Refereed Conference and Journal Articles

2008

• Guang-ming Hong, Ahmad Rahmati, Ye Wang, and Lin Zhong, "SenseCoding: Accelerometer-assisted motion estimation for efficient video encoding," to appear in ACM Multimedia, October 2008.
• Mian Dong and Lin Zhong, "Nanowire crossbar logic and standard cell-based integration," to appear in IEEE Trans. on Very Large Scale Integration Systems.
• Mian Dong and Lin Zhong, "Challenges to crossbar integration of nanoscale two-terminal symmetric memory devices," to be presented at IEEE Int. Conf. Nanotechnology, August 2008.
• Jiayang Liu and Lin Zhong, "Micro power management of active 802.11 interfaces," in Proc. ACM/USENIX Int. Conf. Mobile Systems, Applications, and Services (MobiSys), June 2008. (PDF)
• Yunsi Fei, Lin Zhong, and Niraj K. Jha, "An energy-aware framework for dynamic software management in mobile computing systems," ACM Trans. on Embedded Computing Systems, April 2008. (PDF)
• Mian Dong and Lin Zhong, "Logic synthesis with nanowire crossbar: Reality check and standard cell-based integration," in Proc. IEEE Design Automation & Test in Europe Conf (DATE), March 2008. (PDF)

2007

• Nilanjan Banerjee, Ahmad Rahmati, Mark Corner, Sami Rollins, and Lin Zhong, "Users and batteries: interactions and adaptive energy management in mobile systems," in Proc. Int. Conf. Ubiquitous Computing (Ubicomp), September 2007. (PDF)
• Ahmad Rahmati and Lin Zhong, "Usability evaluation of a commercial Pocket PC phone:  A pilot study," in Proc. ACM Int. Conf. Mobile Technology, Applications and Systems (Mobility), September 2007. (PDF)
• Ahmad Rahmati, Angela Qian, and Lin Zhong, "Understanding human-battery interaction on mobile phones," in Proc. ACM Int. Conf. Human Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (MobileHCI), September 2007. (PDF) (received Best Paper Award)
• Quming Zhou, Lin Zhong, and Kartik Mohanram, "Power signal processing:  A new perspective for power analysis and optimization," in Proc. ACM/IEEE Int. Symp. Low Power Electronics and Design (ISLPED), August 2007. (PDF)
• Ahmad Rahmati, Matti Hiltunen, Lin Zhong, and Rittwik Jana, "Reliability techniques for RFID-based object tracking applications," in Proc. IEEE/IFIP Int. Conf. Dependable Systems and Networks (DSN), June 2007. (PDF)
• Le Yan, Lin Zhong, and Niraj Jha, "Energy comparison  and optimization of wireless body-area network technologies," in Proc. Int. Conf. Body Area Networks (BodyNets), June 2007. (PDF)
• Lin Zhong, Diana El-Daye, Brett Kaufman, Nick Tobaoda, Tamer Mohamed, and Michael Liebschner, "OsteoConduct: Wireless body-area communication based on bone conduction," in Proc. Int. Conf. Body Area Networks (BodyNets), June 2007. (PDF) (Video demo of TeethClick) (Coverage by NewScientistTech and Slashdot)
• Ahmad Rahmati and Lin Zhong, "Context for Wireless: Context-sensitive energy-efficient wireless data transfer,"  in Proc. ACM/USENIX Int. Conf. Mobile Systems, Applications, and Services (MobiSys), June 2007. (PDF) (Traces and logger source code)

2006

• Lin Zhong and Niraj K. Jha, "Dynamic power optimization targeting user delays in interactive systems," in IEEE Trans. on Mobile Computing, November 2006. (PDF)
• Lin Zhong, Srivaths Ravi, Anand Raghunathan and Niraj K. Jha, "RTL-aware cycle-accurate functional power estimation," in IEEE Trans. on Computer-Aided Design of ICs & Systems, October 2006. (PDF)
• K. S. Vallerio, Lin Zhong and N. K. Jha, "Energy-efficient graphical user interface design," in IEEE Trans. on Mobile Computing, July 2006. (PDF)
• Lin Zhong*, Bin Wei*, and Mike Sinclair, “SMERT: Energy-efficient design of a multimedia messaging system for mobile devices,” in Proc. ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conf. (DAC), July, 2006. (*Equal contribution) (PDF)
• Lin Zhong, Mike Sinclair, and Ray Bittner, "A Phone-centered body sensor network platform: Cost, energy efficiency & user interface," in Proc. IEEE Int. Wkshp. Body Sensor Network, Apr. 2006. (PDF)

2005

• Le Yan, Lin Zhong, and Niraj K. Jha, "Towards a responsive, yet power-efficient, operating system: A Holistic approach," in Proc. IEEE/ACM Int. Symp. on Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation of Computer & Telecommunication Systems (MASCOTS), Sept. 2005. (Source code, local copy) (PDF)
• Lin Zhong and Mike Sinclair, and Niraj K. Jha, "A Personal-area network of low-power wireless interfacing devices: System & hardware design,"  In Proc. ACM MobileHCI, Sept. 2005. (PDF)
• Le Yan, Lin Zhong, and Niraj K. Jha, "User-perceived latency based dynamic voltage scaling for interactive applications," in Proc. ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conf. (DAC), June, 2005. (PDF)
• Lin Zhong and Niraj K. Jha, "Energy efficiency of handheld computer interfaces: Limits, characterization, and practice," in Proc. USENIX/ACM Int. Conf. Mobile Systems, Applications, and Services (MobiSys), June, 2005. (PDF)
• Lin Zhong and N. K. Jha, ``Interconnect-aware low power high-level synthesis," in IEEE Trans. on Computer-Aided Design of IC & Systems, March 2005. (PDF)
• Rui Zhang, Pallav Gupta, Lin Zhong, and Niraj K. Jha, "Threshold network synthesis and optimization and its application to nanotechnologies," in IEEE Trans. on Computer-Aided Design of IC & Systems, January 2005. (PDF)

Before 2005

• Lin Zhong, Srivaths Ravi, Anand Raghunathan, and Niraj K. Jha, "Power estimation for cycle-accurate functional descriptions of hardware", in Proc. IEEE/ACM Int. Conf. on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD), Nov. 2004. (PDF) (Extended version)
• Yunsi Fei, Lin Zhong, and Niraj K. Jha, "An Energy-aware framework for coordinated dynamic software management in mobile computers", in Proc. IEEE/ACM Int. Symp. on Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation of Computer & Telecommunication Systems (MASCOTS), Oct. 2004. (PDF)
• Jiong Luo, Lin Zhong, Yunsi Fei and Niraj K. Jha, "Register binding based RTL power management for control-flow intensive designs," in IEEE Trans. on Computer-Aided Design of IC & Systems, August 2004  (PDF)
• Rui Zhang, Pallav Gupta, Lin Zhong, and Niraj K. Jha, "Synthesis and optimization of threshold logic networks with application to nanotechnologies," in Proc. IEEE Design Automation & Test in Europe Conf (DATE), Feb. 2004. (PDF) (Extended version) (TELS source code, local copy) (selected as one of the 30 most influential papers published in the first 10 years of DATE)
• Lin Zhong and Niraj K. Jha, "Dynamic power optimization for interactive systems", in Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. on VLSI Design, Jan. 2004. (PDF) (HTML) (Extended version)
• Pallav Gupta, Lin Zhong and Niraj K. Jha, "A High-level interconnect power model for design space exploration", in Proc. IEEE/ACM Int. Conf. on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD), Nov. 2003. (PDF)
• Lin Zhong and Niraj K. Jha, "Graphical user interface energy characterization for handheld computers",  in Proc. Int. Conf. on Compilers, Architectures & Synthesis for Embedded Systems (CASES), Oct.  2003. (Benchmarks) (PDF) (HTML)
• W. Wang, T. K. Tan, J. Luo, Y. Fei, L. Shang, K. S. Vallerio, Lin Zhong, A. Raghunathan, and N. K. Jha, ``A Comprehensive high-level synthesis system for control-flow intensive behaviors for low power,'' in Proc. IEEE/ACM Great Lakes VLSI Symp., Apr. 2003. (PDF)
• Lin Zhong and Niraj K. Jha, "Interconnect-aware high-level synthesis for low power", in Proc. IEEE/ACM Int. Conf. on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD), Nov. 2002. (PDF) (Benchmarks and typical input traces) (Extended version in HTML, in PDF)
• Lin Zhong, Jiong Luo, Yunsi Fei and Niraj K. Jha, "Register binding based power management for high-level synthesis of control-flow intensive behaviors", in Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. on Computer Design (ICCD), Sept. 2002. (PDF) (Benchmarks and typical input traces)

• Lin Zhong, Ahmad Rahmati, and Jiayang Liu, "Technological challenges to mobile phones for the self-management of chronic illness," Extended Abstract for invited talk,  in Proc. 2nd Int. Symp. Medical Information & Communication Technology, Oulu, Finland, December 2007.
• Ahmad Rahmati and Lin Zhong, "Lessons learned from field trials with Windows Mobile Pocket PC phones," in Proc. MobiEval, June, 2007. (PDF)
• Tamer Mohamed and Lin Zhong, "TeethClick: Input with Teeth Clacks," Technical Report-ECG-1206a, Rice University, December 2006. (PDF) (Video demo)
• Narendra Anand, Ahmad Rahmati, and Lin Zhong,"OrbitWatch: An energy-efficient Bluetooth, motion sensing, wrist interface," Technical Report-ECG-1006, Rice University, October 2006. (PDF) (Video demo 7.7MB, released 10/9/06).

• Lin Zhong, "Energy-efficient mobile system design: The User’s perspective," Ph.D. thesis, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Princeton University, Sept. 2005. (PDF) (Note: the dissertation only contains my past work in mobile computing).

Invited Talks

• Lin Zhong, 2nd Int. Symp. Medical Information & Communication Technology, Oulu, Finland, December 2007
• Lin Zhong, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, October 2007
• Lin Zhong, National University of Singapore, September 2007
• Lin Zhong, "Lessons Learned from Field Trials with Windows Mobile Pocket PC Phones," MobiEval, June, 2007 (PDF)
• Lin Zhong, LGE, June 2007
• Lin Zhong, Freescale, September 2006
• Lin Zhong, Univ. of Texas-Houston, School of Health Information System, August 2006
• Lin Zhong, Intel Health System Labs, May 2006
• Lin Zhong, Texas Instruments, February 2006
• Lin Zhong, IBM Austin Research Labs, October 2005
• Lin Zhong, AT&T Labs-Research, September 2005