Publications
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Journal Publications
- Chenlin Ma, Zhaoyan Shen, Jihe Wang, Yi Wang, Renhai Chen, Yong Guan, and Zili Shao, "Tiler: An Autonomous Region-Based Scheme for SMR Storage", Accepted in IEEE Transactions on Computers (TC).
- Zhaoyan Shen , Lei Han , Renhai Chen , Chenlin Ma , Zhiping Jia, Zili Shao, "An Efficient Directory Entry Lookup Cache with Prefix-Awareness for Mobile Devices", Accepted in IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD).
- Zhaoyan Shen , Lei Han , Chenlin Ma , Zhiping Jia, Tao Li, and Zili Shao, "Leveraging the Interplay of RAID and SSD for Lifetime Optimization of Flash-based SSD RAID", Accepted in IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD).
- Chenlin Ma , Yi Wang , Zhaoyan Shen , Renhai Chen , Zhu Wang, Zili Shao, "MNFTL: An Efficient Flash Translation Layer for MLC NAND Flash Memory", ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems (TODAES), Vol. 25, No. 6, Article 50, pp. 50:1-50:19, August 2020.
- Yichen Jia, Zili Shao and Feng Chen, "SlimCache: An Efficient Data Compression Scheme for Flash-based Key-value Caching", ACM Transactions on Storage (TOS), Vol. 16, Issue 2, Article 14, pp. 14:1-14:34, June 2020.
- Zhiyong Zhang, Zhaoyan Shen , Zhiping Jia, and Zili Shao, "UniBuffer: Optimizing Journaling Overhead with Unified DRAM and NVM Hybrid Buffer Cache", Accepted in IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD), Vol. 39, No. 9, pp. 1792-1805, September 2020.
- Qian Wang, Zhiping Jia, Tianyu Wang , Zhaoyan Shen , Mengying Zhao, Renhai Chen , and Zili Shao, "A Highly Parallelized PIM-based Accelerator for Transaction-based Blockchain in IOT Environment", IEEE Internet of Things Journal, Vol. 7, No. 5, pp. 4072 - 4083, May 2020.
- Ameer Hamza Khan , Zili Shao, Shuai Li, Qixin Wang, and Nan Guan, "Which is the Best PID Variant for Pneumatic Soft Robots? An Experimental Study", IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica, Vol. 7, No. 2, pp. 451 - 460, March 2020.
- Renhai Chen , Chi Zhang , Yi Wang , Zhaoyan Shen , Duo Liu , Zili Shao, and Yong Guan, "DCR: Deterministic Crash Recovery for NAND Flash Storage Systems", IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD), Vol. 38, No. 12, pp. 2201-2214, December 2019.
- Chenlin Ma , Zhaoyan Shen , Yi Wang , and Zili Shao, "Alleviating Hot Data Write Back Effect for Shingled Magnetic Recording Storage Systems", IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD), Vol. 38, No. 12, pp. 2243-2254, December 2019.
- Zhaoyan Shen , Yuanjing Shi , Zili Shao and Yong Guan, "An Efficient LSM-tree-based SQLite-like Database Engine for Mobile Devices", IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD), Vol. 38, No. 9, pp. 1635-1647, September 2019.
- Chenlin Ma , Zhaoyan Shen , Lei Han and Zili Shao, "RMW-F: A Design of RMW-Free Cache Using Built-in NAND-Flash for SMR storage", ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems (TECS), Vol. 18, No. 5s, Article 65, pp. 65:1-65:19, October 2019.
- Zhu Wang, Jalil Boukhobza, and Zili Shao, "Preserving SSD Lifetime in Deep Learning Applications with Delta Snapshots", Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing (JPDC), Vol. 133, pp. 63 - 76, November 2019.
- Chenlin Ma , Zhaoyan Shen , Lei Han , Renhai Chen and Zili Shao, "FC: Built-in Flash Cache with Fast Cleaning for SMR Storage Systems", Journal of Systems Architecture (JSA), Vol. 98, pp. 214 - 220, September 2019.
- Kan Zhong, Duo Liu , Yunsong Wu, Linbo Long, Weichen Liu, Jinting Ren, Renping Liu, Liang Liang, and Zili Shao, "Towards Fast and Lightweight Checkpointing for Mobile Virtualization using NVRAM", IEEE Transaction on Parallel and Distributed Systems (TPDS), Vol. 30, No. 6, pp. 1421 - 1433, June 2019.
- Shaheer Muhammad , M. Usman Rafique, Shuai Li, Zili Shao, Qixin Wang and Xue Liu, "Reconfigurable Battery Systems: A Survey on Hardware Architecture and Research Challenges", ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems (TODAES), Vol. 24, Issue 2, pp. 19:1 - 19:27, March 2019.
- Naehyuck Chang, Mohammad Abdullah Al Faruque, Zili Shao, Chun Jason Xue, Yiran Chen, and Donkyu Baek, "Survey of Low-Power Electric Vehicles: A Design Automation Perspective", IEEE Design & Test (Invited Paper), Vol. 35, Issue 6, pp. 44 - 70, December 2018.
- Zhaoyan Shen , Feng Chen, Yichen Jia and Zili Shao, "DIDACache: An Integration of Device and Application for Flash-based Key-value Caching", ACM Transactions on Storage (TOS), Vol. 14, Issue 3, pp. 26:1-26:32, November 2018.
- Yi Wang , Ruibiao Chen, Rui Mao, Zili Shao, "Optimally Removing Synchronization Overhead for CNNs in 3D Neuromorphic Architecture", IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Vol. 65, No. 11, pp. 8973-8981, November 2018.
- Yimei Kang, Xingyu Zhang, Zili Shao, Renhai Chen , and Yi Wang , "A Reliability Enhanced Video Storage Architecture in Hybrid SLC/MLC NAND Flash Memory", Journal of Systems Architecture, Vol. 88, pp. 33-42, August 2018.
- Lei Han , Zhaoyan Shen , Duo Liu , Zili Shao, H. Howie Huang and Tao Li, "A Novel ReRAM-based Processing-in-Memory Architecture for Graph Traversal", ACM Transactions on Storage (TOS), Vol. 14, No. 1, pp. 9:1-9:26, April 2018.
- Jalil Boukhobza, Stephane Rubini, Renhai Chen , and Zili Shao, "Emerging NVM: A Survey on Architectural Integration and Research Challenges", ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems (TODAES), Vol. 23, No. 2, pp. 14:1-14:32, January 2018.
- Jian-Jun Han, Xin Tao, Dakai Zhu, Hakan Aydin, Zili Shao, and Laurence T. Yang, "Multicore Mixed-Criticality Systems: Partitioned Scheduling and Utilization Bound", IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD), Vol. 37, No. 1, pp. 21-34, January 2018.
- Shaheer Muhammad , M. Usman Rafique, Shuai Li, Zili Shao, Qixin Wang and Nan Guan, "A Robust Algorithm for State-of-Charge Estimation with Gain Optimization", IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics (TII), Vol. 13, No. 6, pp. 2983 - 2994, December 2017.
- Duo Liu , Kan Zhong, Xiao Zhu, Yang Li, Lingbo Long, and Zili Shao, "Non-volatile Memory based Page Swapping for Building High-Performance Mobile Devices", IEEE Transactions on Computers (TC), Vol. 66, No. 11, pp. 1918-1931, November 2017.
- Yong Guan, Guohui Wang, Chenlin Ma, Renhai Chen, Yi Wang, and Zili Shao, "A Block-Level Log-Block Management Scheme for MLC NAND Flash Memory Storage Systems", IEEE Transactions on Computers (TC), Vol. 66, No. 9, pp. 1464-1477, September 2017.
- Zhaoyan Shen, Zhijian He, Shuai Li, Qixin Wang, and Zili Shao, "A Multi-Quadcopter Cooperative Cyber-Physical System for Timely Air Pollution Localization", ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems (TECS), Vol. 16, No. 3, pp. 70:1-70:34, April 2017.
- Jie Guo, Danghui Wang, Zili Shao, and Yiran Chen, "Data-Pattern-Aware Error Prevention Technique to Improve System Reliability", IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration Systems (TVLSI), Vol. 25, No. 4, pp. 1433-1443, April 2017.
- Jing Zeng, Laurence T. Yang, Man Lin, Zili Shao, and Dakai Zhu, "The System-Level Design Optimization for Security-Critical Cyber-Physical-Social Systems", ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems (TECS), Vol. 16, No. 39, pp. 39:1-39:21, April 2017.
- Renhai Chen, Yi Wang, Duo Liu, Zili Shao, and Song Jiang, "Heating Dispersal for Self-Healing NAND Flash Memory", IEEE Transactions on Computers (TC), Vol. 66, No. 2, pp. 361-367, February 2017.
- Yi Wang, Tianzheng Wang, Duo Liu, Zili Shao, and Jingling Xue, "Fine Grained, Direct Access File System Support for Storage Class Memory", Journal of Systems Architecture, Vol. 72, pp. 80-92, January 2017.
- Yi Wang, Zhiwei Qin, Renhai Chen, Zili Shao, and Laurence T. Yang, "An Adaptive Demand-Based Caching Mechanism for NAND Flash Memory Storage Systems", ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems (TODAES), Vol. 22, No. 1, pp. 18:1-18:22, December 2016.
- Renhai Chen, Yi Wang, Jingtong Hu, Duo Liu, Zili Shao, and Yong Guan, "vFlash:Virtualized Flash for Optimizing the I/O Performance in Mobile Devices", IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD), Vol. 36, No. 7, pp. 1203-1214, October 2016.
- Renhai Chen, Yi Wang, Jingtong Hu, Duo Liu, Zili Shao, and Yong Guan, "Image-Content-Aware I/O Optimization for Mobile Virtualization", ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems (TECS), Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 12:1-12:24, October 2016.
- Duo Liu, Kan Zhong, Tianzheng Wang, Yi Wang, Zili Shao, Edwin H.-M. Sha, and Jingling Xue, "Durable Address Translation in PCM-based Flash Storage Systems", IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems (TPDS), Vol. 28, No. 2, pp. 475-490, June 2016.
- Xiao Zhu, Duo Liu, Liang Liang, Kan Zhong, Linbo Long, Meikang Qiu, Zili Shao, and Edwin H.-M. Sha, "Revisiting Swapping in Mobile Systems with SwapBench", Future Generation Computer Systems, Vol. 74, pp. 265-275, June 2016.
- Linbo Long, Duo Liu, Liang Liang, Xiao Zhu, Kan Zhong, Zili Shao, and Edwin H.-M. Sha, "Morphable Resistive Memory Optimization for Mobile Virtualization", IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD), Vol. 35, No. 6, pp. 891-904, June 2016.
- Muhammad Umer Khan, Shuai Li, Qixin Wang, and Zili Shao, "CPS Oriented Control Design for Networked Surveillance Robots with Multiple Physical Constraints", IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD), Vol. 35, No. 5, pp. 778-791, May 2016.
- Min Huang, Zhaoqing Liu, Liyan Qiao, Yi Wang, and Zili Shao, "An Endurance-Aware Metadata Allocation Strategy for MLC NAND Flash Memory Storage Systems", IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD), Vol. 35, No. 4, pp. 691-694, April 2016.
- Hongxing Wei, Zhenzhou Shao, Zhen Huang, Renhai Chen, Yong Guan, Jindong Tan, and Zili Shao, "RT-ROS: A Real-time ROS Architecture on Multi-Core Processors", Future Generation Computer Systems (Elsevier), Vol. 56, pp. 171-178, March 2016.
- M. Umer Khan, Shuai Li, Qixin Wang, and Zili Shao, "Formation Control and Tracking for Co-operative Robots with Non-holonomic Constraints", Springer Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, Vol. 82, No. 1, pp. 163-174, February 2016.
- Yi Wang, Zhiwei Qin, Renhai Chen, Zili Shao, Qixin Wang, Shuai Li, and Laurence T. Yang, "A Real-Time Flash Translation Layer for NAND Flash Memory Storage Systems", IEEE Transactions on Multi-Scale Computing Systems (TMSCS), Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 17-29, January 2016.
- Renhai Chen, Zhaoyan Shen, Chenlin Ma, Zili Shao, and Yong Guan, "NVMRA: Utilizing NVM to Improve the Random Write Operations for NAND-Flash-Based Mobile Devices", Software: Practice and Experience (SPE), Vol. 46, No. 9, pp. 1263-1284, December 2015.
- Zhu Wang, Zonghua Gu, and Zili Shao, "WCET-Aware Energy-Efficient Data Allocation on Scratchpad Memory for Real-Time Embedded Systems", IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration Systems (TVLSI), Vol. 2, No. 11, pp. 2700-2704, November 2015.
- Yimei Kang, Bin Hu, Yi Wang, and Zili Shao, "A Scale Self-Adaptive Tracking Method Based on Moment Invariants", Journal of Signal Processing Systems (Springer), Vol. 81, No. 2, pp. 197-212, November 2015.
- Zhu Wang, Zonghua Gu, and Zili Shao, "Endurance-Aware Allocation of Data Variables on NVM-Based Scratchpad Memory in Real-Time Embedded Systems", IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD), Vol. 34, No. 10, pp. 1600-1612, October 2015.
- Guohui Wang, Yong Guan, Yi Wang, and Zili Shao, "Energy-Aware Assignment and Scheduling for Hybrid Main Memory in Embedded Systems", Computing (Springer), Vol. 98, No. 3, pp. 279-301, July 2015.
- Renhai Chen, Zhiwei Qin, Yi Wang, Duo Liu, Zili Shao, and Yong Guan, "On-Demand Block-Level Address Mapping in Large-Scale NAND Flash Storage Systems", IEEE Transactions on Computers (TC), Vol. 64, No. 6, pp. 1729-1741, June 2015.
- Qi Zhang, Xuandong Li, Linzhang Wang, Tian Zhang, Yi Wang, and Zili Shao, "Lazy-RTGC: A Real-Time Lazy Garbage Collection Mechanism with Jointly Optimizing Average and Worst Performance for NAND Flash Memory Storage Systems", ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems (TODAES), Vol. 20, No. 3, PP. 43:1-43:32, June 2015.
- Wei Jiang, Yue Ma, Xia Zhang, Xupeng Wang, and Zili Shao, "Adaptive Security Management of Real-Time Storage Applications over NAND Based Storage Systems", Journal of Network and Computer Applications (JNCA), Vol. 52, No. C, pp. 139-153, June 2015.
- Tianzheng Wang, Duo Liu, Yi Wang, and Zili Shao, "Towards Write-Activity-Aware Page Table Management for Non-volatile Main Memories", ACM Transaction on Embedded Computing System (TECS), Vol. 14, No. 2, pp. 34:1-34:23, March 2015.
- Zhiping Jia, Yang Li, Yi Wang, Meng Wang, and Zili Shao, "Temperature-Aware Data Allocation for Embedded Systems with Cache and Scratchpad Memory", ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems (TECS), Vol. 14, No. 2, pp. 30:1-30:24, March 2015.
- Yi Wang, Min Huang, Zili Shao, Henry C. B. Chan, Luis Angel D. Bathen, and Nikil D. Dutt, "A Reliability-Aware Address Mapping Strategy for NAND Flash Memory Storage Systems", IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD), Vol. 33, No. 11, pp. 1623-1631, November 2014.
- Yi Wang, Zili Shao, Henry C.B. Chan, Luis Angel D. Bathen, and Nikil D. Dutt, "A Reliability Enhanced Address Mapping Strategy for Three-dimensional (3D) NAND Flash Memory", IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration Systems (TVLSI), Vol. 22, No. 11, pp. 2402-2410, November 2014.
- Duo Liu, Tianzheng Wang, Yi Wang, Zili Shao, Qingfeng Zhuge, and Edwin Sha, "Application-Specific Wear Leveling for Extending Lifetime of Phase Change Memory in Embedded Systems", IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD), Vol. 33, No. 10, pp. 1450-1462, October 2014.
- Qi Zhang, Xuandong Li, Linzhang Wang, Tian Zhang, Yi Wang, and Zili Shao, "Data-assemblage: a translation-page-aware data block allocation strategy for flash-based solid state drives", Journal of Design Automation for Embedded Systems (Springer), Vol. 17, No. 3-4, pp. 565-586, October 2014.
- Zhu Wang, Zonghua Gu, and Zili Shao, "Optimization of Data Variables Allocation for PCM/DRAM-based Hybrid Main Memory", IEEE Embedded Systems Letters (ESL), Vol. 6, No. 3, pp. 61-64, September 2014.
- Yi Wang, Zhiping Jia, Renhai Chen, Meng Wang, Duo Liu, and Zili Shao, "Loop Scheduling with Memory Access Reduction Subject to Register Constraints for DSP Applications", Software: Practice and Experience (SPE), Vol. 44, No. 8, pp. 999-1026, August 2014.
- Yi Wang, Zili Shao, Henry C. B. Chan, Duo Liu, and Yong Guan, "Memory-Aware Task Scheduling with Communication Overhead Minimization for Streaming Applications on Bus-Based Multiprocessor System-on-Chips", IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems (TPDS), Vol. 25, No. 7, pp. 1797-1807, July 2014.
- Junhui Wang, Yue Qian, Yi Wang, Zili Shao, Wenhua Dou, and Qiang Dou, "Analysis of Worst-Case Backlog Bounds for Networks-on-Chip", Journal of Systems Architecture (JSA), Vol. 60, No. 6, pp. 495-508, June 2014.
- Yi Wang, Linfeng Pan, Zili Shao, Yong Guan, and Minyi Guo, "Loop Transforming for Reducing Data Alignment on Multi-Core SIMD Processors", Journal of Signal Processing Systems (Springer), Vol. 74, No. 2, pp. 137-150, February 2014.
- Qi Zhang, Linzhang Wang, Tian Zhang, and Zili Shao, "Optimized Address Translation Method for Flash Memory", Journal of Software (Chinese), Vol.25, No. 2, pp. 314-325, February 2014.
- Yi Wang, Duo Liu, Zhiwei Qin, and Zili Shao, "Optimally Removing Inter-Core Communication Overhead for Streaming Applications on MPSoCs", IEEE Transactions on Computers (TC), Vol. 62, No. 2, pp. 336-350, February 2013.
- Duo Liu, Yi Wang, Zhiwei Qin, Zili Shao, and Yong Guan, "A Space Reuse Strategy for Flash Translation Layers in SLC NAND Flash Memory Storage Systems", IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration Systems (TVLSI), Vol. 20, No. 6, pp. 1094-1107, June 2012.
- Duo Liu, Yi Wang, Zili Shao, Minyi Guo, and Jingling Xue, "Optimally Maximizing Iteration-Level Loop Parallelism", IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems (TPDS), Vol. 23, No. 3, pp. 564-572, March 2012.
- Hongxing Wei, Bin Wang, Yi Wang, Zili Shao, and Keith C. C. Chan, "Staying-Alive Path Planning with Energy Optimization for Mobile Robots", Expert Systems with Applications (Elsevier), Vol. 39, No. 3, pp. 3559-3571, February 2012.
- Miao Liu, Duo Liu, Yi Wang, Meng Wang, and Zili Shao, "On Improving Real-Time Interrupt Latencies of Hybrid Operating Systems with Two-Level Hardware Interrupts", IEEE Transactions on Computers (TC), Vol. 60, No. 7, pp. 978-991, July 2011.
- Meng Wang, Zili Shao, and Jingling Xue, "On Reducing Hidden Redundant Memory Accesses for DSP Applications", IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration Systems (TVLSI), Vol. 19, No. 6, pp. 997-1010, June 2011.
- Yi Wang, Hui Liu, Duo Liu, Zhiwei Qin, Zili Shao, and Edwin H.-M. Sha, "Overhead-Aware Energy Optimization for Real-Time Streaming Applications on Multiprocessor System-on-Chip", ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems (TODAES), Vol. 16, No 2, pp. 14:1-14:32, March 2011.
- Yanqin Yang, Haijin Yan, Zili Shao, and Minyi Guo, "Compiler-Assisted Dynamic Scratch-pad Memory Management with Space Overlapping for Embedded Systems", Software: Practice and Experience (SPE), Vol. 41, No. 7, pp. 737-752, October 2010.
- Yanqin Yang, Meng Wang, Haijin Yan, Zili Shao, and Minyi Guo, "Dynamic Scratch-pad Memory Management with Data Pipelining for Embedded Systems", Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience (CCPE) (Wiley), Vol. 22, No. 13, pp. 1874-1892, June 2010.
- Meng Wang, Yi Wang, Duo Liu, Zhiwei Qin, and Zili Shao, "Compiler-Assisted Leakage-Aware Loop Scheduling for Embedded VLIW DSP Processors", Journal of Systems
Software (JSS) (Elsevier), Vol. 83, No. 5, pp. 772-785, May 2010.
- Kai Sun, Meng Wang, Zili Shao, Hui Liu, Hongxing Wei, and Tianmiao Wang, "Design and Synthesis of a Multiprocessor System-on-Chip Architecture for Real-Time Biomedical Signal Processing in Gamma Cameras", Journal of VLSI Signal Processing Systems (JVSP) (Springer), Vol. 59, No. 1, pp. 71-83, April 2010.
- Meikang Qiu, Laurence T. Yang, Zili Shao, and Edwin H.-M. Sha, "Dynamic and Leakage Energy Minimization with Soft Real-Time Loop Scheduling and Voltage Assignment", IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration Systems (TVLSI), Vol. 18, Issue 3, pp. 501-504, March 2010.
- Chun Jason Xue, Jingtong Hu, Zili Shao, and Edwin H.-M. Sha, "Iterational Retiming with Partitioning: Loop Scheduling with Complete Memory Latency Hiding", ACM Transaction on Embedded Computing System (TECS), Vol. 9, No. 3, pp. 1-26, February 2010.
- Minyi Guo, Linfeng Pan, Yanqin Yang, Meng Wang, and Zili Shao, "An Effective State-based Predictive Approach for Leakage Energy Management on Embedded Systems", Journal of Design Automation for Embedded Systems (Springer), Vol. 13, No. 4, pp. 311-332, December 2009.
- Hui Liu, Zili Shao, Meng Wang, Junzhao Du, Chun Jason Xue, and Zhiping Jia, "Combining Coarse-Grained Software Pipelining with DVS for Scheduling Real-Time Periodic Dependent Tasks on Multi-Core Embedded Systems", Journal of VLSI Signal Processing Systems (JVSP) (Springer), Vol. 57, No. 2, pp. 249-262, November 2009.
- Meikang Qiu, Chun Xue, Zili Shao, Meilin Liu, and Edwin H.-M. Sha, "Energy Minimization for Heterogeneous Wireless Sensor Networks", Journal of Embedded Computing (JEC) (IOS Press), Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 109-117, April 2009.
- Chun Xue, Zili Shao, Meilin Liu, Meikang Qiu, and Edwin H.-M. Sha, "Optimizing Nested Loops with Iterational and Instructional Retiming", Journal of Embedded Computing (JEC) (IOS Press), Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 29-37, January 2009.
- Chun Xue, Zhiping Jia, Zili Shao, Meng Wang, and Edwin H.-M. Sha, "Optimize Address Assignment with Array and Loop Transformations for Minimizing Schedule Length", IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I (TCAS I), Vol. 55, No. 1, pp. 379-389, February 2008.
- Bin Xiao, Jiannong Cao, Zili Shao, and Edwin H.-M. Sha, "An Efficient Algorithm for Dynamic Shortest Path Tree Update in Network Routing", Journal of Communications and Networks (JCN - KICS), Vol. 9, No. 4, pp. 499-510, December 2007.
- Bin Xiao, Jiannong Cao, Zili Shao, Qingfeng Zhuge, and Edwin H.-M. Sha, "Analysis and Algorithm Design for the Partition of Large-Scale Adaptive Mobile Wireless Networks", Computer Communications (Elsevier), Vol. 30, No. 8, pp. 1899-1912, June 2007.
- Zili Shao, Meng Wang, Ying Chen, Chun Xue, Meikang Qiu, Laurence T. Yang, and Edwin H.-M. Sha, "Real-Time Dynamic Voltage Loop Scheduling for Multi-Core Embedded Systems", IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II (TCAS-II), Vol. 54, No. 5, pp. 445-449, May 2007.
- Chun Xue, Zili Shao, and Edwin H.-M. Sha, "Maximize Parallelism Minimize Overhead for Nested Loops via Loop Striping", The Journal of VLSI Signal Processing Systems for Signal, Image, and Video Technology (JVLSI), Vol. 47, No. 2, pp. 153-167, May 2007.
- Meikang Qiu, Zhiping Jia, Chun Xue, Zili Shao, and Edwin H.-M. Sha, "Voltage Assignment with Guaranteed Probability Satisfying Timing Constraint for Real-time Multiproceesor DSP", The Journal of VLSI Signal Processing Systems for Signal, Image, and Video Technology (JVLSI), Vol. 46, No. 1, pp. 55-73, January 2007.
- Zili Shao, Jiannong Cao, Keith C. C. Chan, Chun Xue, and Edwin H.-M. Sha, "Hardware/software Optimization for Array & pointer Bound Checking Against Buffer Overflow Attacks", Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing (JPDC), special issue on Security in Grid and Distributed Systems, Vol. 66, No. 9, pp. 1129-1136, September 2006.
- Chun Xue, Zili Shao, Qingfeng Zhuge, Bin Xiao, Meilin Liu, and Edwin H.-M. Sha, "Optimizing Address Assignment for Scheduling DSPs with Multiple Functional Units", IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II (TCAS-II), Vol. 53, No. 9, pp. 976-980, September 2006.
- Qingfeng Zhuge, Chun Xue, Zili Shao, Meilin Liu, Meikang Qiu, and Edwin H.-M. Sha, "Design Optimization and Space Minimization Considering Timing and Code Size via Retiming and Unfolding", Journal of Microprocessors and Microsystems (JMM), Vol. 30, No. 4, pp. 173-183, June 2006.
- Zili Shao, Chun Xue, Qingfeng Zhuge, Meikang Qiu, Bin Xiao, and Edwin H.-M. Sha, "Security Protection and Checking for Embedded System Integration Against Buffer Overflow Attacks via Hardware/Software", IEEE Transactions on Computers (TC), Vol. 55, No. 4, pp. 443-453, April 2006.
- Zili Shao, Qingfeng Zhuge, Meilin Liu, Chun Xue, Edwin H.-M. Sha, and Bin Xiao, "Algorithms and Analysis of Scheduling for Loops with Minimum Switching", International Journal of Computational Science and Engineering (IJCSE), Vol. 2, No. 1/2, pp. 88-97, March 2006.
- Zili Shao, Chun Xue, Qingfeng Zhuge, Bin Xiao, and Edwin H.-M. Sha, "Loop Scheduling with Timing and Switching-Activity Minimization for VLIW DSP", ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems (TODAES), Vol. 11, No. 1, pp. 165-185, January 2006.
- Zili Shao, Qingfeng Zhuge, Chun Xue, and Edwin H.-M. Sha, "Efficient Assignment and Scheduling for Heterogeneous DSP Systems", IEEE Transaction on Parallel and Distributed Systems (TPDS), Vol. 16, No. 6, pp. 516-525, June 2005.
- Zili Shao, Qingfeng Zhuge, Youtao Zhang, and Edwin H.-M. Sha, "Algorithms and Analysis of Scheduling for Low-Power High-Performance DSP on VLIW Processors", International Journal of High Performance Computing and Networking (IJHCN), Vol. 1, No. 1-3, pp. 4-16, January 2004.
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Conference Publications
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Yungang Pan, Zhiping Jia, Zhaoyan Shen, Bingzhe Li, Wanli Chang, and Zili Shao, "Reinforcement Learning-Assisted Framework to Mitigate Long-Tail Latency in DM-SMR Drive", The 58th Design Automation Conference (DAC), San Francisco, CA, USA, December 5-9, 2021.
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Zhiqi Wang, Jin Xue, and Zili Shao, "Heracles: An Efficient Storage Model and Data Flushing for Performance Monitoring Timeseries", The 47th International Conference on Very Large Data Bases (VLDB 2021), Copenhagen, Denmark, August 16-20, 2021.
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Kecheng Huang, Zhiping Jia, Zhaoyan Shen, Zili Shao and Feng Chen, "Less is More: De-amplifying I/Os for Key-value Stores with a Log-assisted LSM Tree", The 37th IEEE International Conference on Data Engineering (ICDE), Crete, Greece, April 19-23, 2021.
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Fang Wang, Man Lung Yiu, and Zili Shao, "Accelerating Similarity-based Mining Tasks on High-dimensional Data by Processing-in-memory", The 37th IEEE International Conference on Data Engineering (ICDE), Crete, Greece, April 19-23, 2021. (Short Paper)
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Siqi Shang, Qihong Wu, Tianyu Wang, and Zili Shao, "LiteIndex: Memory-Efficient Schema-Agnostic Indexing for JSON documents in SQLite", The 26th Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC), Virtual Conference, Janruary18-21, 2021.
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Tianyu Wang, Qi Wang, Zhaoyan Shen, Zhiping Jia and Zili Shao, "Understanding Intrinsic Characteristics and System Implications of DAG-based Blockchain", The International Conference on Embedded Software and Systems (ICESS 2020), Virtual Conference, December 10-11, 2020 (The Best Paper Award).
- Tianyu Wang , Wenbin Zhu, Qun Ma, Zhaoyan Shen and Zili Shao, "ABACUS: Address-partitioned Bloom filter on Address Checking for UniquenesS in IoT Blockchain", The 2020 International Conference on Computer Aided Design (ICCAD), Virtual Conference, November 2-5, 2020.
- Chenlin Ma , Yi Wang , Zhaoyan Shen and Zili Shao, "KFR: Optimal Cache Management with K-Framed Reclamation for Drive-Managed SMR Disks", The 57th IEEE/ACM Design Automation Conference (DAC), San Francisco, CA, USA, July 19-23, 2020.
- Yuhao Zhang, Zhiping Jia, Yungang Pan, Hongchao Du, Zhaoyan Shen , Mengying Zhao and Zili Shao, "PattPIM: A Practical ReRAM-based DNN Accelerator by Reusing Weight Pattern Repetitions", The 57th IEEE/ACM Design Automation Conference (DAC), San Francisco, CA, USA, July 19-23, 2020.
- Runyu Zhang, Duo Liu , Xianzhang Chen, Xiongxiong She, Chaoshu Yang, Yujuan Tan, Zhaoyan Shen and Zili Shao, "LOFFS: A Low-Overhead File System for Large Flash Memory on Embedded Devices", The 57th IEEE/ACM Design Automation Conference (DAC), San Francisco, CA, USA, July 19-23, 2020.
- Renhai Chen , Zili Shao, Duo Liu , Zhiyong Feng, and Tao Li, "Towards Efficient NVDIMM-based Heterogeneous Storage Hierarchy Management for Big Data Workloads", The 52nd IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Microarchitecture (MICRO), Ohio, USA, October 12-16, 2019.
- Qian Wang, Tianyu Wang , Zhaoyan Shen , Zhiping Jia, Mengying Zhao and Zili Shao, "Re-Tangle: ReRAM-based Processing-in-Memory Architecture for Transaction-based Blockchain", The 2019 International Conference On Computer Aided Design (ICCAD), Westminster, CO, USA, November 4-7, 2019.
- Chenlin Ma , Zhaoyan Shen , Lei Han and Zili Shao, "RMW-F: A Design of RMW-Free Cache Using Built-in NAND-Flash for SMR storage", The International Conference on Hardware/Software Codesign and System Synthesis (CODES+ISSS), New York, USA, October 13-18, 2019.
- Lei Han , Zili Shao, Hussam Amrouch and J?rg Henkel, "Rebirth-FTL: Lifetime Optimization via Approximate Storage for NAND Flash", The 8th IEEE Non-Volatile Memory Systems and Applications Symposium (NVMSA), Hangzhou, China, August 18-21, 2019.
- Lei Han , Shangzhen Tan, Bin Xiao, Chenlin Ma , and Zili Shao, "Optimizing Cauchy Reed-Solomon Coding via ReRAM Crossbars in SSD-based RAID Systems", The 8th IEEE Non-Volatile Memory Systems and Applications Symposium (NVMSA), Hangzhou, China, August 18-21, 2019.
- Zhaoyan Shen , Feng Chen, Gala Yadgar and Zili Shao, "One Size Never Fits All: A Flexible Storage Interface for SSDs", The 39th IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS), Dallas, Texas, USA, July 7-10, 2019.
- Shangyu Wu, Yi Wang , Amelie Chi Zhou, Rui Mao, Zili Shao and Tao Li, "Towards Cross-Platform Inference on Edge Devices with Emerging Neuromorphic Architecture", The 22nd Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference (DATE), Florence, Italy, March 25-29, 2019.
- Lei Han , Bin Xiao, Xuwei Dong, Zhaoyan Shen and Zili Shao, "DS-Cache: A Refined Directory Entry Lookup Cache with Prefix-Awareness for Mobile Devices", The 22nd Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference (DATE), Florence, Italy, March 25-29, 2019.
- Fang Wang , Zhaoyan Shen , Lei Han and Zili Shao, "ReRAM-based Processing-in-Memory Architecture for Blockchain Platforms", The 24th Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC 2019), Tokyo, Japan, January 21- 24, 2019.
- Yichen Jia, Zili Shao, and Feng Chen, "SlimCache: Exploiting Data Compression Opportunities in Flash-based Key-value Caching", 26th IEEE International Symposium on the Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems (MASCOTS'18), Milwaukee, WI, September 25-28, 2018.
- Yuanjing Shi, Zhaoyan Shen, and Zili Shao, "SQLiteKV: An Efficient LSM Tree-based Light-weight Database Engine for Mobile Devices", The 23rd Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC 2018), January 2018.
- Lei Han, Zhaoyan Shen, Zili Shao, H. Howie Huang, and Tao Li, "A Novel ReRAM-based Processing-in-Memory Architecture for Graph Computing", The 6th Non-Volatile Memory Systems and Applications Symposium (NVMSA), Hsinchu, Taiwan, August 16-18, 2017 (The best paper nominee).
- Muhammad Shaheer, Nan Guan, Shuai Li, Q Wang, and Zili Shao, "Efficient and Balanced Charging of Reconfigurable Battery with Variable Power Supply", The 23rd IEEE International Conference on Embedded and Real-Time Computing Systems and Applications (RTCSA), Hsinchu, Taiwan, August 16-18, 2017.
- Shaoyan Shen, Feng Chen, Yichen Jia, and Zili Shao, "DIDACache: A Deep Integration of Device and Application for Flash-Based Key-Value Caching", The 15th USENIX Conference on File and Storage Technologies (FAST), Santa Clara, USA, February 27 - March 2, 2017.
- Renhai Chen, Zili Shao, and Tao Li, "Bridging the I/O Performance Gap for Big Data Workloads: A New NVDIMM-based Approach", The 49th Annual IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Microarchitecture (MICRO), Taipei, Taiwan, October 15-19, 2016.
- Xingbo Wu, Fan Ni, Li Zhang, Yandong Wang, Yufei Ren, Michel Hack, Zili Shao, and Song Jiang, "NVMcached: An NVM-based Key-Value Cache", The 7th ACM SIGOPS Asia-Pacific Workshop on Systems (APSys), Hong Kong, China, August 4-5, 2016.
- Zhaoyan Shen, Feng Chen, Yichen Jia, and Zili Shao, "Optimizing Flash-based Key-value Cache Systems", The 8th USENIX Workshop on Hot Topics in Storage and File Systems (HotStorage), Denver, US, June 20-21, 2016.
- Kan Zhong, Duo Liu, Liang Liang, Linbo Long, Yi Lin, and Zili Shao, "FLIC: Fast, Lightweight Checkpointing for Mobile Virtualization using NVRAM", The 19th Design, Automation and Test in Europe (DATE), Dresden, Germany, March 14-18, 2016.
- Renhai Chen, Zili Shao, Chia-Lin Yang, and Tao Li, "MCSSim: A Memory Channel Storage Simulator", The 21st Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC), Macau, China, January 25-28, 2016.
- Chen Pan, Mimi Xie, Jingtong Hu, Chengmo Yang, and Zili Shao, "Nonvolatile Main Memory Aware Garbage Collection in High-Level Language Virtual Machine", The ACM SIGBED International Conference on Embedded Software (EMSOFT 2015), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, October 4-9, 2015.
- Min Huang, Yi Wang, Liyan Qiao, Duo Liu, and Zili Shao, "SmartBackup: An Efficient and Reliable Backup Strategy for Solid State Drives with Backup Capacitors", The 17th IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC), New York, USA, August 24-26, 2015 (Invited Paper).
- Renhai Chen, Yi Wang, Jingtong Hu, Duo Liu, Zili Shao, and Yong Guan, "Virtual Machine Image Content Aware I/O Optimization for Mobile Virtualization", The 12th IEEE International Conference on Embedded Software and Systems (ICESS), New York, USA, August 24-26, 2015.
- Xingbo Wu, Yuehai Xu, Zili Shao, and Song Jiang, "LSM-trie: An LSM-tree-based Ultra-Large Key-Value Store for Small Data Items", The USENIX Annual Technical Conference (ATC 2015), CA, USA, July 8-10, 2015.
- Xingbo Wu, Zili Shao, and Song Jiang, "Selfie: Co-locating Metadata and Data to Enable Fast Virtual Block Devices", The 8th ACM International Systems and Storage Conference (SYSTOR), Haifa, Israel, May 26-28, 2015.
- Yi Wang, Tianzheng Wang, Zili Shao, Duo Liu, and Jingling Xue, "File System-Independent Block Device Support for Storage Class Memory", The International Workshop of Software-Defined Data Communications and Storage (SDDCS 15), Hong Kong, China, April 27, 2015 (Invited paper).
- Qi Zhang, Xuandong Li, Linzhang Wang, Tian Zhang, Yi Wang, and Zili Shao, "Optimizing Deterministic Garbage Collection in NAND Flash Storage Systems", The 21st IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS) in conjunction with Cyber-Physical Systems Week (CPSWEEK), Seattle, US, April 13-17, 2015.
- Renhai Chen, Yi Wang, Jingtong Hu, Duo Liu, Zili Shao, and Yong Guan, "Unified Non-Volatile Memory and NAND Flash Memory Architecture in Smartphones", The 20th Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC), Chiba/Tokyo, Japan, January 19-22, 2015.
- Min Huang, Yi Wang, Zhaoqing Liu, Liyan Qiao, and Zili Shao, "A Garbage Collection Aware Stripping Method for Solid-State Drives", The 20th Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC), Chiba/Tokyo, Japan, January 19-22, 2015 (The best paper nominee).
- Linbo Long, Duo Liu, Xiao Zhu, Kan Zhong, Zili Shao, and Edwin Sha, "Balloonfish: Utilizing Morphable Resistive Memory in Mobile Virtualization", The 20th Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC), Chiba/Tokyo, Japan, January 19-22, 2015.
- Kan Zhong, Tianzheng Wang, Xiao Zhu, Linbo Long, Duo Liu, Weichen Liu, Zili Shao, and Edwin Sha, "Building High-Performance Smartphones via Non-Volatile Memory: The Swap Approach", The ACM SIGBED International Conference on Embedded Software (EMSOFT 2015) in conjunction with Embedded Systems Week (ESWeek), New Delhi, India, October 12-17, 2014.
- Renhai Chen, Yi Wang, Jingtong Hu, Duo Liu, Zili Shao, and Yong Guan, "Virtual-Machine Metadata Optimization for I/O Traffic Reduction in Mobile Virtualization", The 3rd IEEE Nonvolatile Memory Systems and Applications Symposium (NVMSA), Chongqing, China, August 20-21, 2014.
- Chi Zhang, Yi Wang, Tianzheng Wang, Renhai Chen, Duo Liu, and Zili Shao, "Deterministic Crash Recovery for NAND Flash based Storage Systems", The 51st IEEE/ACM Design Automation Conference (DAC), San Francisco, CA, USA, June 1-5, 2014.
- Jie Guo, Zhijie Chen, Danghui Wang, Zili Shao, and Yiran Chen, "DPA: A Data Pattern Aware Error Prevention Technique for NAND Flash Lifetime Extension", The 19th Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC), Singapore, January 20-23, 2014.
- Renhai Chen, Yi Wang, and Zili Shao, "DHeating: Dispersed Heating Repair for Self-Healing NAND Flash Memory", The ACM International Conference on Hardware-Software Codesign and System Synthesis (CODES+ISSS 2013) in conjunction with Embedded Systems Week (ESWeek), Montreal, Canada, September 29, October 4, 2013.
- Yi Wang, Renhai Chen, Zili Shao, and Tao Li, "SolarTune: Real-Time Scheduling with Load Tuning for Solar Energy Powered Multicore Systems", The 19th IEEE International Conference on Embedded and Real-Time Computing Systems and Applications (RTCSA), Taipei, Taiwan, August 19-21, 2013.
- Wei Jiang, Yue Ma, Xia Zhang, Xupeng Wang, and Zili Shao, "Online Optimization of Security-Sensitive Real-Time Storage Applications for NAND Flash Memory Storage Systems", The 19th IEEE International Conference on Embedded and Real-Time Computing Systems and Applications (RTCSA), Taipei, Taiwan, August 19-21, 2013.
- Yong Guan, Guohui Wang, Yi Wang, Renhai Chen, and Zili Shao, "BLog: Block-level Log-block Management for NAND Flash Memory Storage Systems", The 14th ACM SIGPLAN/SIGBED Conference on Languages, Compilers, and Tools for Embedded Systems (LCTES), Seattle, Washington, June 20-21, 2013.
- Tianzheng Wang, Duo Liu, Yi Wang, and Zili Shao, "FTL^2: A Hybrid Flash Translation Layer with Logging for Write Reduction in Flash Memory", The 14th ACM SIGPLAN/SIGBED Conference on Languages, Compilers, and Tools for Embedded Systems (LCTES), Seattle, Washington, June 20-21, 2013.
- Duo Liu, Tianzheng Wang, Yi Wang, Zili Shao, Qingfeng Zhuge, and Edwin Sha, "Curling-PCM: Application-Specific Wear Leveling for Phase Change Memory based Embedded Systems", The 18th Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC), Pacifico Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan, January 22-25, 2013.
- Qi Zhang, Xuandong Li, Linzhang Wang, Tian Zhang, Yi Wang, and Zili Shao, "Optimizing Translation Information Management in NAND Flash Memory Storage Systems", The 18th Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC), Pacifico Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan, January 22-25, 2013.
- Zili Shao, Naehyuck Chang, and Nikil D. Dutt, "PTL: PCM Translation Layer", 2012 IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI (ISVLSI), Amherst, USA, August 19-21, 2012 (Invited paper).
- Zili Shao, Yongpan Liu, Yiran Chen, and Tao Li, "Utilizing PCM for Energy Optimization in Embedded Systems", 2012 IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI (ISVLSI), Amherst, USA, August 19-21, 2012 (Invited paper).
- Yi Wang, Luis Angel D. Bathen, Nikil D. Dutt, and Zili Shao, "Meta-Cure: A Reliability Enhancement Strategy for Metadata in NAND Flash Memory Storage Systems", The 49th IEEE/ACM Design Automation Conference (DAC), San Francisco, CA, USA, June 3-7, 2012.
- Zhiwei Qin, Yi Wang, Duo Liu, and Zili Shao, "Real-Time Flash Translation Layer for NAND Flash Memory Storage Systems", The 18th IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS) in conjunction with Cyber-Physical Systems Week (CPSWEEK), Beijing, China, April 16-19, 2012.
- Yi Wang, Luis Angel D. Bathen, Zili Shao, and Nikil D. Dutt, "3D-FlashMap: A Physical-Location-Aware Block Mapping Strategy for 3D NAND Flash Memory", The 15th Design, Automation and Test in Europe (DATE), Dresden, Germany, March 12-16, 2012.
- Duo Liu, Tianzheng Wang, Yi Wang, Zhiwei Qin, and Zili Shao, "A Block-Level Flash Memory Management Scheme for Reducing Write Activities in PCM-based Embedded Systems", The 15th Design, Automation and Test in Europe (DATE), Dresden, Germany, March 12-16, 2012.
- Tianzheng Wang, Duo Liu, Zili Shao, and Chengmo Yang, "Write-Activity-Aware Page Table Management for PCM-based Embedded Systems", The 17th Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC), Sydney, Australia, January 30-February 2, 2012.
- Duo Liu, Tianzheng Wang, Yi Wang, Zhiwei Qin, and Zili Shao, "PCM-FTL: A Write-Activity-Aware NAND Flash Memory Management Scheme for PCM-based Embedded Systems", The 32nd IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTSS), Vienna, Austria, November 29-December 2, 2011.
- Zhiwei Qin, Yi Wang, Duo Liu, Zili Shao, and Yong Guan, "MNFTL: An Efficient Flash Translation Layer for MLC NAND Flash Memory Storage Systems", The 48th IEEE/ACM Design Automation Conference (DAC), San Diego, CA, USA, June 5-10, 2011.
- Zhiwei Qin, Yi Wang, Duo Liu, and Zili Shao, "A Two-Level Caching Mechanism for Demand-Based Page-Level Address Mapping in NAND Flash Memory Storage Systems", The 17th IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS) in conjunction with Cyber-Physical Systems Week (CPSWEEK), Chicago, USA, April 11-14, 2011.
- Yi Wang, Duo Liu, Zhiwei Qin, and Zili Shao, "An Endurance-Enhanced Flash Translation Layer via Reuse for NAND Flash Memory Storage Systems", The 14th Design, Automation and Test in Europe (DATE), Grenoble, France, March14-18, 2011.
- Yi Wang, Duo Liu, Zhiwei Qin, and Zili Shao, "Memory-Aware Optimal Scheduling with Communication Overhead Minimization for Streaming Applications on Chip Multiprocessors", The 31st IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTSS), San Diego, USA, November 30-December 3, 2010.
- Zhiwei Qin, Yi Wang, Duo Liu, and Zili Shao, "Demand-Based Block-Level Address Mapping in Large-Scale NAND Flash Storage Systems", The ACM International Conference on Hardware-Software Codesign and System Synthesis (CODES+ISSS 2010) in conjunction with Embedded Systems Week (ESWeek), Scottsdale, Arizona, October 24-29, 2010.
- Yi Wang, Duo Liu, Meng Wang, Zhiwei Qin, and Zili Shao, "Optimal Task Scheduling by Removing Inter-core Communication Overhead for Streaming Applications on MPSoC", The 16th IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS) in conjunction with CPS Week (CPSWEEK), Stockholm, Sweden, April 12-16, 2010.
- Yi Wang, Duo Liu, Meng Wang, Zhiwei Qin, Zili Shao, and Yong Guan, "RNFTL: A Reuse-Aware NAND Flash Translation Layer for Flash Memory", The 11st ACM SIGPLAN/SIGBED Conference on Languages, Compilers and Tools for Embedded Systems (LCTES) in conjunction with CPS Week (CPSWEEK), Stockholm, Sweden, April 12-16, 2010.
- Duo Liu, Zili Shao, Meng Wang, Minyi Guo, and Jingling Xue, "Optimal Loop Parallelization for Maximizing Iteration-Level Parallelism", The International Conference on Compilers, Architecture, and Synthesis for Embedded Systems (CASES 2009), Grenoble, France, October 11-16, 2009.
- Meng Wang, Yi Wang, Duo Liu, and Zili Shao, "Improving the Reliability of Embedded Systems with Cache and SPM", The 2009 IEEE International Symposium on Trust, Security and Privacy for Pervasive Applications (TSP) in conjunction with the IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Systems (IEEE MASS), Macau, China, October 12-15, 2009.
- Meng Wang, Duo Liu, Yi Wang, and Zili Shao, "Loop Scheduling with Memory Access Reduction under Register Constraints for DSP Applications", The 2009 IEEE Workshop on Signal Processing (SiPS), Tampere, Finland, October 7-9, 2009.
- Yanqin Yang, Meng Wang, Zili Shao, and Minyi Guo, "Dynamic Scratch-pad Memory Management with Data Pipelining for Embedded Systems", The 12th International Conference on Computational Science and Engineering (CSE), Vancouver, Canada, August 29-31, 2009.
- Chun Jason Xue, Guoliang Xing, Zhaohui Yuan, Zili Shao, and Edwin H.-M. Sha, "Joint Sleep Scheduling and Mode Assignment in Wireless Cyber-Physical Systems", The 2nd International Workshop on Cyber-Physical Systems (WCPS) in Conjunction with the 29th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS), Montreal, Canada, June 22-26, 2009.
- Linfeng Pan, Minyi Guo, Yanqin Yang, Meng Wang, and Zili Shao, "A State-based Predictive Approach for Leakage Reduction of Functional Units", The 2008 IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Embedded and Ubiquitous Computing (EUC), Shanghai, China, December 17-20, 2008.
- Yanqin Yang, Zili Shao, Linfeng Pan, and Minyi Guo, "ISOS: Space Overlapping Based on Iteration Access Patterns for Dynamic Scratch-pad Memory Management in Embedded Systems", The 9th International Conference for Young Computer Scientists (ICYCS), Hunan, China, November 18-21, 2008 (The best paper award).
- Meng Wang, Zili Shao, Hui Liu, and Chun Jason Xue, "Minimizing Leakage Energy with Modulo Scheduling for VLIW DSP Processors", The IFIP Working Conference on Distributed and Parallel Embedded Systems (DIPES 2008), Milano, Italy, September 7-10, 2008.
- Baokang Zhao, Meng Wang, Zili Shao, Jiannong Cao, Keith C. C. Chan, and Jinshu Su, "Topology-Aware Energy-Efficient Task Assignment for Collaborative In-Network Processing in Distributed Networked Sensor Systems", The IFIP Working Conference on Distributed and Parallel Embedded Systems (DIPES 2008), Milano, Italy, September 7-10, 2008.
- Baokang Zhao, Meng Wang, Zili Shao, Jiannong Cao, Keith C. C. Chan, and Jinshu Su, "Topology Aware Task Allocation and Scheduling for Real-time Data Fusion applications in Networked Embedded Sensor Systems", The 14th IEEE International Conference on Embedded and Real-Time Computing Systems and Applications (RTCSA), Kaohsiung, Taiwan, August 25-27, 2008.
- Chun Jason Xue, Zhaohui Yuan, Guoliang Xing, Zili Shao, and Edwin H.-M. Sha, "Energy Efficient Operating Mode Assignment for Real-Time Tasks in Wireless Embedded Systems", The 14th IEEE International Conference on Embedded and Real-Time Computing Systems and Applications (RTCSA), Kaohsiung, Taiwan, August 25-27, 2008.
- Yunan Cao, Zili Shao, Meng Wang, Chun Jason Xue, Youdong Chen, Hongxing Wei, and Tianmiao Wang, "A Formal Specification and Verification Framework for Designing and Verifying Reliable and Dependable Software for Computerized Numerical Control (CNC) Systems", The 28th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS), Beijing China, June 17-20, 2008.
- Hui Liu, Zili Shao, Meng Wang, and Ping Chen, "Overhead-Aware System-Level Joint Energy and Performance Optimization for Streaming Applications on Multiprocessor Systems-on-Chip", The 20th Euromicro Conference on Real-Time Systems (ECRTS), Prague, Czech Republic, July 2-4, 2008.
- Tianmiao Wang, Bin Wang, Hongxing Wei, Yunan Cao, Meng Wang, and Zili Shao, "Staying-Alive and Energy-Efficient Path Planning for Mobile Robots", The 2008 American Control Conference (ACC), Seattle, USA, June 11-13, 2008.
- Tianmiao Wang, Yunan Cao, Youdong Chen, Hongxing Wei, Bin Wang, and Zili Shao, "A New Feedrate Adaptation Control NURBS Interpolation Based on de Boor Algorithm in CNC Systems", The 2008 American Control Conference (ACC), Seattle, USA, June 11-13, 2008.
- Bin Wang, Tianmiao Wang, Hongxing Wei, Meng Wang, and Zili Shao, "Power-Aware Real-Time Task Scheduling With Feedback Control for Mobile Robots", The 3rd IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications (ICIEA), Singapore, Singapore, June 3-5, 2008.
- Yunan Cao, Tianmiao Wang, Youdong Chen, Hongxing Wei, and Zili Shao, "A High-Speed Control Algorithm Using Look-Ahead Strategy in CNC System", The 3rd IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications (ICIEA), Singapore, Singapore, June 3-5, 2008.
- Chun Jason Xue, Tiantian Liu, Zili Shao, Jingtong Hu, Zhiping Jia, and Edwin H.-M. Sha, "Address Assignment Sensitive Variable Partitioning and Scheduling for DSPs with Multiple Memory Banks", The 33rd IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), Las Vegas, USA, March 31- April 4, 2008.
- Chun Jason Xue, Edwin H.-M. Sha, Zili Shao, and Meikang Qiu, "Effective Loop Partitioning and Scheduling under Memory and Register Dual Constraints", The 11th Design, Automation and Test in Europe (DATE), Munich, Germany, March 10-14, 2008.
- Kai Sun, Hongxing Wei, Tianmiao Wang, Meng Wang, Zili Shao, and Hui Liu, "MPSOC Architectural Design and Synthesis For Real-Time Biomedical Signal Processing in Gamma Cameras", The 1st International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices (BIODEVICES), Madeira, Portugal, January 28-31, 2008.
- Guochen Hua, Meng Wang, Zili Shao, Hui Liu, and Chun Jason Xue, "Real-Time Loop Scheduling with Energy Optimization via DVS and ABB for Multi-Core Embedded Systems", The 2007 IFIP International Conference on Embedded and Ubiquitous Computing (EUC), Taipei, Taiwan, December 10-13, 2007.
- Chun Jason Xue, Zili Shao, Meilin Liu, Qingfeng Zhuge, and Edwin H.-M. Sha, "Parallel Network Intrusion Detection on Reconfigurable Platform", The 2007 IFIP International Conference on Embedded and Ubiquitous Computing (EUC), Taipei, Taiwan, December 10-13, 2007.
- Tianmiao Wang, Kai Sun, Hongxing Wei, Meng Wang, Zili Shao, and Hui Liu, "Interconnection Synthesis of MPSoC Architecture for Gamma Camera", The 2007 IFIP International Conference on Embedded and Ubiquitous Computing (EUC), Taipei, Taiwan, December 10-13, 2007.
- Miao Liu, Zili Shao, Meng Wang, Hongxing Wei, and Tianmiao Wang, "Implementing Hybrid Operating Systems with Two-Level Hardware Interrupts", The 28th IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTSS), Tucson, USA. December 3-6, 2007.
- Meng Wang, Zili Shao, Chun Jason Xue, and Edwin H.-M. Sha, "Real-Time Loop Scheduling with Leakage Energy Minimization for Embedded VLIW DSP Processors", The 13th IEEE International Conference on Embedded and Real-Time Computing Systems and Applications (RTCSA), Daegu, Korea, August 21-24, 2007 (Invited Paper).
- Meikang Qiu, Chun Jason Xue, Zili Shao, and Edwin H.-M. Sha, "Energy Minimization with Soft Real-time and DVS for Uniprocessor and Multiprocessor Embedded Systems", The 2007 Design, Automation and Test in Europe (DATE), Acropolis, France, April 16-20, 2007.
- Meikang Qiu, Zhiping Jia, Zili Shao, Chun Xue, and Edwin H.-M. Sha, "Loop Scheduling to Minimize Cost with Data Mining and Prefetching for Heterogeneous DSP", The 18th IASTED International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing and Systems (IASTED PDCS), Dallas, USA, November 13-15, 2006.
- Meikang Qiu, Chun Xue, Qingfeng Zhuge, Zili Shao, Meilin Liu, and Edwin H.-M. Sha, "Voltage Assignment and Loop Scheduling for Energy Minimization while Satisfying Timing Constraint with Guaranteed Probability", The 17th International Conference on Application-Specific Systems, Architectures and Processors (ASAP), Steamboat Springs, Colorado, September 11-13, 2006.
- Chun Xue, Zili Shao, Meilin Liu, Meikang Qiu, and Edwin H.-M. Sha, "Loop Striping: Maximizing Parallelism for Nested Loops", The 2006 IFIP International Conference on Embedded and Ubiquitous Computing (EUC), Seoul, Korea, August 1-4, 2006.
- Bin Xiao, Jiadi Yu, Zili Shao, and Minglu Li, "Distributed Proximity-Aware Peer Clustering in BitTorrent-like Peer-to-Peer Networks", The 2006 IFIP International Conference on Embedded and Ubiquitous Computing (EUC), Seoul, Korea, August 1-4, 2006.
- Meikang Qiu, Chun Xue, Zili Shao, Qingfeng Zhuge, Meilin Liu, and Edwin H.-M. Sha, "Efficient Algorithm of Energy Minimization for Heterogeneous Wireless Sensor Network", The 2006 IFIP International Conference on Embedded and Ubiquitous Computing (EUC), Seoul, Korea, August 1-4, 2006.
- Meikang Qiu, Zili Shao, Qingfeng Zhuge, Chun Xue, Meilin Liu, and Edwin H.-M. Sha, "Efficient Assignment with Guaranteed Probability for Heterogeneous Parallel DSP", The 12th IEEE International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Systems (ICPADS), Minneapolis, USA, July 12-15, 2006.
- Chun Xue, Zili Shao, Meilin Liu, Meikang Qiu, and Edwin H.-M. Sha, "Loop Scheduling with Complete Memory Latency Hiding on Multi-core Architecture", The 12th IEEE International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Systems (ICPADS), Minneapolis, USA, July 12-15, 2006.
- Meilin Liu, Qingfeng Zhuge, Zili Shao, Chun Xue, and Edwin H.-M. Sha, "Maximum Loop Distribution and Fusion for Two-level Loops Considering Code Size", The 8th International Symposium on Parallel Architectures, Algorithms, and Networks (I-SPAN), Las Vegas, USA, December 7-9, 2005.
- Chun Xue, Zili Shao, Meilin Liu, Meikang Qiu, and Edwin H.-M. Sha, "Optimizing Nested Loops with Iterational and Instructional Retiming", The 2005 IFIP International Conference on Embedded and Ubiquitous Computing (EUC), Nagasaki, Japan, December 6-9, 2005.
- Meilin Liu, Qingfeng Zhuge, Zili Shao, Chun Xue, Meikang Qiu, and Edwin H.-M. Sha, "Loop Distribution and Fusion Considering Timing and Code Size for Embedded DSP", The 2005 IFIP International Conference on Embedded and Ubiquitous Computing (EUC), Nagasaki, Japan, December 6-9, 2005.
- Meikang Qiu, Meilin Liu, Chun Xue, Zili Shao, Qingfeng Zhuge, and Edwin H.-M. Sha, "Optimal Assignment with Guaranteed Confidence Probability for Trees on Heterogeneous DSP Systems", The 17th IASTED International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing Systems (PDCS), Phoenix, USA, November 14-16, 2005.
- Chun Xue, Zili Shao, Meilin Liu, and Edwin H.-M. Sha, "Iterational Retiming: Maximize Iteration-Level Parallelism for Nested Loops", The 2005 ACM/IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Hardware - Software Codesign and System Synthesis (ISSS-CODES), New York, USA, September 18-21, 2005.
- Meilin Liu, Zili Shao, Chun Xue, Kevin F. Chen, and Edwin H.-M. Sha, "Multi-level Loop Fusion with Minimal Code Size", The 18th International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing Systems (ISCA-PDCS), Las Vegas, September 12-14, 2005.
- Ying Chen, Zili Shao, Qingfeng Zhuge, Chun Xue, Bin Xiao, and Edwin H.-M. Sha, "Minimizing Energy via Loop Scheduling and DVS for Multi-Core Embedded Systems", The IEEE/IFIP International Workshop on Parallel and Distributed EMbedded Systems (PDES 2005) in conjunction with ICAPDS, Fukuoka, Japan, July 20-22, 2005 (the best paper award).
- Zili Shao, Chun Xue, Qingfeng Zhuge, Edwin H.-M. Sha, and Bin Xiao, "Efficient Array & Pointer Bound Checking Against Buffer Overflow Attacks via Hardware/Software", The IEEE International Conference on Information Technology (ITCC 05), Las Vegas, USA, April 4-6, 2005.
- Chun Xue, Zili Shao, Ying Chen, and Edwin H.-M. Sha, "Optimizing DSP Scheduling via Address Assignment with Array and Loop Transformation", The 2005 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), Philadelphia, USA, March 19-23, 2005 (the best student paper award).
- Zili Shao, Qingfeng Zhuge, Chun Xue, Bin Xiao, and Edwin H.-M. Sha, "High-level Synthesis for DSP Applications using Heterogeneous Functional Units", The 10th IEEE Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC), Shanghai, China, January 18-21, 2005.
- Bin Xiao, Jiannong Cao, Qingfeng Zhuge, Zili Shao, and Edwin H.-M. Sha, "Shortest Path Tree Update for Multiple Link State Decrements", The 47 IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (GLOBECOM), Dallas, USA, November 29- December 3, 2004.
- Zili Shao, Qingfeng Zhuge, Meilin Liu, Bin Xiao, and Edwin H.-M. Sha, "Switching-Activity Minimization on Instruction-level Loop Scheduling for VLIW DSP Applications", The 15th International Conference on Application-specific Systems, Architectures and Processors (ASAP), Galveston, USA, September 29, 2004.
- Meilin Liu, Qingfeng Zhuge, Zili Shao, and Edwin H.-M. Sha, "General Loop Fusion Technique for Nested Loops Considering Timing and Code Size", The ACM/IEEE International Conference on Compilers, Architectures, and Synthesis for Embedded Systems (CASES 2004), Washington DC, USA, September 22-25, 2004.
- Meilin Liu, Qingfeng Zhuge, Zili Shao, Kevin F. Chen, and Edwin H.-M. Sha, "Loop Fusion via Retiming for DSP Applications", The 17th International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing Systems (ISCA-PDCS), San Francisco, USA, September 15-17, 2004.
- Zili Shao, Qingfeng Zhuge, Meilin Liu, Edwin H.-M. Sha, and Bin Xiao, "Loop Scheduling for Real-Time DSPs with Minimum Switching Activities on Multiple-functional-unit Architectures", The 2004 International Conference on Embedded and Ubiquitous Computing (EUC), Aizu-Wakamatsu City, Japan, August 25-27, 2004.
- Chun Xue, Zili Shao, Edwin H.-M. Sha, and Bin Xiao, "Optimizing Address Assignment for Scheduling Embedded DSPs", The 2004 International Conference on Embedded and Ubiquitous Computing (EUC), Aizu-Wakamatsu City, Japan, August 25-27, 2004.
- Qingfeng Zhuge, Zili Shao, and Edwin H.-M. Sha, "Timing Optimization of Nested Loops Considering Code Size for DSP Applications", The 2004 International Conference on Parallel Processing (ICPP), Montreal, Canada, August 15-18, 2004.
- Bin Xiao, Jiannong Cao, Qingfeng Zhuge, Zili Shao, and Edwin H.-M. Sha, "Dynamic Update of SPT in OSPF", The 2004 International Symposium on Parallel Architectures, Algorithms and Networks (ISPAN), Hong Kong, China, May 10-12, 2004.
- Zili Shao, Qingfeng Zhuge, Yi He, Chun Xue, Meilin Liu, and Edwin H.-M. Sha, "Assignment and Scheduling of Real-time DSP Applications for Heterogeneous Functional Units", The 18th International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS), Santa Fe, USA, April 26-30, 2004.
- Zili Shao, Chun Xue, Qingfeng Zhuge, Edwin H.-M. Sha, and Bin Xiao, "Security Protection and Checking in Embedded System Integration Against Buffer Overflow Attacks", The Information Assurance and Security special track in conjunction with International Conference on Information Technology: Coding and Computing (ITCC 2004), Las Vegas, USA, April 5-7, 2004.
- Zili Shao, Qingfeng Zhuge, Yi He, and Edwin H.-M. Sha, "Defending Embedded Systems Against Buffer Overflow via Hardware/Software", The 19th Annual Computer Security Applications Conference (ACSAC), Las Vegas, USA, December 8-12, 2003.
- Yi He, Zili Shao, Bin Xiao, Qingfeng Zhuge, and Edwin H.-M. Sha, "Reliability Driven Task Scheduling for Tightly Coupled Heterogeneous Systems", The IASTED International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing and Systems (IASTED PDCS), Marina Del Ray, USA, November 3-5, 2003.
- Bin Xiao, Qingfeng Zhuge, Yi He, Zili Shao, and Edwin H.-M. Sha, "Algorithms for Disk Covering Problems with the Most Points", The IASTED International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing and Systems (IASTED PDCS), Marina Del Ray, USA, November 3-5, 2003.
- Qingfeng Zhuge, Zili Shao, Bin Xiao, and Edwin H.-M. Sha, "Design Space Minimization with Timing and Code Size Optimization for Embedded DSP", The 1st IEEE/ACM International Conference on Hardware/Software Codesign and System Synthesis (CODES+ISSS 2003), Newport Beach, USA, October 1-3, 2003 (Nominated for the best paper as one of the final four).
- Zili Shao, Qingfeng Zhuge, Youtao Zhang, and Edwin H.-M. Sha, "Efficient Scheduling for Low-Power High-Performance DSP Applications", The 2nd Workshop on Hardware/Software Support for High Performance Scientific and Engineering Computing in conjunction with the 12th International Conference on Parallel Architecture and Compilation Techniques (PACT), pp. 135-149, New Orleans, USA, September 27-Octomber 1, 2003.
- Bin Xiao, Qingfeng Zhuge, Zili Shao, and Edwin H.-M. Sha, "Design and analysis of improved shortest path tree update for network routing", The ISCA 16th International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing Systems (ISCA PDCS), Reno, USA, August 13-15, 2003.
- Zili Shao, Qingfeng Zhuge, Edwin H.-M. Sha, and Chantana Chantrapornchai, "Loop Scheduling for Minimizing Schedule Length and Switching Activities", The IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS 2003), Bangkok, Thailand, May 25-28, 2003.
- Qingfeng Zhuge, Bin Xiao, Zili Shao, Edwin H.-M. Sha, and Chantana Chantrapornchai, "Optimal Code Size Reduction for Software-Pipelined and Unfolded Loops", The ACM International Symposium on System Synthesis (ISSS 2002), Kyoto, Japan, October 2-4, 2002.
- Qingfeng Zhuge, Zili Shao, and Edwin H.-M. Sha, "Optimal Code Size Reduction for Software-Pipelined Loops on DSP Applications", The International Conference on Parallel Processing (ICPP 2002), Vancouver, Canada, August 21-22, 2002.
- Zili Shao, Qingfeng Zhuge, Edwin H.-M. Sha, and Chantana Chantrapornchai, "Analysis and Algorithms for Scheduling with Minimal Switching Activities", The IEEE Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWCAS 2002), Tulsa, USA, August 4-7, 2002.