Publications

• X. Shi, M. Chen, L. He, X. Xie, L. Lu, H. Jin, Y. Chen, S. Wu, "Mammoth: Gearing Hadoop Towards Memory-Intensive MapReduce Applications", IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, 2014, DOI: 10.1109/TPDS.2014.2345068
• Y. Wang, K. Li, H. Chen, L. He and K. Li, "Energy-Aware Data Allocation and Task Scheduling on Heterogeneous Multiprocessor Systems With Time Constraints", IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing, 2014,  DOI: 10.1109/TETC.2014.2300632.
• H. Huang, L. He, X. Chen, M. Yu, Z. Wang, "Automatic Composition of Heterogeneous Models based on Semantic Web Services", International Journal of Parallel Programming, 2013, DOI: 10.1007/s10766-013-0279-0
• H. Chen, J. Sun, L. He, K. Li, H. Tan, "BAG: Managing GPU as Buffer Cache in Operating Systems", IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, Vol. 25, no. 6, pp. 1393-1402, 2014, DOI: 10.1109/TPDS.2013.201
• Y. Xu, K. Li, L. He and T. Truong, "A DAG Scheduling Scheme on Heterogeneous Computing Systems Using Double Molecular Structure-based Chemical Reaction Optimization", Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, Volume 73, issue 9, pp. 1306-1322, 2013. DOI: 10.1016/j.jpdc.2013.05.005
• L. He, N. Chaudhary and S. Jarvis, "Developing Security-aware Resource Management Strategies for Workflows", Future Generation Computer Systems, 2013, DOI: 10.1016/j.future.2013.09.030
• H. Chen, S. Lin, J. Sun, K. Li and L. He, "A Fast RPC System for Virtual Machines", IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, vol. 24, no. 7, pp. 1267-1276, July, 2013, DOI: 10.1109/TPDS.2012.199
• X. Shi, H. Jiang, L. He, H. Jin, C. Wang, B. Yu, F. Wang, "Developing an Optimized Application Hosting Framework in Clouds", Journal of Computer and Systems Science, Volume 79, Issue 8, pp. 1214-1229, 2013, DOI:10.1016/j.jcss.2013.02.003
• Z. Shao, L. He, Z. Lu and H. Jin, "VSA: An offline scheduling analyzer for Xen virtual machine monitor", Future Generation Computer Systems, 2013, DOI: 10.1016/j.future.2012.12.004
• L. He, D. Zou, Z, Zhang, C. Chen, H. Jin, S. Jarvis, "Developing Resource Consolidation Frameworks for Moldable Virtual Machines in Clouds", Future Generation Computer Systems, 2012, doi:10.1016/j.future.2012.05.015.
• L. He, C. Huang, K. Duan, K. Li, H. Chen, J. Sun and S. Jarvis, "Modeling and analyzing the impact of authorization on workflow executions", Future Generation Computer Systems, Volume 28, issue, 8, pp. 1177-1193, 2012, doi: 10.1016/j.future.2012.03.003.
• W. Xu, Z. Wang, L. Hong, L. He, X. Chen, "The uncertainty recovery analysis for interdependent infrastructure systems using the dynamic inoperability input–output model", : International Journal of Systems Science, : International Journal of Systems Science, 2013, DOI: 10.1080/00207721.2013.822121
• W. Xu, L. Hong, L. He, X. Chen, "An uncertainty assessment of interdependent infrastructure systems and infrastructure sectors with natural disasters analysis", International Journal of System of Systems Engineering, Vol. 3, No. 1, 2012.
• W. Xu, L. Hong, L. He, X. Chen, S. Wang, "A Supply-driven Dynamic Inoperability Input-Output Price Model for Interdependent Infrastructure systems", Journal of Infrastructure Systems, 2011.
• D. Bacigalupo, J. Hemert, X. Chen, A. Usmani, A. Chester, L. He and D. Dillenberger, G. Wills, L. Gilbert, S. Jarvis, "Managing dynamic enterprise and urgent workloads on clouds using layered queuing and historical performance models", Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory, 2011.
• D. Zou, L. He, H. Jin, X. Chen, "CRBAC: Imposing Multi-grained Constraints on the RBAC Model in the Multi-Application Environment", Journal of Network and Computer Applications, 32(2): 402-411, 2009.
• Ligang He, Stephen A. Jarvis, Daniel P. Spooner, Hong Jiang, Donna N. Dillenberger and Graham R. Nudd, "Allocating Non-real-time and Soft Real-time Jobs in Multiclusters", IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, 17(2):99-112, 2006.
• Ligang He, Stephen A. Jarvis, Daniel P. Spooner, Xinuo Chen, Graham R. Nudd, "Hybrid Performance-based Workload Management for Multiclusters and Grids", IEE Proceedings Software, 151(5):224-231, October, 2004.
• Ligang He, Stephen A. Jarvis, Daniel P. Spooner, Graham R. Nudd, "Dynamic, capability-driven scheduling of DAG-based real-time jobs in heterogeneous clusters", International Journal of High Performance Computing and Networking, 2(2/3/4):165-177, 2004.
• Stephen A. Jarvis, Ligang He, Daniel P. Spooner, Graham R. Nudd, "The impact of predictive inaccuracies on execution scheduling", International Journal of Performance Evaluation, 60(1-4):127-139, 2005.
• D.A.Bacigalupo, S.A.Jarvis, L.He, D.P.Spooner, D.N.Dillenberger, G.R.Nudd, "An Investigation into the Application of Different Performance Prediction Methods to Distributed Enterprise Applications", The Journal of Supercomputing 34:93-111, 2005.
• DP Spooner, J Cao, SA Jarvis, L He, GR Nudd, "Performance-aware Workflow Management for Grid Computing",  The Computer Journal, Oxford University Press, 2004.
• S. Fu, L. He, X. Liao, C. Huang, K. Li, C. Chang, B. Gao, "Modelling and Predicting the Data Availability in Decentralized Online Social Networks", 21th IEEE International Conference on Web Services (ICWS'2014), June 27 - July 2, 2014, Alaska, USA (Acceptance rate: 20%)
• S. Fu, L. He, X. Liao, C. Huang, C. Chang, B. Gao, "Cadros: the Cloud-Assisted Data Replication in Decentralized Online Social Networks", 11th IEEE International Conference on Services Computing (SCC'2014), June 27 - July 2, 2014, Anchorage, Alaska, USA
• B. Gao, L. He, "Modelling Energy-Aware Task Allocation in Mobile Workflows", The 10th Annual International Conference on in Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Computing, Networking and Services (MobiQuitous), 2013
• C. Chen, L. He, H. Chen, J. Sun, B. Gao, S. Jarvis, "Developing Communication-aware Service Placement Frameworks in the Cloud Economy", IEEE International Conference on Cluster Computing (Cluster'2013), 2013 (Acceptance rate: 31%)
• N. Chaudhary and L. He, "Analyzing the Performance Impact of Authorization Constraints and Optimizing the Authorization Methods for Workflows",The 20th International Conference on High Performance Computing (HiPC 2013) (acceptance rate: 25%, 49/196)
• S. Fu, C. Huang, L. He, N. Chaudhary, X. Liao, S. Yang, X. Wang, B. Li, "iFlatLFS: Performance Optimization for Accessing Massive Small Files", The 20th International Conference on High Performance Computing (HiPC 2013) (acceptance rate: 25%, 49/196)
• H. Huang, L. He, X. Chen, M. Yu, Z. Wang, "Automatic Composition of Heterogeneous Models based on Semantic Web Services" , The 10th IFIP International Conference on Network and Parallel Computing (NPC 2013), 2013
• L. He, N. Chaudhary, K. Li, S. Jarvis, "Allocating Resources for Workflows Running under Authorization Control", The 13th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Grid Computing (Grid 2012), 2012 (Acceptance rate: 29%).
• B. Gao, L. He, L. Liu, K. Li and S. Jarvis, "From Mobiles to Clouds: Developing Energy-aware offloading Strategies for Workflows", The 13th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Grid Computing (Grid 2012), 2012 (Acceptance rate: 29%)
• L. He, D. Zou, Z. Zhang, K. Yang, H. Jin and S. Jarvis, "Optimizing Resource Consumptions in Clouds", The 12th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Grid Computing (Grid 2011), 2011
• L. He, C. Huang, K. Li, H. Chen, J. Sun, B. Gao, K. Duan and S. Jarvis, "Modelling and Analyzing the Authorization and Execution of Video Workflows", The 18th International Conference on High Performance Computing (HiPC 2011) (acceptance rate: 19.4%, 40/206), 2011
• L. He, K. Duan, X. Chen, D. Zou, Z. Han, A. Fadavinia and S. Jarvis, "Modelling Workflow Executions under Role-based Authorization Control", IEEE International Conference on Service Computing (SCC 2011) (acceptance rate: 15.8%, 27/170)
• Z. Shao, H. Jin, Q. Wang, X. Xie and L. He, "Analyzing and Improving MPI Communication Performance in Overcommitted Virtual Processors", 19th IEEE International Symposium on Modelling, Analysis and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems (MASCOTS'11) (acceptance rate: 26.1%, 41/157), 2011.
• X. Shi, H. Jiang, L. He, H. Jin, C. Wang, B. Yu, F. Wang, "EAPAC: An Enhanced Application Placement Framework for Data Centers", The 14thIEEE International Conference on Computational Science and Engineering, 2011
• M Al-Ghamdi, A Chester, L He, and S Jarvis, "Dynamic Resource Allocation and Active Predictive Models for Enterprise Applications", 1st International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science (CLOSER11), Noordwijkerhout, Netherlands, 2011
• L He, M Calleja, M Hayes, SA Jarvis, "Performance Prediction for Running Workflows under Role-based Authorization Mechanisms", Proceedings of the 23rd IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS'09), Rome, Italy, 25-29 May, 2009
• JW Xue, AP Chester, L He, SA Jarvis, "Dynamic Resource Allocation in Enterprise Systems', 14th IEEE International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Systems (ICPADS 2008), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 8-10 December, 2008
• L. He, JW Xue and SA Jarvis, "Partition-based Profit Optimisation for Multi-Class Requests in Clusters of Servers", Proceeding of the 2007 IEEE International Conference on e-Business Engineering (ICEBE'07), pp.131-138
• JW Xue, L He, SA Jarvis, "A Scheduling Algorithm for Revenue Maximisation for Cluster-based Internet Services", 3rd International Workshop on Scheduling and Resource Management for Parallel and Distributed Systems (SRMPDS'07), held as part of the 13th IEEE International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Systems (ICPADS 2007), Hsinchu, Taiwan, December 5-7, 2007
• L He, MT Dove, M Hayes, P Murray-Rust, M Calleja, K Yang and V Milman, "Developing lightweight application execution mechanisms in grids", Proceedings of the fifth UK e-Science Programme All Hands Meeting, 2006
• X Yang, MT Dove, M Hayes, M Calleja, L He, P Murray-Rust, "Survey of Major Tools and Technologies for Grid-enabled Portal Development", Proceedings of the fifth UK e-Science Programme All Hands Meeting, Nottingham, 2006
• Ligang He, Stephen A. Jarvis, Daniel P. Spooner, David Bacigalupo, Guang Tan, Graham R. Nudd, "Mapping DAG-based Applications to Multiclusters with Background Workload", Proceedings of the 5th IEEE International Symposium on Cluster Computing and the Grid (CCGrid'05), 9-12 May 2005, Cardiff, UK
• D Bacigalupo, SA Jarvis, L He, DP Spooner, GR Nudd, "A Comparative Evaluation of Two Techniques for Predicting the Performance of Dynamic Enterprise Systems", Parallel Computing (ParCo) 2005, 13-16 September 2005, Malaga, Spain
• G Tan, SA Jarvis, L He, X Chen, DP Spooner, GR Nudd, "Modelling Web transfer Performance over Asymmetric Networks", 1st International Workshop on Performance Modelling in Wired, Wireless, Mobile Networking and Computing (PMWMNC-2005), 11th IEEE International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Systems (ICPADS'05), 20-22 July 2005
• X Chen, SA Jarvis, G Tan, L He, DP Spooner, GR Nudd, "An implementation of BLAST over peer-to-peer and its performance validation through simulation", 8th International Conference on Computer Modelling and Simulation, 6-8 April 2005, Oxford, UK
• DA Bacigalupo, SA Jarvis, L He, DP Spooner, GR Nudd, "Comparing layered queuing and historical performance models of a distributed enterprise application", International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing and Networks (PDCN'05), 15-17 February, Innsbruck Austria, 2005
• Ligang He, Stephen A. Jarvis, David Bacigalupo, Daniel P. Spooner, Graham R. Nudd, "Performance-aware Load Balancing for Multiclusters", Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Processing and Applications (ISPA'04), pp.635-647, Hong Kong, China December 13-15 2004
• Ligang He, Stephen A. Jarvis, Daniel P. Spooner, Xinuo Chen, Graham R. Nudd, "Dynamic Scheduling of Parallel Jobs with QoS Demands in Multiclusters and Grids", Proceedings of the 5th IEEE/ACM International Workshop on Grid Computing (Grid2004), pp.402-409, Pittsburgh, USA, Nov 8, 2004
• Ligang He, Stephen A. Jarvis, Daniel P. Spooner, Xinuo Chen and Graham R. Nudd, "Hybrid Performance-oriented Scheduling of Moldable Jobs with QoS Demands in Multiclusters and Grids", Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Grid and Cooperative Computing (GCC 2004), pp.217-224, Wuhan, China, 2004
• Ligang He, Stephen A. Jarvis, David Bacigalupo, Daniel P. Spooner, Xinuo Chen and Graham R. Nudd, "Queueing Network-based Optimisation Techniques for Workload Allocation in Clusters of Computers ", Proceedings of the 2004 IEEE International Conference on Services Computing, (SCC 2004), pp.207-216, 2004
• L. He, SA Jarvis, DP Spooner, GR Nudd, "Optimising static workload allocation in multiclusters", 18th IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium 2004 (IPDPS'04), 26-30 April 2004, Santa Fe, New Mexico. IEEE Computer Society Press
• D Bacigalupo, SA Jarvis, L He, GR Nudd, "An investigation into the application of different performance techniques to e-Commerce applications", Workshop on Performance Modelling, Evaluation and Optimization of Parallel and Distributed Systems, 18th IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium 2004 (IPDPS'04), 26-30 April 2004, Santa Fe, New Mexico. IEEE Computer Society Press
• L He, SA Jarvis, GR Nudd, "Dynamic Scheduling of Parallel Real-time Jobs by Modelling Spare Capabilities", IEEE International Conference on Cluster Computing (Cluster'03), Hong Kong, December 1-4, 2003
• Ligang He, Hai Jin, Yin Chen and Zongfen Han, "Optimal Scheduling of Aperiodic Jobs on Cluster System", Proceedings of the seventh International Euro-Par Conference (Euro-Par 2001), pp: 764-772, Manchester, UK, LNCS 2150, Springer, August 28-31, 2001
• Ligang He, Zongfen Han, Hai Jin and Liping Pang, "DAG-based Parallel Real Time Task Scheduling Algorithm on a Cluster", Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications (PDPTA'2000), pp: 437-443, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, CSREA Press, June 26-29, 2000