Overview
biography
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Jason Liu is an Eminent Scholar Chaired Professor at the Knight Foundation School of Computing and Information Sciences, Florida International University (FIU) in Miami, Florida, USA. Previously, he was a Research Scientist at Dartmouth ISTS in 2003, a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign during 2003-2004. He held an honorary position as Visiting Professor at Tsinghua University, China, and was a Visiting Scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC)/Laboratory of Information, Networking and Communication Sciences (LINCS). Jason Liu received a B.S. degree from Beijing University of Technology in China in 1993, an M.S. degree from College of William and Mary in 2000, and a Ph.D. degree from Dartmouth College in 2003.
Jason Liu’s research focuses on modeling and simulation, parallel discrete-event simulation, performance modeling and simulation of computer systems and computer networks. He currently serves on the Editorial Board of ACM Transactions on Modeling and Computer Simulation (TOMACS), SIMULATION, Transactions of the Society for Modeling and Simulation International, and IEEE Networking Letters. He is also on the Steering Committee of ACM SIGSIM Conference on Principles of Advanced Discrete Simulation (SIGSIM-PADS). He served as General Chair or Program Chair for several conferences in related areas. Jason Liu is an NSF CAREER awardee in 2006 and an ACM Distinguished Scientist in 2014. His research has been supported by various funding agencies, including NSF, DOE, DOD, DHS, and NIH.
research interests
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High-performance modeling and simulation, parallel discrete-event simulation
Network modeling, simulation, emulation, and testbeds
Modeling and simulation of high-performance computing systems
Computer systems, cybersecurity, data analytics, and others
Cybersecurity
Scholarly & Creative Works
selected scholarly works & creative activities
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Article
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2021A Study on Modeling and Optimization of Memory Systems. JOURNAL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. 36:71-89.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s11390-021-0771-8 Web of Science: 000615566300006
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2018Program power profiling based on phase behaviors. SUSTAINABLE COMPUTING-INFORMATICS & SYSTEMS. 19:341-350.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.suscom.2018.05.001 Web of Science: 000446122000031
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2017Investigating the Statistical Distribution of Learning Coverage in MOOCs. INFORMATION. 8.Full Text via DOI: 10.3390/info8040150 Web of Science: 000424337100037
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2015Symbiotic Network Simulation and Emulation. ACM TRANSACTIONS ON MODELING AND COMPUTER SIMULATION. 26.Full Text via DOI: 10.1145/2717308 Web of Science: 000367933900003
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2015Cluster-Based Spatiotemporal Background Traffic Generation for Network Simulation. ACM TRANSACTIONS ON MODELING AND COMPUTER SIMULATION. 25.Full Text via DOI: 10.1145/2667222 Web of Science: 000350075000004
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2013OpenFlow-Based Flow-Level Bandwidth Provisioning for CICQ Switches. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON COMPUTERS. 62:1799-1812.Full Text via DOI: 10.1109/TC.2012.167 Web of Science: 000322453200010
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2013A rate-based TCP traffic model to accelerate network simulation. SIMULATION. 89:466-480.Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/0037549712469892 Web of Science: 000318281000003
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2012PrimoGENI for hybrid network simulation and emulation experiments in GENI. JOURNAL OF SIMULATION. 6:179-192.Full Text via DOI: 10.1057/jos.2012.5 Web of Science: 000313763000004
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2011Wiley Encyclopedia of Operations Research and Management ScienceFull Text via DOI: 10.1002/9780470400531
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2009Parallel Hybrid Network Traffic Models. SIMULATION. 85:271-286.Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/0037549708099996 Web of Science: 000265219200005
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2009A real-time network simulation infrastructure based on OpenVPN. JOURNAL OF SYSTEMS AND SOFTWARE. 82:473-485.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2008.08.015 Web of Science: 000264648700010
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2009Real-time network simulation support for scalable routing experimentsFull Text via DOI: 10.1504/IJSPM.2009.028627
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2008On the performance of a hybrid network traffic model. SIMULATION MODELLING PRACTICE AND THEORY. 16:656-669.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.simpat.2008.04.007 Web of Science: 000257341300007
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2007Experimental evaluation of wireless simulation assumptions. SIMULATION. 83:643-661.Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/0037549707085632 Web of Science: 000251731000003
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2006RINSE: The Real-Time Immersive Network Simulation Environment for network security exercises (extended version). SIMULATION. 82:43-59.Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/0037549706065544 Web of Science: 000237878500004
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2005Multi-job lot streaming to minimize the mean completion time in m-1 hybrid flowshops. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS. 96:189-200.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2004.04.005 Web of Science: 000228953200004
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2005A decision support system for operations in a container terminal. DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS. 39:309-332.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.dss.2003.11.002 Web of Science: 000228320700004
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2005Empirical validation of wireless models in simulations of ad hoc routing protocols. SIMULATION. 81:307-323.Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/0037549705055017 Web of Science: 000229807100007
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2002Composite synchronization in parallel discrete-event simulation. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON PARALLEL AND DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS. 13:433-446.Full Text via DOI: 10.1109/TPDS.2002.1003854 Web of Science: 000175398700001
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Book Chapter
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2019
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2010Parallel and Distributed Immersive Real-Time Simulation of Large-Scale NetworksFull Text via DOI: 10.5772/9453
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Conference
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2024CHROME: Concurrency-Aware Holistic Cache Management Framework with Online Reinforcement Learning. 1154-1167.Full Text via DOI: 10.1109/HPCA57654.2024.00090 Web of Science: 001207751400079
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2024Foot in the Door: Developing Opportunities for Computing Undergraduates to Gain Industry Experience. 74-80.Full Text via DOI: 10.1145/3626252.3630857 Web of Science: 001181240800013
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2022A Federated Learning Framework for Automated Decision Making with Microscopic Traffic SimulationFull Text via DOI: 10.1109/ICCCN54977.2022.9868930 Web of Science: 000859267100065
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2022Achieving High End-to-End Availability in VNF NetworksFull Text via DOI: 10.1109/ICCCN54977.2022.9868897 Web of Science: 000859267100037
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2021Unifying the data center caching layer: Feasible? profitable?. 50-57.Full Text via DOI: 10.1145/3465332.3470884
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2021Cybersecurity Integration: Deploying Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Topics into the Undergraduate Curriculum. 866-871.Full Text via DOI: 10.1109/CSCI54926.2021.00203 Web of Science: 000832229300153
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2021Learning Cache Replacement with CACHEUS. 341-354.Web of Science: 000668976100023
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2020Message from the Conference Chairs. iii-iv.
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2020Inter-Job Scheduling of High-Throughput Material Screening Applications. 841-852.Full Text via DOI: 10.1109/IPDPS47924.2020.00091 Web of Science: 000643734800081
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2020SIMULUS: EASY BREEZY SIMULATION IN PYTHON. 2015 WINTER SIMULATION CONFERENCE (WSC). 2329-2340.Full Text via DOI: 10.1109/WSC48552.2020.9383886 Web of Science: 000679196302031
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2019
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2019SIMULATION OF ENERGY-EFFICIENT DEMAND RESPONSE FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING SYSTEMS. 2015 WINTER SIMULATION CONFERENCE (WSC). 2560-2571.Web of Science: 000529791402045
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2019Virtual Time Machine for Reproducible Network Emulation. 61-70.Full Text via DOI: 10.1145/3316480.3322897 Web of Science: 000482028000006
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2018A Toolset for Detecting Containerized Application's Dependencies in CaaS Clouds. 194-201.Full Text via DOI: 10.1109/CLOUD.2018.00032 Web of Science: 000454741700025
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2018Analysis of MOOC Learning Rhythms. 1555-1562.Full Text via DOI: 10.1109/HPCC/SmartCity/DSS.2018.00255 Web of Science: 000468511200223
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2018Contract-Based Demand Response Model for High Performance Computing Systems. 580-589.Full Text via DOI: 10.1109/BDCloud.2018.00091 Web of Science: 000467843200077
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2018Enabling Demand Response for HPC Systems Through Power Capping and Node Scaling. 789-796.Full Text via DOI: 10.1109/HPCC/SmartCity/DSS.2018.00133 Web of Science: 000468511200101
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2018IMCSIM: PARAMETERIZED PERFORMANCE PREDICTION FOR IMPLICIT MONTE CARLO CODES. 2015 WINTER SIMULATION CONFERENCE (WSC). 491-502.Web of Science: 000461414100039
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2018JUST-IN-TIME PARALLEL SIMULATION. 2015 WINTER SIMULATION CONFERENCE (WSC). 640-651.Web of Science: 000461414100052
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2018Parallel Application Performance Prediction Using Analysis Based Models and HPC Simulations. 49-59.Full Text via DOI: 10.1145/3200921.3200937 Web of Science: 000482913900008
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2017On improving parallel real-time network simulation for hybrid experimentation of software defined networks. 63-71.Full Text via DOI: 10.1145/3173519.3173535
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2017Scalable interconnection network models for rapid performance prediction of HPC applications. 1069-1078.Full Text via DOI: 10.1109/HPCC-SmartCity-DSS.2016.0151
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2017A BRIEF HISTORY OF HPC SIMULATION AND FUTURE CHALLENGES. 2015 WINTER SIMULATION CONFERENCE (WSC). 419-430.Web of Science: 000427768600030
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2017An Energy Efficient Demand-Response Model for High Performance Computing Systems. 2013 IEEE 21ST INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON MODELING, ANALYSIS & SIMULATION OF COMPUTER AND TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS (MASCOTS 2013). 175-186.Full Text via DOI: 10.1109/MASCOTS.2017.25 Web of Science: 000426527200019
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2017Distributed Mininet with SymbiosisWeb of Science: 000424872100024
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2017Real-Time Anomaly Detection of Short Time-Scale GWAC Survey Light Curves. 224-231.Full Text via DOI: 10.1109/BigDataCongress.2017.38 Web of Science: 000428141800029
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2017SIMULATION OF HPC JOB SCHEDULING AND LARGE-SCALE PARALLEL WORKLOADS. 2015 WINTER SIMULATION CONFERENCE (WSC). 920-931.Web of Science: 000427768601009
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2017When Good Enough Is Better: Energy-Aware Scheduling for Multicore Servers. 984-993.Full Text via DOI: 10.1109/IPDPSW.2017.38 Web of Science: 000417418900107
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2017Zipf's Law in MOOC Learning Behavior. 640-644.Web of Science: 000426794900128
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2016An integrated interconnection network model for large-scale performance prediction. 177-187.Full Text via DOI: 10.1145/2901378.2901396
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2016PANEL - REPRODUCIBLE RESEARCH IN DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION - A MUST OR RATHER A MAYBE?. 2015 WINTER SIMULATION CONFERENCE (WSC). 1301-1315.Web of Science: 000399152501057
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2016Scalable Interconnection Network Models for Rapid Performance Prediction of HPC Applications. 1069-1078.Full Text via DOI: 10.1109/HPCC-SmartCity-DSS.2016.175 Web of Science: 000401700900140
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2015THE SIMIAN CONCEPT: PARALLEL DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION WITH INTERPRETED LANGUAGES AND JUST-IN-TIME COMPILATION. 2015 WINTER SIMULATION CONFERENCE (WSC). 3013-3024.Web of Science: 000399133902075
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2015
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2015Toward Scalable Emulation of Future Internet Applications with Simulation Symbiosis. 68-77.Full Text via DOI: 10.1109/DS-RT.2015.19 Web of Science: 000380610800009
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2014A SIMULATION AND EMULATION STUDY OF SDN-BASED MULTIPATH ROUTING FOR FAT-TREE DATA CENTER NETWORKS. 2015 WINTER SIMULATION CONFERENCE (WSC). 3072-3083.Web of Science: 000389248203071
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2014GPU-Assisted Hybrid Network Traffic Model. 63-74.Full Text via DOI: 10.1145/2601381.2601382 Web of Science: 000381008900007
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2014Toward PrimoGENI Constellation for Distributed At-Scale Hybrid Network Test. 29-35.Full Text via DOI: 10.1109/GREE.2014.10 Web of Science: 000345753500006
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2013Leveraging symbiotic relationship between simulation and emulation for scalable network experimentation. 79-90.Full Text via DOI: 10.1145/2486092.2486103
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2013Joint Host-Network Optimization for Energy-Efficient Data Center Networking. 623-634.Full Text via DOI: 10.1109/IPDPS.2013.100 Web of Science: 000332828000055
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2013REAL-TIME SCHEDULING OF LOGICAL PROCESSES FOR PARALLEL DISCRETE-EVENT SIMULATION. 2015 WINTER SIMULATION CONFERENCE (WSC). 2959-2971.Web of Science: 000349838403024
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2012Depth-First Worst-Fit Search based Multipath Routing for Data Center Networks. 2821-2826.Web of Science: 000322375103028
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2012Hierarchical Composite Synchronization. 3-12.Full Text via DOI: 10.1109/PADS.2012.20 Web of Science: 000312652600001
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2012Realizing Large-Scale Interactive Network Simulation via Model Splitting. 120-129.Full Text via DOI: 10.1109/PADS.2012.35 Web of Science: 000312652600020
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2012Simulation Studies of OpenFlow-Based In-Network Caching Strategies. 50-54.Web of Science: 000398875700009
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2011How low can you go? Spherical routing for scalable network simulations. 259-268.Full Text via DOI: 10.1109/MASCOTS.2011.35
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2011OpenFlow based Flow Level Bandwidth Provisioning for CICQ Switches. 476-480.Web of Science: 000297374700096
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2011
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2010MODEL-DRIVEN NETWORK EMULATION WITH VIRTUAL TIME MACHINE. 2015 WINTER SIMULATION CONFERENCE (WSC). 688-696.Full Text via DOI: 10.1109/WSC.2010.5679120 Web of Science: 000287976700061
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2009A large-scale real-time network simulation study using prime. 2015 WINTER SIMULATION CONFERENCE (WSC). 797-806.Full Text via DOI: 10.1109/WSC.2009.5429678
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2009A Fluid Background Traffic Model. 1281-1286.Web of Science: 000280922200238
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2009A LARGE-SCALE REAL-TIME NETWORK SIMULATION STUDY USING PRIME. 2015 WINTER SIMULATION CONFERENCE (WSC). 789-798.Web of Science: 000289492500076
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2009Real-Time Security Exercises on a Realistic Interdomain Routing Experiment Platform. 54-+.Full Text via DOI: 10.1109/PADS.2009.12 Web of Science: 000271642800007
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2009SVEET! A Scalable Virtualized Evaluation Environment for TCP. 263-272.Web of Science: 000272793900037
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2008Immersive real-time large-scale network simulation: A research summaryFull Text via DOI: 10.1109/IPDPS.2008.4536406
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2008A primer for real-time simulation of large-scale networks. 85-94.Full Text via DOI: 10.1109/ANSS-41.2008.18 Web of Science: 000256023300010
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2008Immersive real-time large-scale network simulation: A research summary. 2573-2577.Web of Science: 000258501401134
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2008Interval branching. 99-+.Full Text via DOI: 10.1109/PADS.2008.8 Web of Science: 000257570100012
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2008Toward scalable routing experiments with real-time network simulation. 23-30.Full Text via DOI: 10.1109/PADS.2008.25 Web of Science: 000257570100004
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2007An open and scalable emulation infrastructure for large-scale real-time network Simulations. 2476-+.Full Text via DOI: 10.1109/INFCOM.2007.304 Web of Science: 000249117704064
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2007Parallel simulation of hybrid network traffic models. 141-151.Full Text via DOI: 10.1109/PADS.2007.26 Web of Science: 000248079800017
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2006From the editors. 2015 WINTER SIMULATION CONFERENCE (WSC).Full Text via DOI: 10.1109/WSC.2006.323028
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2006Packet-level integration of fluid TCP models in real-time network simulation. 2162-2169.Full Text via DOI: 10.1109/WSC.2006.323017 Web of Science: 000246261204044
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2005Advanced concepts in large-scale network simulation. 153-166.Full Text via DOI: 10.1109/WSC.2005.1574248 Web of Science: 000236253400015
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2005RINSE: the real-time immersive network simulation environment for network security exercises. 119-128.Web of Science: 000230455800012
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2004Experimental evaluation of wireless simulation assumptions. 78-82.Full Text via DOI: 10.1145/1023663.1023679
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2004Outdoor experimental comparison of four ad hoc routing algorithms. 220-229.Full Text via DOI: 10.1145/1023663.1023703
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2004Simulation validation using direct execution of wireless ad-hoc routing protocols. 7-16.Full Text via DOI: 10.1109/PADS.2004.1301280 Web of Science: 000222057000002
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2003An implementation of the SSF scalable simulation framework on the cray MTA. 77-85.Full Text via DOI: 10.1109/PADS.2003.1207423 Web of Science: 000185237400009
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2003Development of an Internet backbone topology for large-scale network simulations. 694-702.Full Text via DOI: 10.1109/WSC.2003.1261485 Web of Science: 000188415500085
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2003Simulation of large-scale networks using SSF. 650-657.Full Text via DOI: 10.1109/WSC.2003.1261480 Web of Science: 000188415500080
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2002Lookahead revisited in wireless network simulations. 70-79.Full Text via DOI: 10.1109/PADS.2002.1004203
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2002Lookahead revisited in wireless network simulations. 79-88.Web of Science: 000176274500010
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2001Learning Not to ShareBehaviors**This research is supported in part by DARPA Contracts N66001-96-C-8530 and N66001-00-C-8065, NSF Grant ANI-98 08964, NSF Grant EIA-98-02068, Dept. of Justice contract 2000-CX-K001, and a Marion and Jason Whiting Foundation Fellowship. 46-55.Full Text via DOI: 10.1109/pads.2001.924620
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2001Learning not to share. 46-55.Web of Science: 000169472800005
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2001Lock-free scheduling of logical processes in parallel simulation. 22-31.Full Text via DOI: 10.1109/PADS.2001.924618 Web of Science: 000169472800003
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2000Safe timestamps and large-scale modeling. 71-78.Full Text via DOI: 10.1109/PADS.2000.847146 Web of Science: 000088652800009
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1999Towards realistic million-node Internet simulation. 2129-2135.Web of Science: 000167653300316
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Other Scholarly Work
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2009Advanced and Distributed Simulation. SIMULATION. 557-558.Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/0037549709341319 Web of Science: 000269346900001
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2003Multiscale Modeling and simulation of worm effects on the Internet routing infrastructure. DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING (DISC 2014). 1-10.Web of Science: 000186068700001
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2001Towards high performance modeling of the 802.11 wireless protocol. 1315-1320.Web of Science: 000178162700178
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1999Performance prediction of a parallel simulator. 156-164.Full Text via DOI: 10.1109/PADS.1999.766172 Web of Science: 000081638600018
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Research
principal investigator on
- PARTNER: An AI/ML Collaborative for Southeast Florida Coastal Environmental Data and Modeling Center awarded by National Science Foundation 2023 - 2027
- CC* Compute: RAPTOR - Reconfigurable Advanced Platform for Transdisciplinary Open Research awarded by National Science Foundation 2021 - 2024
- Collaborative Research: CCF Core: Small: Optimization of Memory Architectures: A Foundation Approach awarded by National Science Foundation 2020 - 2024
- Center for Homeland Security Research and Education awarded by U.S. Department of Homeland Security 2017 - 2023
- EAGER: SwitchOn - Exploring and Strengthening US-Brazil Collaborations in Future Internet Research awarded by National Science Foundation 2014 - 2018
- Security Analyses and Applications of Complex Networks: From Theory to Practice awarded by University of Central Florida 2016 - 2017
- Scalable Discrete Event Simulation for Performance Prediction awarded by U.S. Department of Energy 2015 - 2017
- Enabling Time-sensitive Applications on Virtualized Computing Systems awarded by U.S. Department of Defense 2013 - 2017
- PrimoGENI Constellation for Distributed At-Scale Hybrid Network Experimentation awarded by National Science Foundation 2013 - 2016
- Vulnerability and Survivability of Cyberspace: Basic Science to Applications awarded by University of South Florida 2015 - 2016
- PrimoGENI - Developing GENI Aggregates for Real Time Large Scale Network Simulation awarded by National Science Foundation 2009 - 2013
- PrimoGENI REU Supplement awarded by National Science Foundation 2010 - 2012
- CAREER: Immersive Large-Scale Network Simulations awarded by National Science Foundation 2008 - 2012
co-principal investigator on
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Grant
- ADvanced education and research for Machine learning-driven critical Infrastructure REsilience (ADMIRE) Center awarded by U.S. Department of Homeland Security 2023 - 2028
- Break Through Tech - Miami - Cognizant awarded by Cognizant U.S. Foundation 2022 - 2026
- Break Through Tech - Miami - Pivotal Ventures awarded by Pivotal Ventures LLC 2022 - 2026
- Transfer Pathways awarded by Northeastern University 2023 - 2026
- CC* Storage: EnviStor: A Repository for Supporting Collaborative Interdisciplinary Research on South Florida's Built and Natural Environments awarded by National Science Foundation 2023 - 2025
- Automated Risk Detection and Mitigation of Devices and Apps in Smart Settings awarded by National Security Agency 2021 - 2024
- Collaborative Research: CNS Core: Medium: Generalized Caching-as-a-Service awarded by National Science Foundation 2020 - 2024
- CSR: Medium: Collaborative Research: NVM-enabled Host-side Caches awarded by National Science Foundation 2016 - 2020
- Streamlining High-End Computing with Software Persistent Memory awarded by National Science Foundation 2010 - 2013
investigator on
- AI4ALL College Pathways Program awarded by AI4ALL 2022 - 2024
- Multimodal Machine-Learning and High Performance Computing Strategies for Big MS Proteomics Data awarded by General Medical Sciences 2020 - 2024
- GENI Engineering Conference 25 awarded by National Science Foundation 2017 - 2018
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- Jason Liu
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- https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8222-4013 (confirmed)
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