{"id":23,"date":"2025-02-03T21:15:59","date_gmt":"2025-02-03T21:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/people.mtsu.edu\/lmiao\/?page_id=23"},"modified":"2026-04-10T16:58:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T21:58:54","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/people.mtsu.edu\/lmiao\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Research Areas:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Discrete Event Dynamic Systems<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Systems Control and Optimizations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wireless Communications and Applications<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Real-Time Embedded Systems<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Intelligent Transportation Systems<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Computer Networks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Publications<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Books and book chapters:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/portal.acm.org\/citation.cfm?id=1593478\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Energy-Latency Trade-Offs in Real-Time Wireless Sensor Networks<\/a>\u201d, by&nbsp;<strong>Lei Miao<\/strong>&nbsp;and Christos G. Cassandras<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Book Chapter \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/openpress.mtsu.edu\/index.php\/mtop\/catalog\/view\/onlinelearning\/3\/71\">Artificial Intelligence for Privacy Conservation in Remote Learning<\/a>\u201d, by H. Zhang, L. Miao, J. Zhong, and A. Yan, in \u201cPrivacy and safety in online learning\u201d, MT Open Press, Middle Tennessee State University.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.56638\/mtopb00123\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.56638\/mtopb00123<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Referred Journal Articles<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[17]&nbsp;<strong>L. Miao<\/strong>, D. Jiang, and H. Zhang, \u201cWireless Secret Sharing Game for Internet of Things\u201d, in Special Issue:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/journal\/sustainability\/special_issues\/smart_city_intelligent_transportation\"><strong>Advances in Smart City and Intelligent Transportation Systems<\/strong><\/a>,&nbsp;<em>Sustainability<\/em><em>, 2023,<\/em>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/su15097427%20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/su15097427<\/a><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[16] C. Winfrey, P. Meleby, and&nbsp;<strong>L. Miao<\/strong>, \u201cUsing Big Data and Machine Learning to Rank Traffic Signals in Tennessee\u201d,&nbsp;<em>Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering, 2023,&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jtte.2023.04.005\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jtte.2023.04.005<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[15] F. Raji and&nbsp;<strong>L. Miao<\/strong>, \u201cOptimal Wireless Rate and Power Control in the Presence of Jammers Using Reinforcement Learning\u201d, ITU Journal on Future and Evolving Technologies, Volume 3, Issue 2, Pages 508-522, September, 2022,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.52953\/ANSC4385\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.52953\/ANSC4385<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[14] D. Leitner, P. Meleby,&nbsp;<strong>L. Miao<\/strong>, \u201cRecent Advances in Traffic Signal Performance Evaluation\u201d,&nbsp;<em>Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering<\/em>, Volume 9, Issue 4, Pages 507-531, August 2022,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jtte.2022.06.002\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jtte.2022.06.002<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[13]&nbsp;<strong>L. Miao<\/strong>&nbsp;and D. Leitner, \u201cAdaptive Traffic Light Control with Quality-of-Service Provisioning for Connected and Automated Vehicles at Isolated Intersections\u201d,&nbsp;<em>IEEE Access<\/em>, March 2021,&nbsp;<strong>DOI:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1109\/ACCESS.2021.3064310\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">10.1109\/ACCESS.2021.3064310<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[12] L. Huo, D. Jiang, S. Qi, and&nbsp;<strong>L. Miao<\/strong>, &nbsp;\u201cA Blockchain-Based Security Traffic Measurement Approach to Software Defined Networking\u201d.&nbsp;<em>Mobile Networks and Applications<\/em>, Springer, Jan 2020, doi:10.1007\/s11036-019-01420-6<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[11] L. Huo, D. Jiang, S. Qi, H. Song, and&nbsp;<strong>L. Miao<\/strong>, \u201cAn AI-Based Adaptive Cognitive Modeling and Measurement Method of Network Traffic for EIS\u201d,&nbsp;<em>Mobile Networks and Applications<\/em>, Springer, Dec 2019, doi:10.1007\/s11036-019-01419-z<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[10]<strong>&nbsp;L. Miao&nbsp;<\/strong>and D. Jiang, &#8220;Optimal Secret Sharing for Wireless Information Security in the Era of Internet of Things&#8221;,&nbsp;<em>Personal and Ubiquitous Computing<\/em>, Springer, 2019,&nbsp;DOI: 10.1007\/s00779-019-01226-z, [<a href=\"https:\/\/rdcu.be\/bBl7j\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">full-text<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[9]<strong>&nbsp;L. Miao<\/strong>, L. Xu, and D. Jiang, &#8220;Optimal On-Off Control for a Class of Discrete Event Systems with Real-Time Constraints&#8221;,&nbsp;<em>Discrete Event Dynamic Systems: Theory and Applications<\/em>, 29(1), 79-90, Springer,&nbsp;2019, DOI:&nbsp;10.1007\/s10626-019-00277-x, [<a href=\"https:\/\/rdcu.be\/biDsY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">full-text<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[8] D. Elliott, W. Keen, and&nbsp;<strong>L. Miao<\/strong>, \u201cRecent Advances in Connected and Automated Vehicles\u201d,&nbsp;<em>Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering<\/em>, KeAi, 2019, DOI: 10.1016\/j.jtte.2018.09.005, [<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jtte.2018.09.005\">full-text<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[7]<strong>&nbsp;L. Miao<\/strong>, &#8220;On Controlling Prioritized Discrete Event Systems with Real-Time Constraints&#8221;,&nbsp;<em>Discrete Event Dynamic Systems: Theory and Applications<\/em>, Springer, April, 2018,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s10626-018-0269-x\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s10626-018-0269-x<\/a>,&nbsp;[<a href=\"https:\/\/rdcu.be\/MICN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">full-text<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[6]<strong>&nbsp;L. Miao<\/strong>, J. Mao, and C. G. Cassandras, &#8221;&nbsp;Optimal Energy-Efficient Downlink Transmission Scheduling for Real-Time Wireless Networks&#8221;,&nbsp;<em>IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems,<\/em>&nbsp;Vol. 4, Issue 4, Dec 2017, pp. 692-706 [<a href=\"https:\/\/capone.mtsu.edu\/leimiao\/journal\/MiaoMaoCassTONS_2017.pdf\">download<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[5] D. Jiang, Y. Han,&nbsp;<strong>L. Miao<\/strong>, T. Zhu, and X. Ge, &#8220;Dynamic Access Approach to &nbsp;Multiple Channels in Pervasive Wireless Multimedia Communications for Technology Enhanced Learning&#8221;,&nbsp;<em>Journal of Intelligent &amp; Fuzzy Systems<\/em>, vol. 31, no. 5, pp. 2497-2509, 2016&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[4] D. Jiang, Z. Yuan, P. Zang,&nbsp;<strong>L. Miao<\/strong>, and T. Zhu, \u201cA Traffic Anomaly Detection Approach in Communication Networks for Applications of Multimedia Medical Devices\u201d,&nbsp;<em>Multimedia Tools and Applications, Springer<\/em>,&nbsp;Volume 75, Issue 22, pp 14281\u201314305, November 2016<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[3]<strong>&nbsp;L. Miao<\/strong>, &#8220;Differential Secret Sharing in Wireless Networks&#8221;,&nbsp;<em>IEEE Wireless Communications Letters,&nbsp;<\/em>Volume: 4, Issue: 2, 2015, Pages: 213-216&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/capone.mtsu.edu\/leimiao\/journal\/miao_wcl2014-0870.pdf\">[download]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[2]<strong>&nbsp;L. Miao<\/strong>&nbsp;and C. G. Cassandras, &#8220;Receding Horizon Control for a Class of Discrete Event Systems with Real-Time Constraints&#8221;,&nbsp;<em>IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control<\/em>, Vol. 52, Issue 5, May 2007, pp. 825-839&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/capone.mtsu.edu\/leimiao\/journal\/RH_TAC_2007.pdf\">[download]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[1]<strong>&nbsp;L. Miao<\/strong>&nbsp;and C. G. Cassandras, &#8220;Optimality of Static Control Policies in Some Discrete Event Systems&#8221;,&nbsp;<em>IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control<\/em>, Vol. 50, Issue 9, pp. 1427-1431, 2005&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/capone.mtsu.edu\/leimiao\/journal\/MiaoCassTAC2005.pdf\">[download]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Referred Conference Papers<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[28]<strong>\u00a0L.\u00a0Miao<\/strong>, C. Winfrey, and H. Zhang, \u201cOutcomes and lessons learned from a First-time National Summer Transportation Institute Pre-college Program\u201d, ASEE Annual Conference &amp; Exposition, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, June 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[27]<strong>&nbsp;L.&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Miao<\/strong>, \u201cIntroducing Arduino to mechatronics engineering students via lab activities and a hands-on signature-thinking course project\u201d, ASEE Annual Conference &amp; Exposition, Portland, OR, June 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[26]&nbsp;C. Winfrey and&nbsp;<strong>L.&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Miao<\/strong>, \u201cUsing Reinforcement Learning to Optimize Isolated Traffic Signals with High Priority Vehicles\u201d, the 7<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Big Data (ICAIBD), Chengdu, China, May 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[25] C. Winfrey and&nbsp;L.&nbsp;Miao, \u201cUtilizing MATLAB in Combination with Lego Mindstorm EV3 Kits for a First-year Engineering Course\u201d, ASEE Annual Conference &amp; Exposition, Baltimore, MD, June 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[24]&nbsp;<strong>L. Miao<\/strong>, H. Zhang, and D. Jiang, \u201cWireless Secret Sharing Game between Two Legitimate Users and an Eavesdropper\u201d, 8<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;International Conference on Networks and Communications (NWCOM 2022), Toronto, Ontario, Canada, September 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[23]&nbsp;P. Meleby, C. Winfrey,&nbsp;<strong>L. Miao<\/strong>, \u201cDevelopment of a Traffic Signal Performance Ranking Online Database for the State of Tennessee\u201d, ASCE International Conference on Transportation and Development\u201d, Seattle, WA, June 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[22]&nbsp;<strong>L. Miao<\/strong>, T. Karim, T. Hussain, and C. Li, \u201cTNT Board: An Interactive Electronic Board Game\u201d, 2021 ASEE Annual Conference &amp; Exposition, Virtual Conference, July 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[21]&nbsp;<strong>L.&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Miao<\/strong>&nbsp;and C. Li, \u201cEngaging Minority and Underrepresented Engineering Students to Fight \u201cSophomore Slump\u201d through a Summer Research and Enrichment Program (Research)\u201d, 2021 ASEE Annual Conference &amp; Exposition, Virtual Conference, July 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[20] L. Xu, K. Adebo, J. Zhao,&nbsp;<strong>L. Miao<\/strong>, \u201cDistributed Drones for Power Line Inspection with Weighted Consensus Control in Dynamic Network Systems\u201d,&nbsp;<em>2019 IEEE 3rd International Electrical and Energy Conference (CIEEC)<\/em>, Beijing, China, Sept, 2019&nbsp;<strong>(best paper award)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[19]&nbsp;<strong>L. Miao,&nbsp;<\/strong>\u201cMaking Smart Parking Decisions: A Driver\u2019s Perspective\u201d,&nbsp;<em>the 4th International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Applications (ICCIA 2019),<\/em>&nbsp;June 2019, Nanchang, China<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[18]<strong>&nbsp;L. Miao,&nbsp;<\/strong>\u201cOptimal City Navigation for Pedestrians using Agent-specific Q-learning\u201d, &nbsp;<em>American Control Conference<\/em>, June 2018, Milwaukee, WI<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[17]<strong>&nbsp;L. Miao,&nbsp;<\/strong>\u201cStructural Properties of Optimal Wireless Transmission Using Harvested Energy\u201d,&nbsp;<em>the 2nd International Conference on Robotics and Automation Sciences<\/em>, June 2018, Wuhan, China<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[16] A. Mikaiel and&nbsp;<strong>L. Miao<\/strong>, \u201cUsing LEGO Mindstorms EV3 Robotic Kit and EV3DEV to Implement a Self-Balancing Robot\u201d,&nbsp;<em>the 2nd International Conference on Software Engineering and Development<\/em>, June 2018, Chengdu, China&nbsp;<strong>(best paper award)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[15]<strong>&nbsp;L. Miao<\/strong>&nbsp;and L. Xu, \u201cToward Intelligent Traffic Light Control with Quality-of-Service Provisioning\u201d,&nbsp;<em>2017 International Conference on Information Technology and Intelligent Transportation Systems<\/em>, June 2017, Xi\u2019an, China [<a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/pdf\/1705.05440\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">download<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[14]<strong>&nbsp;L. Miao<\/strong>&nbsp;and D. Jiang, \u201cOptimal Secret Sharing for Secure Wireless Communications in the Era of Internet of Things\u201d,&nbsp;<em>the 4th International Conference on Smart and Sustainable City<\/em>, June 2017, Shanghai, China<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[13]<strong>&nbsp;L. Miao<\/strong>, J. Farzidayeri, W. Boles, and A. Nasab, \u201cAn indoor Bocce game played by autonomous robots\u201d,&nbsp;<em>t<\/em><em>he ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition 2017,&nbsp;<\/em>Columbus, OH&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[12]<strong>&nbsp;L. Miao<\/strong>, &#8220;Optimal On-Off Scheduling for a Class of Discrete Event Systems with Real-Time Constraints&#8221;,&nbsp;<em>American Control Conference<\/em>, May 2017, Seattle, WA [<a href=\"https:\/\/capone.mtsu.edu\/leimiao\/conference\/ACC_2017.pdf\">download<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[11]<strong>&nbsp;L. Miao,&nbsp;<\/strong>\u201cCalibration-Free Wireless Indoor Localization (CAFLOC)\u201d,&nbsp;<em>Workshop on IoT Infrastructures and Data Analytics for Smart Cities<\/em>, March 2017, Paris, France [<a href=\"https:\/\/capone.mtsu.edu\/leimiao\/conference\/cafloc_2017.pdf\">download<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[10]<strong>&nbsp;L. Miao<\/strong>, &#8221;&nbsp;Receding Horizon Control with Two Planning Horizons for a Class of Discrete Event Systems with Real-Time Constraints&#8221;,&nbsp;<em>55<sup>th<\/sup><\/em>&nbsp;<em>IEEE Conference on Decision and Control,&nbsp;<\/em>Las Vegas, NV, USA 2016<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[9]<strong>&nbsp;L. Miao<\/strong>&nbsp;and L. Xu, &#8220;Optimal Wake-Up Scheduling for Energy Efficient Fixed-Rate Wireless Transmissions with Real-Time Constraints&#8221;,&nbsp;<em>14<sup>th<\/sup><\/em>&nbsp;<em>Wireless Telecommunications Symposium<\/em>, New York City, 2015<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[8] L. Xu,&nbsp;<strong>L. Miao<\/strong>, and J. Zhao, &#8221;&nbsp;Impact of DSRC Information Content and Transmission Rate for Highway Vehicle Platoons&#8221;,&nbsp;<em>14<sup>th<\/sup><\/em>&nbsp;<em>Wireless Telecommunications Symposium<\/em>, New York City, 2015<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[7]<strong>&nbsp;L. Miao<\/strong>, D. Fedrov, J. O. Everly, and M. Rabiee, \u201cEnhancing the safety, security, and convenience features of an automotive via a cellular interface\u201d,&nbsp;<em>t<\/em><em>he ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition 2011<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[6]<strong>&nbsp;L. Miao,&nbsp;<\/strong>\u201cStructural Properties of Optimal Scheduling in Prioritized Discrete Event Systems with Real-Time Constraints\u201d,&nbsp;<em>49th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control,&nbsp;<\/em>Atlanta, GA, USA, Dec 2010<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[5]<strong>&nbsp;L. Miao<\/strong>&nbsp;and C. G. Cassandras, \u201cOptimal Transmission Scheduling for Energy-Efficient Wireless Networks\u201d,&nbsp;<em>IEEE INFOCOM 2006,&nbsp;<\/em>Barcelona, Spain (acceptance ratio: 18%)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[4]<strong>&nbsp;L. Miao<\/strong>&nbsp;and C. G. Cassandras, \u201cStructural Properties of Optimal Uplink Transmission Scheduling in Energy-Efficient Wireless Networks with Real-Time Constraints\u201d,&nbsp;<em>45th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control,&nbsp;<\/em>San Diego, CA, USA,&nbsp;pp. 2997-3002, Dec. 2006.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[3]<strong>&nbsp;L. Miao<\/strong>&nbsp;and C. G. Cassandras, &#8220;Receding Horizon Control for a Class of Discrete Event Systems with Real-Time Constraints&#8221;,&nbsp;<em>44th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control and European Control Conference 2005<\/em>, Seville, Spain<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[2]<strong>&nbsp;L. Miao<\/strong>&nbsp;and C. G. Cassandras, &#8220;Optimality of Static Control Policies in Some Discrete Event Systems&#8221;,&nbsp;<em>American Control Conference<\/em>, 2005, Portland, Oregon, USA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[1]<strong>&nbsp;L. Miao<\/strong>, E. Hou, and N. Ansari, &#8220;A QoS Routing Algorithm with &#8220;Domain&#8221; Link-State Information Maintenance&#8221;,&nbsp;<em>IEEE International Conference on Communications<\/em>, 2003, New York, NY, USA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Inventions<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Novel Secret Sharing Mechanism using Differential Wireless Channel State Information, U.S. Patent Provisional Application, Feb 01, 2016<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research Areas: Publications Books and book chapters: Referred Journal Articles [17]&nbsp;L. Miao, D. Jiang, and H. Zhang, \u201cWireless Secret Sharing Game for Internet of Things\u201d, in Special Issue:&nbsp;Advances in Smart City and Intelligent Transportation Systems,&nbsp;Sustainability, 2023,&nbsp;https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/su15097427&nbsp; [16] C. Winfrey, P. Meleby, and&nbsp;L. 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