Publications 

Journal Articles, Conference Articles, and Posters/Demos. 

2013
  1. Q. Zhang, L. Fu, Y. Gu, L. Gu, Q. Cao, J. Chen, T. He.  Collaborative Scheduling in Highly Dynamic Environments Using Error Inference.  IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems (TPDS), accepted for publication, 2013.
2012
  1. Y. Yao, L. Wan, Q. Cao, R. Mao.   PhoneCon: Voice-driven SmartPhone Controllable Wireless Sensor Networks.  IEEE IPCCC,  Austin, Texas, December, 2012.
  2. K. Lu, Q. Cao, M. Thomason.  Bugs or Anomalies? Sequence Mining Based Debugging in Wireless Sensor Networks.  IEEE MASS, Las Vegas, Oct, 2012.
  3. J. Liao, Z. Wang, Q. Cao, and H. Qi.  Smart Diary: the Narrative of Your Daily Life.  Poster paper in NSF 2012 Southeastern Workshop on Cognitive Sensing, Computing & Networking and Their Applications in Human-Cyber-Physical Systems. Tuscaloosa, Alabama. August 15, 2012. 
  4. Y. Yao, L. Wan, and Q. Cao.  System Architecture and Operating Systems for Wireless Sensor Networks, book chapter, to appear in the Art of Senosr Networks, Springer.
  5. X. Wang, Y. Yao, X. Wang, K. Lu, and Q. Cao.   CARPO: Correlation-Aware Power Optimization in Data Center Networks , IEEE INFOCOM , Orlando, Florida, March 2012.

2011
  1. Q. Zhang, Y. Gu, L. Gu, Q. Cao, and T. He. Collaborative Scheduling in Highly Dynamic Environments Using Error Inference, In The 7th International Conference on Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Networks (MSN), Dec, 2011. (Best Paper Award)
  2. J. Liao, Q. Cao. Demo Abstract: Uno -  A Sharing Infrastructure for Semartphone Sensors and Files. ACM SenSys, 2011.
  3. Z. Wang, C. Taylor, Q. Cao, H. Qi, Z. Wang. Demo Abstract: Friendbook: Privacy-preserving Friend Matching based on Shared Interests. ACM SenSys, 2011. 
  4. X. Ma, S. Djouadi and Q. Cao. LIPS: Link Prediction as a Service for Adaptive Data Aggregation in Wireless Sensor Networks. IEEE DCOSS, 2011, to appear. 
  5. Q. Cao, X. Wang, H. Qi, T. He.   r-Kernel: An Operating System Foundation for Highly Reliable Networked Embedded Systems. IEEE INFOCOM , 2011, to appear. 
  6. F. Xu, S. Guo, J. Jeong, Y. Gu, Q. Cao, M. Liu and T. He,  Utilizing Shared Vehicle Trajectories for Data Forwarding in Vehicular Networks, IEEE Infocom Miniconference , 2011, to appear.
  7. Q. Cao, R. Gunasekaran, H. Qi. Rule-based data aggregation in a distributed diagnostic system. Book chapter in Distributed Diagnosis and Home Healthcare Vol.3, to be published by American Scientific Publishers, invited, 2011, to appear.
  8. H. Qi, Y. Liu, F. Li, J. Luo, L. He, K. Tomsovic, L. Tolbert, Q. Cao. Increasing the Resolution of Wide-Area Situational Awareness of the Power Grid through Event Unmixing. HICSS44, 2011, to appear. 
2010
  1. Q. Cao, D. Wang, T. Abdelzaher, B. Priyantha, J. Liu, F. Zhao.  Energy-optimal Batching Periods for Asynchronous Multistage Data Processing on Sensor Nodes: Foundations and an mPlatform Case Study. IEEE RTAS, Stockholm, Sweden, April, 2010. (Best Paper Award)
2009 and before 
  1. Q. Cao, D. Wang, T. Abdelzaher.  End-User Diagnosis of Communication Paths in Sensor Network Systems. In the 38th International Conference on Parallel Processing (ICPP), 2009.
  2. L. Luo, Q. Cao, C. Huang, T. Abdelzaher, J. A. Stankovic, and M. Ward. Design, Implementation and Evaluation of EnviroMic: A Storage-Centric Audio Sensor Network. In ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks (TOSN), 2009. 
  3. P. Vicaire, T. He, Q. Cao, T. Yan, G. Zhou, L. Gu, L. Luo, R. Stoleru, J. A. Stankovic, and T. F. Abdelzaher. Achieving Long-Term Surveillance in VigilNet. In ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks (TOSN), Vol 5, No. 1, Feb 2009. 
  4. Q. Cao, D. Kassa, N. Pham, Y. Sarwar and T. Abdelzaher. Virtual Battery: An Energy Reserve Abstraction for Embedded Sensor Networks, In Proceedings of the 29th IEEE Real-time Systems Symposium (IEEE RTSS), December 2008. 
  5. Q. Cao, T. Abdelzaher, J. Stankovic, K. Whitehouse, and L. Luo. Declarative Tracepoints: A Programmable and Application Independent Debugging System for Wireless Sensor Networks, In Proceedings of the 6th ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (ACM Sensys), November 2008. 
  6. Q. Cao, T. Abdelzaher. Demo Abstract: Faithful Reconstruction of Application Behavior based on Event Traces in the LiteOS Operating System, In Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Information Processing in Sensor Networks (ACM/IEEE IPSN), April 2008. 
  7. Q. Cao, T. Abdelzaher, J. Stankovic, and T. He.  The LiteOS Operating System: Towards Unix-like Abstractions for Wireless Sensor Networks, In Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Information Processing in Sensor Networks (ACM/IEEE IPSN), April 2008. 
  8. Q. Cao, T. He, and T. Abdelzaher. uCast: Unified Connectionless Multicast for Energy Efficient Content Distribution in Sensor Networks. In IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems (IEEE TPDS), 2007. 
  9. Q. Cao, T. Abdelzaher, J. A. Stankovic, and T. He. Demo Abstract: An Interactive Unix Shell for Low-End Sensor Nodes with LiteOS, In Proceedings of the 5th ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (ACM Sensys), 2007. 
  10. T. He, B. M. Blum, Q. Cao, J. A. Stankovic, S. H. Son, and T. Abdelzaher. Robust and timely communication over highly dynamic sensor networks. In Real-Time Systems Journal, Special Issue on Real-Time Wireless Sensor Networks, 2007.
  11. Q. Cao. Poster: Cluster-Based Forwarding for Reliable End-to-End Delivery in Wireless Sensor Networks. Presented at the Vodafone Symposium 2007, Auburn University, March 2007.
  12. L. Luo, Q. Cao, C. Huang, T. Abdelzaher, J. A. Stankovic, and M. Ward. EnviroMic: Towards Cooperative Storage and Retrieval in Audio Sensor Networks. In Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (IEEE ICDCS), 2007. Acceptance ratio: 13% 
  13. Q. Cao, T. Abdelzaher, T. He, and R. Kravets. Cluster-Based Forwarding for Reliable End-to-End Delivery in Wireless Sensor Networks, In Proceedings of the 25th Annual IEEE Conference on Computer Communications (IEEE INFOCOM), 2007. Acceptance ratio: 18% 
  14. T. Abdelzaher, Q. Cao, R. Ganti, M. Khan, J. Heo, C. Huang, P. Jayachandran, H. K. Le, L. Luo, and Y. Tsai. Towards a Layered Architecture for Object-Based Execution in Wide-Area Deeply Embedded Computing. In Proceedings of the 10th IEEE International Symposium on Object/component/service-oriented Real-time Distributed Computing (IEEE ISORC), May 2007, invited.
  15. Q. Cao and T. Abdelzaher. A Scalable Logical Coordinates Framework for Routing in Wireless Sensor Networks. In ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks (TOSN) November 2006. 
  16. T. He, S. Krishnamurthy, L. Luo, T. Yan, B. Krogh, L. Gu, R. Stoleru, G. Zhou, Q. Cao, P. Vicaire, J. A. Stankovic, T. Abdelzaher, and J. Hui. VigilNet: An Integrated Sensor Network System for Energy-Efficient Surveillance. In ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks (TOSN), February 2006. 
  17. Q. Cao, T. He, L. Fang, T. F. Abdelzaher, J. A. Stankovic and S. Son. Efficiency Centric Communication Model for Wireless Sensor Networks. In Proceedings of the 24th Annual IEEE Conference on Computer Communications (IEEE INFOCOM), 2006. Acceptance ratio: 18% 
  18. T. He, P. Vicaire, T. Yan, Q. Cao, G. Zhou, L. Gu, L. Luo, R. Stoleru, J. A. Stankovic and T. Abdelzaher. Achieving Long-Term Surveillance in VigilNet. In Proceedings of the 24th Annual IEEE Conference on Computer Communications (IEEE INFOCOM), 2006. Acceptance ratio: 18%  
  19. Q. Cao, T. Abdelzaher. Demo Abstract: LiteOS, A Lightweight Operating System for C++ Software Development in Sensor Networks, In Proceedings of the 4th ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (ACM Sensys), 2006. 
  20. T. He, P. Vicaire, T. Yan, L. Luo, L. Gu, G. Zhou, R. Stoleru, Q. Cao, J. A. Stankovic and T. Abdelzaher. Achieving Real-Time Target Tracking using Wireless Sensor Networks. In Proceedings of the 12th IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium (IEEE RTAS), April 2006. 
  21. L. Gu, D. Jia, P. Vicaire, T. Yan, L. Luo, A. Tirumala, Q. Cao, J. A. Stankovic, T. Abdelzaher, and B. Krogh. Lightweight Detection and Classification for Wireless Sensor Networks in Realistic Environments. In Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (ACM Sensys), 2005. Acceptance ratio: 16.8% 
  22. T. He, L. Luo, T. Yan, L. Gu, Q. Cao, G. Zhou, R. Stoleru, P. Vicaire, Q. H. Cao, J. A. Stankovic, S. Son and T. F. Abdelzaher. An Overview of the VigilNet Architecture. In Proceedings of the11th IEEE International Conference on Embedded and Real-Time Computing Systems and Applications, (IEEE RTCSA), 2005, Invited
  23. Q. Cao, T. Yan, J. A. Stankovic, and T. F. Abdelzaher. Analysis of Target Detection Performance for Wireless Sensor Networks. In Proceedings of the First International Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Networks (ACM/IEEE DCOSS), June 2005. 
  24. Q. Cao, T. F. Abdelzaher, T. He and J. A. Stankovic. Towards Optimal Sleep Scheduling in Sensor Networks for Rare Event Detection. In Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Information Processing in Sensor Networks (ACM/IEEE IPSN), April 2005. Acceptance ratio: 20.6% 
  25. T. Abdelzaher, B. Blum, Q. Cao,Y. Chen, D. Evans, J George, S. George, L. Gu, T. He, S. Krishnamurthy, L. Luo, S. Son, J. Stankovic, R. Stoleru, and A. Wood. EnviroTrack: Towards an Environmental Computing Paradigm for Distributed Sensor Networks. In Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (IEEE ICDCS), 2004. Acceptance ratio: 17% 
  26. Q. Cao and T. Abdelzaher. A Scalable Logical Coordinates Framework for Routing in Wireless Sensor Networks. In Proceedings of the 25th IEEE Real-time Systems Symposium (IEEE RTSS), December 2004. Acceptance ratio: 22%