Ph.D.  Electrical Engineering
M.S.  Telecommunications and Electronic Systems
B.S.  Electrical and Computer Engineering

Data communications and computer networking, the next generation Internet, the service-oriented architecture and network-as-a-service, Cloud computing, and Web services.

Book Chapters

1.    Q. Duan, “Service-Oriented Network Virtualization for Convergence of Networking and Cloud Computing in Next Generation Networks,” Chapter 15 in book Building Next-Generation Converged Networks: Theory and Practice (ISBN: 978-1466507616), pp. 393-415, CRC Press, January 2013.
2.    Q. Duan, “Service-Oriented Networking for the Next Generation Distributed Computing,” Chapter 15 in book Advancements in Distributed Computing and Internet Technologies: Trends and Issues (ISBN: 978-1613501108), pp. 314-331, IGI Global, August 2011.
3.    Q. Duan, “End-to-End Service Provisioning in Network Virtualization for the Next Generation Internet,” Chapter 12 in book Future Internet Services and Service Architectures (ISBN: 978-87-92329-59-2), pp. 247-269, River Publishers, June 2011.
4.    Q. Duan, “Delay Performance Characteristics of Packet Switched Networks,” Chapter 10 in book Data Engineering: Mining, Information, and Intelligence (ISBN: 978-1-4419-0175-0), pp. 203-222, Springer, October 2009.
5.    Q. Duan, “Quality of Service Provision in High-Speed Packet Switches,” Chapter 8 in book Computer Networking and Networks (ISBN: 1-59454-8307), pp. 189-237, Nova Science Publishers Inc., September 2006.

1.    Q. Duan and Y. Lu, “Service-Oriented Network Discovery and Selection in Virtualization-Based Mobile Internet,” Journal of Computer Information Systems, in press.
2.    J. Huang, Y. Liu, R. Yu, Q. Duan, and Y. Tanaka, “Modeling and Algorithms for QoS-aware Service Composition in Virtualization-based Cloud Computing,” IEICE Transactions on Communications, vol. E96-B, no.01, Jan. 2013.
3.    Q. Duan, Y. Yan, and T. Vasilakos, “A Survey on Service-Oriented Network Virtualization toward Convergence of Networking and Cloud Computing,” IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 373-392, Dec. 2012.
4.    J. Huang, C. Xu, Q. Duan, Y. Ma, and G.-M. Muntean, “Novel End-to-End Quality of Service Provisioning Algorithms for Multimedia Services in Virtualization-Based Future Internet,” IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting, vol. 58, no. 4, pp. 569-579, Dec. 2012.
5.    Q. Duan, “Automatic Network Service Discovery and Selection in Virtualization-Based Future Internet,” International Journal of Network Protocols and Algorithms, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 30-48, June 2012.
6.    Q. Duan, “Analysis on Quality of Service Provisioning for Communication Services,” Journal of Communications, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 143-154, Feb. 2012.
7.    Q. Duan, “End-to-End Modeling and Performance Analysis for Network Virtualization in the Next Generation Internet,” International Journal of Communication Networks and Distributed Systems, vol. 8, no. 1/2, pp. 53-69, Jan. 2012.
8.    Q. Duan, “Performance Evaluation on Traffic Control in Combined Input and Cross-point Queuing Switches,” International Journal of Network Protocols and Algorithms, vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 18-31, Dec. 2011.
9.    T. Warms, Q. Duan, and K. Farvardin, “Can Learning Formal Method for Tracing Computer Programs Help Students Write Program?” Technology Interface International Journal, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 30-35, Fall/Winter 2011.
10.    Q. Duan, “Service-Oriented Network Virtualization for Composition of Cloud Computing and Networking,” International Journal of Next Generation Computing, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 123-138, July 2011.
11.    Q. Duan, “Network Service Description and Discovery for High-Performance Ubiquitous and Pervasive Grids,” ACM Transactions on Autonomous and Adaptive Systems, vol. 6, no. 1, Article 3, Feb. 2011.
12.    Q. Duan and E. Lu, “Network Service Description and Discovery for the Next Generation Internet,” International Journal of Computer Networks, vol. 1, no.1, pp. 46-65, Nov. 2009.
13.    Q. Duan and J. N. Daigle, “Resource Allocation for Statistical Quality of Service Provision in Buffered Crossbar Switches,” Wiley International Journal of Communication Systems, vol. 21, no. 6, pp. 609-629, June 2008.
14.    V. Saini, Q. Duan, V. Paruchuri, “Threat Modeling Using Attack Trees,” Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, vol. 23, no. 4, April 2008.
15.    Q. Duan, “Resource Allocation for Quality of Service Provision in Buffered Crossbar Switches with Traffic Aggregation,” International Journal of Computers and Applications, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 283-290, Aug. 2007.
16.    Q. Duan, “Quality of Service Provision in Combined Input and Cross-point Queued Switches without Output Queuing Match,” Elsevier Journal of Computer Communications, vol. 30, no. 4, pp. 830-840, Feb. 2007.
17.    Q. Duan and J. N. Daigle, “Resource Allocation for Quality of Service Provision in Multistage Buffered Crossbar Switches,” Elsevier Journal of Computer Networks, vol. 46, no. 10, pp. 147-168, Oct. 2004.
18.    Q. Duan, X. Li and L. Zhang, “Network Calculus-Based Delay Performance Analysis for QoS Provision in Buffered Crossbar Switches,” Journal of Interconnection Networks, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 131-146, June 2003.

1.     Q. Duan, “Modeling and Delay Analysis for Converged Network-Cloud Service Provisioning Systems,” Proc. of the 2013 IEEE International Conference on Computing, Networking & Communications (ICNC’13) Workshop on Converged Networks, Technologies, and Applications, Jan. 2013.
2.    J. Huang, Y. Liu, and Q. Duan, “Service Provisioning in Virtualization-Based Cloud Computing: Modeling and Optimization,” Proc. of the 2012 IEEE International Conference on Global Communications (GlobeCom’12), Dec. 2012.
3.    R. Yu, X. Yang, J. Huang, Q. Duan, Y. Ma, and Y. Tanaka, “QoS-Aware Service Selection in Virtualization-Based Cloud Computing,” Proc. of the 14th Asia-Pacific Network Operations and Management Symposium, Sept. 2012.
4.    Q. Duan, “Automatic Network Service Discovery and Selection in Virtualization-Based Future Internet,” Proc. of the 2011 IEEE International Conference on Global Communications (GlobeCom’11) Workshop on Smart Communication Protocols and Algorithms, Dec. 2011.
5.    Q. Duan, “Modeling and Performance Analysis on Network Virtualization for Composite Network-Cloud Service Provisioning,” Proc. of the 7th IEEE World Congress on Services (SERVICES2011) Workshop on Performance Aspect on Cloud and Service Virtualization, Aug. 2011.
6.    Q. Duan, “Modeling and Analysis for End-to-End Service Performance in Virtualization-Based Next Generation Internet,” Proc. of the 2010 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GlobeCom’10), Dec. 2010.
7.    Q. Duan, “Modeling and Analysis of End-to-End Quality of Service Provisioning in Virtualization-Based Future Internet,” Proc. of the 19th IEEE Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN’10) Workshop on Performance Modeling and Evaluation on Computer and Telecommunication Networks, Aug. 2010.
8.    Q. Duan, “Access Network Discovery and Selection in Network Virtualization for the Next Generation Mobile Internet,” Proc. of the 2010 International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (CCN’10), July 2010.
9.    Q. Duan, “Resource Allocation in Buffered Crossbar Switches for Supporting Network Virtualization,” Proc. of the 11th IEEE International Conference on High Performance Switching and Routing (HPSR’10), June 2010.
10.    Q. Duan, “Applying the Service-Oriented Architecture for Network Discovery and Selection in Heterogeneous Wireless Mobile Networking Environments,” Proc. of the 12th International Conference on Network-Based Information System (NBiS’09), Aug. 2009.
11.    Q. Duan, “Service-Oriented Architecture for Access Network Discovery and Selection in Heterogeneous Wireless Networking Environments,” Proc. of the 2009 International Conference on High Performance Computing, Networking and Communication Systems (HPCNCS’09), July 2009
12.    Q. Duan, “Network Service Description and Discovery in Ubiquitous and Pervasive Grids,” Proc. of the 2008 IEEE International Conference on Global Communications (GlobeCom’08) Workshop on Service Discovery and Composition in Ubiquitous and Pervasive Environments, Nov. 2008
13.    Q. Duan and E. Lu, “Network Service Description and Discovery for the Next Generation Internet,” Proc. of the 19th IASTED International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing and Systems (PDCS’07), Nov. 2007.
14.    Q. Duan, “Service-Oriented Network Description and Discovery for High-Performance Grid Computing,” Proc. of the IEEE 2007 International Conference on Service Oriented Computing and Applications (SOCA’07), June 2007.
15.    Q. Duan, M. Talley, and N. Seetha, “QoS-Based Network Service Broker for High-Performance Grid Applications,” Proc. of the IEEE 21st International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications (AINA’07), May 2007.
16.    Q. Duan, “Service-Oriented Network Abstraction and Discovery for the Diversified Internet,” Proc. of the IEEE 2007 Sarnoff Symposium, April 2007.
17.    M. Talley, N. Seetha, and Q. Duan, “An Approach to QoS-Based Grid Network Service Discovery,” Proc. of the IEEE 2007 Region 5 Technical Conference, April 2007.
18.    S. Chin and Q. Duan, “Simulation Study on Traffic Control Performance in Combined Input and Cross-point Queuing Switches,” Proc. of the IEEE 2007 Region 5 Technical Conference, April 2007.
19.    Q. Duan and Y. Zhou, “Dynamic Buffer Allocation for Quality of Service Provision in Combined Input and Cross-point Buffered Switches,” Proc. of the 18th IASTED International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing and Systems (PDCS’06), Nov. 2006.
20.    Q. Duan and H. Wei, “A Multi-Purpose Networking Laboratory for Net-Centric Computing Education,” Proc. of the 4th International Conference on Education and Information Systems, Technologies and Applications (EISTA’06), July 2006.
21.    Q. Duan, “Resource Allocation for Quality of Service Provision in Buffered Crossbar Switches with Traffic Aggregation,” Proc. of the 17th IASTED International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing and Systems (PDCS’05), Nov. 2005.
22.    Q. Duan, C. Hu, and H. Wei, “Enhancing Network Intrusion Detection Systems with Interval Methods,” Proc. of the 20th ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC’05), March 2005.
23.    Q. Duan, “QoS Performance Comparison between Combined Input and Cross-point Queuing Switches and Output Queuing Switches,” Proc. of the 2nd IASTED International Conference on Computer Communication Networks (CCN’04), Nov. 2004.
24.    Q. Duan and J. N. Daigle, “Resource Allocation for Probabilistic Delay Guarantee in Buffered Crossbar Switches,” Proc. of the IEEE 2004 International Conference on Communications (ICC’04), June 2004.
25.    Q. Duan and J. N. Daigle, “Probabilistic Packet Delay Guarantee in Buffered Crossbar Switches,” Proc. of the IEEE 23rd Performance Computing and Communications Conference (IPCCC’04), April 2004.
26.    Q. Duan, “Quality of Service Provision in Buffered Crossbar Switches by Emulating Output Queuing Switch,” Proc. of the 9th International Conference on Distributed Multimedia Systems (DMS’03), Sept. 2003.
27.    Q. Duan, X. Li and L. Zhang, “Delay Performance Analysis for the Buffered Crossbar Switches,” Proc of the IEEE 17th International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications (AINA’03), March 2003.
28.    Q. Duan and J. N. Daigle, “Resource Allocation for Quality of Service Provision in Buffered Crossbar Switches,” Proc. of the IEEE 11th International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN’02), Oct. 2002.

Teaching Interests
Data communications and computer networking, telecommunications, system analysis and design, system integration, programming language, Cloud computing, and Web services

Courses taught
CMPSC121 Introduction to programming
CMPSC201 Programming for engineering
IST220 Networking and telecommunications
IST301 Information and organizations
IST311 Object-oriented programming
IST402 Emerging networking technologies
IST420 Fundamental system integration
IST421 Advanced system integration
IST451 Network Security

Editorial Board Member
•    International Journal of Communication Networks and Information Security (area editor)
•    International Journal of Network Protocols and Algorithms (associate editor)
•    International Journal of Internet and Distributed Systems (associate editor)
•    Journal of Cyber-Physical Systems
•    Journal of Advanced Internet Technologies
Journal Reviewer
•    ACM Transactions on Autonomous and Adaptive Systems (TAAS)
•    IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems (TPDS)
•    IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management (TNSM)
•    IEEE Journal of Selected Area of Communication (JSAC)
•    IEEE Communications Magazine
•    IET Communications Journal
•    Elsevier Future Generation Computer Systems Journal
•    Elsevier Information Sciences Journal
•    Elsevier Computer Communications Journal
•    Springer Wireless Networks Journal
•    Springer Mobile Networks and Applications Journal
•    KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems
Recent Conference TPC Member
•    IEEE GLOBECOM Symposium on Wireless Networking 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010
•    IEEE GLOBECOM Symposium on QoS, Reliability, and Modeling 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010
•    IEEE ICCCN Track on Network Algorithms and Performance Evaluation 2013, 2012, 2011
•    IEEE AINA 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009
•    IEEE WCNC 2013, 2007
•    IEEE CloudPerf 2011
•    IEEE HPSR 2008