Research Interests:
Network Reliability and Security, Optical Networks, Wireless Networks
List of Journal Publications and Referred Conference
Proceedings:
S. Yuan, B. Raghavachari and A. Patel, “Finding maximum reliable path in mesh networks under multiple failures,” Proceedings, 19th International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN 2010), August 2–5, 2010, Zurich, Switzerland
S. Yuan, W. Waller and E. Delavina, “Heuristic algorithms for finding reliable lightpath under multiple failures,” Proceedings, IEEE International Conference on Ultra Modern Telecommunications, October 2009
S. Yuan, “Reliable lightpath routing in optical mesh networks under multiple link failures,” Proceedings, IEEE International Conference on Networking, Architecture, and Storage, pp. 114-120, July 2009
S. Yuan, “Maximum reliable path under multiple failures,” Proceedings, the Internationals Conference on Computational and Information Science 2009, vol. 2, pp. 333-337, April 30 – May 2, 2009.
S. Yuan,
S. Yuan, “Minimum-Multiplicity Routing Problems of Multimedia Communications,” Proceeding, IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo, pp. 919-922, July 2007.
S. Yuan and J. P. Jue, “Dynamic Lightpath Protection in WDM Mesh Networks under Wavelength-Continuity and Risk-Disjoint Constraints,” Computer Networks Journal (Elsevier), vol. 48, no. 2, pp. 91-112, June 2005.
S. Yuan,
S. Yuan and J. P. Jue, “Dynamic Path Protection in WDM Mesh Networks under Wavelength Continuity Constraint,” Proceedings, IEEE Globecom, vol. 3, pp. 2019-2023, November 2004.
S. Yuan and J. P. Jue, “Dynamic Path Protection in WDM Mesh Networks under Risk-Disjoint Constraint,” Proceedings, IEEE Globecom, vol. 3, pp. 1770-1774, November 2004.
K. Lu, J. P. Jue, T.
Zhang, S. Yuan,
S. Yuan and J. P. Jue, “Shared Protection Routing Algorithm for Optical Networks,” SPIE Optical Network Magazine, vol. 3, May/June Issue, 2002.
S. Yuan and J. P. Jue, “A Heuristic Routing Algorithm for Shared Protection in Connection-oriented Networks,” Proceedings, SPIE OptiComm, August, 2001.
External Grants
Co-Primary
Investigator, “REU Site:
Research Experiences in Algorithm Design and Analysis for Students in
Undergraduate Institutions,” National Science Foundation Award
No. 0851984. Duration:
6/1/2009 - 5/31/2012. Award amount: $ 308,288.00
Co-Primary
Investigator, “Acquisition of a Computational Cluster Grid for Research and
Education in Science and Mathematics,” National Science Foundation Award No.
0619312. Duration: 9/1/2006 – 8/31/2010. Award amount: $ 57,173.00
Internal Grants (totally $16,126)
Faculty Development Grant, 2009, University of Houston – Downtown
Faculty Development Grant, 2008, University of Houston – Downtown
Faculty Development Grant 2007, University of Houston – Downtown
Faculty Development Grant, 2005, University of Houston – Downtown
Organized Research Grant, 2009, University of Houston – Downtown
Organized Research Grant 2007, University of Houston – Downtown
Organized Research Grant 2005, University of Houston – Downtown
Awards
Excellence in Research Fellowship: Erik Johnson School of Engineering and
Computer Science, University of Texas at Dallas. ($24,000 annual stipend + full
tuition)
Doctoral
Scholarship:
Truman Scholarship: Department of Electrical Engineering,
Scholarly Services
Editor:
International Journal
of Network Protocols and Algorithms
Committee Services:
Member of IEEE Optical
Networking Technical Committee (ONTC), 2001 - present.
Session chair, IEEE International Conference on Networking,
Architecture, and Storage, Hunan, China, July 2009
Session chair, WSEAS Internationals Conference on Computational
and Information Science 2009. Houston, TX. April 30-May2, 2009.
Member of Technical Program Committee for
8th International Conference on Information
Technology: New Generations ITNG 2011. Las
Vegas, Nevada, USA. April 11-13, 2011.
2nd International
Workshop on Optical Networking Technologies and Data Security (OPNTDS2010),
International Conference on Ultramodern Telecommunications (ICUMT2010). Moscow,
October 18-20th, 2010.
Workshop on Interconnection of
Wireless Sensor Networks (IWSN 2010), Santa Barbara, CA. June 23, 2010
IEEE GLOBECOM 2010, Miami,
FL, December 6-10, 2010.
IEEE/ACM DCOSS 2010, Santa
Barbara, CA, June 21-23, 2010.
IEEE International Conference on Computational Science and Engineering, Sao Paulo, Brazil, July 16-18, 2008.
IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo, Beijing, China, July 2007.
IEEE GLOBECOM, Dallas, TX,
November 29 – December 3, 2004.
SPIE OptiComm, Denver, CO,
August 2001.
Book reviews:
Geoffrey Steinberg, Information Technology, Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co., 2007.
K. Kazi, et al, Comprehensive Guide to Optical Networking
Standards, Springer, 2004.
Hui Zang, WDM Networks, Kluwer
Academic Publishers, 2002.
Journal reviews:
International Journal of Network Protocols and Algorithms, 2009
Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, 2009
Computer Communications, 2005, 2006 & 2008
Journal of Communications and Networks, 2007
IEEE Multimedia, 2007
IEEE/ACM Transactions on
Networking, 2006
Computer Networks Journal
(Elsevier), 2005 & 2006
IEEE Communication Letters, 2006.
IEEE Journal of Systems and Software, 2006
IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology, 2005
Conference reviews:
IEEE INFOCOM, 2009
IEEE Global Communication Conference
(GLOBECOM), 2003 – 2006, 2009
IEEE International Conference on Computational Science and Engineering, 2008.
The 12th World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics, 2008.
IEEE International
Conference on Multimedia and Expo, 2007.
IEEE International Conference on Communications
(ICC), 2003 - 2006
IEEE Broadband Optical Networking Symposium
(BroadNets), 2004 & 2005
International Conference on
Intelligent Technologies (InTech), 2004.
SPIE OptiComm, 2001-2003.
Professional Memberships
IEEE Senior Member.
Faculty Mentor, Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) since 2004.