfish Clouds". In Proceedings of 32nd IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (IEEE INFOCOM 2013), Mini-Conference, Turin, Italy, Apr. 14-19, 2013.

  • Qiang-Sheng Hua, Haisheng Tan, Yuexuan Wang, Hongxing Li, Dongxiao Yu, Francis C.M. Lau and Chuan Wu. "Computing Capacity and Connectivity in Cognitive Radio Ad-Hoc Networks". In Proceedings of International Symposium on Per- vasive Systems, Algorithms, and Networks (ISPAN 2012), San Marcos, Texas, December 13-15, 2012.

  • Xuanjia Qiu, Hongxing Li, Chuan Wu, Zongpeng Li and Francis C.M. Lau. "Dynamic Scaling of VoD Services into Hybrid Clouds with Cost Minimization and QoS Guarantee". In Proceedings of International Packet Video Workshop (PV 2012), Munich, Germany, May 10-11, 2012.

  • Hongxing Li, Chuan Wu, Zongpeng Li, Wei Huang and Francis C.M. Lau. "Stochastic Optimal Multirate Multicast in Socially Selfish Wireless Networks". In Proceedings of 31st IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (IEEE INFOCOM 2012), Orlando, FL, USA, Mar. 25-30, 2012.

  • Xuanjia Qiu, Hongxing Li, Chuan Wu, Zongpeng Li and Francis C.M. Lau. "Cost-Minimizing Dynamic Migration of Content Distribution Services into Hybrid Clouds". In Proceedings of 31st IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (IEEE INFOCOM 2012), Mini Conference, Orlando, FL, USA, Mar. 25-30, 2012.

  • Hongxing Li, Wei Huang, Chuan Wu, Zongpeng Li and Francis C.M. Lau. "Utility-Maximizing Data Dissemination in Socially Selfish Cognitive Radio Networks". In Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Systems (IEEE MASS 2011), Valencia, Spain, Oct. 17-22, 2011.

  • Hongxing Li, Qiang-Sheng Hua, Chuan Wu, and Francis C.M. Lau. "Minimum-Latency Aggregation Scheduling in Wireless Sensor Networks under Physical Interference Model". In Proceedings of ACM International Conference on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems (ACM MSWiM 2010), Bodrum, Turkey, Oct. 17-21, 2010.

  • Song Han, Zifei Zhong, Hongxing Li, Guihai Chen and Edward Chan. "Coding-Aware Multi-path Routing in Multi-Hop Wireless Networks". In Proceedings of IEEE International Performance Computing and Communications Conference (IEEE IPCCC 2008), Austin, Texas, USA, Dec. 7-9, 2008.

  • Hongxing Li, Edward Chan and Guihai Chen. "Adaptive Energy-Efficient Timing Control in Wireless Networks with Network Coding ". In Proceedings of IEEE International Workshop on Performance Modeling and Evaluation in Computer and Telecommunication Networks (IEEE PMECT 2008), Virgin Islands, USA, Aug. 4-7, 2008.

  • Hongxing Li and Guihai Chen. " Data Persistence in Structured P2P Networks with Redundancy Schemes". In Proceedings of International Conference on Grid and Cooperative Computing (GCC 2007), Urumchi, China, Aug. 16-18, 2007.

  • Zhiyu Liu, Ruifeng Yuan, Zhenhua Li, Hongxing Li and Guihai Chen, "Survive under High Churn in Structured P2P Systems: Evaluation and Strategy", In Proceedings of International Conference on Computational Science (ICCS 2006), Reading, UK, May 28-31, 2006.

Chinese Journal

• • Guihai Chen, Hongxing Li, Song Han, Zifei Zhong and Edward Chan. "Network Coding-Aware Multipath Routing in Multi-hop Wireless Networks". Journal of Software, issue 8, vol. 21, pp. 1908-1919, Aug. 2010.

  • Hongxing Li, Edward Chan and Guihai Chen. "Adaptive Timing Control in Wireless Networks with Network Coding". Journal of Frontiers of Computer Science and Technology, issue 1, vol. 3, pp. 26-36, Jan. 2009.

  • Guihai Chen, Fan Wu, Hongxing Li and Tongqing Qiu. "Redundancy Schemes for High Availability in DHTs". Chinese Journal of Computers, issue 10, vol. 31, pp. 1695-1704, Oct. 2008.

Teaching and Services

Research Assistant for:

• • 2007: City University of Hong Kong, with Dr. Edward Chan

Teaching Assistant for:

• • 2010 and 2011, Fall: CSIS9602 Convex Optimization

  • 2009 and 2010, Spring: CSIS0234B Computer and Communication Networks (CE & Double)

Program Committee for:

• • IEEE ICNP PhD forum, 2013, 2014

  • MSN, 2013

  • IEEE ICCVE, 2013, 2014

  • IEEE CCNC - Special session on Game Theory in Mobile Internet, 2014

Organizing Committee for:

• • The 4th Beijing-Hong Kong International Doctoral Forum, 2009

Reviewer for:

• • IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications

  • IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking

  • IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing

  • IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications

  • IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing

  • IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management

  • Wireless Networks

  • IEEE Wireless Communications Letters

  • Computer Communications

  • Computer Networks

  • Frontiers of Computer Science

  • Ad Hoc & Sensor Wireless Networks

  • International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks

• IEEE INFOCOM'10, INFOCOM'11, INFOCOM'12, INFOCOM'13, WCNC'12

Awards & Honors

• • 2012: HK & China Gas Scholarship, HKU

  • 2011: Student Travel Grant, IEEE MASS'11

  • 2010 & 2011: Department Conference Grant, HKU

  • 2010: CRCG Conference Grant, HKU

  • 2008: University Postgraduate Scholarship, HKU

  • 2008: HP Scholarship, NJU

  • 2004: Excellent Student Award, NJU

  • 2002 & 2004: People's Scholarship, NJU

  • 2003: Excellent Student Leader in CS department, NJU

  • 2003: National Scholarship, NJU

  • 2001: Excellent Freshman Scholarship, NJU

  • 2001: Rank 1st out of 20,000+, College Entrance Exam, City of Yangzhou

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