Biography
Ling Ding is a fourth-year PhD student in the Department of Computer Science at University of Texas at Dallas.
She obtained her B.S. degree from Department of Computer Science,
Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, China and M.S. degree
from Department of Computer Science,
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Her advisors are Dr. Weili Wu and Dr. Ding-Zhu Du.
Her research interests include Computer Networks and Software Systems, including Wireless Networking, Mobile Computing, Ubiquitous Computing, Parallel and Distributed Systems, Embedded Systems, Data Engineering, Network Algorithm Designs and Security.
Research
Journal Publications
- L. Ding, W. Wu, J. Willson, H. Du, and W. Lee,
"Efficient Virtual Backbone Construction with Routing Cost Constraint in Wireless Networks using Directional Antennas,"
IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC), PrePrint, Vol. 99, June 2011.
- L. Ding, W. Wu, J. Willson, H. Du, W. Lee, and D.-Z. Du,
"Efficient Algorithms for Topology Control Problem with Routing Cost Constraints in Wireless Networks,"
IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems (TPDS), Vol. 22, No. 10, October 2011, 1601-1609.
- L. Ding, X. Gao, W. Wu, W. Lee, X. Zhu, and D.-Z. Du,
"An Exact Algorithm for Minimum CDS with Shortest Path Constraint in Wireless Networks,"
Optimization Letters, published online, June 2010.
- M. Li, L. Ding, Y. Shao, Z. Zhang, and B. Li,
"On Reducing Broadcast Transmission Cost and Redundancy in Ad Hoc Wireless Networks Using Directional Antennas,"
IEEE Transactions On Vehicular Technology (TVT), Vol. 59, No. 3, March 2010, 1433 - 1442.
- D. Kim, W. Wang, L. Ding, J. Lim, H. Oh, and W. Wu,
"Minimum Average Routing Path Clustering Problem in Multi-hop 2-D Underwater Sensor Networks,"
Optimization Letters, Vol. 4, No. 3, August 2010, 383-392.
Book Chapters
- H. Du, L. Ding, W. Wu, D. Kim, P. M. Pardalos, and J. Willson,
"Connected Dominating Set in Wireless Networks,"
to appear in Handbook of Combinatorial Optimization , Springer, 2011.
- L. Ding, H. Du, and W. Wu,
"Security and Privacy in Online Social Networks: Optimization Perspectives,"
to appear in Handbook of Optimization in Complex Networks , Springer, 2011.
Refereed Conference Proceedings
- L. Ding, "xxxxxxxx," submitted to Thirteenth International Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing (MOBIHOC), 2012.
- L. Ding, W. Wu, J. K. Willson, L. Wu, Z. Lu, and W. Lee "Constant-Approximation for Target Coverage Problem in Wireless Sensor Networks," accepted by 31st Annual Joint Conf. of IEEE Communication
and Computer Society (INFOCOM), 2012.
- L. Ding, W. Wu, J. K. Willson, H. Du, and W. Lee,
"Construction of Directional Virtual Backbones with Minimum Routing Cost in Wireless Networks,"
Proc. of 30th Annual Joint Conf. of IEEE Communication
and Computer Society (INFOCOM), 2011.
- L. Ding, X. Gao, W. Wu, W. Lee, X. Zhu and D.-Z. Du,
"Distributed Construction of Connected Dominating Sets with Minimum Routing Cost in Wireless Networks,"
Proc. of 29th IEEE International
Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS), 2010.
- L. Ding, Y. Shao, and M. Li,
"On Reducing Broadcast Transmission Cost and Redundancy in Ad Hoc Wireless Networks Using Directional Antennas,"
Proc. of IEEE Wireless Communications & Networking Conference (WCNC), 2008.
- L. Ding, Y. Shao, M. Li, and M. Wu,
"Load Balanced Broadcasting in Ad Hoc Wireless Networks Using Directional Antennas,"
Proc. of 2nd International Conference
on Communications and Networking in China (CHINACOM), 2007.
- N. Xiao, L. Ding, M. Li, and M. Wu,
"Geographic Probabilistic Routing Protocol for Wireless Mesh Networks,"
Proc. of 7th International Symposium on Advanced Parallel Processing Technologies (APPT), 2007.
- Y. Feng, M. Li, M. Wu, and L. Ding,
"Characterizing and Evaluating Interference in Multi-Interface Wireless Mesh Networks,"
Proc. of 2nd International Conference
on Communications and Networking in China (CHINACOM), 2007.
Teaching Assistantship
- Fall, 2011. CS 6360 DataBase Systems.
- Spring, 2011. CS 6360 DataBase Systems and CS 4347 DataBase Systems.
- Fall,2010. CS 6360 DataBase Systems and CS 3345 Data Structures & Algorithm Anlys.
- Summer,2010. CS 3345 Data Structures & Algorithm Anlys.
- Spring, 2010. CS 4347 DataBase Systems and CS6360 DataBase Design.
- Fall, 2009. CS 4348 Automata Theory and CS6360 DataBase Design.
- Spring, 2009. CS 3345 Data Structures & Algorithm Anlys and CS6360 DataBase Design.
- Fall, 2008. CS 6360 DataBase Design. CS 4376 Object-Oriented Programming Systems.
Professional Activity
- IEEE Student Membership.
- Reviewer of MILCOM, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems (TPDS), Computer Network (COMNET), Journal of Global Optimization (JOGO), Wireless Network (WN), International Journal of Sensor Networks (IJSNET), Discrete Mathematics, Algorithms and Applications (DMAA), Optimization Letters, Theoretical Computer Science (TCS),
and Journal of Combinatorial Optimization (JOCO).
- Staff of the 5th Annual International Conference on Combinatorial Optimization and Applications (COCOA), 2011
- Staff of the 3rd International Conference on Wireless Algorithm, Systems and Applications (WASA), 2008
- Staff of the 2nd Grid@Asia Workshop, Shanghai, 2006
- Staff of the 11th Asia-Pacific Computer Systems Architecture Conference (ACSAC), 2006
Awards and Honors
- Member of Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
- NSF Student Travel Grant, The 30th IEEE Conference on Computer Communications (IEEE INFOCOM 2011), Shanghai, China, April 10 ~ 15, 2011.
- Expense/Reimbursement Grant for WUWNet'11, Seattle, WA, December 1 ~ 2, 2011
- Ji Dian Scholarship in Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 2008
- The 3rd place in Jiangsu Province of Mathematical Contest In Modeling of China , 2003
- Social Activist of Nanjing University Science & Technology, 2002
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