PUBLICATIONS

Journals/Magazines

[1] X. Hu, J. Deng, J. Zhao, W. Hu, G. Fotopoulos, E.C.-H. Ngai, R. Wang, J. Shen, M. Liang, and V.C.M. Leung, Y. Kwok, “SAfeDJ: A Crowd-Cloud Co-design Approach to Situation-aware Music Delivery for Drivers”, ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications and Applications (TOMM), 2015, vol. 12, issue 1s, Article: 21. DOI: 10.1145/2808201 (flagship of the ACM SIGMM)

[2] X. Hu, J. Zhao, B.C. Seet, V.C.M. Leung, T.H.S. Chu, and H.C.B. Chan, “S-Aframe: Agent-based Multi-layer Framework with Context-aware Semantic Service for Vehicular Social Networks”, IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing (TETC), vol.3, no.1, 2015, pp. 44-63. (acceptance rate around 20%). DOI: 10.1109/TETC.2015.2395959

[3] X. Hu, T.H.S. Chu, V.C.M. Leung, E. C.-H. Ngai, P. Kruchten, and H.C.B. Chan, “A Survey on Mobile Social Networks: Applications, Platforms, System Architectures, and Future Research Directions”, IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, 2015, vol.17, no.3, pp. 1557-1581. (acceptance rate<20%). DOI: 10.1109/COMST.2014.2371813 (highest SCI 5-year Impact Factor among all the IEEE journals reported by JCR study in 2015)

[4] X. Hu, X. Li, E. C.-H. Ngai, V.C.M Leung, and P. Kruchten, “Multi-dimensional context-aware social network architecture for mobile crowdsensing”, IEEE Communications Magazine, 2014, vol. 52, no. 6, pp. 78-87. (Special issue of Context-aware Networking and Communications, acceptance rate 14.1%). DOI: 10.1109/MCOM.2014.6829948 (flagship of the IEEE Communication Society)

[5] X. Hu, T.H.S. Chu, H.C.B. Chan, and V.C.M. Leung, “Vita: A Crowdsensing-oriented Mobile Cyber Physical System”, IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing (TETC), June 2013, vol.1, no. 1, pp. 148-165. (acceptance rate around 20%). DOI: 10.1109/TETC.2013.2273359 (Listed as top 1 most downloaded article of IEEE TETC around 10 months between Oct. 2013 and Jan. 2015)

[6] L. Zhou, X. Hu, E.C.-H. Ngai, H. Zhao, S. Wang, J. Wei, and V.C.M. Leung, “A Dynamic Graph-based Scheduling and Interference Coordination Approach in Heterogeneous Networks”, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology (TVT), accepted, 2015. DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2015.2435746

[7] Z. Sheng, H. Wang, C. Yin, X. Hu, S. Yang, and V.C.M. Leung, “Lightweight Management Protocol for Resource Constrained Sensor Devices in Internet-of-Things”, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 2, no. 5, 2015, pp. 402-411. DOI: 10.1109/JIOT.2015.2419740

[8] Q. Liu, X. Hu, E. C.-H. Ngai, M. Liang, V.C.M. Leung, Z. Cai, and J. Yin, “A Security Patch Addressing Bandwidth Request Vulnerabilities in the IEEE 802.16 Standard”, IEEE Network Magazine, under revision

[9] Z. Sheng, X. Hu, S. Yang, J. Song, V.C.M. Leung, and K. Leung, “Towards Open and Cloud-based Device Management for Machine-to-Machine: Architecture, Protocol and Big Data Analytics”, submitted to IEEE Communications Magazine.

[10] C. Zhu, L. Shu, X. Hu, Yang, and V.C.M. Leung, “Review of CKN based Sleep Scheduling in Duty-Cycled Wireless Sensor Network”, IEEE CommSoft E-letter, vol.1, no.2, 2012.

Conferences/Workshops

[1] X. Hu, and V.C.M. Leung, “Towards Context-aware Mobile Crowdsensing in Vehicular Social Networks”, in Proc. IEEE/ACM CCGrid, 2015.

[2] X. Hu, N. Giang, J. Shen, V.C.M. Leung, and X. Li, “Towards Mobility-as-a-Service to Promote Smart Transportation”, in Proc. IEEE VTC 2015 fall (invited paper)

[3] X. Hu, X. Li, E. C. -H. Ngai, J. Zhao, and V.C.M. Leung, and P. Nasiopoulos, “Health Drive: Mobile Healthcare Onboard Vehicles to Promote Safe Driving”, in Proc. 48th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), Kauai, HI, 2015, pp. 3074-3083. DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.2015.371

[4] X. Hu, and V.C.M. Leung, “Application-oriented Approaches to Context-aware Mobile Crowdsensing in Vehicular Social Networks”, ACM SenSys (Doctoral Colloquium), 2014.

[5] X. Hu, J. Deng, W. Hu, G. Fotopoulos, E.C.-H. Ngai, Z. Sheng, M. Liang, X. Li, K. Shafiee, V. C. M. Leung, S. Fels, C. Lau, Y. Kwok, “SAfeDJ: Situation-aware Music Delivery for Drivers”, ACM MobiCom 2014 Mobile App Competition final.(acceptance rate 14.0%)

Available: http://www.sigmobile.org/mobicom/2014/app_finalists.html

[6] X. Hu, J. Deng, W. Hu, G. Fotopoulos, E.C.-H. Ngai, Z. Sheng, M. Liang, X. Li, V.C.M. Leung, and S. Fels, “SAfeDJ Community: Situation-Aware In-Car Music Delivery for Safe Driving”, in Proc. ACM MobiCom, 2014, pp. 363-366. DOI: 10.1145/2639108.2642902

[7] X. Hu, L. Wang, Z. Sheng, P. TalebiFard, L. Zhou, J. Liu, and V.C.M. Leung, “Towards a Service Centric Contextualized Vehicular Cloud”, in Proc. ACM MSWiM-DIVANet symp., 2014, pp. 73-80. (acceptance rate 25.6%). DOI: 10.1145/2656346.2656351

[8] X. Hu, V.C.M. Leung, K. Li, E. Kong, H. Zhang, N. Surendrakumar, and P. TalebiFard, “Social Drive: A Crowdsourcing-based Vehicular Social Networking System for Green Transportation”, in Proc. ACM MSWiM-DIVANet symp., Barcelona, Spain, 2013, pp. 85-92. (acceptance rate 14.5%). DOI: 10.1145/2512921.2512924

[9] X. Hu, V.C.M. Leung, C. Zhu, T. H. S. Chu, X. Li, and M. Liang, “Social Drive”, ACM MobiCom 2013 Mobile App Competition final. (acceptance rate 19.2%)

Available: http://www.sigmobile.org/mobicom/2013/app_finalists.html

[10] X. Hu, Q. Liu, C. Zhu, V.C.M. Leung, T.H.S. Chu, and H.C.B. Chan, “A Mobile Crowdsensing System Enhanced by Cloud-based Social Networking Services”, in Proc. ACM/IFIP/USENIX Middleware Workshop on Middleware for Cloud-enabled Sensing (MCS 2013), Beijing, Dec. 2013. DOI: 10.1145/2541603.2541604

[11] X. Hu, and V.C.M. Leung, “Application-oriented Mobile Social Networking System for Mobile Crowdsourcing”, ACM MobiSys (PhD forum), Taipei, June, 2013.

[12] X. Hu, V.C.M. Leung and P. Nasiopoulos, “A Service-oriented Mobile Social Networking Platform for Disaster Situations”, in Proc. 46th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), Maui, HI, 2013, pp.136-145. DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.2013.59

[13] X. Hu, V.C.M. Leung, K. Li, E. Kong, H. Zhang, N. Surendrakumar, and P. TalebiFard, “A Crowdsourcing-based Vehicular Social Networking System for Green Transportation”, poster, in Proc. 3rd NSERC DIVA workshop, Ottawa, 2013.

[14] X. Hu, V.C.M. Leung and W. Wang, “VSSA: A Service-oriented Vehicular Social-Networking Platform for Transportation Efficiency”, in Proc. ACM MSWiM-DIVANet symp., Paphos, Cyprus, 2012, pp. 31-38 (acceptance rate 25%). DOI: 10.1145/2386958.2386964

[15] X. Hu, J. Zhao, D. Zhou and V.C.M. Leung, “A Semantics-based Multi-agent Framework for Vehicular Social Network Development”, in Proc. ACM MSWiM-DIVANet symp., Miami, FL, 2011, pp. 363-366. (acceptance rate 23.7%). DOI: 10.1145/2069000.2069015

[16] X. Hu, S. Henderson, J. Leung, and V.C.M. Leung, “Feasibility of Crowd-sourcing and Efficient Transmission of Geospatial Data over Vehicular Social Networks”, poster, in Proc. 2nd NESRC DIVA workshop, Ottawa, 2012.

[17] X. Hu, J. Zhao, D. Zhou and V.C.M. Leung, “A Semantics-based Multi-agent Framework for Vehicular Social Network Development”, poster, in Proc. 1st NESRC DIVA workshop, Ottawa, 2011.

[18] X. Hu, W. Du, B. Spencer, “A Multi-Agent Framework for Ambient Systems Development”, Procedia CS 5, 2011, pp. 82-89.

[19] A. Krishnan, X. Hu, J. Deng, L. Zhou, E. C.-H. Ngai, X. Li, V. C.M. Leung, Y. Kwok, “Towards In Time Music Mood-Mapping for Drivers: A Novel Approach”, to appear in Proc. ACM MSWiM-DIVANet symp., 2015.

[20] A. Krishnan, X. Hu, J. Deng, R. Wang, C. Zhu, X. Li, V. C.M. Leung, Y. Kwok, “A Novel Cloud-Based Crowd Sensing Approach to Context-Aware Music Mood-Mapping for Drivers”, to appear in Proc. IEEE CloudCom, 2015.

[21] P. Sathyamoorthy, E. C.-H. Ngai, X. Hu, V. C. M. Leung, “Energy Efficiency as an Orchestration Service for Mobile Internet of Things”, to appear in Proc. IEEE CloudCom, 2015.

[22] Q. Liu, C. Zhu, X. Hu, and W. Zhao, “CIS: Community-Based Information Sharing Mechanism for Automotive IoT”, to appear in Proc. IEEE WF-IoT, 2015.

[23] W. Tu, L. Wei, W. Hu, Z. Sheng, H. Nicanfar, X. Hu, E. Ngai and V. Leung, “A survey on mobile sensing based mood-fatigue detection for drivers”, in Proc. of EAI International Conference on Smart Urban Mobility Services, 2015, October 13-14, Toronto, Canada.

[24] L. Zhou, X. Hu, C. Zhu, E. C.-H. Ngai, S. Wang, J. Wei, and V.C.M. Leung, “Green Small Cell Planning in Smart Cities under Dynamic Traffic Demand”, in Proc. IEEE Infocom – SmartCity workshop, 2015.

[25] Q. Liu, E.C.-H. Ngai, X. Hu, Z. Sheng, V.C.M. Leung, and J. Yin, “SH-CRAN: Hierarchical Framework to Support Mobile Big Data Computing in a Secure Manner”, ACM MobiHoc workshop on Mobidata, 2015, pp.19-24. DOI: 10.1145/2757384.2757388

[26] Z. Sheng, X. Hu, P. TalebiFard, V.C.M. Leung, R. Chen, and Y. Zhou, “Cooperative Sensor Cloud Computing for Vehicular Applications: from Theoretical Analysis to Practical Implementation”, in Proc. ACM MSWiM-DIVANet symp., 2014, pp. 53-59. DOI: 10.1145/2656346.2656350

[27] W. Hu, X. Hu, J. Deng, C. Zhu, E.C.-H. Ngai, and V.C.M. Leung, “Mood-Fatigue Analyzer: Towards Context-aware Mobile Sensing Applications for Safe Driving”, in Proc. ACM/IFIP/USENIX Middleware Workshop on Middleware for Context-Aware Applications in the IoT (M4IOT 2014), Bordeaux, Dec. 2014, pp.19-24. DOI: 10.1145/2676743.2676747

[28] C. Zhu, X. Li, V.C.M. Leung, X. Hu, and L. Yang, “Job Scheduling for Cloud Computing Integrated with Wireless Sensor Network”, in Proc. IEEE CloudCom, 2014, pp.62-69. DOI: 10.1109/CloudCom.2014.106

[29] Y. Liu, X. Hu, C. Zhu, B.-C. Seet, V.C.M. Leung, T.H.S. Chu and H.C.B. Chan, “Collaborative Mobile E-Health Employing Data Mining and Social Networking”, in Proc. International Multi-Conference of Engineers and Computer Scientists (IMCECS), Hong Kong, 2013. (Best paper nominated)

[30] Q. Liu, J. Yin, P. Jokar, and X. Hu, “Enhanced Detection and Restoration of Low-Rate Denial-of-Service in Wireless Multi-Hop Networks”, in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC), San Diego, CA, 2013, pp.195-199. DOI: 10.1109/ICCNC.2013.6504079

[31] C. Zhu, V. C. M. Leung, X. Hu, L. Shu, and L. T. Yang, “A review of key issues that concern the feasibility of mobile cloud computing,” in Proc. IEEE CPSCom, 2013, pp. 769–776. DOI: 10.1109/GreenCom-iThings-CPSCom.2013.138

[32] C. Zhu, V. C. M. Leung, L. Yang, X. Hu, and L. Shu, “Collaborative Location-based Sleep Scheduling to Integrate Wireless Sensor Networks with Mobile Cloud Computing”, in Proc. IEEE Globecom workshop, 2013, pp.452-457. DOI: 10.1109/GLOCOMW.2013.6825029

[33] P. TalebiFard, H. Nicanfar, X. Hu, and V.C.M. Leung, “Semantic Based Networking of Information in Vehicular Clouds Based on Dimensionality Reduction”, in Proc. ACM MSWiM-DIVANet symp., Barcelona Spain, Nov. 2013, pp.69-76. DOI: 10.1145/2512921.2512925

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