Research

I am broadly interested in the mathematical and algorithmic sciences for systems and networks. I explore optimization, control, and mechanism design to drive the intelligent management of large-scale distributed computing and communication infrastructures and services. Focusing on cloud and edge, I have been working on a range of problems, including resource allocation, service placement, workload scheduling, data caching, energy efficiency, and economic incentives.

Papers

  1. [JSAC '19] Yuan Zhang, Lei Jiao, Jinyao Yan, Xiaojun Lin, Dynamic Service Placement for Virtual Reality Group Gaming on Mobile Edge Cloudlets, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (in press), 2019

  2. [SIGMETRICS '19] Ming Shi, Xiaojun Lin, Lei Jiao, On the Value of Look-Ahead in Competitive Online Convex Optimization, ACM SIGMETRICS/IFIP PERFORMANCE 14th Joint International Conference on Measurement and Modeling of Computer Systems, 2019

  3. [MOBIHOC '19] Lei Jiao, Ruiting Zhou, Xiaojun Lin, Xu Chen, Online Scheduling of Traffic Diversion and Cloud Scrubbing with Uncertainty in Current Inputs, ACM 20th International Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing, 2019

  4. [ICDCS '19] Amit Samanta, Lei Jiao, Max Mühlhäuser, Lin Wang, Incentivizing Microservices for Online Resource Sharing in Edge Clouds, IEEE 39th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems, 2019

  5. [INFOCOM '19] Shutong Chen, Lei Jiao, Lin Wang, Fangming Liu, An Online Market Mechanism for Edge Emergency Demand Response via Cloudlet Control, IEEE 38th International Conference on Computer Communications, 2019

  6. [CNS '19, Best Paper Award] Yebo Feng, Jun Li, Lei Jiao, Xintao Wu, BotFlowMon: Learning-Based, Content-Agnostic Identification of Social Bot Traffic Flows, IEEE 7th Conference on Communications and Network Security, 2019

  7. [TMC '19] Lin Wang, Lei Jiao, Jun Li, Julien Gedeon, Max Mühlhäuser, MOERA: Mobility-Agnostic Online Resource Allocation for Edge Computing, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 18(8):1843-1856, 2019

  8. [JSAC '18] Lingjun Pu, Lei Jiao, Xu Chen, Lin Wang, Qinyi Xie, Jingdong Xu, Online Resource Allocation, Content Placement and Request Routing for Cost-Efficient Edge Caching in Cloud Radio Access Networks, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, (36)8:1751-1767, 2018

  9. [SECON '18] Lei Jiao, Lingjun Pu, Lin Wang, Xiaojun Lin, Jun Li, Multiple Granularity Online Control of Cloudlet Networks for Edge Computing, IEEE 15th International Conference on Sensing, Communication and Networking, 2018

  10. [IWQoS '18] Lei Jiao, Antonia Tulino, Jaime Llorca, Yue Jin, Alessandra Sala, Jun Li, Online Control of Cloud and Edge Resources Using Inaccurate Predictions, IEEE/ACM 25th International Symposium on Quality of Service, 2018

  11. [INFOCOM '18] Lin Wang, Lei Jiao, Ting He, Jun Li, Max Mühlhäuser, Service Entity Placement for Social Virtual Reality Applications in Edge Computing, IEEE 37th International Conference on Computer Communications, 2018

  12. [ToN '17] Lei Jiao, Antonia Tulino, Jaime Llorca, Yue Jin, Alessandra Sala, Smoothed Online Resource Allocation in Multi-Tier Distributed Cloud Networks, IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, 25(4):2556-2570, 2017

  13. [ICDCS '17] Lin Wang, Lei Jiao, Jun Li, Max Mühlhäuser, Online Resource Allocation for Arbitrary User Mobility in Distributed Edge Clouds, IEEE 37th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems, 2017

  14. [Middleware '17] Jörg Thalheim, Antonio Rodrigues, Istemi Ekin Akkus, Pramod Bhatotia, Ruichuan Chen, Bimal Viswanath, Lei Jiao, Christof Fetzer, Sieve: Actionable Insights from Monitored Metrics in Distributed Systems, ACM/IFIP/USENIX 18th International Middleware Conference, 2017

  15. [ToN '16] Xu Chen, Lei Jiao, Wenzhong Li, Xiaoming Fu, Efficient Multi-User Computation Offloading for Mobile-Edge Cloud Computing, IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, 24(5):2795-2808, 2016

  16. [ToN '16] Lei Jiao, Jun Li, Tianyin Xu, Wei Du, Xiaoming Fu, Optimizing Cost for Online Social Networks on Geo-Distributed Clouds, IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, 24(1):99-112, 2016

  17. [IPDPS '16] Lei Jiao, Antonia Tulino, Jaime Llorca, Yue Jin, Alessandra Sala, Smoothed Online Resource Allocation in Multi-Tier Distributed Cloud Networks, IEEE 30th International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium, 2016

  18. [IPSN '16] Nicholas Lane, Sourav Bhattacharya, Petko Georgiev, Claudio Forlivesi, Lei Jiao, Lorena Qendro, Fahim Kawsar, DeepX: A Software Accelerator for Low-Power Deep Learning Inference on Mobile Devices, ACM/IEEE 15th International Conference on Information Processing in Sensor Networks, 2016

  19. [ICNP '16 Workshop, Best Paper Award] Lin Wang, Lei Jiao, Dzmitry Kliazovich, Pascal Bouvry, Reconciling Task Assignment and Scheduling in Mobile Edge Clouds, International Workshop on Hot Topics in Practical Networked Systems, with IEEE 24th International Conference on Network Protocols, 2016

  20. [TSC '15] Song Li, Yangfan Zhou, Lei Jiao, Xinya Yan, Xin Wang, Michael R. Lyu, Towards Operational Cost Minimization in Hybrid Clouds for Dynamic Resource Provisioning with Delay-Aware Optimization, IEEE Transactions on Services Computing, 8(3):398-409, 2015

  21. [INFOCOM '14] Lei Jiao, Jun Li, Wei Du, Xiaoming Fu, Multi-Objective Data Placement for Multi-Cloud Socially Aware Services, IEEE 33rd International Conference on Computer Communications, 2014

  22. [ICWS '14] Song Li, Yangfan Zhou, Lei Jiao, Xinya Yan, Xin Wang, Michael R. Lyu, Delay-Aware Cost Optimization for Dynamic Resource Provisioning in Hybrid Clouds, IEEE 21st International Conference on Web Services, 2014

  23. [LANMAN '13, Best Paper Award] Lei Jiao, Jun Li, Xiaoming Fu, Optimizing Data Center Traffic of Online Social Networks, IEEE 19th International Workshop on Local and Metropolitan Area Networks, 2013

  24. [ICNP '12] Lei Jiao, Jun Li, Tianyin Xu, Xiaoming Fu, Cost Optimization for Online Social Networks on Geo-Distributed Clouds, IEEE 20th International Conference on Network Protocols, 2012

  25. [Middleware '11] Tianyin Xu, Yang Chen, Lei Jiao, Ben Zhao, Pan Hui, Xiaoming Fu, Scaling Microblogging Services with Divergent Traffic Demands, ACM/IFIP/USENIX 12th International Middleware Conference, 2011

  26. [ANCS '11] Jiachen Chen, Mayutan Arumaithurai, Lei Jiao, Xiaoming Fu, K. K. Ramakrishnan, COPSS: An Efficient Content Oriented Publish/Subscribe System, ACM/IEEE 7th Symposium on Architectures for Networking and Communications Systems, 2011

Patents

  1. Lei Jiao, Jesus Iglesias Omana, Diego Lugones, Alessandra Sala, Volker Hilt, A Method and System for Managing Workload Distribution in a Virtualized System, European Patent, Publication Number: EP3291091, Publication Date: 2018/03/07

  2. Lei Jiao, Diego Lugones, Yue Jin, Alessandra Sala, Volker Hilt, A Method and System for Scaling Resources, and a Computer Program Product, European Patent, Publication Number: EP3226134, Publication Date: 2017/10/04

Teaching

As Instructor at Oregon

In University of Oregon an academic year consists of four terms.

  • (CIS 621) Algorithms and Complexity: Winter 2019
  • (CIS 607) Seminar on Edge Computing: Winter 2018, Spring 2019
  • (CIS 445⁄545) Modeling and Simulation: Spring 2019
  • (CIS 410⁄510) Selected Topics on Optimization: Fall 2018, Fall 2019
  • (CIS 410⁄510) Cloud Computing and Optimization: Winter 2017, Winter 2018
  • (CIS 315) Intermediate Algorithms: Winter 2020
  • (CIS 212) Computer Science III (Java): Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018

As Teaching Assistant at Göttingen

In Germany an academic year consists of two semesters.

  • Seminar on Internet Technologies (B.Sc./M.Sc.): Summer Semester 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011
  • Practical Course Networking Lab (B.Sc.): Summer Semester 2013, 2011
  • Advanced Computer Networks (M.Sc.): Summer Semester 2013

Services

Departmental Services

  • 2016-2017: Chair of the Colloquium Committee
  • 2016-2019: Member of the Computing Resource Committee
  • 2017-2019: Member of the Diversity Committee

Editorial Boards

  • Guest Editor: IEEE JSAC Series on Network Softwarization and Enablers, 2018-present
  • Associate Editor: IEEE Access, 2018-2021

Technical Program Committees (TPCs)

  • TPC Chair
    • International Workshop on Hot Topics in Pervasive Mobile and Online Social Networking (HotPOST): 2017 (with ICDCS), 2018 (with INFOCOM)
  • TPC Member
    • IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM): 2019 (Distinguished Member), 2020
    • ACM Annual Conference of the Special Interest Group on Data Communication (SIGCOMM): 2019 (Poster/Demo)
    • IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS): 2019
    • IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Quality of Service (IWQoS): 2018, 2019
    • IFIP Networking Conference (Networking): 2018, 2019, 2020
    • IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC): 2018, 2019
    • IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN): 2018, 2019
    • IEEE International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Systems (ICPADS): 2018, 2019
    • IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management (IM): 2019
    • IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS): 2018
    • IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC): 2017, 2018
    • IEEE/GI/ITG International Conference on Networked Systems (NetSys): 2017
    • IEEE International Conference on Cloud Computing Technology and Science (CloudCom): 2016 (PhD Consortium)

Organization Committees

  • Student Travel Grant Chair: IFIP Networking Conference (Networking) 2020
  • Steering Committee Member: International Workshop on Intelligent Cloud Computing and Networking (ICCN) 2019 (with INFOCOM)
  • Steering Committee Member: International Workshop on Hot Topics in Social and Mobile Connected Smart Objects (HotSALSA) 2019 (with INFOCOM)
  • Publicity Chair: International Workshop on Edge Systems, Analytics and Networking (EdgeSys) 2018 (with MobiSys)

Reviewer for Journals

  • IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
  • IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking
  • IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing
  • IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems
  • IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing
  • IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
  • IEEE Transactions on Services Computing
  • IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management
  • IEEE Transactions on Multimedia
  • IEEE Transactions on Communications
  • IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking
  • IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing
  • ACM Transactions on Internet Technology
  • IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine
  • IEEE Network Magazine
  • IEEE Communications Letters
  • IEEE Internet of Things Journal
  • IEEE Access
  • Elsevier Computer Communications
  • Elsevier Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory
  • Elsevier Pervasive and Mobile Computing
  • Elsevier Information Sciences
  • Springer World Wide Web Journal

Reviewer for Conferences/Workshops

  • IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM): 2012, 2013, 2015-2018
  • IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Quality of Service (IWQoS): 2012-2015
  • ACM Conference on Online Social Networks (COSN): 2014
  • IEEE International Workshop on Local and Metropolitan Area Networks (LANMAN): 2014
  • IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM): 2014
  • IEEE International Conference on Cloud Networking (CloudNet): 2012, 2013
  • IEEE International Symposium on a World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks (WoWMoM): 2011

Activities

Invited Talks

  • Online Control of Cloud and Edge Resources Using Inaccurate Predictions, IEEE/ACM IWQoS, Banff, Alberta, Canada, June 2018
  • Competitive Online Resource Allocation in Edge Computing, Fudan University, Shanghai, China, September 2017
  • Predictive Resource Control across Edge and Core Clouds, Nokia Bell Labs, Dublin, Ireland, August 2016
  • Optimizing Cloud Resource Allocation and Reconfiguration, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA, June 2016
  • Smoothed Online Resource Allocation in Multi-Tier Distributed Cloud Networks, IEEE IPDPS, Chicago, IL, USA, May 2016
  • Online Social Network Data Placement over Geo-Distributed Clouds, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland, September 2015
  • Placing Data of Socially Aware Services over Geo-Distributed Clouds, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, NY, USA, September 2014
  • Placing Data of Socially Aware Services over Geo-Distributed Clouds, Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs, Dublin, Ireland, July 2014
  • Multi-Objective Data Placement for Multi-Cloud Socially Aware Services, Huawei European Research Center, Munich, Germany, July 2014
  • Multi-Objective Data Placement for Multi-Cloud Socially Aware Services, IEEE INFOCOM, Toronto, Canada, April 2014
  • Optimizing Data Center Traffic of Online Social Networks, IEEE LANMAN, Brussels, Belgium, April 2013
  • Cost Optimization for Online Social Networks on Geo-Distributed Clouds, Xi’an Jiaotong Univeristy, Xi’an, China, March 2013
  • Cost Optimization for Online Social Networks on Geo-Distributed Clouds, IEEE ICNP, Austin, TX, USA, October 2012
  • Latency-Aware Data Partitioning for Geo-Replicated Online Social Networks, Fudan University, Shanghai, China, September 2011

Invited Participation

Awards

  • IEEE CNS 2019 Best Paper Award, June 2019
  • Distinguished Member of the IEEE INFOCOM 2019 Technical Program Committee, February 2019
  • HotPNS 2016 (in conjunction with IEEE ICNP 2016) Best Paper Award, November 2016
  • Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs UK & Ireland Recognition Award, January 2016
  • University of Göttingen International Conference Travel Grant, April 2014
  • IEEE Communications Society Student Travel Grant, March 2014
  • IEEE LANMAN 2013 Best Paper Award, April 2013