About Me

My name is Ming Zhang, and I obtained my PhD from ACIMS & ECE at University of Arizona. My advisor is Dr. Bernard P. Zeigler.

Short Bio

• PhD, Computer Engineering, University of Arizona
• MS, Computer Engineering, University of Arizona
• MS, Materials Science and Engineering, Ohio State University

Research Interests

• Service oriented architecture for distributed system/simulation.
• Adaptive Distributed Simulation/Computing.
• Modeling and Simulation with DEVS.
• Self-Configuration and Run-Time System in Distributed Software Environment.

Publications

Papers:

Computer Engineering:

Journals:

1. Azzedine Boukerche, Ming Zhang, Ahmad Shadid, “Verification of a Novel RT-RTI Design Using Real Time DEVS”, Submitted to IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, July, 2007.

2. Ming Zhang, B.P. Zeigler, P. Hammonds, "DEVS/RMI-An Auto-Adaptive and Reconfigurable Distributed Simulation Environment for Engineering Studies", International Test & Evaluation Association (ITEA) Journal of Test and Evaluation, March/April 2006, Volume 27, Number 1, Page 49-60.

3. Ming Zhang, B.P. Zeigler, “INVESTIGATING THE COMPUTATION SPACE OF A SIMULATION WITH DEVS/RMI”, revised version submitted to Simulation: Transactions of The Society for Modeling and Simulation International, Aug. 2007.

Conferences:

1. Azzedine Boukerche, Ming Zhang, “Towards to Peer to Peer Based Distributed Simulation on Grid Infrastructure”, prepared for submitting to Annual Simulation Symposium 2008.
2. Azzedine Boukerche, Ahmad Shadid, Ming Zhang, “A Formal Approach to RT-RTI Design Using Real Time DEVS”, to appear on HAVE 2007 - IEEE International Workshop on Haptic Audio Visual Environments and their Applications.
3. Ming Zhang, Bernard P. Zeigler, Azzedine Boukerche, “Exploiting the Concept of Activity for Dynamic Reconfiguration of Distributed Simulation”, to appear on the Proceeding of 11^th IEEE International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real Time Application, Oct., 2007.
4. Azzedine Boukerche, Ahmad Shadid, Ming Zhang, “Efficient Load Balancing Schemes for Large-Scale Real-Time HLA/RTI Based Distributed Simulations”, to appear on the Proceeding of 11^th IEEE International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real Time Application, Oct., 2007.
5. Ming Zhang, Bernard P. Zeigler, and Phillip Hammonds, R. Jammalamadaka, “DEVS/RMI—A Dynamic and Flexible Distributed Simulation Environment”, Proceeding of 2006 Spring Simulation Multiconference (SpringSim'06).
6. R. Jammalamadaka, M. E. Gettings, M. Bultman, B.P. Zeigler, Ming Zhang, “Complex System Simulation: DEVS Implementation of the valley fever model”, to appear at 2007 Spring Simulation Multiconference( SpringSim'07).
7. Huoping Chen, S. Hariri, Byoung Kim, Ming Zhang, Yeliang Zhang, Bithika Khargharia, Manish Parashar; "Self-Deployment and Self-Configuration of Network Centric Service"; IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing, July 2004.
8. B. Khargharia, S. Hariri, B. Kim, M. Zhang, P. Vadlamani, and M. Parashar, “vGrid: A Framework for Development and Execution of Autonomic Grid Applications”, New Frontiers in High-Performance Computing, Proceedings of the Autonomic Applications Workshop, 10th International Conference on High Performance Computing (HiPC 2003), Hyderabad, India, Elite Publishing, pp 269 -V 285, December 2003.
9. X. Dong, S. Hariri, L. Xue, H. Chen, M. Zhang, S. Rao, “AUTONOMIA: An Autonomic Computing Environment,” Proceedings of the IEEE Performance, Computing, and Communications Conference, April 2003, pp. 61-68.
10. Byoung uk Kim, Ilkyeun Ra, Yoonhee Kim, Salim Hariri, Huoping Chen, Bithika Khargharia, Ming Zhang, Hyoung-Woo Park: An evaluation of autonomic self-configuration in network centric systems. Parallel and Distributed Computing and Networks 2004: 64-69

Thesis/Dissertation:

1. Ming Zhang, “Autonomic Deployment and Configuration of Network Centric System and Service”, M.S. Thesis, Electrical and Computer Engr, University of Arizona, Aug. 2004.

2. Ming Zhang, “Toward a Flexible and Reconfigurable Distributed Simulation: A New Approach to Distributed DEVS”, PhD Dissertation, Electrical and Computer Engr, University of Arizona, May. 2007.

Materials Engineering:

Journals and Conferences:

1. Zhang Hong-Tu, Zhang Ming, “Microcracks Related to Dilational Transformation in Ceramics”, J. Mater. Sci. Lett 15(1996), 2055-2057.

2. Hou Yaoyong, Zhang Juxian, Li Li, Zhang Ming, “Study on the Microstructure and Strengthening and Toughening Mechanisms of Al2O3/SiCnano Nanocomposites”, The 6^th International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites for Engines, Japan, Oct. 1997.

3. Ming Zhang, C.H. Drummond, “Atmospheric Effects on Viscous Deformation of Pyrometric Cones”, Posting at Glass and Optical Materials Fall Meeting of American Ceramic Society(Oct. 1999)

Thesis:

1. Ming Zhang, “Effect of Water Vapor on The Viscous Deformation of Pyrometric Cone Compositions”, M.S. Thesis, MSE, Ohio State University, Dec. 2000.

AWARD:

Best Paper Award on 11^th IEEE International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real Time Application for the paper entitled “Efficient Load Balancing Schemes for Large-Scale Real-Time HLA/RTI Based Distributed Simulations”, co-authored with Azzedine Boukerche and Ahmad Shadid, October, 2007.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY AND ACHIVEMENTS:

• Program Committee Member: HPCS’08, Part of 2008 Spring Simulation Multi-Conferences.
• Conference Tutorial Session for HPCS’08, Part of 2008 Spring Simulation Multi-Conferences.
• Program Committee Member: DEVS07, 2007 Spring Simulation Multi-Conferences.
• Invited Reviewer for Simulation: Transactions of The Society for Modeling and Simulation International
• Invited Reviewer for Conferences of IEEE Industrial Electronics Society.
• IEEE Member

Hobbies

Violin, Chess, Go, Tennis, Table Tennis.

Contact

mzhang66 at gmail.com

Maintained and Last updated in 2007