Welcome! I am an engineer passionate about many things like machine learning, scalability, k8s etc. I work at a data science engineering team in Microsoft and I write about those topics. Hope you enjoy the readings.

My Favorite Topics

Machine learning, scalability, k8s, data visualization.

Recent Publications

  • P. Li, X. Chai, F. Campbell, J. Liao, N. Aburu, M. Kang, I. Niculescu, G. Brake, S. Patel, J. Dooley, and B. Paddock. Evolving Software to be ML-Driven Utilizing Real-World A/B Testing: Experiences, Insights, Challenges. ICSE, 2021. to appear (PDF)

  • P. Li, X. Chai, D. Wadsworth, J. Liao, and B. Paddock. Empirical Evaluation of Federated Learning with Local Privacy for Real-World Application, IEEE Big Data, 2020, to appear. (PDF)

  • Y. Yao, S. Xiong, J. Liao, M. Berry, H. Qi, and Q. Cao. Identifying Frequent Flows in Large Datasets through Probabilistic Bloom Filters, IEEE/ACM IWQoS, 2015, to appear. (PDF)

  • J. Liao, Z. Wang, Q. Cao, and H. Qi. Smart Diary: A Smartphone-based Framework for Inference and Prediction of Users, IEEE Sensors Journal, 2014, accepted. (PDF)

  • Z. Wang, J. Liao, Q. Cao, H. Qi and Z. Wang. Friendbook: A Semantic-based Friend Recommendation System for Social Networks. IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 2014. (PDF)

  • X. Ma, J. Liao, S. Djouadi, and Q. Cao. LIPS: Link Prediction as a Service for Data Aggregation Applications. Journal of Ad Hoc Networks (Elsevier), 2014. (PDF)

  • J. Liao. A Privacy-Aware Distributed Storage and Replication Middleware for Heterogeneous Computing Platform. Master’s Thesis, University of Tennessee, 2013. (PDF)

  • Z. Wang, J. Liao, Q. Cao, H. Qi, and Z. Wang. Achieving k-barrier Coverage in Hybrid Directional Sensor Networks. IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC), 2013. (PDF).

  • J. Liao, K. Lu, Q. Cao. Uno: A Privacy-Aware Distributed Storage and Replication Middleware for Heterogeneous Computing Platforms, IEEE MASS, 2013. (PDF)

  • Z. Wang, J. Liao, Q. Cao, H. Qi, Z. Wang. Barrier Coverage in Hybrid Directional Sensor Networks, IEEE MASS, 2013. (PDF)

  • J. Liao, Z. Wang, Q. Cao, and H. Qi. Smart Diary: the Narrative of Your Daily Life. NSF 2012 Southeastern Workshop on Cognitive Sensing, Computing and Networking and Their Applications in Human-Cyber-Physical Systems. Tuscaloosa, Alabama. August 15, 2012. (PDF)

  • J. Liao, Q. Cao. Demo Abstract: Uno - A Sharing Infrastructure for Semartphone Sensors and Files. ACM SenSys, 2011. (PDF)

Academic Services

  • Reviewer, IEEE Sensors, 2014
  • Reviewer, IEEE Ineternational Conference on Computer Communications, 2014
  • Reviewer, International Conference on Wireless Sensor Networks for Developing Contries, 2013
  • Reviewer, IEEE Journal of Communications and Networks, 2013
  • Reviewer, IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad hoc and Sensor Systems, 2012
  • Reviewer, IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Networks, 2011