Publication

Ph.D. Thesis

• Improving Storage Performance with Non-Volatile Memory-based Caching Systems

Ziqi Fan. Adviser: David H.C. Du

University of Minnesota Ph.D. Dissertation, April 2017 [PDF]

Journal

• Extending SSD Lifespan with Comprehensive Non-Volatile Memory-Based Write Buffers

Ziqi Fan, Dongchul Park

Journal of Computer Science and Technology (JCST), 2019 [PDF]

• Performance Evaluation of Host Aware Shingled Magnetic Recording (HA-SMR) Drive

Fenggang Wu, Ziqi Fan, Ming-Chang Yang, Baoquan Zhang, Xiongzi Ge, David H.C. Du

IEEE Transactions on Computers (TC), 2017 [PDF]

• A Lookahead Read Cache: Improving Read Performance for Deduplication Backup Storage

Dongchul Park, Ziqi Fan, Young Jin Nam, David H.C. Du

Journal of Computer Science and Technology (JCST), 2017 [PDF]

Conference

• JoiNS: Meeting latency SLO with Integrated Control for Networked Storage

Hao Wen, Zhichao Cao, Yang Zhang, Xiang Cao, Ziqi Fan, Doug Voigt, David H.C. Du

International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems (MASCOTS), 2018 [PDF]

• CDBB: An NVRAM-based Burst Buffer Coordination System for Parallel File Systems

Ziqi Fan, Fenggang Wu, Jim Diehl, David H.C. Du, Doug Voigt

High Performance Computing Symposiums (HPC), 2018 [PDF]

• Hibachi: A Cooperative Hybrid Cache with NVRAM and DRAM for Storage Arrays

Ziqi Fan, Fenggang Wu, Dongchul Park, Jim Diehl, Doug Voigt, David H.C. Du

International Conference on Mass Storage Systems and Technologies (MSST), 2017 [PDF]

• I/O-Cache: A Non-Volatile Memory Based Buffer Cache Policy to Improve Storage Performance

Ziqi Fan, Alireza Haghdoost, David HC Du, Doug Voigt

International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems (MASCOTS), 2015 [PDF]

• H-ARC: A Non-volatile Memory Based Cache Policy for Solid State Drives

Ziqi Fan, David Du, Doug Voigt

International Conference on Mass Storage Systems and Technologies (MSST), 2014 [PDF]

• Removing Heavily Curved Path: Improved DV-hop Localization in Anisotropic Sensor Networks

Ziqi Fan, Yuanfang Chen, Lei Wang, Lei Shu, Takahiro Hara

International Conference on Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Networks (MSN), 2011 [PDF]

• The Insights of DV-Based Localization Algorithms in the Wireless Sensor Networks with Duty-Cycled and Radio Irregular Sensors

Yuanfang Chen, Lei Shu, Mingchu Li, Ziqi Fan, Lei Wang, Takahiro Hara

International Conference on Communications (ICC), 2011 [PDF]

• Predictive-TDMA: A Markov Chain Based MAC Protocol for Mesh Networks

Ziqi Fan, Lei Wang, Xiaohui Wang

Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Spring), 2011 [PDF]

Workshop and Others

• Guaranteed QoS with Integrated Control for Networked Storage

Hao Wen, Zhichao Cao, Yang Zhang, Xiang Cao, Ziqi Fan, Doug Voigt, David H.C. Du

USENIX Conference on File and Storage Technologies (FAST), 2017

• Evaluating Host Aware SMR Drives

Fenggang Wu, Ming-Chang Yang, Ziqi Fan, Baoquan Zhang, Xiongzi Ge, David HC Du

USENIX Workshop on Hot Topics in Storage and File Systems (HotStorage), 2016 [PDF]

• Non-Volatile Memory Based Cache Replacement Policy

Ziqi Fan, Alireza Haghdoost, David HC Du, Doug Voigt

Non-Volatile Memories Workshop (NVMW), 2014

• Impacts of Duty-Cycle and Radio Irregularity on HCRL Localization in Wireless Sensor Networks

Ziqi Fan, Yuanfang Chen, Lei Shu, Lei Wang, Takahiro Hara, Shojiro Nishio

International Conference on Network Protocols (ICNP), 2010