Ren-Song Ko

Personal

korenson@cse.msu.edu

http://www.cse.msu.edu/~korenson

Objective

A challenging research and development full-time position in the area of real-time and embedded systems, distributed computing systems, pervasive and mobile computing, or network.

Qualifications Summary

Expertise in computer software design and implementation.
Comprehensive involvement in management of teams and individuals.
More than 5 years work experience in software development.

Education

Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering, May 2003
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
M.S. in Computer Science and Engineering, May 1998
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
M.S. in Electrical Engineering, June 1992
National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
B.S. in Electrical Engineering, June 1990
National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Research

Built a Java framework for developing self-adaptive software under dynamic heterogeneous environments. The framework is primarily applied to soft real-time and distributed applications, and also has been demonstrated on pervasive computing and adaptive robotic control system.
The implementation has been tested successfully on Linux (PC, iPAQ, and Nomadic XR4000), but expected to work under different platforms.
Add soft real-time capability to Java and that requires exhaustive study on an open source JVM, Kaffe.

Work Experience

May 2001 - Present	Research Assistant Department of Civil Engineering, MSU Continue the improvement of the pavement design software, MFPDS, on Windows sponsored by Michigan Department of Transportation. MFPDS is a team project and requires communication with people from different engineering fields. Manage project development. The code is developed in C++ with Visual Studio.
Aug. 1999 - Present	Teaching Assistant Department of Computer Science, MSU Conduct lab sessions, answer questions and grade homeworks for CSE231/232(C++ Language), CSE410(Operation System), CSE420(Computer Architecture), CSE830(Design and Theory of Algorithms), and CSE835(Algorithmic Graph Theory).
Jan. 1997 - Aug. 1999	Research Assistant Department of Civil Engineering, MSU Developed GUI and improved the functionality for the pavement design software, MFPDS, on Windows sponsored by Michigan Department of Transportation. The GUI is developed solely in C++ (> 100,000 lines) with Visual Studio. The core algorithm is developed collaboratively in Fortran with Visual Fortran.

Professional Techniques

Programming Languages: C, C++, Java, Ruby, Python, Perl, Scheme, LISP, XML, Fortran.
System administration
Familiar with TCP/IP, OSI 7 layers, ATM, wireless and simulation.
Extensive programming experiences on Unix and Windows platforms.
Object Oriented analysis, design, and development.
Solid software engineering knowledge and experience.
Web application design and development.

Publications

Ren-Song Ko and Matt W. Mutka, ``Use ASAP to Develop Flexible and Efficient Distributed Self-Adaptive Systems,'' submitted to the 2003 International Conference on Parallel Processing (ICPP-2003), October 2003.
Ren-Song Ko and Matt W. Mutka, ``A Component-Based Approach for Adaptive Soft Real-Time Java within Heterogeneous Environments.'' to appear in the special issue of Parallel and Distributed Computing Practices.
Ren-Song Ko and Matt W. Mutka, ``Adaptive Soft Real-Time Java within Heterogeneous Environments,'' Proceedings of Tenth International Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Real-Time Systems, April 2002.
Ren-Song Ko and Matt W. Mutka, ``FRAME for Achieving Performance Portability within Heterogeneous Environments,'' Proceedings of the 9th IEEE Conference on Engineering Computer Based Systems, April 2002.

Awards

Fellow Scholarship, Department of CSE, Michigan State University, 1999.
One of the best papers in WPDRTS 2002 and invited to participate in the special issue of Parallel and Distributed Computing Practices, 2002.

References

Matt W. Mutka
Associate Professor
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
3115 Engineering Building
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824-1226
Phone: (517) 353-9731
FAX: (517) 432-1061
Email: mutka@cse.msu.edu
Lionel M. Ni
Professor, Head
Department of Computer Science
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Clear Water Bay, Kowloon
Hong Kong
Phone: (852) 2358-7009
FAX: (852) 2358-2679
Email: ni@cse.msu.edu, ni@cs.ust.hk
Abdol-Hossein Esfahanian
Associate Professor
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
3115 Engineering Building
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824-1226
Phone: (517) 353-4389
FAX: (517) 432-1061
Email: esfahanian@cse.msu.edu
Ronald S. Harichandran
Professor, Chairperson
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
3546C Engineering Building
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824-1226
Phone: (517) 355-5107
FAX: (517) 432-1827
Email: harichan@egr.msu.edu