Dr Chengzheng Sun is an Adjunct Professor at Griffith University in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. He graduated in wireless telecommunication technology from North-Eastern University (NEU), Shenyang, China (1973 - 1976). He worked as an electronic engineer at Chengdu Exploration Company in the Department of Steel and Iron Industry in China (1976-1979). He obtained the MPhil degree in computer engineering from East-China Institute of Computing Technology (ECICT), Shanghai, China (1979 - 1982). He worked as a lecturer in the Department of Computer Science and Technology at the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), Chengdu, China (1983-1984). He obtained the Ph.D degree in computer engineering from Changsha Institute of Technology (CIT), Changsha, China (1984-1987). From Jan. 1988 to May 1993, he worked as a research scientist and a senior software engineer in University of Amsterdam (UvA), Philips Research Labs Eindhoven , and the ACE software company in Amsterdam , The Netherlands. He received the second Ph.D degree in computer science from University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1992. From May 1993 to June 2005, he worked as a Lecture, Senior Lecturer, Associated Professor, Professor and Chair of Internet Computing (since 1999) in the School of Information and Communication Technology at Griffith University in Brisbane, Queensland. From July 1, 2005, he is working as a Professor in the School of Computer Engineering at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.

Professor Sun's major areas of research interests and expertise include: Internet and Web computing technologies and applications; collaborative computing systems and CSCW (Computer-Supported Cooperative Work); distributed operating systems and computer networks; mobile computing systems; and parallel implementation of object-oriented and logic programming languages.

Teaching Subjects

Professor Sun has taught subjects on operating systems, computer networks, distributed computing, distributed multimedia systems, complier construction, computer architecture, and programming languages. The following are the current teaching subjects:

• 3142CIT: Computer Communications Networks (Nathan and Logan, Semester I)
• 6102CIT: Advanced Topics in Distributed Systems (Nathan, Honours and postgraduates, Semester II)
• 3510CIT: Distributed Computing (Logan, Semester II)

Research Projects

Professor Sun is leading the Internet Computing Research Group at Griffith University. The following are the major ongoing research projects:

• CoWord: Collaborative Word
• CoPowerPoint: Collaborative PowerPoint
• REDUCE: REal-time Distributed Unconstrained Collaborative Environment
• GRACE: GRAphic Collaborative Editing
• RECIPE: REal-time Collaborative Interactive Programming Environment
• FORCE: Flexible Operation-based Revision Control Environment
• NICE: Notification-flexIble Collaborative Editing
• INVEST: INternet-based Visualization Environment for Science and Technology
• COACT: COllaborAtive Commerce EnvironmenT
• IMAGINE: Internet-based Multi-plAyer GamINg Environment
• VODCA: a View-Oriented, Distributed, Cluster-based Approach to supercomputing
• Mobile Distributed Computing: Consistent Global States Computation and Applications

Selected Recent Publications

Professor Sun has published more than 100 technical papers in referred international journals and conferences. The following are some selected publications in recent years:

• C. Sun:
  "Undo as concurrent inverse in group editors,"
  ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction, Vol. 9, No. 4, December 2002, pp.309-361.
  In ACM Digital Library. Soon available in compressed postscript format.
• C. Sun and D. Chen:
  "Consistency maintenance in real-time collaborative graphics editing systems,"
  ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction, Vol. 9, No.1, March 2002, pp. 1-41.
  In ACM Digital Library. Also available in compressed postscript format.
• C. Sun, X. Jia, Y. Zhang, Y. Yang, D. Chen:
  "Achieving convergence, causality-preservation, and intention-preservation in real-time cooperative editing systems,"
  ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction, Vol.5, No.1, March, 1998, pp.63-108.
  In ACM Digital Library. Also available in compressed postscript format.
• C. Sun:
  "Optional and Responsive Fine-grain Locking in Internet-based Collaborative Systems,"
  IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, Vol. 13, No. 9, Sept. 2002, pp.994-1008.
  Postscript available soon
• Du Li, C. Sun, Limin Zhou, and Richard R. Muntz:
  "Operation propagation in real-time group editors, "
  IEEE Multimedia, Vol. 7, No. 4, pp. 55-61, Oct.- Dec. 2000.
  PDF file available
• Y. Yang, C. Sun, Y. Zhang, and X. Jia:
  "Real-time Cooperative Editing on the Internet,"
  IEEE Internet Computing, pp. 18-25, May/June 2000.
  PDF file available

More Publications

Recent Major Conferences Presentations and Events

• Presentation on CoWord at ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work 2004
• Presentation on OT at ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work 2004
• Demonstration on CoWord and CoPowerPoint at ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work 2004
• Presentation at Microsoft Research, Redmond, Feb 10, 2003
• Tutorial at ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work 2002
• Presentation at ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work 2002 (1)
• Presentation at ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work 2002 (2)
• Presentation at IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium 2002
• Presentation at ACM Conference on Supporting Group Work 2001
• Presentation at ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work 2000
• Demonstration on REDUCE at ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work 2000
• Presentation at IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems 2000
• Presentation at ACM Conference on Supporting Group Work 1999
• Presentation at ACM Symposium on Principles of Distributed Computing 1999
• Presentation at IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems 1999
• Presentation at ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work 1998
• Presentation at IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems 1998
• Presentation at ACM Conference on Supporting Group Work 1997
  
  
• SIGCE : An International Special Interest Group on Collaborative Editing
  
  
• The Fifth International Workshop on Collaborative Editing Systems (in association with ECSCW 2003, Helsinki, Finland )
• The Fourth International Workshop on Collaborative Editing Systems (in association with ACM CSCW2002, New Orleans, USA )
• The Third International Workshop on Collaborative Editing Systems (in association with ACM GROUP2001, Boulder, Colorada, USA )
• The Second International Workshop on Collaborative Editing Systems (in association with ACM CSCW2000, Philadelphia, USA )
• The First International Workshop on Collaborative Editing Systems (in association with ACM GROUP 1999, Phoenix, USA )

• IEEE Distributed Systems Online: Collaborative Computing

Online Software Demo

A number of research prototype systems have been developed and publicly demonstrated at the ACM CSCW'2004 conference , ACM CSCW'2000 conference , the ACM SIGGROUP web site, and the following web site:

• COPOWERPOINT demo: an Internet-based real-time collaborative multimedia slides creation and presentation system

• COWORD demo: an Internet-based real-time collaborative word processor

• REDUCE demo: a platform independent and publically accessible web-based real time group editor

Postgraduate Students

• Mr Steven Qian Xia
• Mr Kevin Lin
• Ms Maria Aneiros
• Mr Lingzhong Zhou
• Mr Aguido Horatio Davis

• Dr Yuping Wang
• Dr Jingzhi Guo
• Dr Haifeng Shen
• Dr David Chen
• Dr Zhonghua Yang

Other Interests

• Table Tennis
• Swimming
• Bushwalking
• Chinese Chess
• Family Photo Album

C.Sun@griffith.edu.au