Choh-Ming Li Professor of CSE Department
Department of Computer Science & Engineering
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Shatin, N.T.
Hong Kong
URL: http://www.cse.cuhk.edu.hk/~cslui
Research Interest
Quantum Internet, Online Machine Learning (e.g., multi-armed bandit, reinforcement learning, etc) and Statistical Machine Learning, Future Internet Architectures and Protocols, Network Science and Economics, Network/System Security, Large Scale Storage Systems.
Inventions and Patents
Log-structured arrays using LSA sub-directory design techniques for the
parallel I/O server. U.S. patent No 5,671,390.
Research Activity
Selected Journals
X.X. Dai, X.T. Liu, J.H. Zuo, H. Xie, C. Joe-Wong, John C.S. Lui. "Variance-Aware Bandit Framework for Dynamic Probabilistic Maximum Coverage Problem
with Triggered or Self-Reliant Arms".
To Appear in the IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (ToN).
W.K. Cen, J.B. Zhang, K.C. Cai, S.H. Sun, John C.S. Lui. "A Fast Heuristic Entanglement Distribution Algorithm for Quantum Repeater Chains".
To Appear in the IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (ToN).
D. Shen, B. Yang, J.X. Zhang, F. Dong, John C.S. Lui. "eMPTCP: A Framework to Fully Extend Multipath TCP".
To Appear in the IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (ToN).
Haoran Gu, Shiyuan Zheng, Xudong Liu, Hong Xie, John c.s. Lui. "Online Incentive Protocol Design for Reposting Service in Online Social Networks"
Accepted in the ACM Transactions on the Web (TWEB).
X.X. Dai, Z.Y. Wang, J.Z. Xie, X.T. Liu, John C.S. Lui. "Conversational Recommendation with OnlineLearning and Clustering on Misspecifed Users."
Accepted in the IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineerin (TKDE).
T. Le, Y.S. Ji, John C.S. Lui. "MFTTS: A Mean-Field Transfer Thompson Sampling approach for distributed power allocation
in unsourced multiple access."
Accepted in the IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC).
Bo Sun, Lin Yang, Mohammad H. Hajiesmaili, Adam Wierman, John C. S. Lui, Don Towsley, Danny H. K. Tsang. "The Online Knapsack Problem with Departures."
Proc. ACM on Measurement and Analysis of Computing Systems, 6(3), 57:1-57:32, 2022.
T. Chen, Z.H. Li, Y.X. Zhu, J.C. Chen, X.P. Luo, John C.S. Lui, X.D. Lin, X.S. Zhang. ``Understanding Ethereum via Graph Analysis''.
ACM Transactions on Internet Technology (ToIT), 18:1-18:32, 2020.
Zhaoyan Song, Ruiting Zhou, Shihan Zhao, Shixin Qin, John C. S. Lui, Zongpeng Li. ``Emergency demand response in edge computing''.
EURASIP Journal of Wireless Communication Networking, 2020(1), 175, 2020.
P.H. Wang, J. Tao, X.L. Zhang, Z.G. Li, J.F. Cheng, John C.S.
Lui, D. Towsley, J.Z. Zhao, X.H. Guan. ``MOSS-5: A Fast Counting Graphlets in Large Graphs''.
IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering (TKDE), 30(1), 2018.
J. Anselmi, D. Ardagna, John C.S. Lui, A. Wierman, Y.J. Xu, Z.C. Yang. ``The Economics of the Cloud''.
ACM Transactions on Modeling and Performance
Evaluation of Computing Systems (TOMPECS), 2(4), August, 2017.
Kechao Cai, Hong Xie, John C.S. Lui. ``Generalization of Information Spreading Forensics via Sequential Dependent Snapshots.''.
Sigmetrics Performance Evaluation Review, 44(2), 2016.
P.H. Wang, John C.S. Lui, D. Towsley, X.H. Guan, B. Ribeiro, J.Z. Zhao. ``Efficiently Estimating Motif Statistics of Large Networks''. Technical report in arXiv.org
ACM Transactions on Knowledge Discovery from Data (TKDD), 9(2), September, 2014.
Quan-LIn Li, John C.S. Lui and Yang Wang. ``A Matrix-Analytic Solution for Randomized Load Balancing Models
with PH Service Times''
Performance Evaluation of Computer and Communication Systems:
Milestones and Future Challenges, LNCS, 6821, 2011.
Y. Wang, John C.S. Lui and D.M. Chiu. ``Characterizing the Capacity Gain of Stream Control
Scheduling in MIMO Wireless Mesh Networks''.
Journal of Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing,
9(6), pp. 819-829, 2009.
(Technical Report)
S.F. Yeung, John C.S. Lui. ``Dynamic Bayesian Approach for Detecting Cheats in
Multi-Player Online Games''.
ACM Multimedia Systems, 14(4), 2008.
(Technical Report)
Sam C.M. Lee and John C.S. Lui. ``On the Interaction and Competition among Internet Service Providers''.
IEEE Journal of Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC), 26(7), 2008.
(Technical Report)
S.F. Yeung, John C.S. Lui, David K.Y. Yau ``Secure Real-Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP)
for Hierarchical Proxy Caching: Theory Design and Implementation''. (Technical Report)
International Journal of Network Security, 7(3), 2008.
Alan T.S. Ip, John C.S. Lui, J.C. Liu. ``A Revenue-Rewarding Scheme For Cooperative
Proxy Media Streaming Systems''. (Technical Report)
ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications,
and Applications (TOMCCAP), 4(1), 2008.
Ray K. Lam, D.M. Chiu, John C.S. Lui. ``On the Access Pricing and Network Scaling Issues of
Wireless Mesh Networks''.
(Technical Report)
IEEE Transactions on Computers, 56(11), Nov, 2007.
Hui Wang, Dah-Ming Chiu, John C.S. Lui, Rocky K.C. Chang. ``Inter-AS Inbound Traffic Engineering via ASPP''.
the IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management,
4(1), pp. 62-70, June 2007.
(Technical Report)
Chee-Wei Tan, D.M. Chiu, John C.S. Lui, David K.Y. Yau. ``A Distributed Throttling Approach for
Handling High Bandwidth Aggregates''
IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems,
18(7), pp. 983-995, July, 2007.
(Technical Report)
Patrick P.C. Lee, John C.S. Lui, David K.Y. Yau. ``SEAL: A Secure Communication Library for
Building Dynamic Group Key Agreement Applications''
Journal of Systems and Software, 80(3), pp. 356-370, March 2007.
(Technical Report)
C.F. Chou, Leana Golubchik, John C.S. Lui. ``Multi-class Multi-Server Threshold-based Systems: a
Study of Non-instantaneous Server Activation''
IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems,
18(1), 96-110, January, 2007.
(Technical Report)
Alan T.S. Ip, J.C. Liu, John C.S. Lui. ``COPACC: An Architecture of Cooperative Proxy-Client
Caching System for On-Demand Media Streaming''
IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, 18(1), 70-83, January, 2007.
(Technical Report)
Cedric C.F. Fong, John C.S. Lui, M.H. Wong, "Distributed Caching and Broadcasting in a Wireless Mobile
Computing Environment".
Computer Journal, Vol 42(6), pp. 455-472, 1999.
Z.Y. Wang, D.R. Zhou, John C.S. Lui, W. Sun. "Model-based RL as a Minimalist Approach to Horizon-Free and Second-Order Bounds."
The Thirteenth International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR), 2025.
X.C. Wang, M.L. Liu, J.H. Zuo, X.T. Liu, John C.S. Lui, M. Hajiesmaili. "Stochastic Bandits Robust to Adversarial Attacks."
The Thirteenth International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR), 2025.
Z.H. Li, M.L. Liu, X.X. Dai, John C.S. Lui. "Demystifying Online Clustering of Bandits: Enhanced Exploration Under Stochastic
and Smoothed Adversarial Contexts."
The Thirteenth International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR), 2025.
F. Kong, J.Q. Tang, M.Z.Li, P.Y. Lu, John C.S. Lui, S. Li. "Bandit Learning in Matching Markets with Indifference."
The Thirteenth International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR), 2025.
Z.Y. Wang, J.Z Xie, Y. Chen, John C.S. Lui, D.R. Zhou. "Variance-Dependent Regret Bounds for Nonstationary Linear Bandits."
Artificial Intelligence and Statistics (AISTATS), 2025.
Z.H. Li, M.L. Liu, X.X. Dai, John C.S. Lui. "Towards Efficient Conversational Recommendations: Expected Value of Information Meets Bandit Learning."
The WEB Conference, 2025.
B. Luo, X.J. Lin, John C.S. Lui. "Exploring the Structural Property of the Optimal Entanglement Policy for Quantum Switch."
IEEE INFOCOM, 2025.
C.C. Liu, L. Luo, John C.S. Lui. "An Enhanced Levenberg--Marquardt Method via Gram Reduction."
AAAI, 2025.
X.C. Wang. Y.Z. Janice Chen, M. Guedes de Andrade, J. Allcock, M. Hajesmaili, John C.S. Lui, D. Towsley. "Quantum Best Arm Identification with Quantum Oracles."
AAAI, 2025.
X.C. Wang. Y. Chen, X.T. Liu, L. Yang, M. Hajesmaili, D. Towsley, John C.S. Lui. "Asynchronous Multi-Agent Bandits: Fully Distributed vs. Leader-Coordinated Algorithms."
ACM Sigmetrics, 2025.
X.T. Liu, X.X. Dai, X.C. Wang, M. Hajiesmaili, John C.S. Lui. "Combinatorial Logistic Bandits."
ACM SIGMETRICS, 2025.
C.C. Liu, C.W. Guan, J.H. He, John C.S. Lui. "Quantum Algorithms for Non-smooth Non-convex Optimization."
The 38th Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS), 2024.
Y.K. Jiang, H.Y. Wang, L. Xie, H.B.Zhao, C. Zhang, H. Qian, John C.S. Lui. "D-LLM: A Token Adaptive Computing Resource Allocation Strategy for Large Language Models."
The 38th Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS), 2024.
J. Cheng, N.N. Ding, John C.S. Lui, J.W. Huang. "Cooperative Multi-source Data Trading."
The IEEE GLOBECOM Symposia, 2024.
X.X. Dai, Z.Y. Zhang, P. Yang, Y.D. Xu, X.T. Liu and John C.S. Lui. "AxiomVision: Accuracy-Guaranteed Adaptive Visual Model Selection for Perspective-Aware Video Analytics."
The 32nd ACM International Conference on Multimedia (ACM MM 24).
Qi Shao Qi, J.C. Ye, John C.S. Lui. "Risk-Aware Multi-Agent Multi-Armed Bandits."
The 25th Int. Symposium on Theory, Algorithmic Foundations, and
Protocol Design for Mobile Networks and Mobile Computing (ACM MobiHoc), 2024.
Z.Y. Chen, K.C. Cai, J.B. Zhang, John C.S. Lui. "DaMPS: A Deadline-aware Multipath Packet Scheduler for Mobile Applications."
IEEE 21st International Conference on Mobile Ad Hoc and Smart Systems (MASS), 2024.
Z.Q. Chen, K.C. Cai, Z.Y. Chen, J.B. Zhang and John C.S. Lui. "Merit-based Fair Combinatorial Semi-Bandit with Unrestricted Feedback Delays."
27th European Conference On Artificial Intelligence (ECAI), 2024.
X.T. Liu, S.W. Wang, J.H. Zuo, H. Zhong, X.C. Wang, Z.Y. Wang, S. Li, M. Hajiesmaili, John C.S. Lui, Wei Chen. "Combinatorial Multivariant Multi-Armed Bandits with Applications to Episodic Reinforcement Learning and Beyond."
41st International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML), 2024.
J.H. He, C.C. Liu, X.T. Liu, L.Z. Li, John C.S. Lui. "Quantum Algorithm for Online Exp-concave Optimization."
41st International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML), 2024.
Z.H. Li, M.L. Liu, John C.S. Lui
"FedConPE: Efficient Federated Conversational Bandits with Heterogeneous Clients."
The 33rd International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI), 2024.
X.X. Dai, Z.Y. Wang, J.C. Ye, John C.S. Lui. "Quantifying the Merits of Network-Assist Online Learning in Optimizing Network Protocols."
IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Quality of Service (IWQoS), 2024.
J. Zuo, X.T. Liu, C.J. Wong, John C.S. Lui, W. Chen. ``Online Competitive Influence Maximization''
The 25th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics (AISTATS), 11472-11502, 2022.
Xie Hong, John C.S. Lui. ``A Markov Decision Process Approach to Analyze Discount & Reputation
Trade-offs in E-commerce Systems''.
Mathematical Performance Modeling and Analysis (MAMA), 2018.
John C.S. Lui. ``An Online Learning Approach to Network Application Optimization
with Guarantee'' (invited talk).
Frontiers of Networks, Workshop in ACM Mobihoc, 2018.
Xiaoying Zhang, Xie Hong, Junzhou Zhao, John C.S. Lui. ``Modeling Assimilation-Contrast Effects in Online Product
Rating System: Debiasing and Recommendation''.
27th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence and the 23rd European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI-ECAI),
Sister conference best-paper track, 2018.
Gaoying Ju, Yongkun Li, Yinlong Xu, Jiqiang Chen and John C. S. Lui. ``Stochastic Modeling of Hybrid Cache Systems''.
The IEEE Modeling, Analysis adn Simulation of Computer adn Telecommunication Systems (MASCOTS),
September, 2016.
Xie Hong, John C.S. Lui. ``A Data Driven Approach to Uncover Deficiencies in Online
Reputation Systems''.
IEEE Int. Conf. on Data Mining (ICDM), November, 2015.
J. Zhao, John C.S. Lui, D. Towsley, X.H. Guan. ``Measuring and Maximizing Group Closeness Centrality over Disk-Resident Graphs''.
The 6th Annual Workshop on Simplifying Complex Networks for Practitioners (SIMPLEX),
S. Korea, 2014. (Technical Report) (Best Paper Award)
J. Anselmi, D. Ardagna, John C.S. Lui, A. Wierman, Y. Xu, Z. Yang. ``The economics of the cloud: Price competition and congestion'',
Joint Workshop on Pricing & Incentives in Networks and Systems with
Network Economics (W-PIN+NetEcon), 2013.
ACM SIGMETRICS '10 Proceedings of the ACM SIGMETRICS international conference on Measurement and modeling of computer systems, 2010
(AR: 16% out of 184 submissions)
Bridge Q. Zhao, John C.S. Lui. ``Incentivizing Cooperation via Contracts in Large-Scale Networks''.
IEEE INFOCOM Mini-conference, 2010.
Bridge Q. Zhao, John C.S. Lui and Dah-Ming Chiu. ``Exploring the Optimal Chunk Selection Policy
for Data-Driven P2P Streaming Systems''.
The 9th International Conference on Peer-to-Peer Computing, 2009. (Technical Report)
(AR: 19% out of 126 submissions).
Bridge Q. Zhao, Y.K. Li, John C.S. Lui and Dah-Ming Chiu. ``Mathematical Modeling of Advertisement and Influence Spread
in Social Networks''.
ACM Workshop on the Economics of Networked Systems (NetEcon), 2009.
Bridge Q. Zhao, Y.K. Li, John C.S. Lui and Dah-Ming Chiu. ``On Modeling Product Advertisement in Large Social Networks''.
ACM SIGMETRICS/PERFORRMANCE, poster, 2009.
Jilong Wang, D.M. Chiu, John C.S. Lui. ``Credit Based Networking''.(invited paper)
Int. Conference on Communication Systems and Networks (COMSNET), 2009.
Tom Z.J. Fu, D.M. Chiu, John C.S. Lui. ``PBS: Periodic Behavioral Spectrum of P2P Applications''.
Passive and Active Measurements, 2009.
(AR: 28%)
RTB. Ma, D.M. Chiu, John C.S. Lui, V. Misra, D. Rubenstein. ``The Shapley Value: its Use and Implications on Internet Economics''.
Allerton Conference, 2008.
(AR: around 30%.)
Q. Zhao, John C.S. Lui, D.M. Chiu. ``Mathematical Modeling of Incentive Policies in P2P Systems''.
ACM Network Economics (NetEcon), 2008.
RTB Ma, D.M. Chiu, John C.S. Lui, V. Misra, D. Rubenstein.
``Interconnecting Eyeballs to
Content: A Shapley Value Perspective on ISP Peering and Settlement''.
ACM Network Economics (NetEcon), 2008.
Adrian S.W. Tam, Dah-Ming Chiu, John C.S. Lui, Y.C. Tay. ``A Case of TCP-Friendly Admission Control''.
Fourteenth IEEE International Workshop on Quality of Service (IWQoS),
Yale Univ., New Haven, 2006.
(AR: 27/157=17% )
Yu Dong, David K.Y. Yau, John C.S. Lui. ``An Opportunistic Scheduler to Balance Performance Measures and
Energy Consumption in Wireless Networks:
Design and Implementation''
Wireless Internet Conference, Budapest, Hungary, July 10-15, 2005.
John C.S. Lui, Vishal Misra, Dan Rubenstein. ``On the Robustness of Soft State Protocols''.
IEEE International Conference on Network Protocols (ICNP),
Berlin, Germany, October, 2004.
(AR: 33/213=15% )
Ken Y.K. Hui, John C.S. Lui, David K.Y. Yau. ``Small-World Overlay P2P Networks''.
IEEE International Workshop on Quality of Service (IWQoS),
Montreal, Canada, June 2004.
(AR: 30/154=19% )
T.B. Ma, Sam C.M. Lee, John C.S. Lui, David K.Y. Yau. ``An Incentive Mechanism for P2P Networks''.
The 24th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS),
Tokyo, Japan, March 23-26, 2004.
(AR: 84/475=17% )
T.B. Ma, Sam C.M. Lee, John C.S. Lui, David K.Y. Yau. ``Incentive P2P Networks: A Protocol to Encourage Information Sharing
and Contribution'',
The Fifth Workshop on MAthematical performance Modeling and Analysis,
Marina del Rey, CA, USA, June 16, 2003.
Leana Golubchik, John C. S. Lui ``Multi-path Streaming: Is It Worth the Trouble'',
The Fourth Workshop on Mathematical Performance Modeling and Analysis,
Marina del Rey, CA, USA, June 16, 2002.
Leana Golubchik, Don Towsley, Edmundo de Souza e Silva, John C.S. Lui, "Internet2 Wide-Area Applications",
Internet2 Network Research Workshop, Chicago, IL, USA. April 18-19, 2001.
John C.S. Lui, X.Q. Wang, "Providing QoS Guarantee for Individual Video Stream via Stochastic
Admission",
International Conference on the Performance and QoS of Next Generation
Networking", Nagoya, Japan, November 27-30, 2000.
C.F. Chou, Leana Golubchi, John C.S. Lui, "A Performance Study of Dynamic Replication Techniques in
Continuous Media Servers".
MASCOTS International Conference, San Francisco, August 29-September 1, 2000.
(AR: 57/94=60% )
Leana Golubchi, John C.S. Lui, "Open Problems for Threshold-based Systems".
The Second Workshop on Mathematical Modeling and Analysis,
Santa Clara, USA, June 17-18, 2000.
John C.S. Lui, X.Q. Wang, "Admission Control Algorithm for Providing Quality-of-Service
Guarantee for Individual Connection in a Video-on-Demand System".
IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC),
Antibes-Juan-les-Pins, France, 4-6 July, 2000.
(AR: 122/224=54% )
John C.S. Lui, Peter T.S. Tam, H.W. Chan, "Routing and Channel Reservation Strategies for a Low Earth Orbit
Satellite System".
Eurocomm 2000, Munich, Germany, May 17-20, 2000.
John C.S. Lui, Oldfield K.Y. So, Peter T.S. Tam, "Deriving An Optimal Synchronization Interval for Supporting View
Consistency in a Distributed Virtual Environment".
Fifth International Workshop on Multimedia Information Systems (MIS'99),
pp, 99-106, October 21-23, 1999.
John C.S. Lui, W.K. Lam, "General Methodology in Analyzing the Performance of
Parallel/Distributed Simulation under General Computational
Graphs".
Third International Conference on the numerical Solution of Markov Chain,
September 6-10, 1999.
Edmundo de Souza e Silva, H.Richard Gail, Leana Golubchik and
John C.S. Lui, "Analytical Models for Mixed Workload Multimedia Storage
Servers".
International Conference of Performance Evaluation, Istanbul,
Turkey, August 22-26, 1999.
(AR: 24/120=20% )
John C.S. Lui, Oldfield K.Y. So, Peter T.S. Tam, "Communication Sub-graph Construction and Object Synchronization for
Distributed VirtualEnvironment Systems".
Sixth International Conference on Distributed Multimedia System
(DMS'99), July, 1999.
John C.S. Lui, M.F. Chan, "Efficient Partitioning Algorithm for the Distributed Virtual
Environment System".
Sixth International Conference on Distributed Multimedia System
(DMS'99), July, 1999.
John C.S. Lui, Cedric C.F. Fong, H.W. Chan, "Location Updates and Probabilistic Tracking Algorithms for Mobile
Cellular Networks".
International Workshop on Mobile Computing, June, 1999.
John C.S. Lui, Oldfield K.Y. So, Peter T.S. Tam, "Deriving Communication Sub-graph and Optimal Synchronization
Interval for Distributed Virtual Environment System".
IEEE International Conference on Multimedia Systems, June, 1999.
Leana Golubchik, John C.S. Lui, Edmundo de Souza E. Silva,
Richard Gail, "Evaluation of Performance Tradeoffs in Scheduling Techniques for
Mixed Workload Multimedia Servers".
IEEE International Conference on Multimedia Systems, June, 1999.
Leana Golubchik, ChengFu Chow, and John Lui, "A Performance Study of Dynamic Replication Techniques in
Continuous Media Servers".
ACM SIGMETRICS Conference, June, 1999.
(AR: 18/92=19% )
John C.S. Lui, M.F. Chan, K.Y. So, T.S. Tam, "Balancing Workload and Communication Cost for a Distributed
Virtual Environment".
Fourth International Workshop on Multimedia Information Systems,
September 24-26, 1998.
John C.S. Lui, M.F. Chan, K.Y. So, T.S. Tam, "Dynamic Partitioning for a Distributed Virtual Environment".
Third High Performance Computing Asia Conference, 23 - 25
September, 1998.
John C.S. Lui, H.W. Fung, Y.H. Wong, "Linux-RMS: An Open System Scheduler for Supporting Realtime
Multimedia Applications".
Third High Performance Computing Asia Conference, 23-25 September, 1998.
John C.S. Lui. "Performance Evaluation of Location Update Protocol with Dynamic
Area Assignment".
INFORMS International Conference, Israel, July, 1998.
John C.S. Lui, Oldfield K.Y. So, T.S. Tam. "NFS/M: An Open Platform Mobile File System".
The 18th International Conference on Distributed Computing
Systems (ICDCS'98), May, 1998.
(AR: 68/305=22% )
Peter W.K. Lie, John C.S. Lui, Leana Golubchik. "Threshold-Based Dynamic Replication in Large-Scale
Video-on-Demand Systems".
RIDE98, Eighth International Workshop on Research Issues in Data
Engineering, February, 1998.
(AR: 18/36=50% )
John C.S. Lui, M.F. Chan, T.F. Chan, W.S. Cheung, W.W. Kwong. "Virtual Exploration and Information Retrieval System: Design and
Implementation".
Third International Workshop on Multimedia Information Systems, 1997.
Cedric Fong, John C.S. Lui, M.H. Wong, Edmundo.D. Silva, "Performance Analysis of Mobile Terminals Tracking Algorithms".
18th IFIP TC7 Conference on System Modeling and Optimization, 1997.
John C.S. Lui, Kelvin K.W. Law, "Load Balancing and VCR Functionalities Support via Subband Coding
Techniques".
International Conference on Network and Operating Systems Support
for Digital Audio and Video (NOSSDAV '96). April, 1996.
S.W. Lau, John C.S. Lui, "Scheduling and Replacement Policies for a Hierarchical
Multimedia Storage Server".
International Symposium on Multimedia Systems, March 18-20,
Yokohama, Japan, 1996.
S.W. Lau, John C.S. Lui. "A Novel Video-On-Demand Storage Architecture for Supporting
Constant Frame Rate with Variable Bit Rate Retrieval".
International Conference on Network and Operating Systems Support
for Digital Audio and Video (NOSSDAV '95), 1995.
R.R. Muntz, John C.S. Lui, "An Eclectic Survey of Bounding Methods for Markov Chain
Models".
International MASCOTS Conference, 1995.
Clarence. Lau, John C.S. Lui, P.C. Wong, "A Cost-effective Near-line Storage Server for Multimedia
System".
11th International Conference on Data Engineering. March, 1995.
(AR: 56/233=24% )
John C.S. Lui, R.R. Muntz, "Evaluating Bounds on Steady State Availability of Repairable
Systems from Markov Models".
First International Conference on the Numerical Solution of the
Markov Chains, January, 1990.
Tutorials and Seminars Presented
"Continuous Media Storage Servers."
1998 ACM SIGMETRICS/PERFORMANCE Conference, Madison, Wisconsin, June 1998.
With Leana Golubchik (Univ. of Maryland) and R.R. Muntz
(UCLA).
"Continuous Media Storage Servers."
1999 ACM SIGMETRICS Conference, Atlanta, GA, May 1999.
With Leana Golubchik (Univ. of Maryland).
Edited Books
Michael J. Franklin, John C.S. Lui, K.L. Tan. "Mobile Data Management."
Lecture Notes in Computer Science, ISBN: 3-540-41454-1.
Released Software
RMSS: An On-demand Multimedia Streaming System
(The server and client software are released under the General
Public License)
To access this GPL software, please refer to the following link:
RMSS
RMSS+: A Dynamic Multicast Multimedia Streaming System
(The server and client software are released under the General
Public License)
To access this GPL software, please refer to the following link:
RMSS+
Secure Multimedia Library (SML): A
library based on Asymmetric Parametric Sequence
Method for Implementing Secure Multimedia Streaming Proxy.
To access this GPL software, please refer to the following link:
SML
Secure Group Communication Library (SEAL): A C language API which
provides necessary software components
for developers to write secure dynamic group-oriented
applications without any centralized key server.
To access this GPL software, please refer to the following link:
Secure Group Communication Library (SEAL)
(A Linux-based package for implementing a
software programmable router architecture with
the aim to facilitate networking experiments for the research
community. Using this architecture, one can dynamically
load new extension and services into the programmable router.
Some interesting extensions include QoS support and
traceback of DDoS attacks.) OPERA: an open-source extensible router architecture
Technology Transfer
"JAWAP-IC".
Software Licensee Fee for CUHK. $80,000 plus royalty.
Fellowships, Awards and Honors
Fellow of ACM
Fellow of IEEE
Croucher Senior Research Fellow
Fellow of the Hong Kong Academy of Engineering Sciences
Member of Tau Beta Pi.
Elected Member of IFIP WG 7.3.
Department of Computer Science and Engineering,
Exemplary Teaching Award, 1999/2000.
Department of Computer Science and Engineering,
Exemplary Teaching Award, 2000/2001.