Refereed Publications on REal-TIme MultimediA and Networking (RETIMA-NET):

Javier Mendez Gomez and Albert M. K. Cheng, ``Real-Time On-board Processing for Cloud Detection in FACSAT-2 Multispectral Satellite Imagery,'' 43th IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTSS) BP, Houston, Texas, December 5-8, 2022.

Andrew Louie and Albert M. K. Cheng, ``Designing a Server-Side Progressive JPEG Encoder for Real-Time Applications,'' 41th IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTSS), Virtual (changed from in-person, Houston, Texas, USA), December 1-4, 2020.

Yong woon Ahn, Jinsuk Baek, Albert M. K. Cheng, Paul S. Fisher, and Minho Jo, ``A Fair Transmission Opportunity by Detecting and Punishing the Malicious Wireless Stations in IEEE 802.11e EDCA Network,'' IEEE Systems Journal Special Issue on Multimedia Communications Systems, Vol. 5, No. 4, December 2011.

Yong woon Ahn, Chaitanya Belwal, Albert M. K. Cheng, ``Improving QoS for Wireless ECG Data Transmission with Enhanced Admission Control in EDCA-Based WLANs,'' IEEE Globecom, Houston, Texas, USA, December 5-9, 2011.

Yong woon Ahn, Albert M. K. Cheng, Jinsuk Baek, and Paul Fisher, ``Detection and Punishment of Malicious Wireless Stations in IEEE 802.11e EDCA Network,'' Proc. IEEE Sarnoff Symposium, Princeton, New Jersey, April 12-14, 2010.

A. M. K. Cheng and Yan Wang, ``A Dynamic Voltage Scaling Algorithm for Dynamic Workloads,'' Journal of VLSI Signal Processing - Systems for Signal, Image and Video Technology, Vol. 52, No. 1, pages 45-57, July 2008.

S. Gupta, R. Zheng, and A. M. K. Cheng,``ANDES: an Anomaly Detection System for Wireless Sensor Networks,'' The Fourth IEEE International Conference onMobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Sys tems (MASS), Pisa, Italy, October 8-11, 2007.

A. M. K. Cheng and Z. Zhang, ``Improving Web Server Performance with Adaptive Proxy Caching in Soft Real-Time Mobile Applications,'' Journal of VLSI Signal Processing - Systems for Signal, Image and Video Technology, February 2007.

A. M. K. Cheng and F. Shang, ''Priority-Driven Coding and Transmission of Progressive JPEG Images for Real-Time Applications,'' accepted 5/2006, Journal of VLSI Signal Processing - Systems for Signal, Image and Video Technology, 2007.

Jian (Denny) Lin and Albert M. K. Cheng ``Maximizing Guaranteed QoS in (m,k)-firm Real-time Systems,'' Proc. 12th IEEE-CS International Conference on Embedded and Real-Time Computing Systems and Applications, Sydney, Australia , Aug. 2006.

A. M. K. Cheng and Z. Zhang, ``Improving Web Server Performance in Soft Real-Time Mobile Applications with Adaptive Proxy Caching,'' Proc. MobEA IV-Empowering the Mobile Web, collocated with ACM WWW Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland, May 2006.

A. M. K. Cheng and C. Feng, ``Predictive Thermal Management for Hard Real-Time Tasks,'' extended version, ACM Special Interest Group on Embedded Systems (SIGBED) Review, January 2006.

A. M. K. Cheng and C. Feng, ``Predictive Thermal Management for Hard Real-Time Tasks,'' Proc. IEEE-CS Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTSS) WIP Session, Miami, FL, December 2005.

A. M. K. Cheng and F. Shang, ``Priority-Driven Coding of Progressive JPEG Images for Transmission in Real-Time Applications,'' Proc. 11th IEEE-CS International Conference on Embedded and Real-Time Computing Systems and Applications, Hong Kong, Aug. 2005.

Jharna J. Chokhawala and Albert M. K. Cheng, ``Optimizing Power Aware Routing in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks,'' Proc. WIP Session, IEEE-CS Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium, Toronto, Canada, May 2004.

Chien-Chih Chu and Albert M. K. Cheng, ``Static and Dynamic Methods to Improve Total Reward of Tasks in Battery-Powered Devices,'' Proc. WIP Session, IEEE-CS Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium, Toronto, Canada, May 2004.

A. M. K. Cheng and R. Agarwal, ``Reducing Encoder Bit-Rate Variation in MPEG Video,'' Journal of VLSI Signal Processing - Systems for Signal, Image and Video Technology, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Volume 40, Number 2, 2005.

A. M. K. Cheng and M. X. Xu, ``Least-Laxity-First Scheduling of Real-Time Multimedia Traffic in the Internet,'' submitted for journal publication, 2005.

A. M. K. Cheng and N. Chanjaraspong, ``Implementing a low-cost, PC-based surveillance system with automatic real-time threat detection,'' submitted for journal publication, 2004.

F. Shang and A. M. K. Cheng, ``Time-Constrained Transmission of JPEG Images via Variable-Quality Coding,'' Proc. WIP Session, IEEE-CS Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium, Toronto, Canada, May 2004.

Z. Zhu and A. M. K. Cheng, ``Worst Case Round Trip Time Prediction and Statistical Analysis Using Extreme Values Theory,'' Proc. WIP Session of IEEE-CS Real-Time Systems Symposium, Cancun, Mexico, Dec. 2003.

A. M. K. Cheng and K. Rajan, ``A Digital Map/GPS-Based Routing and Addressing Scheme for Wireless Ad Hoc Networks,'' Proc. IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium, Columbus, OH, USA, June 9-11, 2003.

Ming Zu and Albert M. K. Cheng, ``Real-Time Scheduling of Hierarchical Reward-Based Tasks,'' Proc. IEEE-CS Real-Time Technology and Applications Symp., Washington, D.C., May 2003.

S. Rao and A. M. K. Cheng, ``Real-Time Multimedia Traffic Scheduling and Routing in Packet-Switched Networks,'' Special Issue on Multimedia Communications, Journal of VLSI Signal Processing - Systems for Signal, Image and Video Technology, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Vol. 34 Nos. 1-2, 2003.

A. M. K. Cheng and Z. Zhang, ``Adaptive Proxy Caching for Web Servers in Soft Real-Time Applications,'' Proc. WIP Session, 23rd IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium, Austin, TX, December 3-5, 2002.

L. Miller and A. M. K. Cheng, ``Admission of High Priority Real-Time Calls in an ATM Network via Bandwidth Reallocation and Dynamic Rerouting of Active Channels,'' Proc. 21th IEEE-CS Real-Time Systems Symposium, Nov. 2000.

S. M. Bak, A. M. K. Cheng et al., ``Load-Balanced Routing in Real-Time Packet-Switched Networks,'' Proc. 25th Intl. Conf. on Local Computer Networks, Nov. 2000.

S. Rao and A. M. K. Cheng, ``Scheduling and Routing of Real-Time Multimedia Traffic in Packet-Switched Networks,'' Proc. IEEE Intl. Conf. on Multimedia and Expo, New York, MA, July-Aug. 2000.

R. Agarwal and A. M. K. Cheng, ``Reducing Variation in Bit-Rate Produced by Encoder in MPEG Video,'' Proc. IEEE-CS Intl. Conf. on Multimedia Computing and Systems, Florence, Italy, June 1999.

C. Wong and A. M. K. Cheng, ``An Approach for Imprecise Transmission of TIFF Image Files Through Congested Real-Time ATM Networks,'' Proc. 22nd Intl. Conf. on Local Computer Networks, Minneapolis, MN, Nov. 1997.

X. Chen and A. M. K. Cheng, ``An Imprecise Algorithm for Real-Time Compressed Image/Video Transmission,'' Proc. 6th Intl. Conf. on Computer Communications and Networks, Las Vegas, Nevada, Sept. 1997.

C. Wong and A. M. K. Cheng, ``Maintaining High Transmitted Image Quality in Congested ATM Networks,'' Proc. Workshop on Resource Allocation Problems in Multimedia Systems, held in conjunction with the 17th IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium, Washington, D.C., Dec. 1996.

L. N. Nguyen and A. M. K. Cheng, ``An Imprecise Real-Time Image Magnification Algorithm,'' Proc. Intl. Symp. on Multimedia Systems, Yokohama, Japan, Mar. 1996.

A. M. K. Cheng and X. Huang, ``An Imprecise Real-Time Video Transmission Algorithm,'' Proc. Intl. Computer Science Conf., Hong Kong, Dec. 1995.

X. Huang and A. M. K. Cheng, ``Applying Imprecise Algorithms to Real-Time Image and Video Transmission,'' Proc. IEEE-CS Real-Time Technology and Applications Symp., Chicago, IL, pp. 96-101, May 1995.