XIAOJUAN MA
Research interests: Distributed systems/algorithms, systems + machine learning
ABOUT ME
Hi, this is Xiaojuan, a second year PH.D. student in Distributed Protocols Research Group (DPRG) at UIUC, working with Prof. Indranil Gupta.
Before joining UIUC, I earned a Ph.D. degree in Physics from Beijing Normal University and a Master's degree in Computer Science from Iowa State University.
EDUCATION
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Aug. 2021 - Present
Ph.D. student in Computer Science
Iowa State University
Aug. 2018 - Mar. 2021
Master's in Computer Science
Thesis: Adaptive Fund Allocation for Game-Based Verifiable Computation Outsourcing
Beijing Normal University
Aug. 2003 - Jul. 2010
Ph.D. in Physics
Thesis: Synchronization and Spreading Dynamics on Complex Networks
Arizona State University
Aug. 2007 - Jul. 2009
Visiting student in Electrical Engineering
Beijing Normal University
Aug. 1999 - Jul. 2003
Bachelor in Physics
WORK EXPERIENCES
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Aug. 2022 - Present
Teaching Assistant for Distributed Systems course
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Aug. 2021 - Aug. 2022
Research Assistant in Distributed Protocols Research Group
Iowa State University
Aug. 2020 - Dec. 2020
Teaching Assistant: Introduction to Database Management Systems
High School Affiliated to Renmin University of China
Aug. 2010 - Jul. 2017
Teacher
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Pinglan Liu, Xiaojuan Ma, and Wensheng Zhang, Optimizing Fund Allocation for Game-Based Verifiable
Computation Outsourcing, International Conference on Cloud Computing, 2022.
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-99191-3_6
Xiaojuan Ma, Wen-Xu Wang, Ying-Cheng Lai, and Zhigang Zheng, Information explosion on complex networks and control, European Journal of Physics B 76, 179 (2010).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e2010-00208-1
Xiaojuan Ma, Yan Wang, and Zhigang Zheng, Effect of leaf nodes on the synchronizability of complex networks, Acta Physica Sinica 58, 4426 (2010). (in Chinese)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7498/aps.58.4426
Xiaojuan Ma, Liang Huang, Ying-Cheng Lai, and Zhigang Zheng, Emergence of loop structure in scale-free networks and dynamical consequences, Physical Review E 79, 056106 (2009).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.79.056106
Xiaojuan Ma, Liang Huang, Ying-Cheng Lai, Yan Wang, and Zhigang Zheng, Synchronization-based scalability of complex clustered networks, Chaos 18, 043109 (2008).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3005782
Bin Ao, Xiaojuan Ma, Yunyun Li, and Zhigang Zheng, Non-Local Coupling and Partial Synchronization in Chaotic Systems, Chinese Physics Letters 23, 786 (2006).