PROFILE:
Ying Zhang
Ying Zhang's current research includes robotic sensor networks, mobile entity localization and tracking, and analysis of large networks. A key technical contributor to government-funded projects on distributed robotics and sensor networks, she is currently a principal investigator for DARPA's Physical Intelligence project, developing methods for analyzing large, evolving, complex networks. She was also a principal investigator for DARPA LANdroids: mobile robotic relay networks (2008-2010).
Before joining PARC, Ying worked at Xerox's Wilson Center for Research and Technology as a technical specialist and project manager. She worked on modeling and controlling the xerographic process and DataGlyph embedded glyphs toolkit.
Ying is the information director of the ACM Transaction on Sensor Networks, and has served as associate editor for journals, on technical program committees, and in NSF review panels on sensor networks. Ying received a Ph.D. in Computer Science from University of British Columbia. She has published over 50 papers on sensor networks, modular robotics, and hybrid systems.
PARC publications
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2011
Ubiquitous meeting facilitator with playful real-time user interface
IEEE Conference on Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing
2 September 2011
Human motion prediction and tracking for indoor mobile relay networks
Workshop on Mobile Entity Localization and Tracking (MELT 2011)
2 September 2011
System-level reliability analysis for conceptual design of electrical power systems
Conference on Systems Engineering Research (CSER) 2011
15 April 2011
2010
Real-time indoor mapping for mobile robots with limited sensing
IEEE MELT 2010 Workshop
8 November 2010
Rigidity guided localisation for mobile robotic sensor networks
International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing
July 2010
2009
Controlling error propagation in mobile-infrastructure based localization
MELT 2009, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 5801
30 September 2009
2008
Error control in distributed node self-localization
EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing
June 2008
Distributed time-optimal scheduling for convergecast in wireless sensor networks
Computer Networks
22 February 2008
2007
Distributed minimal time convergecast scheduling for small or sparse data sources
RTSS07
3 December 2007
Dynamic information sharing using a distributed traffic surveillance infrastructure
IEEE ITSC07
30 September 2007
Localizing tags using mobile infrastructure
Location and Context-Awareness Workshop
20 September 2007
Balancing push and pull for efficient information discovery in large-scale sensor networks
IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing
29 January 2007
Dynamic balancing of push and pull in a distributed traffic information system
IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference (CCNC 2007)
12 January 2007
2006
A robust and efficient flooding-based routing for wireless sensor networks
Journal of Interconnection Networks
December 2006
Minimal time convergecast scheduling in wireless sensor networks
26th International IEEE Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS 2006)
4 July 2006
Robust distributed node localization with error management
7th ACM International Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing (MobiHoc 2006)
22 May 2006
Sequential localization algorithm for active sensor network deployment
Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications
18 April 2006
Constrained flooding: a robust and efficient routing framework for wireless sensor networks
20th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications (AINA 2006)
18 April 2006
Information-directed routing in sensor networks using real-time reinforcement learning
Combinatorial Optimization in Communication Networks
March 2006
Adaptive tree: a learning-based meta-routing strategy for sensor networks
Third IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference (CCNC06)
9 January 2006
A learning-based adaptive routing tree for wireless sensor networks
Journal of Communications
May 2006
2005
2004
STAM: a system of tracking and mapping in real environments
IEEE Wireless Communications
December 2004
Radial coordination for convergecast in wireless sensor networks
First IEEE Workshop on Embedded Networked Sensors (EmNetS-1) at LCN-2004
5 November 2004
Combs, needles, haystacks: balancing push and pull for discovery in large-scale sensor networks
Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (SenSys 04)
3 November 2004
Localization from connectivity in sensor networks
IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems
November 2004
Smart routing with learning-based QoS-aware routing strategies
First Workshop on QoS Routing
1 October 2004
Search-based adaptive routing strategies for sensor networks
AAAI Sensor Network Workshop
26 July 2004
Limbless conforming gaits with modular robots
9th International Symposium on Experimental Robotics (ISER '04)
16 June 2004
PolyBot and the PolyKinetic(tm) System: A modular robotic platform for education
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA '04)
26 April 2004
An XML-based scripting language for chain-type modular robotic systems
8th Conference on Intelligent Autonomous Systems (IAS-8)
10 March 2004
Message-initiated constraint-based routing for wireless ad-hoc sensor networks
First IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference (CCNC 2004)
5 January 2004
2003
Phase automata: a programming model of locomotion gaits for scalable chain-type modular robots
IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2003)
27 October 2003
Motion planning with narrow C-space passages
Proceedings of the 2003 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2003)
27 October 2003
Exploring and programming modular reconfigurable robotics (Tutorial)
IEEE/RSJ Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2003)
27 October 2003
IEEE International Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Robotics and Automation
16 July 2003
Localization from mere connectivity
Fourth International ACM Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing
1 June 2003
2002
Connecting and disconnecting for chain self-reconfiguration with PolyBot
IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics
December 2002
A general constraint-based control framework with examples in modular self-reconfigurable robots
IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2002)
2 October 2002
Workshop on Embedded System Codesign (ESCODES '02)
24 September 2002
Developing efficient cooperative solvers for constrained optimization
CP02 Workshop on Cooperative Solvers in Constraint Programming
8 September 2002
A platform for studying locomotion systems: modular self reconfigurable robots
NIST Workshop on Performance Metrics for Intelligent Systems (PerMIS '02)
13 August 2002
Sensor computations in modular self-reconfigurable robots
International Symposium on Experimental Robotics 2002
8 July 2002
Modular self-reconfigurable robots
Robotics for Future Land Warfare Seminar and Workshop, Defence Science Technology Organisation
24 May 2002
Massively distributed control nets for modular self reconfigurable robots
AAAI Spring Symposium on Intelligent Distributed and Embedded Systems
25 March 2002
2001
Six degree of freedom sensing for docking using IR LED emitters and receivers
Experimental Robotics VII
2001
Closed-chain motion with large mechanical advantage
IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems
29 October 2001
Software architecture for modular self-reconfigurable robots
IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2001)
29 October 2001
Modular reconfigurable robots in space applications (Invited paper)
Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Advanced Robotics (ICAR 2001)
21 May 2001
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other publications
2003
Constraint Journal, Vol. 8, issue 3, Kluwer Academic Publishers
2000
NIST Workshop on Performance Metrics for Intelligent Systems
1999
Ray Reiter's 60th Birthday Collection, Logical Foundations for Cognitive Agents, Springer
1995
Verification and Control of Hybrid Systems, LNCS 1066
Journal of Theoretical Computer Science, Special Issue on Hybrid Systems, Vol. 138, No. 1
Hybrid Systems II, LNCS 999
Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming, MIT Press
1994
University of British Columbia
Canadian Artificial Intelligence
Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming, LNCS 874
1993
Parallel Processing for Artificial Intelligence, Elsevier/North Holland
related focus areas
related competencies
- model-based reasoning
- optoelectronics
- semiconductors
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in the news
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Sensor robots to aid military in recon missions [video]
3 January 2011 | SmartPlanet
events
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Thermodynamic Principles in Social Collaborations
18 April 2012 | Cambridge, MA
Automatic generation of a floorplan by walking with a backpack-mounted 3D camera
29 September 2011 | Fort Worth, TX
Ubiquitous Meeting Facilitator with Playful Real-time User Interface
2 September 2011 | Banff, Canada
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Editorial
- 2004 - present: Information Director ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks
- 2005 - 2009: Associate Editor ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks
- 2008: Guest Editor Special Issue on "Distributed Systems of Sensors and Actuators" Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing
- 2005: Guest Editor Special Issue on "Wireless Sensor Networks" International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing (InderScience Publishers)
- 2004 - 2008: Associate Editor International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing (InderScience Publishers)
- 2003: Guest Editor Special Issue on "Wireless Sensor Networks" Telecommunication Systems (Kluwer Academic Publishers)
Technical Program Committees
ICCCN11, InfoCom11, ICCCN10, InfoCom10, ICCCN09, DCOSS09, InfoCom09, EmNets08, CCNC08, (SS IVPWSN), ICDCS08, ISSNIP07, CISN07, InfoCom08, RTSS07, Special Issue on Wireless Sensor Networks, Real-Time Systems Journal, WASA06, AHUC06, DCOSS06, ICDCS06, RTSS05, WirelessCom05, AINA06/PCAC06, EmNetS-I
Tutorials
2003: Exploring and Programming Modular Reconfigurable Robots, IROS03, Las Vegas (results)
Event Chairs
- Web Chair: SenSys2008
- Publicity Chair: IPSN11, IPSN2009, IPSN2008, IPSN2007
- Publication Chair: MELT10, MELT09, IPSN2003
- Workshop Co-chair: The Fourth International Workshop on Mobile Entity Localization and Tracking in GPS-less Environments (MELT 2011)
- Workshop Co-chair: The First International Workshop on Mobile Entity Localization and Tracking in GPS-less Environments (MELT 2008)
- Workshop Co-chair: International Workshop on Constraints in Control (1999)
- Panelist: NSF NeTS04, NSF NeTS06
education
November 1994, Ph.D. in Computer Science, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada November 1989, M.Sc. in Computer Science, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada July 1987, M.Sc. in Computer Science, Zhejiang University, P.R. China July 1984, B.Sc. in Computer Science, Zhejiang University, P.R. China
