Lin Quan's Homepage

Lin Quan (权林)

Office: Suite 1132, USC/ISI
4676 Admiralty Way
Marina del Rey, CA 90292
Email: linquan AT usc.edu

Education

University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California:
1st year Ph.D. student in Computer Science, under Prof. John Heidemann
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China:
MS, Computer Science and Technology, 09/2006 – 07/2008
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China:
BS, Computer Software, 09/2002 – 07/2006

Publications

"An Automatic Scheme to Categorize User Sessions in Modern HTTP Traffic", Xiaozhu Lin, Lin Quan, Haiyan Wu.
IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM 2008) [pdf]
"An Automatic and Scalable Testing Tool for Workflow Systems", Lin Quan, Xiaozhu Lin, Jianmin Wang.
The 3rd International Workshop on Workflow Management and Applications in Grid Environments (WaGe08, collocated
with GPC 2008, EI indexed) [pdf]
"Test Data Loading and Real-time Display of Performance Test based on TPC-App Benchmark", Lin Quan.
Bachelor’s Thesis (in Chinese)

Research and Projects

Fall 2008 – Present: Research Assistant at USC/Information Sciences Institute
Research on network traffic analysis, with the ANT group. Currently I am working on large scale IP level flow
characterization, with emphasis on super long flows.
Summer 2007 – Summer 2008: A Category-based HTTP Traffic Analyzer
Research on novel methods to categorize different types of web traffic from existing web traces, including P2SP,
robot and human traffic.
Spring 2007 –Summer 2008: Research Assistant on Workflow Performance Evaluation Research
Research on workflow performance metrics. Implemented a testing tool (SWEET, Scalable Workflow systEm Evaluation
Tool) using high concurrency method and control theory to assess workflow engines.
Spring 2006: A Database Performance Evaluation Software
Extensively studied the TPC-App benchmark, as well as related papers and specifications. Implemented testing
software tools for database servers in Java platform.
Summer 2004: The Fixed Assets Information Management System for the Finance Bureau of Xiamen (Amoy) City, Fujian
Province
Elicited user requirements by interviewing end-users and system prototyping. Achieved smooth migration from existing
traditional paper-based workflow processes to fully automated electronic processes.

Awards and Honors

2005: BEA Scholarship
2005: Social Works Scholarship
2004: BEA Scholarship
2002: Ranked 16th out of 800,000+ examinees in Shaanxi Province, in National College Entrance Examination

Activities

June 2004 – July 2005: President of the Student Sci. and Tech. Association, School of Software, Tsinghua University
December 2005 – September 2007: Chairman of the Student Union, School of Software, Tsinghua University
August 2007: Member of 2007 Tsinghua Elite Student Summer Camp, visiting several Hong Kong and Singapore universities

Skills

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