Research

Research areas include distributed computer systems and computer networks, with an emphasis on:

LLMs, Systems for machine learning (ML) and ML for systems
Cloud computing and Data centerss
Edge computing
Big Data
Cyber-physical systems, Internet of things

Active Grants

NSF-2421782, NSF-Simons AI Institute for Cosmic Origins, Co-PI at UVA, PI: Stella S Offner (University of Texas at Austin), Co-PIs: Adam Bolton, Arya Farahi, Eric Murphy, Paul Torrey (UVA)
NSF-2350425, CSR: Small: Efficient DGNN Training on Large-Scale and Time-Varying Graphs, PI
Sponsor CCI (Commonwealth Cyber Initiative), Cyber Sentinel: Safeguarding Autonomous Vehcile Supply Chains against Backdoors and Hardware, PI: Sai Manoj P D (George Mason University), Co-PI: Shen
UVA Research Innovation Award, Distributed Scheduling of Distributed Smart Data Storage for Exascale Computing, PI: Shen
NSF-2319988, CICI:TCR: Enhancing Security and Privacy of Community Cyberinfrastructures for Collaborative Research, PI: Shen, Co-PI: Tianhao Wang, Neal Magee
Sponsor CCI (Commonwealth Cyber Initiative), Machine Learning based CAN Bus Data Attack Detection in Autonomous Vehicles, PI: Shen, Co-PI: Yanxiao Zhao (Virginia Commonwealth University)
Sponsor CCI (Commonwealth Cyber Initiative), Prototyping Data-driven Cyber-Attack Detection Techniques in Autonomous Vehicle Cyber Physical Systems, PI
NSF-AST-2206522, Efficient Astronomical Data Processing Among Distributed Astronomical Radio Observatories, PI
Amazon, AWS Machine Learning Research Award, Machine Learning Based Cloud Resource Management, PI, AWS Promotional Credits
Microsoft Research Faculty Fellow, A Hierarchical DHT-Aided Chunk-Driven Overlay for Real-Time Peer-to-Peer Live Streaming, PO # 8300751, PI
Sponsor CCI (Commonwealth Cyber Initiative), Secure Federated Learning for Autonomous Vehicles in the NextG Networks, PI
American Rhinologic Society Consortium Award, Cloud-based Patient Outcomes Platform (CPOP) for Chronic Rhinosinusitis, PI: Jose L. Mattos (MD, MPH), Co-PIs: Shen, Zachary Soler (MD, Msc), Joshua Levy (MD, MPH), Stacey Gray (MD)
Sponsor CCI (Commonwealth Cyber Initiative), HV-4Q21-001, Virginia State, CCI 2021 Scalable Pilot Experiential Learning Programs: Experiential Learning Through Conducting Data-driven Adversarial Attack Creation and Control in Connected Autonomous Vehicle Cyber Physical Systems, PI

Past Grants

Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Exploring Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (MANETs) to Enable Connected Transportation Services, 2019-2021
NSF#1822965 SPX: Integrating Persistent Memory in the Cloud (Co-PI)
Amazon, Machine Learning Based Cloud Resource Management (PI)
NSF#1827674 PFI-RP: A Smart Building for Enhancing Human Performance, Comfort and Health (PI)
Microsoft Research, A Hierarchical DHT-Aided Chunk-Driven Overlay for Real-Time Peer-to-Peer Live Streaming (PI)
NSF #1724845 CIF21 DIBBs: PD: Building High-Availability Data Capabilities in Data-Centric Cyberinfrastructure (PI) (Source Code Available)
NSF #1254006 A New Efficient and Cooperative Large-Scale Distributed Data Sharing System (PI)
DARPA, Identifying “Under the Radar” Attacks (Co-PI), 2019-2020
NSF #1404981 Application Characterization for Adaptive Computing Platform Determination for Computational and Data-Enabled Science and Engineering (PI)
IBM Faculty Award, Towards Green Transportation: A Cloud-based Hierarchical Network for Vehicle Velocity Optimization (PI)
NSF #1354123 An Efficient and Effective Distributed Information System (PI)
NSF #1249603 A Scalable and Efficient Resource Discovery System for Large-Scale Distributed Systems (PI)
NSF #1228312 MRI: Acquisition of High Performance Computing Instrument for Collaborative Data-Enabled Science (Senior Investigator)
DOD 238866, Advanced Storage - High Performance File System Research (Co-PI)
NSF #0834592 Harmony: Efficient Integrated Resource/Trust Management in Large-Scale Distributed Systems (PI)
NSF #0832109 Mechanisms for Efficient and Reliable Routing in Hybrid Wireless Networks (PI)
NSF #1049947 GENI Experiments on Pervasive Data Sharing over Heterogeneous Networks (PI)
NSF #1064230 Collaborative Research: A Peer-to-Peer based Storage System for High-End Computing (PI)
NSF #0917056 Efficient and Reciprocal File Replication and Consistency Maintenance in Pervasive Distributed Computing (PI)
Sandia National Laboratories #10002282, Development of a Peer-to-Peer Storage System (PI)
Hash-based Proximity Clustering for Neighbor Search in Acxiom Database, Acxiom (PI)

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