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SRG Group Photo, taken on 18 December 2003 (together with Dr. Sun Ninghui from NCIC/CAS).
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The SRG Group is led by:

Dr Francis Chi-Moon Lau

B.Sc.(Acadia); M.Math., Ph.D.(Waterloo)

 

Dr Cho-Li Wang

B.Sc.(National Taiwan); M.S., Ph.D.(USC)

 

 

 

Current Research Students:

Name

Degree

Research Area

Name

Degree

Research Area

Zhu Wenzhang

Ph.D

JESSICA2 Project

Zhang Xiaolei (Nadia)

Ph.D

SPARKLE Project

Fang Weijian

Ph.D

JESSICA2 Project

Siu Po Lam (Pauline)

M.Phil

SPARKLE Project

Chen Ge (Robin)

Ph.D

p-Jigsaw Project

Kong Choi Yu (Laurel)

M.Phil

SPARKLE Project

Wang Tianqi

M.Phil

HKU Grid Point Project

Cheung Wang Leung (Benny)

Ph.D

LOTS Software DSM

Ho Sai Chuen (Roy)

PT Ph.D

Grid Middleware

Tsang Cheuk Kan (Ken)

M.Phil

Grid Middleware

Chen Lin (Elaine)

Ph.D

G-JavaMPI

Tsang Cheuk Man (Mark)

M.Phil

Grid Middleware

Yu Ching Han (Zoe)

Ph.D

Garbage Collection
for Java

Chen Weisong (Spruce)

M.Phil

Data Management in
Pervasive Environment

Rong Henry

Ph.D

 

Wing Wai Kwong

PT Ph.D

SPARKLE Project

Hua Qiangsheng

Ph.D

 

Justin Ho

M.Phil

(from Jan 2005)



Graduated Ph.D Students:

  • Xu Cheng Zhong (graduated in 1993): "Iterative Methods for Dynamic Load Balancing in Multicomputers" [Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Wayne State University, USA]
  • Tse Siu Hong Savio (graduated in 1997): "The Performance of Interval Routing in General Networks" [Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, The University of Hong Kong]
  • Shea Kai Ming (graduated in 1997): "Process Migration on Multiprocessor Systems"
  • Chen GuiHai (graduated in 1998): "Shuffle-X Graphs and Their Cayley Variants" [Professor, Department of Computer Science, Nanjing University, China]
  • Zhou Ji Peng (graduated in 2001): "Fault-Tolerant Wormhole Routing for Mesh Computers" [Postdoc Fellow, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore]
  • Tam Tat Chun Anthony (graduated in winter 2001): "Performance Studies of High-Speed Communication in Commodity Cluster". (Thesis in PDF)
  • Sun Yudong (graduated in Jan 2002): "A Distributed Object Model for Solving Irregularly Structured Problems on Distributed Systems". (Thesis in PDF)

 

Graduated M.Phil Students:

  • Shea Kai Ming (graduated in 1990): "A Mechanism for Mapping Processes onto Transputer Networks".
  • Lau Siu Wah Clarence (graduated in 1991): "A Novel Approach to Deadlock Prevention in Store-and-Forward Networks" [Senior lecturer, Department of Computing and Mathematics, The Hong Kong Technical College]
  • Cheung Steven (graduated in 1992): "Packet Routing on Mesh-Connected Computers".
  • Cheung Man Ho Zwicky (graduated in 1994): "Multiple Priorities for the Transputer".
  • Wai Siu Kit Jimmy (graduated in 1996): "Virtual Links for Multicomputers".
  • Wong Kai Leung Adam (graduated in 1996): "On Improving the Alternation Construct in Occam".
  • Yu Wing Ka (graduated in 1996): "Execution Objects: Flexible Composition and Efficient Interaction".
  • Sham Lan Lena (graduated in 1997): "Performance Study of a New Disk Shadowing Scheme" [Assistant professor, Department of Computing, Polytechnic University of Hong Kong]
  • Cheng Kwok Wing Philip (graduated in 1998): "Some Results on the Location Problem".
  • Yau Cho Ki Joe (graduated in 1999): "Efficient Solutions for The Load Distribution Problem".
  • Ma Jin Ming Matchy (graduated in May 1999): "JESSICA: Java-Enabled Single-System-Image Computing Architecture".  
  • Lee Chun Ming David (graduated in Oct 1999): "Efficient Communication Subsystem for Cluster Computing".
  • Cheung Wang Leung Benny (graduated in Sept 2000): "Migrating-Home Protocol for Software Distributed-Memory System".
  • Wong Kwan Po Raymond (graduated in Jan 2002): "High-Speed Network Interface for Commodity SMP Cluster".
  • Ma Ka Kui Ricky (graduated in Mar 2001): "Transparent Process Migration for Parallel Java Computing", graduated in Jan 2002.
  • Ng Chun Pun Ben (graduated in Nov 2002): "Document Distribution Algorithms for Distributed Web Servers", thesis submitted.
  • Nalini Belaramani (graduated in 2002): "A component-based software system with functionality adaptation for mobile computing", (The SPARKLE Project), now Ph.D at UT Austin.
  • Chow Yuk (graduated in 2002): "A Lightweight Mobile Code System for Pervasive Computing", (The SPARKLE Project).
  • Kwan Wai Man Vivien (graduated in 2002): "An Intelligent Proxy Server System for Pervasive Computing", (The SPARKLE Project).
  • Zhuo Ling (graduated in 2002): "Document Replication and Distribution Algorithms for Load Balancing in Geographically Distributed Web Server System", (now Ph.D at USC).
  • Sit Yiu Fai (graduated in 2003): "Cyclone: High-Performance Cluster-based Web Server System", (The Cyclone Project), (now Ph.D at UT Austin).

 

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