Shao-Cheng Wang

Ph.D. Candidate

Department of Computer & Information Science and Engineering

University of Florida

Office :

Room E401, CSE Building

Department of Computer & Information Science and Engineering

P.O. Box 116120

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL 32611-6120

Phone: (352) 392-2744

Fax: (352) 392-1220

Email : shaochew at  ufl.edu

             shaocheng.wang at gmail.com

             

*New* I have graduated in August 2008. I will join Intel Corporation in Fall 2008.


*New* Hi, thank you for visiting my page. I'm currently seeking a full-time/internship position as a scientist/R&D engineer in the field of computer networks, embedded systems, protocol design/development/implementations in summer/fall '08. 

 My key qualifications are: 

Please find more details regarding my research/industry experience in my Curriculum Vitae.

 

*Research Updates*

Simulation and madwifi code of "BEWARE" paper is now available here.

 

Sep. '08: My poster presentation, "Background Traffic-Aware Rate Adaptation for IEEE 802.11 MAC (BEWARE): Implementations and Experimental Results," was selected as one of the top 4 finalists in Student Research Competition (SRC) of ACM Mobicom 2008.


Feb. '08: My recent paper, “BEWARE: Background Traffic-Aware Rate Adaptation for IEEE 802.11 MAC,” has been accepted as an EXTENDED paper for presentation at WoWMoM 2008 (acceptance rate ~7%).

 

Feb 08: I have been invited to be on the Program Committee for 3rd IEEE Workshop on advanced EXPerimental activities ON WIRELESS networks & systems (EXPONWIRELESS 2008)


Research Interests

·           Performance evaluations and modeling in wireless LANs

·           Quality of Service in wireless networks

·           Resource management for large-scale ad-hoc and sensor networks

·           Routing performance for ad-hoc and sensor networks


Education

 Ph.D in Computer Engineering          August 2008

    Department of Computer & Information Science and Engineering

    University of Florida,                        Gainesville, FL. U.S.A  

    Dissertation Research with Dr. A. Helmy: “A Unified Framework for Performance Analysis of Contention-Based Wireless MAC: Case Studies on QoS, Heterogeneity and Rate-Adaptation in 802.11”

    

 Engineers in Electrical Engineering    August 2006

    Department of Electrical Engineering

    University of Southern California,      Los Angeles, CA. U.S.A  

    GPA: 3.82/4.0 (fulfilled all course requirements for Ph.D program, then continued Ph.D dissertation studies in University of Florida with research group relocation)  

    Directed Research with Dr. A. Helmy: Performance modeling and evaluations for Quality of Services in wireless networks

    

 Master of Science in Electrical Engineering    June 1999

    Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering June 1997

    Department of Electrical Engineering

    National Taiwan University,              Taipei, Taiwan

    Graduate GPA: 4.0/4.0 (Ranked 1st place in first year)

    Undergraduate GPA: 3.78/4.0 (Junior/senior year engineering courses GPA: 4.0/4.0)

    Master Thesis: Implementation of a DSP-based Multi-Channel Functional Electrical Stimulator System for Rehabilitation  


Professional and Academic Experience (selected)

 Graduate Technical Intern                 May. ‘05 – Dec. ‘05

    Intel Corporation (Mobility Group), Beaverton, OR , U.S.A.

·         "Secure, Instant, Reliable and Available" communications on mobile virtualization platforms

- Performance evaluations and system integrations of VoIP services in wireless virtualization platforms

- Proof-of-concept demo on “Secure and Reliable Seamless Collaboration”, at Mobile Innovation Day Demo (MIDD) 2005, country fair 2005

·         “Business Class Wireless for Enterprise Conferencing”

- System integrations for QoS WLAN video/audio/data conferencing for office collaborations

- Proof-of-concept demo on “Business Class Wireless for Enterprise Conferencing”, at Mobile Innovation Day Demo (MIDD) 2005

 System Engineer, Intern                    June ’04-Aug ‘04

    Winbond Electronics Corporation America, Torrance, CA, U.S.A.

·         Developed simulation platforms for performance evaluations of 802.11 a/b/g chipsets

·         Performance evaluations and modeling of QOS and interoperability in WLANs

 Graduate Teaching Assistant             Jan. ’04 – May. ’05, Jan. ’06 –May ‘06

    Department of Electrical Engineering,

    University of Southern California       Los Angeles, CA. U.S.A.

    (Honorable mention of best TA award, Department of Electrical Engineering, USC, 2005)


Honors and Awards

University of Florida International Center Dean’s Academic Achievement Award, University of Florida, 2007-2008

Graduate student travel funds from Vice President for Research, University of Florida, 2008

Graduate student travel funds from CISE Department, University of Florida, 2008

Honorable mention of best TA award, Department of Electrical Engineering, USC, 2005

Teaching Assistantship, University of Southern California, 2004-2006

Research Assistantship, University of Southern California, 2003-2005

NSF student travel grant to ICNP 2003, Atlanta, USA.

Graduate Student Fellowship, Ministry of Education, Taiwanese Government, 1998-1999

Privilege to enter the Master’s program at National Taiwan University with Entrance Exams free, 1997

Second Prize, 1997 DSP Design Championship sponsored by Texas Instruments, 1997.

Chiang Kai Shek Memorial Fellowship, Kuomintang Education Foundation, Taiwan, 1996 and 1997


Publications

Wang ,SC; Helmy, A., "BEWARE: Background Traffic-Aware Rate Adaptation for IEEE 802.11 MAC," accepted as an EXTENDED paper for presentation at WoWMoM 2008 (acceptance rate ~7%). (extended version in UF CISE Technical Report)

Wang ,SC; Helmy, A., " Performance Limits and Analysis of Contention-based IEEE 802.11 MAC ,"  IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN), Nov. 2006. (extended version in USC CS Technical Report)

Wang ,SC; Psounis, K., Helmy, A., "Support of Voice Services in Congested Hybrid IEEE 802.11b and 802.11g Wireless Hotspots," USC CENG Technical Report, 2005 (under submission)

Wang, S.C.; Chen, Y.M; Lee T.H.; Helmy A., “Performance Evaluations for Hybrid IEEE 802.11b and 802.11g Wireless Networks,” IEEE International Performance Computing and Communications Conference (IPCCC), Apr. 2005

Begum, S.; Wang, S.C.; Krishnamamachari B.; Helmy A., “ELECTION: Energy-efficient and Low-latEncy sCheduling scheme for wIreless sensOr neTworks,” IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN), Nov. 2004

Wang ,S.C.; Helmy, A., "Effects of Small Transfers and Traffic Patterns on Performance and Cache Efficacy of Ad Hoc Routing," poster (abstract, extended version) in Mobicom2003, ICNP 2003

Wang S.C.; (Master’s thesis, 1999) “DSP-Based Multi-Channel Arbitrary Waveform Functional Electrical Stimulator,” National Taiwan University

Wu H.C.; Wang S.C.; Young S.T. and Kuo T.S.; “A Versatile Multichannel Direct-Synthesized Electrical Stimulator for FES Applications,” submitted to IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Wu H.C.; Lin C.H.; Wang K.C.; Wang S.C.; Chen C.H.; Young S.T. and Kuo T.S.; “A Mobile System For Real-Time Patient-Monitoring With Integrated Physiological Signal Processing,” Proceedings - 21th IEEE-EMBS, 1999, p712

Lin C.L.; Wang S.C.; Wu H.C.; Young S.T.; Lee M.H. and Kuo T.S.; “A Speech Controlled Artificial Limb Based on DSP Chip,” Proceedings - 20th IEEE-EMBS , 1998 ,pp2704-2705

Wu H.C.; Wang S.C.; Young S.T. and Kuo T.S.; “A recording and analyzing system for cutaneous electrogastrography,” Proceedings – 20th IEEE-EMBS, 1998, pp1951-1952


Patents

Reliable reporting of location data,” US patent No. 20070153715

Method and system for providing security and reliability to collaborative applications,” US patent No. 20070157025

Method, apparatus, and system for biometric authentication of user identity,” US patent No. 20070155366

A Speech Controlled Artificial Limb Based on DSP Chip,” R.O.C. Patent No. 351174.

 

last update: Oct. 2, 2008