Publications

2025

• [C53] Xiaoyi Wu, Bo Ji,  Bin Li, On the Low-Complexity of Fair Learning for Combinatorial Multi-Armed Bandit, In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), London, United Kingdom, May, 2025. [ Acceptance rate: 18.6%]
• [C52] Xuan Wang, Xiaoyi Wu, Ying Sun, Atilla Eryilmaz, Bin Li, Optimal Real-Time Synchronized Scheduling for Collaborative Content Delivery, In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), London, United Kingdom, May, 2025. [ Acceptance rate: 18.6%]     

2024

• [J20] Jiangong Chen, Xudong Qin, Guangyu Zhu, Bo Ji, and Bin Li, Motion-Prediction-based Wireless Scheduling for Interactive Panoramic Scene Delivery, IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering, 11(2), 2024.

•  [C51] Xiaoyi Wu, Bin Li, Achieving Regular and Fair Learning in Combinatorial Multi-Armed Bandit, In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), Vancouver, Canada, May, 2024. [ Acceptance rate: 19.6%]
• [C50] Juaren Steiger, Bin Li, Ning Lu, Backlogged Bandits: Cost-Effective Learning for Utility Maximization in Queueing Networks, In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), Vancouver, Canada, May, 2024. [ Acceptance rate: 19.6%]

• [DP10] Jiangong Chen, Tian Lan, Bin Li, GPT-VR Nexus: ChatGPT-Powered Immersive Virtual Reality Experience, In Proc. IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (VR), Orlando, FL, USA, March, 2024 (demo paper). [Best Demo Honorable Mention Award (2 out of 34 demos)]

2023

• Bin Li, Bo Ji, Atilla Eryilmaz, Efficient Age-based Scheduling in Communication Networks, in book Age of Information: Foundations and Applications, Edited by: Walid Saad, Harpreet Dhillon, Nikolaos Pappas, Mohamed A. Abd-Elmagid, and Bo Zhou, Cambridge University Press, 2023.

• [J19] Zhongdong Liu, Bin Li, Zizhan Zheng, Tom Hou, and Bo Ji, Towards Optimal Tradeoff Between Data Freshness and Update Cost in Information-update Systems, accepted by IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2023.

• [C49] Yuming Hu, Mingyu Zhu, Qiao Jin, Feng Qian, Bin Li, MagicCloth: Protect User Privacy in AR Streaming, in ACM Workshop on Mobile Immersive Computing, Networking, and Systems (ImmerCom), Madrid, Spain, October, 2023.
• [C48] Xiaoyi Wu, Jing Yang, Huacheng Zeng, Bin Li, Joint User Association and Wireless Scheduling with Smaller Time-Scale Rate Adaptation, In International Symposium on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad hoc, and Wireless Networks (WiOpt), Singapore, August, 2023. [Best Paper Candidates (6 out of 48 accepted papers)]
• [C47] Xudong Qin, Qiaomin Xie, Bin Li, Distributed Threshold-based Offloading for Heterogeneous Mobile Edge Computing, In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS), Hong Kong, China, July, 2023. [ Acceptance rate: 18.9%]
• [C46] Juaren Steiger, Bin Li, Bo Ji, Ning Lu, Constrained Bandit Learning with Switching Costs for Wireless Networks, In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), New Jersey, USA, May, 2023. [ Acceptance rate: 19.2%]

• [DP9] Xiaoyi Wu, Jiangong Chen, Rui Tang, Kefan Wu, Bin Li, Demo: Immersive Remote Monitoring and Control for Internet of Things, In ACM International Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing (MOBIHOC), October, 2023 (demo paper). [Best Poster/Demo Award]
• [DP8] Zhanchen Dong, Jiangong Chen, Bin Li, Demo: Collaborative Mixed-Reality-Based Firefighter Training, In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), May, 2023 (demo paper). [Best Demo Award]

2022

• [J18] Xudong Qin, Bin Li, Lei Ying, Efficient Distributed Threshold-based Offloading for Large-Scale Mobile Cloud Computing, accepted by IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (ToN), 2022.

• [C45] Guojun Xiong, Xudong Qin, Bin Li, Rahul Singh, Jian Li,  Index-Aware Reinforcement Learning for Adaptive Video Streaming at the Wireless Edge, In ACM International Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing (MOBIHOC), Seoul, South Korea, October, 2022. [ Acceptance rate: 19.83%]
• [C44] Zhongdong Liu, Bin Li, Zizhan Zheng, Tom Hou, and Bo Ji, Towards Optimal Tradeoff Between Data Freshness and Update Cost in Information-update Systems, International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN), July 2022. (invited paper)
• [C43] Jiangong Chen, Feng Qian, Bin Li, Enhancing Quality of Experience for Collaborative Virtual Reality with Commodity Mobile Devices, In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS), July, 2022. [ Acceptance rate: 19.9%]
• [C42] Harsh Gupta, Jiangong Chen, Bin Li, R. Srikant, Online Learning-Based Rate Selection for Wireless Interactive Panoramic Scene Delivery, In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), May, 2022. [ Acceptance rate: 19.9%]
• [C41] Juaren Steiger, Bin Li, Ning Lu, Learning from Delayed Semi-Bandit Feedback under Strong Fairness Guarantees, In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), May, 2022. [ Acceptance rate: 19.9%]

• [DP7] Michael Artlip, Jiangong Chen and Bin Li, “Virtual Reality-Based Gymnastics Visualization Using Real-Time Motion Capture Suit”, National Workshop for REU Research in Networking and Systems (REUNS), Denver, CO, October, 2022 (demo paper). [Michael is an undergraduate student who worked on my NSF REU supplemental project] [Best Demo Presentation Award]
• [DP6] Owen Sweeny, Zhanchen Dong and Bin Li, “A Collaborative Augmented Reality Platform for Interactive and Immersive Education”, National Workshop for REU Research in Networking and Systems (REUNS), Denver, CO, October, 2022 (demo paper). [Owen is an undergraduate student who worked on my NSF REU supplemental project]
• [DP5] Feng Qian, Bin Li, Poster: Boosting Remote Multi-user AR Privacy through a Magic Rope,  In Proc. ACM International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications, and Services (MobiSys), June, 2022 (poster paper). 
• [DP4] Xinyi Yao, Jiangong Chen, Ting He, Jing Yang, Bin Li, A Scalable Mixed Reality Platform for Remote Collaborative LEGO Design, In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), May, 2022 (demo paper). [Demo Video]

2021

• [J17] Bin Li, Jia Liu, Achieving Information Freshness with Selfish and Rational Users in Mobile Crowd-Learning, IEEE Selected Areas in Communication (JSAC), 39(5), 2021.
• [J16] Fengjiao Lin, Yu Sang, Zhongdong Liu, Huasen Wu, Bin Li, Bo Ji, Waiting but not Aging: Optimizing Information Freshness under the Pull Model,  IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (ToN), 29(1), 2021.
• [J15] Zhongdong Liu, Liang Huang, Bin Li, Bo Ji, Anti-Aging Scheduling in Single-Server Queues: A Systematic and Comparative Study, Journal of Communications and Networks, 2021.

• [C40] Xin Liu, Bin Li, Peiyi Shi, Lei Ying, An Efficient Pessimistic-Optimistic Algorithm for Stochastic Linear Bandits with General Constraints, In Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS), December, 2021. [ Acceptance rate: 26%] [Technical Report]
• [C39] Xin Liu, Bin Li, Peiyi Shi, Lei Ying, A Constrained Bandit Approach for Online Dispatching., Reinforcement Learning in Networks and Queues (RLNQ) Workshop in conjunction with ACM SIGMETRICS 2021.
• [C38] Bin Li, Efficient Learning-based Scheduling for Information Freshness in Wireless Networks, In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), May, 2021. [ Acceptance rate: 19.9%]
• [C37] Jiangong Chen, Xudong Qin, Guangyu Zhu, Bo Ji, Bin Li, Motion-Prediction-based Wireless Scheduling for Multi-User Panoramic Video Streaming, In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), May, 2021. [ Acceptance rate: 19.9%]
• [C36] Xudong Qin, Bin Li, Lei Ying, Distributed Threshold-based Offloading for Large-Scale Mobile Cloud Computing, In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), May, 2021. [ Acceptance rate: 19.9%]
• [C35] Zhongdong Liu, Yu Sang, Bin Li, Bo Ji, A Worst-Case Approximate Analysis of Peak Age-of-Information Via Robust Queueing Approach, In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), May, 2021. [ Acceptance rate: 19.9%]

Demo & Poster Papers:

• [DP3] Jiangong Chen, Feng Qian, Bin Li, An Interactive and Immersive Remote Education Platform based on Commodity Devices, In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), May, 2021 (demo paper).

2020

• [C34] Bin Li, Atilla Eryilmaz, R. Srikant, Emulating Round-Robin for Serving Dynamic Flows over Wireless Fading Channels, In ACM International Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing (MOBIHOC), October, 2020. [ Acceptance rate: 15%]
• [C33] Zhengxiong Yuan, Bin Li, Jia Liu, Can We Improve Information Freshness with Predictions in Mobile Crowd-Learning?, in Proc. IEEE INFOCOM 2020 Age of Information Workshhop, Toronto, Canada, July, 2020.
• [C32] Zhongdong Liu, Liang Huang, Bin Li, Bo Ji, Anti-Aging Scheduling in Single-Server Queues: A Systematic and Comparative Study, in Proc. IEEE INFOCOM 2020 Age of Information Workshhop, Toronto, Canada, July, 2020.
• [C31] Jiangong Chen, Bin Li, R. Srikant, Thompson-Sampling-Based Wireless Transmission for Panoramic Video Streaming, In WiOpt Workshop on Machine Learning in Wireless Communications (WMLC), June, 2020 (invited paper).

2019

• [J14] Xiangqi Kong, Ning Lu, Bin Li, Optimal Scheduling for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Networks with Flow-Level Dynamics, accepted by IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC), 2019.
• [J13] Bin Li, Jia Liu, Bo Ji, Low-Overhead Wireless Uplink Scheduling for Large-Scale Internet-of-Things, accepted by IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC), 2019. (An earlier version of this paper has appeared in the Proc. WiOpt 2018)

• [C30] Bin Li, Optimal Offloading for Dynamic Compute-Intensive Applications in Wireless Networks, In Proc. IEEE Conference on Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Waikoloa, Hawaii, December, 2019.
• [C29] Bin Li, Jia Liu, Can We Achieve Fresh Information with Selfish Users in Mobile Crowd-Learning?, In International Symposium on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc, and Wireless Networks(WiOpt), Avignon, France, June, 2019.
• [C28] Xudong Qin, Weijian Xu, Bin Li, Low-Complexity Joint Offloading and Wireless Scheduling for Parallel Computing with Deadlines, In International Symposium on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc, and Wireless Networks(WiOpt), Avignon, France, June, 2019.

2018

• [J12] Ning Lu, Yi Zhou, Chenhao Shi, Nan Cheng, Lin Cai, Bin Li, Planning While Flying: A Measurement Aided Dynamic Planning of Drone Small Cells, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 6(2), 2018.
• [J11] Bin Li, Aditya Ramamoorthy, R. Srikant, Mean-Field-Analysis of Coding versus Replication in Large Data Storage Systems, ACM Transactions on Modeling and Performance Evaluation of Computing Systems (TOMPECS), 3(1), 2018. (An earlier version of this paper has appeared in the Proc. IEEE INFOCOM 2016)

• [C27] Ning Lu, Bo Ji, Bin Li, Age-based Scheduling: Improving Data Freshness for Wireless Real-Time Traffic, In ACM International Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing (MOBIHOC), Los Angeles, California, June, 2018. [ Acceptance rate: 16.85%]
• [C26] Bin Li, Bo Ji, Jia Liu, Efficient and Low-Overhead Uplink Scheduling for Large-Scale Wireless Internet-of-Things, In International Symposium on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc, and Wireless Networks(WiOpt), Shanghai, China, May, 2018.
• [C25] Bin Li, Zai Shi, Atilla Eryilmaz, Efficient Scheduling for Synchronized Demands in Stochastic Networks, In International Symposium on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc, and Wireless Networks(WiOpt), Shanghai, China, May, 2018.
• [C24] Gamal Sallam, Gagan R Gupta, Bin Li, Bo Ji, Shortest Path and Maximum Flow Problems Under Service Function Chaining Constraints, In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications(INFOCOM), Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, April, 2018. [ Acceptance rate: 19.2%]

Demo & Poster Papers:

• [DP2] Bin Li, Xiangqi Kong, Lei Wang, Optimal Load-Balancing for High-Density Wireless Networks with Flow-Level Dynamics, In ACM International Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing (MOBIHOC), Los Angeles, California, June, 2018 (poster paper). [Technical report] [Best Poster Award]
• [DP1] Minghui Weng, Xiangqi Kong, Lianfen Huang, Bin Li, A Low-Cost Wireless System Implementation for Interactive and Immersive Teaching, In ACM International Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing (MOBIHOC), Los Angeles, California, June, 2018 (demo paper).

2017

• [C23] Yu Sang, Bin Li, Bo Ji, The Power of Waiting for More than One Response in Minimizing the Age-of-Information, In Proc. IEEE Conference on Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Singapore, December, 2017.
• [C22] Bin Li, Atilla Eryilmaz, R. Srikant, Emulating Round-Robin in Wireless Networks, In ACM International Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing (MOBIHOC), Chennai, India, July, 2017. [ Acceptance rate: 17%]

Before 2017

• [J10] Bin Li, R. Srikant, Queue-Proportional Scheduler with Per-Link Information in Multihop Wireless Networks, Queueing Systems: Theory and Applications (QUESTA), 83: 329-359, 2016. (An earlier version of this paper has appeared in the Proc. ACM SIGMETRICS 2015) (There is a gap in the proof of Proposition 3. The current link is the latest version)
• [J9] Bin Li, Ruogu Li, Atilla Eryilmaz, Wireless Scheduling Design for Optimizing Both Service Regularity and Mean Delay in Heavy-Traffic Regimes, IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (ToN), 24(3): 1867 – 1880, 2016. (An earlier version of this paper has appeared in the Proc. ACM MOBIHOC 2013) [Technical report]
• [J8] Bin Li, Ruogu Li, Atilla Eryilmaz, Throughput-optimal Scheduling Design with regular service guarantees in wireless networks, IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (ToN), 23(5): 1542-1552, 2015. (An earlier version of this paper has appeared in the Proc. IEEE INFOCOM 2013) [Technical report]
• [J7] Bin Li, Ruogu Li, Atilla Eryilmaz, On the Optimal Convergence Speed of Wireless Scheduling for Fair Resource Allocation, IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (ToN), 23(2): 631-643, 2015. (An earlier version of this paper has appeared in the Proc. IEEE INFOCOM 2013) [Technical report]
• [J6] Bin Li, Atilla Eryilmaz, Distributed Channel Probing for EfficientTransmission Scheduling in Wireless Networks, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC), 14(6): 1176-1188, 2015. (An earlier version of this paper has appeared in the Proc. IEEE INFOCOM 2012) [Technical report]
• [J5] Bin Li, Atilla Eryilmaz, Non-derivative Algorithm Design for Efficient Routing over Unreliable Stochastic Networks, Elsevier’s Performance Evaluation (PEVA), 71: 44-60, 2014. (An earlier version of this paper has appeared in the Proc. IEEE CDC 2012)
• [J4] Bin Li, Atilla Eryilmaz, Optimal Distributed Scheduling under Time-varying Conditions: A Fast-CSMA Algorithm with Applications, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications (TWC), 12(7): 3278-3288, 2013. (An earlier version of this paper has appeared in the Proc. IEEE RAWNET 2011) [Technical report]
• [J3] Bin Li, Atilla Eryilmaz, Exploring the Throughput Boundaries of Randomized Schedulers in Wireless Networks, IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (ToN), 20(4): 1112-1124, 2012. (An earlier version of this paper has appeared in the Proc. IEEE INFOCOM 2011)
• [J2] Chih-Heng Ke, Bin Li, Yueh-Min Huang, J. MorrisChang, Enhanced High-Performance DistributedCoordination Function for IEEE 802.11 Multi-rateLANs, International Journal of CommunicationSystems, 8(22):1045-1061, 2009.
• [J1] Der-Jiunn Deng, Bin Li, Lianfen Huang, Chih-HengKe, Yueh-Min Huang, Saturation throughput analysis of Multi-rate IEEE 802.11 WirelessNetworks, Journal of Wireless Communication and Mobile Computing, 8(9):1102-1112, 2009.

• [C21] Ning Lu, Bin Li, R. Srikant, Lei Ying, Optimal Distributed Scheduling of Real-Time Traffic with Hard Deadlines, In Proc. IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, December, 2016.
• [C20] Bin Li, Aditya Ramamoorthy, R. Srikant, Mean-Field-Analysis of Coding versus Replication in Cloud Storage Systems, In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications(INFOCOM), San Francisco, California, USA, April, 2016. [ Acceptance rate: 18.25%] [Technical report]
• [C19] Bin Li, R. Srikant, Queue-Proportional Rate Allocation with Per-Link Information in Multihop Networks, In Proc. ACM SIGMETRICS (full paper), Portland, Oregon, USA, June, 2015. [Acceptance rate: 13%] (There is a gap in the proof of Proposition 3. The current link is the latest version)
• [C18] Bin Li, Atilla Eryilmaz, R. Srikant, On the Universality of Age-Based Scheduling in Wireless Networks, In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications(INFOCOM), Hongkong, China, April, 2015. [ Acceptance rate: 19%]
• [C17] Fangzhou Chen, Bin Li, Can Emre Koksal, Low-Delay Distributed Source Coding for Time-Varying Sources with Unknown Statistics, In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications(INFOCOM), Hongkong, China, April, 2015. [ Acceptance rate: 19%]
• [C16] Bin Li, Atilla Eryilmaz, R. Srikant, Leandros Tassiulas, On Optimal Routing in Overloaded Parallel Queues, In Proc. IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Florence, Italy, December, 2013.
• [C15] Bin Li, Ozgur Dalkilic, Atilla Eryilmaz, Exploring the Tradeoff between Waiting Time and Service Cost in Non-Asymptotic Operating Regimes, In Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, Pacific Grove, California, November, 2013 (Invited paper).
• [C14] Bin Li, Ruogu Li, Atilla Eryilmaz, Heavy-Traffic-Optimal Scheduling Design with Regular Service Guarantees in Wireless Networks. In ACM International Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing (MOBIHOC), Bangalore, India, July, 2013. [ Acceptance rate: 10%]
• [C13] Bin Li, Atilla Eryilmaz, Ruogu Li, Wireless Scheduling for Utility Maximization with Optimal Convergence Speed, In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications(INFOCOM), Turin, Italy, April, 2013. [ Acceptance rate: 17%]
• [C12] Ruogu Li, Atilla Eryilmaz, Bin Li, Throughput-Optimal Scheduling with Regulated Inter-Service Times, In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), Turin, Italy, April, 2013. [ Acceptance rate: 17%]
• [C11] Bin Li, Atilla Eryilmaz, Optimal Constant Splitting for Efficient Routing over Unreliable Networks, In Proc. IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Maui, Hawaii, USA, December, 2012.
• [C10] S. Lakshminarayana, Bin Li, M. Assaad, A. Eryilmaz, M. Debbah, A Fast-CSMA Based Distributed Scheduling Algorithm under SINR Model, In Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, July, 2012.
• [C9] Bin Li, Atilla Eryilmaz, Distributed Channel Probing for Efficient Transmission Scheduling over Wireless FadingChannels, In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications(INFOCOM) mini-Conference, Orlando, Florida, USA, March, 2012.
• [C8] Bin Li, Atilla Eryilmaz, A Fast-CSMA Algorithm for Deadline Constraint Scheduling over Wireless Fading Channels, In workshop on resource allocation and Cooperation in Wireless Networks (RAWNET), Princeton,New Jersey, USA, May, 2011.
• [C7] Bin Li, Atilla Eryilmaz, On the Limitations of Randomization for Queue-Length-BasedScheduling in Wireless Networks, In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications(INFOCOM), Shanghai, China, April, 2011. [ Acceptance rate: 16%]
• [C6] Bin Li, Atilla Eryilmaz, On the Boundaries of Randomization for Throughput-Optimal Schedulingin Switches, In Proc. Allerton Conference on communication, Control, and Computing (Allerton), Monticello, Illinois, September, 2010.
• [C5] Jianxin Wang, Bin Li, The impact of RTS Threshold on the Performance of Multi-rate network, IET International CommunicationConference on Wireless Mobile and Computing (CCWMC), Shanghai,China, December, 2009.
• [C4] Bin Li, Yonghe Liu, Collision Avoidance Multi-channel MAC protocol (CAMMAC) based on Dedicated Control Channel in Wireless Ad hot Network, The First International Conference onSensor Networks and Applications (SNA), San Francisco, California, USA, November, 2009.
• [C3] Lianfen Huang, Minghao Yu, Bin Li, Haiying Liu, Huihuang Chen, Performance Analysis of Multi-Channel DCA MAC protocol in Cognitive Wireless MeshNetworks, International Conferece on communications and Mobile Computing, Kunming, China, January, 2009.
• [C2] Zilong Gao, Bin Li, Xuehua Huang, Lianfen Huang, Channel Cognitive Multi-channel MAC Protocol in Wireless Mesh Network, InternationalConference on Communications, Circuits and Systems, Xiamen, China,May, 2008.
• [C1] Bin Li, Lianfen Huang, Chih-Heng Ke and Der-JiunnDeng, Performance Analysis of Multi-rate IEEE 802.11 Networks over Gaussian Channel, The fifth IASTED Asian Conference on Communication Systems and Networks, Langkawi, Malaysia, April, 2008.