Felix Xiaozhu Lin PhD Candidate · Computer Science · Rice University · Texas Name in Chinese · LinkedIn · Facebook · Office: DH3011 · Email: xzl rice edu

• 2008.9 - Now, Ph.D. student, Computer Science, RECG, Rice University
• 2008.7 M.S., Computer Science, Tsinghua University
• 2006.7 B.S., Automation, Tsinghua University

I am interested in building mobile systems that operate more efficiently, easier to program, and more intuitive to use.

• Reflex: Heterogeneous smartphones for energy-proportionality
  Project page · ASPLOS'12 · TR'11 · TR'10
• RhythmLink: Pair mobile devices with rhythmic tapping
  Project page · UIST'11
  
• Dandelion: Transparent development of smartphone body-sensor app
  Project page · WirelessHealth'10
• Tempo: Rethink browser architecture in the mobile context
  Project page · WWW'12 · HotMobile'11

2012
• "Supporting Distributed Execution of Smartphone Workloads on Loosely Coupled Heterogeneous Processors," Felix Xiaozhu Lin, Zhen Wang, and Lin Zhong, in Proc. the 2012 Workshop on Power-Aware Computing and Systems (HotPower), October 2012. [pdf]


• "How far can client-only solutions go for mobile browser speed?" Zhen Wang, Felix Xiaozhu Lin, Lin Zhong, and Mansoor Chishtie, in Proc. the World Wide Web Conference (WWW), April 2012. (Related S3 Workshop paper)


• "Reflex: Using Low-Power Processors in Smartphones without Knowing Them," Felix Xiaozhu Lin, Zhen Wang, Robert LiKamWa, and Lin Zhong, in Proc. ACM Int. Conf. Architectural Support for Programming Languages and Operating Systems (ASPLOS) , March 2012. [pdf] (Related technical reports 2011 2010 and demo abstract)
  
2011
• "RhythmLink: Securely Pairing I/O-Constrained Devices by Tapping," Felix Xiaozhu Lin, Daniel Ashbrook, and Sean White, in Proc. ACM Symp. User Interface Software and Technology (UIST), Ocotober, 2011. [pdf]


• "Why are Web Browsers Slow on Smartphones?" Zhen Wang, Felix Xiaozhu Lin, Lin Zhong, Mansoor Chishtie, in Proc. ACM Int. Workshop on Mobile Computing Systems and Applications (HotMobile), March 2011. [pdf]


2010
• "Dandelion: A Framework for Transparently Programming Phone-Centered Wireless Body Sensor Applications for Health," Felix Xiaozhu Lin, Ahmad Rahmati, and Lin Zhong, in Proc. ACM Wireless Health, October 2010. [pdf]

• 2012.5 - 2012.8 Microsoft Research.
• 2011.6 - 2011.8 IBM Research Austin. Project: Cholla .
• 2011.1 - 2011.4 Nokia Research Center Hollywood. Project: RhythmLink .
• 2008.1 - 2008.5 Baidu Inc., Beijing.

• Patch for Maemo Official Kernel (2.6.21)
• Measuring Cell Phone Power Consumption By Hijacking the Battery Interface
• HOWTO Setup the GNU toolchain for MSP430 development
• HOWTO Port uC/OSII to Orbit Platform

• RECG Internal Wiki
• Mark D. Hill. Oral Presentation Advice
• How (and How Not) to Write a Good Systems Paper

• Chinese Calligraphy with iPad
• My Photography
• Photography

Last updated Feb-10-2012