Research Interests

• Distributed Systems

•           Ad Hoc Wireless Networks

•           Operating Systems

•           Software Engineering

Selected Publication

Book Chapter and Journal Articles

X. Chen, "Data Replication Approaches for Ad Hoc Wireless Networks Satisfying Time Constraints",  International Journal of Parallel, Emergent, and Distributed Systems, Vol. 22, Issue 3, p. 149-161, January 2007.

X. Chen and J. Shen, "Improved Schemes for Power-Efficient Broadcast in Ad Hoc Networks", International Journal of High Performance Computing and Networking, Vol. 4, Nos 3/4, 2006, p. 198-206.

X. Chen and J. Shen, "On the Frame-Stewart Conjecture about the Towers of Hanoi", SIAM Journal of Computing, Vol. 33, No. 3, p. 584-589, 2004.

X. Chen and J. Shen, "Maximum Necessary Hop Count for Packet Routing in MANET", to appear in book Theoretical and Algorithmic Aspects of Sensor, Ad Hoc Wireless and Peer-to-Peer Networks, CRC Press, 2004.

X. Chen and J. Wu, `` Multicasting Techniques in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks", Handbook of Ad Hoc Wireless Networks, M. Ilyas and B. Furht (eds.), CRC Press, 2002.

 J. Wu and X. Chen, A Fault-Tolerant and Time-Step Optimal Multicasting in 2-D Meshes, Dependable Network Computing, Kluwer Academic Publishers, MA, USA .

 J. Wu and X. Chen, Fault-Tolerant Tree-Based Multicasting in Mesh Multicomputers, Journal of Computer Science and Technology, p. 393-408, Vol. 16, No. 5, September 2001.

 X. Chen, G. M. Zhu, and F. Tong, The Checking of the Correctness of Z Schemas, Computer Engineering Journal, No. 5, Vol. 21, p. 3-9.

Referred Conference Papers

Q. Gu, X. Chen, Z. Jiang, and J. Wu, “Sink-Anonymity Mobility Control in Wireless Sensor Networks”, accepted to appear in the IEEE WiMob 2009 Main Conference, Marrakech, Morocco, 13-14 Oct. 2009.

X. Chen, J. Shen, T. Groves, and J. Wu, “Probability Delegation Forwarding in Delay Tolerant Networks”, the Proceedings of the 18th IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN 2009), San Francisco, California, USA, August 2009.

X. Chen, J. Shen, and J. Wu, “A Novel Information Model for Efficient Routing Protocols in Delay Tolerant Networks”, Proc. of 8th International Workshop PMEO UCNS'2009 (in conjunction with IEEE IPDPS'2009).  

Q. J. Gu, and X. Chen, "Privacy Preserving Mobility Control Protocols in Wireless Sensor Networks", the Proceedings of the International Symposium on Parallel Architectures, Algorithms, and Networks, May 2008, p. 159-164.

X. Chen, Z. Jiang, and J. Wu, "Quick Convergence Mobility Control Schemes in Wireless Sensor Networks", the Proceedings of the 10th Workshop on Advances in Parallel and Distributed Computational Models held in conjunction with the 22nd IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium, April 2008.

X. Chen and X. D. Jia, "Energy Balancing Routing Algorithms in Wireless Sensor Networks Connected as Grids," the Proceedings of the International Conference on Wireless Algorithms, Systems and Applications (WASA), August, 2007, p. 19-25.

X. Chen, "A Replica Allocation Scheme with One-Hop Time Constraint in Ad Hoc Wireless Networks," the Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Computers and Their Applications (CATA-2007), March, 2007, p. 255-259.

X. Chen, "Locating Data Servers in Ad Hoc Mobile Networks with K-hop Time Constraint", the Proceedings of the18th IASTED International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing and Systems, November 2006.

X. Chen and J. Drissi, "An Efficient Key Management Scheme in Hierarchical Sensor Networks", the Proceedings of the International workshop on Wireless and Sensor Networks Security, November 2005.

X. Chen and J. Shen, "Energy Reducing Broadcasting Algorithms in Ad Hoc Networks", the Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Computers and Their Applications, March 2005, p. 97-102.

X. Chen and J. Shen, "Reducing Connected Dominating Set Size with Multipoint Relays in Ad Hoc Wireless Networks", the Proceedings of the 7^th International Symposium on Parallel Architectures, Algorithms & Networks (I-SPAN), May 2004, p. 539-543.

X. Chen and  J. Shen, "Algorithms for Multiple IP Address Lookups", the Proceedings of the 15^th IASTED International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing and Systems, November 2003, p. 844-847.

X. Chen and  J. Shen, "A Quorum-Based Fault-Tolerant Method for Distributed Mutual Exclusion", the Proceedings of the 7^th Joint Conference on Information Sciences, September 2003, p. 568-571.

X. Chen,  J. Wu and X. D. Jia, "Prefix Routing in Wireless Ad-Hoc Networks of Mobile Stations", the Proceedings of the ISCA 15^th International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing Systems (PDCS-2002), September 2002, p. 66-71.

X. Chen and  J. Shen, "Secure Group Key Distribution Protocols", the Proceedings of the ISCA 15^th International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing Systems (PDCS-2002), September 2002, p.307-311.

X. Chen and X. D. Jia, "Package Routing Algorithms in Mobile Ad-Hoc Wireless Networks", the Proceedings of the 2001 ICPP workshops on wireless networks and mobile computing, September 2001, p.485-490.

X. Chen, J. Shen and X. D. Jia, "An Upper Bound for a Mobile Ad-Hoc Wireless Network", the Proceedings of the International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications, June 2001, p. 1617-1620.

X. Chen "Fault-Tolerant Adaptive and Shortest Routing in 2-D Extended Meshes using Faulty-Block-Information", the proceedings of International Workshop on High Performance Scientific and Engineering Computing with Applications (HPSECA-2000) in conjunction with International Conference on Parallel Processing (ICPP-2000), August 2000, p. 267-274.

X. Chen, Minimal Path-Based Routing in Mesh-Connected Multicomputers, Abstracts of the 31th Southeastern International Conference on Combinations, Graph Theory, and Computing, March 2000, p 6.

X. Chen and J. Wu, Path-based Fault-Tolerant Multicasting in Mesh-Connected Multicomputers,  the Proceedings of IASTED Parallel and Distributed Computing and Systems (PDCS'99), November 1999, p. 72-77.

J. Wu and X. Chen, A Fault-Tolerant and Time-Step Optimal Multicasting in 2-D Meshes, Annual IEEE Workshop Fault-Tolerant and Distributed Systems, April 1999, p. 204-226.

X. Chen, Fault-Tolerant Multicasting in 3-D Meshes using Extended Safety Levels, student paper of the 29^th International Symposium on Fault-Tolerant Computing, June 1999, p. 5-7.

X. Chen and J. Wu, Minimal Routing in 3-D Meshes using Extended Safety Levels, Proceedings of the 10^th IASTED International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing and Systems, October 1998, p. 385-390.

Technical Reports

[TR-CSE-99-32] X. Chen and J. Wu, Path-Based Fault-Tolerant Multicasting in Mesh-Connected Multicomputers, Florida Atlantic University, February 1999.

[TR-CSE-98-20] X. Chen and J. Wu, Fault-Tolerant Multicasting in 2-D Meshes Using Extended Safety Levels, Florida Atlantic University , July 1998.

[TR-CSE-97-63] X. Chen and J. Wu, Minimal Routing in 3-D Meshes Using Extended Safety Levels, Florida Atlantic University , November 1997.

[TR-CSE-97-14] X. Chen and J. Wu, Petri Net Models of the Circular Token Problem, Florida Atlantic University , February 1997.