I received my Ph.D. in computer science from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2011 (through the SJTU-MSRA joint PhD program), M.S. degree in computer science from Tsinghua University in 2001, and B.S. degrees in mechanical engineering and computer science from University of Science and Technology of China in 1998.

I joined Wireless and Networking Group, Microsoft Research Asia (MSRA), in July 2001. My current research interests include mobile systems and networking. I am a member of IEEE and ACM. 

Addr: Building 2, No. 5 Dan Ling Street, Haidian District, Beijing 100080, P. R. China.

Tel: +86(10)5917-3230  Fax: +86(10)8286-8531

Email: yunxin DOT liu AT microsoft DOT com

Publications

• Fengyuan Xu, Yunxin Liu, Thomas Moscibroda, Ranveer Chandra, Long Jin, Yongguang Zhang and Qun Li, “Optimizing Background Email Sync on Smartphones”, in MobiSys 2013.
• Robert LiKamWa, Yunxin Liu, Nicholas D. Lane and Lin Zhong, “MoodScope: Building a Mood Sensor from Smartphone Usage Patterns”, in MobiSys 2013.
• Fengyuan Xu, Yunxin Liu, Qun Li and Yongguang Zhang, "V-edge: Fast Self-constructive Power Modeling of Smartphones Based on Battery Voltage Dynamics", in NSDI, 2013.
• Dan Li, Jiong Chen, Chuanxiong Guo, Yunxin Liu, Jinyu Zhang, Zhi-li Zhang and Yongguang Zhang, "IP-Geolocation Mapping for Moderately-Connected Internet Regions", accepted to appear in IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems.
• Hao Han, Yunxin Liu, Guobin Shen, Yongguang Zhang and Qun Li, "DozyAP: Power-Efficient Wi-Fi Tethering", in MobiSys 2012.
• Alexander Moshchuk, Helen J. Wang, and Yunxin Liu, "Content-Based Isolation: Rethinking Isolation Policy in Modern Client Systems", Mincrosoft Research tech report, MSR-TR-2012-82, 2012.
• Robert LiKamWa, Yunxin Liu, Nicholas D. Lane and Lin Zhong, “Can Your Smartphone Infer Your Mood?”, in PhoneSense workshop, 2011. (Best Paper Award)
• Yunxin Liu, Ahmad Rahmati, Hyukjae Jang, Yuanhe Huang, Lin Zhong, Yongguang Zhang and Shensheng Zhang, "Design, Realization, and Evaluation of xShare for Impromptu Sharing of Mobile Phones", IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 9, no. 12, pp. 1682-1696, Aug. 2010, doi:10.1109/TMC.2010.162 (Spotlight Paper for the issue).
• Yunxin Liu, Yongqiang Xiong, Mingfei Guo, Yuanhe Huang and Hyukjae Jang, “zBridge: Enabling a Mobile Workspace in Your Hand”, Mobicom’09 Demo, September 2009.
• Yunxin Liu, Ahmad Rahmati, Yuanhe Huang, Hyukjae Jang, Lin Zhong, Yongguang Zhang and Shensheng Zhang, "xShare: Supporting Impromptu Sharing of Mobile Phones," in MobiSys, 2009.
• Yunxin Liu, Ahmad Rahmati, Yuanhe Huang, Hyukjae Jang, Lin Zhong, Yongguang Zhang and Shensheng Zhang, "xShare: Supporting Impromptu Sharing of Mobile Phones", Mobisys’09 Demo, June 2009.
• Chuanxiong Guo, Yunxin Liu, Wenchao Shen, Helen J. Wang, Qing Yu and Yongguang Zhang, "Mining the Web and the Internet for Accurate IP Address Geolocations", in INFOCOM mini conference, 2009.
• Seehwan Yoo, Yunxin Liu, Cheol-Ho Hong, Chuck Yoo and Yongguang Zhang, "MobiVMM: a Virtual Machine Monitor for Mobile Phones", in MobiVirt workshop, 2008.
• Chen Chen, Chuanxiong Guo, Yunxin Liu, Helen J. Wang, Qing Yu and Yongguang Zhang, "Mining the Web for IP Address Geolocations", Mincrosoft Research tech report, MSR-TR-2007-139, 2007.
• Haitao Wu, Yunxin Liu, Qian Zhang and Zhili Zhang, "SoftMAC: Layer 2.5 Collaborative MAC for Multimedia Support in Multi-hop Wireless Networks", IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, Vol. 6, Issue 1, Jan. 2007 Page(s):12-25.
• Yunxin Liu, Yongqiang Xiong, Yang Yang, PengZhi Xu and Qian Zhang, "An Experimental Study on Multi-channel Multi-radio Multi-hop Wireless Networks", in IEEE Globecom, 2005.
• Haitao Wu, Yunxin Liu, Jie Chen and Qian Zhang, "Layer 2.5 SoftMAC: End-system based Media Streaming Support on Home Networks", in IEEE Globecom, 2005.
• Haitao Wu, Xin Wang, Yunxin Liu, Qian Zhang and Zhi-Li Zhang, "SoftMAC: Layer 2.5 MAC for VoIP Support in Multi-hop Wireless Networks", in IEEE SECON, 2005.
• Yunxin Liu, Qian Zhang and Wenwu Zhu, "A Priority-Based MAC Scheduling Algorithm for Enhancing QoS Support in Bluetooth Piconet", invited paper in IEEE ICCCAS, 2002 (Invited Paper).
• Yunxin Liu and Yaoxue Zhang, "An Embedded Real-time Operating System Based on Linux", Journal of Computer Engineering and Applications (in Chinese), 2001.
• Yunxin Liu Yaoxue Zhang, and Guoqiang Guo, "HNMP: a Digital Home Network Management Model", Journal of Electronics (in Chinese), 2000. 

US patents granted: 8386614, 8364816, 8261361, 8180887, 7792924, 7783702, 7630997, 7626931, 7339899, 7411908, 7433814

• Best Paper Award, PhoneSense Workshop, 2011
• Tech Transfer Award (to Visual Studio 2010), 2010
• MSRA "Tech Transfer of Year" Award, 2008
• Ship-It Award for "Games for Windows LiVE", 2008
• Ship-It Award for "XNA - DirectX SDK and Xbox XDK", 2008
• MSRA "Demo of Year" Award, 2006

Interns

I have had the pleasure of working with the following execllent interns:

• Fengyuan Xu, The College of William and Mary, 2012.
• Hao Han, The College of William and Mary, 2011-2012.
• Robert Likamwa, Rice University, 2011.
• Wentao Shang, Tsinghua University, 2011.
• Hyukjae Jang, KAIST, 2008-2009.
• Yuanhe Huang, Tsinghua University, 2008-2009.
• Wenchao Shen, Tsinghua University, 2008.
• Chen Chen, Fudan University, 2007.
• Seehwan Yoo, Korea University, 2007.
• Zhe Yu, Tsinghua University, 2006.
• Pengzhi Xu, Tsinghua University, 2005.
• Yang Yang, Beihang University, 2005.
• Donglin Xia, Tsinghua University, 2003.