Industrial systems

Design and implementation of industry systems

Search systems

• • Design and implementation, machine learning models and algorithms for personalized search result triggering/placement and like farm/spam filtering of Facebook Like in Bing Search, Microsoft Corporation, 2010-present (See Bing announcement, New York Times report, and Wall Street Journal report for this system).

  • Algorithm and system design, personalized content recommendation for Infinite Browse search, Yahoo! Inc., 2009-2010 (See PC Magazine report for this system).

  • Relevance ranking algorithm design, Yahoo! Next Generation Search Platform for UK market, Yahoo! Inc., 2008-2009.

  • Design and implementation, backend server system architecture, UGC Searchify platform for social networks, Yahoo! Inc., 2007-2008.

  • Related publications and patents:

    • • “Analyzing User Content Generation Patterns in Online Social Networks”, KDD 2009.

      • “Tag-based Social Interest Discovery”, WWW 2008.

      • “Identifying Top Content Contributors among Network Users in Online Social Networks”, U.S. patent filed in 2009.

      • “Systems and Methods for Determining a Tag Match Ratio”, US patent filed in 2008.

Network measurement systems

• • Privacy protected traffic collection system for Instant Messaging, IBM T.J.Watson Research Center, 2006.

    • A network system with on-line protection of user privacy information for collecting AIM and MSN instant messaging traffic in large enterprise/campus networks, monitoring traffic patterns in IP level, and analyzing user behavior patterns in application level. It had been used in IBM Watson network and Cornell University network for SIP (Session Initialization Protocol) server benchmark project since 2007.

  • Related publications and patents:

    • • “Understanding Instant Messaging Traffic Characteristics”, ICDCS 2007.

      • “Method and Apparatus for Processing Messages in Messaging System”, U.S. patent filed in 2007, app. No. 20090063638.

Internet traffic analysis tools

• • Streaming media and P2P traffic analyzer, AT&T Labs-Research, 2004-2005.

    • A batch-mode packet processing system running on top of Gigascope to analyze streaming media and P2P traffic. Used in AT&T Research Labs for research purposes.

  • Related publications and patents:

    • • “Delving into Internet Streaming Media Delivery: A Quality and Resource Utilization Perspective”, IMC 2006.

      • “Measurements, Analysis, and Modeling of BitTorrent-like Systems”, IMC 2005.

      • “Analysis of Multimedia Workloads with Implications for Internet Streaming”, WWW 2005.

      • “DISC: Dynamic Interleaved Segment Caching for Interactive Streaming”, ICDCS 2005.

      • “Method and System for Hierarchical Streaming Proxies”, U.S. patent filed in 2005.

      • “Method and System for Scalable Content Storage and Delivery”, U.S. patent filed in 2005.

      • “Caching Method and System for Providing Interactive Streaming”, U.S. patent filed in 2005.

Application software systems

• • Computer simulation system for college physics experiment education (development team lead and designer), University of Science and Technology of China, 1996-2001.

    • A multimedia and 3-D animation based virtual experimental system for College Physics Labs classes, assisting students to learn how to use complex/precision instruments such as oscilloscope and spectrometer, and how to operate large scale equipment like spectrograph.

    • The system won China National Education Achievement Award in 2001 (first class award). The software product is owned by USTC Original Ltd. now (see summary page and feature page of this product). The customers include more than 200 colleges and universities in the mainland and Hong Kong SAR, China.

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