Applied Distributed Systems Lab (ADSLab)

Department of Computer Science and Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
 

People

Graduate Students

  • Puyang, Huancheng, PhD 2022 - now (Graduated from HKUST)

  • Ren, Yanjing, PhD 2022 - now (Graduated from UESTC)

  • Zhao, Jia, PhD 2022 - now (Graduated from CUHK)

  • Sheng, Siyuan, PhD 2021 - now (Graduated from CAS)

  • Cheng, Keyun, PhD 2020 - now (Graduated from CHUK)

  • Ma, Pengcheng, MPhil 2020 - now (Graduated from Jinan University)

  • Tang, Kaicheng, MPhil 2020-now (Graduated from USTC)

  • Li, Jinhong, PhD 2019 - now (Graduated from ZJU)

  • Wang, Qiuping, PhD 2018-now (Graduated from HUST)

  • Yang, Zuoru, PhD 2018-now (Graduated from XJTU)

Post-doc

RA

  • Zhao, Jia, August 2021 - now

Alumni

Graduated Students

  • Cheng, Zhinan, PhD 2022
    • Thesis: "Fault-tolerant Designs for Distributed Stream Processing."
    • First employment: Senior Software Engineer, Tencent.

  • Han, Shujie, PhD 2021
    • Thesis: "Characterization and Prediction of Disk Drive Failures at Scale."
    • First employment: Boya Postdoc Fellow, Peking University.

  • Wong, Tsz Fung (Ivan), MPhil 2021
    • Thesis: "Enabling Heterogeneity-Aware Raft Consensus for Distributed Key-Value Storage."
    • First employment: Software Analyst, Ahsay Backup, Hong Kong.

  • Tang, Lu, PhD 2020
    • Thesis: "Invertible Sketches for Network Measurement at Scale."
    • First employment: Postdoc, CUHK.
    • Next (from March 2021): Assistant Professor, Xiamen University.

  • Li, Xiaolu, PhD 2020
    • Thesis: "Enabling Optimal Repair and Unified Management of Erasure Coding in Distributed Storage Systems."
    • First employment: Postdoc, CUHK
    • Next (from February 2022): Lecturer, Huazhong University of Science and Technology.

  • Zhang, Mi, PhD 2019
    • Thesis: "On the Reliability Analysis and Robust Straggler Tolerance of Data-Center Storage with Erasure Coding."
    • First employment: Postdoc, CUHK.
    • Next (from September 2021): Assistant Researcher, Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

  • Chan, Hoi Wan (Helen), PhD 2018
    • Thesis: "Log-structured Flash-based Storage with Endurance, Reliability, and Performance Guarantees."
    • First employment: R&D engineer, Unissoft Inc., Hong Kong.
    • Current (from September 2019): Postdoc, CUHK.

  • Qin, Chuan, PhD 2016
    • Thesis: "Unifying Security and Deduplication in Cloud Storage."
    • First employment: Researcher, Rakuten Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan.

  • Yiu, Man Tung (Matt), MPhil 2016
    • Thesis: "Erasure Coding in In-Memory Key-Value Storage."
    • First employment: Stepcase, Hong Kong. (Stepcase is the company that built Lifehack)

  • Li, Runhui, PhD 2015
    • Thesis: "Enabling Efficient and Dependable Clustered File Systems through New Erasure Coding Techniques."
    • First employment: Postdoc at CUHK.
    • Current (from 2018): Storage expert, Sangfor Technologies, China.

  • Huang, Qun, PhD 2015
    • Thesis: "Efficient Algorithms and Systems for High-Speed Network Traffic Analytics"
    • First employment: Researcher, Future Network Theory Lab, Huawei Technologies, Hong Kong.
    • Current (from June 2020): Assistant Professor, Peking University, China.

  • Xu, Min, MPhil 2015
    • Thesis: "Even Data Placement for Load Balance in Reliable Distributed Deduplication Storage."
    • First employment: PhD student in Computer Science at University of Chicago.

  • Chan, Chun Wing (Jeremy), MPhil 2014
    • Thesis: "Enabling High-Performance Erasure-Coded Storage Systems via Workload-Aware Designs."
    • First employment: Analyst, Barclays Investment Bank, Hong Kong.

  • Ding, Qian, MPhil 2014
    • Thesis: "TWEEN: Toward Write Efficiency and Endurance in SSD RAID using Non-volatile Cache."
    • First employment: Software Engineer, Google, Mountain View, US.

  • Li, Yan Kit (Wilson), MPhil 2014
    • Thesis: "Performance and Security of Deduplication Storage Systems"
    • First employment: Research assistant at CUHK.
    • Next (from March 2015): Researcher, Rakuten Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan.

  • Lin, Jian, MPhil 2013
    • Thesis: "Augmenting Cloud File Systems with Erasure Coding: A Practical Perspective."
    • First employment: Epic, Wisconsin, US.

  • Tang, Chung Pan, MPhil 2013
    • Thesis: "A Tunable Version Control System for Virtual Machines in an Open-Source Cloud."
    • First employment: Harmonic Inc., Hong Kong.

  • Chen, Chuk Hin (Henry), MPhil 2012
    • Thesis: "Practical Data Integrity Protection in Network-coded Cloud Storage."
    • First employment: Research assistant at CUHK.
    • Next (from September 2013): Ph.D. student in Computer Science at UT Austin.

  • Ng, Chun Ho, MPhil 2012
    • Thesis: "Live Deduplication Storage of Virtual Machine Images in an Open-Source Cloud."
    • First employment: Research assistant at CUHK.
    • Next (from November 2013): Epic, Wisconsin, US.

  • Ma, Mingcao, MPhil 2012
    • Thesis: "Kernel-Space Inline Deduplication File Systems for Virtual Machine Image Storage."
    • First employment: NetDimensions, Hong Kong.

  • Rahumed, Arthur, MPhil 2012
    • Thesis: "Data Security and Reliability in Cloud Backup Systems with Deduplication."
    • First employment: Harmonic Inc., Hong Kong.

  • Choi, Fu Wing (Harry), MPhil 2011
    • Thesis: "An Extensible Design of a Load-Aware Virtual Router Monitor in User Space."
    • First employment: Harmonic Inc., Hong Kong.

  • Fung, Siu Yuen (Ben), MPhil 2011
    • Thesis: "DeRef: A Privacy-Preserving Defense Mechanism Against Request Forgery Attacks."
    • First employment: Management Trainee at Standard Chartered Bank, Hong Kong.

  • Tang, Yang, MPhil 2011
    • Thesis: "FADE: Secure Overlay Cloud Storage with Access Control and File Assured Deletion."
    • First employment: Ph.D. student in Computer Science at Columbia University.

Post-doc Alumni

  • Wu, Si, Postdoc, January 2019 - July 2020
    • First employment: Associate Researcher, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), China

  • Shen, Zhirong, Postdoc, September 2017 - August 2019
    • First employment: Associate Professor, Xiamen University, China

  • Li, Jingwei, Postdoc, January 2015 - February 2016
    • First employment: Assistant Professor, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), China

  • Li, Mingqiang, Postdoc, March 2013 - February 2015
    • First employment: Advisory Researcher, Lenovo Group Limited

  • Hu, Yuchong, Postdoc, December 2013 - January 2015
    • First employment: Associate professor, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China

  • Li, Yongkun, Postdoc (affiliated with Institute of Network Coding), September 2012 - December 2013
    • First employment: Associate researcher, University of Science and Technology of China