Guangzhi Qu

Professor

538 Engineering Center
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Oakland University
115 Library Drive
Rochester, MI 48306
Email: gqu at oakland dot edu
Tel: (248)370-2690
Fax: (248)370-4625

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Computer Engineering, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ. 2001-2005.
Dissertation: Online Anomaly Analysis and Self-Protection against Network Attacks
Advisor: Salim Hariri
B.S. and M.S. in Computer Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China. 1992-1999.
Thesis: A Study of Distributed Shared Memory on Linux Platform
Advisor: Jianping Hu

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Data Mining and Machine Learning
Healthcare Computing and Medical Informatics
Operating Systems, Embedded Systems
Discrete Event Simulation

PUBLICATIONS(Full List, DBLP, Google Scholar)

RESEARCH GRANTS

Crimp Combination Data Analytics
Guangzhi Qu (PI), Yazaki North America, 2021-2023
Survival Analysis Predictive Model
Guangzhi Qu (PI), Consumers Energy, 2017-2019
From Parallelism Discovery to Parallelization Planning of Large Sequential Programs on Multicore Platforms
Guangzhi Qu (PI), Osamah Rawashdeh (Co-PI), Ford Motor Company, 2016-2018.
Dynaknife: A Scalable Tool Suite for Dynamic Analysis and Debugging of Large Programs on Multicore Platforms
Guangzhi Qu (PI), Osamah Rawashdeh (Co-PI), Ford Motor Company, 2015-2016.
Towards Effective Multicore Processing in Automotive Powertrain Control Systems
Osamah Rawashdeh (PI), Guangzhi Qu (Co-PI), Lina Sawalha (Co-PI), Ford Motor Company, 2013-2015.
SCIP Safety Checklist: Improving Perioperative Handover and Follow-up
Daniel Silvasi (PI), Craig Hartrick (Co-PI), Guangzhi Qu (Co-PI), Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation and William Beaumont Hospitals, 2012-2013.
HVAC Performance Improvement Based on Internet Data
Osamah Rawashdeh (PI), K. Cheok (Co-PI), Guangzhi Qu (Co-PI), Chrysler Group LLC, 2012-2013.
APSiS: Acute Pain Service information System
Guangzhi Qu (PI), William Beaumont Hospital, 2011-2012.
Local Analgesia Adverse Effects Prediction using Multi-Label Classification
Guangzhi Qu (PI), OU-Beaumont Multidisciplinary Award, 2010-2011.
Subgroup Analysis of Pain Medicine
Guangzhi Qu (PI), OU-Beaumont Multidisciplinary Award, 2009-2010.
Acute Pain Patient Bioinformatics
Craig Hartrick (PI), Guangzhi Qu (Co-PI), William Beaumont Hospitals Research Foundation, 2009-2010.
Measurement and Prediction of Impulsivity Related Falls in Older Adults
Osamah Rawashdeh (PI), Guangzhi Qu (Co-PI), M. Ferrari (Co-PI), B.Harrison (Co-PI), Oakland University and William Beaumont Hospitals, 2009-2010.
Self Protection against Opportunistic Attacks in Wireless Networks
Guangzhi Qu (PI), Michigan Space Consortium, 2008-2009.
Multi-Level Information Fusion for Defense against Cyber Attacks
Guangzhi Qu (PI), Oakland University Research Fellowship, 2007-2008.
Autonomic Network Defense (AND) System
Salim Hariri (PI), Guangzhi Qu (Co-PI), Army Research Laboratory, 2007-2008.

STUDENTS AND ALUMNI

I am so lucky that I can work with the following great people:

Zijun Han, PhD student
Charles Lucero, Phd student
Lige Gan, PhD student
Xiao Yue, MS student
Xuejiao Li, MS student
Ziyao Wang, MS student
Rui Ma, MS student

Alumni

Paula Lauren, (PhD'17, Lawrence Technology University)
Charles Lucero, (MS'17, General Motors)
Andy Hall, (MS student, Plex)
Carl Hulett (BS'12, Blue Care Network)
Donald Grim (MS'12, GM R&D)
Matt Wozniak (MS'12, ImageSoft)
Srikar Mohan (MS'11, Compuware)
Hui Wu (PhD Candidate, Yahoo!)
Michael Nefcy (BS'10, Wayne State Medical School)
Jason Breijak (BS'10, Sears Data Center)
Prof. Yang Xiao, Beijing Jiaotong University, visiting scholar
Prof. Yongzhong He, Beijing Jiaotong University, visiting scholar
Prof. Yongli An, Beijing Jiaotong University, visiting scholar

TEACHING

CSE 450 - Fundamentals of Operating Systems
CSE 552 - Operating System I
CSE 549 - Wireless Networks
CSE 650 - Operating Systems II
CIT 250 - Introduction to Operating Systems for System Administrators
CIT 349 - Advanced System Administration
CIT 348 - System Administration

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Conference Chair/Co-Chair:
- International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications, 2014
Panelist for:
- NSF Proposal Review Panel, 2010, 2009
Editorial Board:
- International Journal of Information and Communication Technology (IJICT)
- International Journal of Information Security
- International Journal of Information Technology, Communications and Convergence (IJITCC) (special issue editor)
- International Journal of peer-to-peer networks (IJP2P)
TPC member and Reviewer for Conferences:
- IEEE Globecom, 2010
- IEEE ICC, 2011, 2010, 2009
- The 2nd International Conference on Cyber-Enabled Distributed Computing and Knowledge Discovery
- 4th International Information Security and Cryptology Conference 2010
- Annual Conference on Privacy, Security and Trust (PST2009, PST2008)
- International Conference on Autonomic Computing (ICAC)
- International Conference on High Performance Computing & Simulation (AHPC 2010)
- NSS, 2010
- SIN, 2010
- SensorKDD, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2007
- ...
Reviewer for Journals:
- Elsevier Pattern Recognition
- Elsevier Computer Communications
- Elsevier Information Fusion
- Elsevier Computer Networks
- IEEE Transactions on Computers
- IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering
- IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking
- IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
- IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics
- ACM Transactions on Internet Technology
- IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communication (JSAC)
- IET Communications
- International Journal on Knowledge and Web Intelligence
- International Journal on Comptuers and Their Applications
- International Journal of Computer Systems Science and Engineering
- International Journal on Sensor Network
- International Journal of Computer Systems Science and Engineering
- Journal of Defense Modeling and Simulation
- Cluster Computing
- Simulation: Transactions of the Society for Modeling and Simulation International
- Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters
- Wiley Security and Communication Networks

Since Oct. 2007