Publications

Refereed Articles & Tech. Reports Demonstrations & Extended Abstracts Theses

2009

Jun Yao, Zhong Jin, Lin Zhong, Douglas Natelson, and James M. Tour, "Two-terminal nonvolatile memories based on single-walled carbon nanotubes," to appear in ACS Nano.
Jun Yao, Lin Zhong, Zengxing Zhang, Tao He, Zhong Jin, Patrick J. Wheeler, Douglas Natelson, and James M. Tour, "Resistive switching in nanogap systems on SiO₂ substrates," to appear in Small.
Jiayang Liu, Zhen Wang, Lin Zhong, Jehan Wickramasuriya, and Venu Vasudevan, "uWave: Accelerometer-based personalized gesture recognition and its applications," to appear in Pervasive and Mobile Computing.
Ahmad Rahmati and Lin Zhong, "Human-battery interaction on mobile phones," in Pervasive and Mobile Computing, vol. 5, no. 5, October 2009.
Xiaohan Ma, Mian Dong, Lin Zhong, and Zhigang Deng, "Statistical power consumption analysis and modeling for GPU-based computing," in Proc. ACM Wrkshp. Power Aware Computing and Systems (HotPower), Co-located with SOSP, October 2009. (PDF)
Xiaoming Chen, Zhendong Zhao, Ahmad Rahmati, Ye Wang, and Lin Zhong, "Sensor-assisted motion estimation for efficient H.264/AVC video encoding," to appear in Proc. ACM Multimedia, October 2009. (PDF)
Jiayang Liu, Lin Zhong, Jehan Wickramasuriya, and Venu Vasudevan, "User evaluation of lightweight user authentication with a single tri-axis accelerometer," in Proc. ACM Int. Conf. Human Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (MobileHCI), September 2009. (PDF)
Hang Yu, Lin Zhong, and Ashutosh Sabharwal, "Adaptive RF chain management for energy-efficient MIMO transmission," in Proc. ACM/IEEE Int. Symp. Low Power Electronics and Design (ISLPED), August 2009. (PDF)
Mian Dong, Kevin Choi, and Lin Zhong, "Power-saving color transformation of mobile graphical user interfaces on OLED-based displays," in Proc. ACM/IEEE Int. Symp. Low Power Electronics and Design (ISLPED), August 2009. (PDF)
Mian Dong and Lin Zhong, "Nanowire crossbar logic and standard cell-based integration," in IEEE Trans. on Very Large Scale Integration Systems, August 2009.
Mian Dong, Kevin Choi, and Lin Zhong, "Power modeling of graphical user interfaces on OLED displays," in Proc. ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conf. (DAC), July 2009. (PDF)
Yunxin Liu, Ahmad Rahmati, Yuanhe Huang, Hyukjae Jang, Lin Zhong, Yongguang Zhang, and Shensheng Zhang, "xShare: supporting impromptu sharing of mobile phones," in Proc. ACM/USENIX Int. Conf. Mobile Systems, Applications, and Services (MobiSys), June 2009. (PDF)
Husheng Li, Lin Zhong, and Kun Zheng, "Drowsy transmission: physical layer energy optimization for transmitting random packet traffic," in Proc. IEEE Conf. Computer Communications (INFOCOM), April 2009. (PDF)
Stephen So, Ardalan Amiri Sani , Lin Zhong, Frank Tittel ,and Gerard Wysocki, "Laser spectroscopic trace-gas sensor networks for atmospheric monitoring applications," in Proc. IPSN Wrkshp. Sensor Networks for Earth and Space Science Applications (ESSA), April 2009. (PDF)
Ahmad Rahmati, Clayton Shepard, and Lin Zhong, "NoShake: Content stablization for shaking screens of mobile devices," in Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Pervasive Computing and Communication (PerCom), March 2009. (PDF)
Jiayang Liu, Zhen Wang, Lin Zhong, Jehan Wickramasuriya, and Venu Vasudevan, "uWave: Accelerometer-based personalized gesture recognition and its applications," in Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Pervasive Computing and Communication (PerCom), March 2009. (PDF) (Video Demo in WMV) (received the Mark Weiser Best Paper Award)

Technical Reports

Hasan Dumanli, Ardalan Amiri Sani, Lin Zhong, and Ashutosh Sabharwal, "BeamSwitch: system solution for energy-efficient directional communication on mobile devices," Technical Report 0616-09, Rice University, June 2009. (PDF) (Video)
Ahmad Rahmati and Lin Zhong, "A longitudinal study of non-voice mobile phone usage by teens from an underserved urban community," Techical Report 0515-09, Rice University, May 2009. (PDF)

2008

Jun Yao, Lin Zhong, Douglas Natelson, and James M. Tour, "Etching-dependent reproducible memory switching in vertical SiO₂ structures," in Applied Physics Letters, vol. 93, issue 25, 2008

Guang-ming Hong, Ahmad Rahmati, Ye Wang, and Lin Zhong, "SenseCoding: Accelerometer-assisted motion estimation for efficient video encoding," in Proc. ACM Multimedia, October 2008. (PDF)

Mian Dong and Lin Zhong, "Challenges to crossbar integration of nanoscale two-terminal symmetric memory devices," in Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Nanotechnology, August 2008. (PDF)

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) (Source code for DNN-0.1)

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)

Technical Reports

Jiayang Liu*, Zhen Wang*, Lin Zhong, Jehan Wickramasuriya, and Venu Vasudevan, "uWave: Accelerometer-based personalized gesture recognition," Technical Report TR0630-08, Rice University and Motorola Labs, June 2008. (PDF)(*Equal contribution)

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)

Technical Reports

Tamer Mohamed and Lin Zhong, "TeethClick: Input with Teeth Clacks," Technical Report-ECG-1206a, Rice University, December 2006. (PDF) (Video Demo, WMV format)
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, WMV format).

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. (5. (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)

Demonstrations & Extended Abstracts (Back to Top)

Hasan Dumanli and Lin Zhong, "Demonstration: Energy-efficient wireless communication based on directional transmission from mobile access," in MobiCom'08, September 2008. (One of three finalists for Best Student Demo) (PDF) (Video Demo)
Jiayang Liu, Zhen Wang, Lin Zhong, Jehan Wickramasuriya, and Venu Vasudevan, " uWave: Accelerometer-based personalized gesture recognition," Extended Abstract for demonstration in ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST), October 2008. (PDF, WMV)
Jiayang Liu and Lin Zhong, "Demonstration: Micro power management of active 802.11 interfaces," in ACM/USENIX Int. Conf. Mobile Systems, Applications, and Services (MobiSys), June 2008.
Ahmad Rahmati, Clayton Shepard, and Lin Zhong, "Demonstration: NoShake: Reducing Perceived Shake on Mobile Displays," in ACM/USENIX Int. Conf. Mobile Systems, Applications, and Services (MobiSys), June 2008.
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)
Ahmad Rahmati, Bryan Grandy, Charlie Ice, Sarah Joiner, Clayton Shepard, and Lin Zhong, "Demonstration: OrbitECG: mobile phone-based ambulatory wearable ECG monitoring," in ACM/USENIX Int. Conf. Mobile Systems, Applications, and Services (MobiSys), June 2007.

Theses (Back to Top)>

Hasan Dumanli, "BeamSwitch: directional transmission for energy-efficient wireless communication on mobile systems," M.S. thesis, Rice University, April 2009. (PDF)
Jiayang Liu, "Micro power management of active 802.11 network interfaces", M.S. thesis, Rice University, November 2008. (PDF)
Ahmad Rahmati, "Context for system resource management: an application in wireless data management," M.S. thesis, Rice University, April 2008. (PDF)
Lin Zhong, "Energy-efficient mobile system design: The User�s perspective," Ph.D. thesis, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Princeton University, September 2005. (PDF)

Even Older Publications

Lin Zhong, "Modular exponentiation algorithm analysis for energy consumption and performance," Technical Report CE-01-ZJL, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Princeton University, July 2001. (PDF)
Lin Zhong, "Utterance verification in automatic Mandarin speech recognition," in Chinese, Master Thesis, Dept. of Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University, July 2000. (PDF)
Lin Zhong, Jia Liu, and Runsheng Liu, "Rejection based on a posteriori probability estimated by MLP with application for Mandarin voice dialer on ASIC," in Proc. IEEE ICASSP, 2000. (PDF)
Lin Zhong, Yuanyuan Shi, and Runsheng Liu, "A dyanmic neural network for syllable recognition," in Proc. Int. Joint. Conf. Neural Networks (IJCNN), 1999. (PDF) (Source code: DNN-0.1 )