Shaolei Ren
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I have multiple
openings available for graduate students (with full financial support) and visiting scholars. Potential
research projects include: edge computing, data centers, cyber-physical systems, geo-distributed data analytics, etc.
Students can apply to the PhD program in either ECE or
CSE department at UCR. Prior experiences are NOT required. Please contact me if you're interested.
- My Ph.D. student, Mohammad A. Islam, will
join the CS department at the University of Texas at Arlington as a tenure-track Assistant Professor in January, 2019. CS@UT-Arlington is ranked the 60th by U.S. News.
06/2016: I received the Best Paper Award from the ACM e-Energy’16 for my work on multi-tenant colocation data center demand response in collaboration with HKU and UCalgary.
02/2015: I received the NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award funded through the Computer Systems Research program. (Project Link)
(Some) Research Interests
My research lies at the intersection of systems, architecture, and security, with applications to cloud/edge computing and mission-critical cyber-physical systems (e.g., data centers, smart grid and buildings). Specifically, my research focuses on secure IT and IT for security: making computer systems more secure, and leveraging computer systems to make other cyber-physical systems more secure and resilient. In addition, I also develop and apply interdisciplinary tools, such as online learning and network economics, to optimize system performance and energy efficiency.
Secure IT: SIGMETRICS’18, CCS’18, CCS’17
IT for security and resilience: e-Energy’16 (Best Paper Award), INFOCOM’15, Performance’15
Performance and efficiency: HPCA’18, HPCA’16, HPCA’15, SIGIR’15
Selected Publications
M. A. Islam and S. Ren, “Ohm's Law in Data Centers: A Voltage Side Channel for Timing Power Attacks,” ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS), 2018. [Slides]
M. A. Islam, L. Yang, K. Ranganath, and S. Ren, “Why Some Like It Loud: Timing Power Attacks in Multi-tenant Data Centers Using an Acoustic Side Channel,” ACM International Conference on Measurement and Modeling of Computer Systems (SIGMETRICS), 2018. [Slides]
M. A. Islam, S. Ren, and A. Wierman, “Exploiting a Thermal Side Channel for Power Attacks in Multi-Tenant Data Centers,” ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS), 2017. [Slides] [Video]
M. A. Islam, X. Ren, S. Ren, and A. Wierman, “A Spot Capacity Market to Increase Power Infrastructure Utilization in Multi-Tenant Data Centers,” IEEE International Symposium on High Performance Computer Architecture (HPCA), 2018. [Slides]
M. A. Islam, X. Ren, S. Ren, A. Wierman, and X. Wang, “A Market Approach for Handling Power Emergencies in Multi-Tenant Data Center,” IEEE International Symposium on High Performance Computer Architecture (HPCA), 2016. [Slides]
Q. Sun, S. Ren, C. Wu, and Z. Li, “An Online Incentive Mechanism for Emergency Demand Response in Geo-Distributed Colocation Data Centers,” ACM International Conference on Future Energy Systems (e-Energy, Best Paper Award), 2016.
M. A. Islam, H. Mahmud, S. Ren, and X. Wang, “Paying to Save: Reducing Cost of Colocation Data Center via Rewards,” IEEE International Symposium on High Performance Computer Architecture (HPCA) 2015. [Slides]
J.-M. Yun, Y. He, S. Elnikety, and S. Ren, “Optimal Aggregation Policy for Reducing Tail Latency of Web Search,” ACM SIG on Information Retrieval (SIGIR), 2015. [Slides]
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Contact
Shaolei Ren
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of California, Riverside
Office: Bourns Hall B357
Phone: 951-827-2260
E-mail: sren (AT) ece.ucr.edu