publications

2025

1. RTSS

   Work-in-Progress: Learning to Refine Priority Assignment in Fixed-Priority Real-Time Scheduling

   Binqi Sun, Linghan Fang, Andrea Bastoni, and 1 more author

   In IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTSS), 2025

   Bib

   @inproceedings{sun2025work,
     author = {Sun, Binqi and Fang, Linghan and Bastoni, Andrea and Caccamo, Marco},
     booktitle = {IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTSS)},
     title = {{Work-in-Progress: Learning} to Refine Priority Assignment in Fixed-Priority Real-Time Scheduling},
     year = {2025},
   }

2. EMSOFT

   SAPar: A Surrogate-Assisted DNN Partitioner for Efficient Inferences on Edge TPU Pipelines

   Binqi Sun, Bohua Zou, Yigong Hu, and 4 more authors

   In ACM International Conference on Embedded Software (EMSOFT), 2025

   Bib Paper

   @inproceedings{sun2025sapar,
     title = {SAPar: A Surrogate-Assisted DNN Partitioner for Efficient Inferences on Edge TPU Pipelines},
     author = {Sun, Binqi and Zou, Bohua and Hu, Yigong and Kloda, Tomasz and Wang, Ling and Abdelzaher, Tarek and Caccamo, Marco},
     booktitle = {ACM International Conference on Embedded Software (EMSOFT)},
     year = {2025}
   }

3. EMSOFT

   Quasi-Static Scheduling for Deterministic Timed Concurrent Models on Multi-Core Hardware

   Shaokai Lin, Erling Jellum*, Mirco Theile*, and 12 more authors

   In ACM International Conference on Embedded Software (EMSOFT), 2025

   * Equal contribution

   Bib Paper

   @inproceedings{lin2025pretvm,
     title = {Quasi-Static Scheduling for Deterministic Timed Concurrent Models on Multi-Core Hardware},
     author = {Lin, Shaokai and Jellum*, Erling and Theile*, Mirco and Tanneberger*, Tassilo and Sun*, Binqi and Jerad*, Chadlia and Xu, Ruomu and Feng, Guangyu and Mæhlum, Magnus and Chen, Jian-Jia and Lohstroh, Marten and Phan, Linh Thi Xuan and Castrillon, Jeronimo and Seshia, Sanjit and Lee, Edward},
     booktitle = {ACM International Conference on Embedded Software (EMSOFT)},
     note = {* Equal contribution},
     year = {2025}
   }

4. RTS

   Position paper: deep reinforcement learning for real-time resource management

   Mirco Theile, Binqi Sun, and Marco Caccamo

   Real-Time Systems, 2025

   Bib Paper

   @article{theile2025position,
     author = {Theile, Mirco and Sun, Binqi and Caccamo, Marco},
     journal = {Real-Time Systems},
     year = {2025}
   }

5. DCOSS-IoT

   RestoreML: Practical Unsupervised Tuning of Deployed Intelligent IoT Systems

   Jinyang Li, Yizhuo Chen, Ruijie Wang, and 16 more authors

   In IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing in Smart Systems and the Internet of Things (DCOSS-IoT), 2025

   Best Paper Award

   Bib Paper

   @inproceedings{li2025restoreml,
     title = {{RestoreML: Practical} Unsupervised Tuning of Deployed Intelligent {IoT} Systems},
     author = {Li, Jinyang and Chen, Yizhuo and Wang, Ruijie and Kimura, Tomoyoshi and Wang, Tianshi and Lyu, You and Zhao, Hongjue and Sun, Binqi and Wu, Shangchen and Hu, Yigong and Kara, Denizhan and Tian, Beitong and Nahrstedt, Klara and Diggavi, Suhas and Kim, Jae H and Kimberly, Greg and Wang, Guijun and Wigness, Maggie and Abdelzaher, Tarek},
     booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing in Smart Systems and the Internet of Things (DCOSS-IoT)},
     year = {2025},
     note = {Best Paper Award},
   }

6. ECRTS

   Multi-Objective Memory Bandwidth Regulation and Cache Partitioning for Multicore Real-Time Systems

   Binqi Sun, Zhihang Wei, Andrea Bastoni, and 5 more authors

   In Euromicro Conference on Real-Time Systems (ECRTS), 2025

   Bib Paper

   @inproceedings{sun2025multi,
     title = {Multi-Objective Memory Bandwidth Regulation and Cache Partitioning for Multicore Real-Time Systems},
     author = {Sun, Binqi and Wei, Zhihang and Bastoni, Andrea and Roy, Debayan and Theile, Mirco and Kloda, Tomasz and Pellizzoni, Rodolfo and Caccamo, Marco},
     booktitle = {Euromicro Conference on Real-Time Systems (ECRTS)},
     year = {2025}
   }

7. TPDS

   Response Time Analysis and Optimal Priority Assignment for Global Non-Preemptive Fixed-Priority Rigid Gang Scheduling

   Binqi Sun, Tomasz Kloda, Jiyang Chen, and 2 more authors

   IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, 2025

   Bib Paper

   @article{sun2025response,
     title = {Response Time Analysis and Optimal Priority Assignment for Global Non-Preemptive Fixed-Priority Rigid Gang Scheduling},
     author = {Sun, Binqi and Kloda, Tomasz and Chen, Jiyang and Lu, Cen and Caccamo, Marco},
     journal = {IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems},
     year = {2025},
     volume = {36},
     number = {3},
     pages = {455-470},
   }

2024

1. DAC

   Partitioned Scheduling and Parallelism Assignment for Real-Time DNN Inference Tasks on Multi-TPU

   Binqi Sun, Tomasz Kloda, Chu-ge Wu, and 1 more author

   In ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference (DAC), 2024

   Bib Paper

   @inproceedings{sun2024partitioned,
     title = {Partitioned Scheduling and Parallelism Assignment for Real-Time {DNN} Inference Tasks on {Multi-TPU}},
     author = {Sun, Binqi and Kloda, Tomasz and Wu, Chu-ge and Caccamo, Marco},
     booktitle = {ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference (DAC)},
     year = {2024},
   }

2. TOSEM

   Solving the t-wise Coverage Maximum Problem via Effective and Efficient Local Search-based Sampling

   Chuan Luo, Jianping Song, Qiyuan Zhao, and 5 more authors

   ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology, 2024

   Bib Paper

   @article{luo2024solving,
     title = {Solving the t-wise Coverage Maximum Problem via Effective and Efficient Local Search-based Sampling},
     author = {Luo, Chuan and Song, Jianping and Zhao, Qiyuan and Sun, Binqi and Chen, Junjie and Zhang, Hongyu and Lin, Jinkun and Hu, Chunming},
     journal = {ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology},
     year = {2024},
   }

3. ECRTS

   Response Time Analysis for Fixed-Priority Preemptive Uniform Multiprocessor Systems

   Binqi Sun, Tomasz Kloda, and Marco Caccamo

   In 36th Euromicro Conference on Real-Time Systems (ECRTS), 2024

   Bib Paper

   @inproceedings{sun2024response,
     title = {Response Time Analysis for Fixed-Priority Preemptive Uniform Multiprocessor Systems},
     author = {Sun, Binqi and Kloda, Tomasz and Caccamo, Marco},
     booktitle = {36th Euromicro Conference on Real-Time Systems (ECRTS)},
     year = {2024},
   }

4. RTS

   Minimizing cache usage with fixed-priority and earliest deadline first scheduling

   Binqi Sun, Tomasz Kloda, Sergio Arribas Garcia, and 2 more authors

   Real-Time Systems, 2024

   Bib Paper

   @article{sun2024minimizing,
     title = {Minimizing cache usage with fixed-priority and earliest deadline first scheduling},
     author = {Sun, Binqi and Kloda, Tomasz and Garcia, Sergio Arribas and Gracioli, Giovani and Caccamo, Marco},
     journal = {Real-Time Systems},
     pages = {1--40},
     year = {2024},
     publisher = {Springer},
   }

5. RTAS

   Strict Partitioning for Sporadic Rigid Gang Tasks

   Binqi Sun, Tomasz Kloda, and Marco Caccamo

   In IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS), 2024

   Bib Paper

   @inproceedings{sun2023Schedulability,
     title = {Strict Partitioning for Sporadic Rigid Gang Tasks},
     author = {Sun, Binqi and Kloda, Tomasz and Caccamo, Marco},
     booktitle = {IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS)},
     year = {2024},
   }

6. TC

   Edge Generation Scheduling for DAG Tasks Using Deep Reinforcement Learning

   Binqi Sun, Mirco Theile, Ziyuan Qin, and 4 more authors

   IEEE Transactions on Computers, 2024

   Bib Paper

   @article{sun2024edge,
     title = {Edge Generation Scheduling for DAG Tasks Using Deep Reinforcement Learning},
     author = {Sun, Binqi and Theile, Mirco and Qin, Ziyuan and Bernardini, Daniele and Roy, Debayan and Bastoni, Andrea and Caccamo, Marco},
     journal = {IEEE Transactions on Computers},
     year = {2024},
     volume = {73},
     number = {4},
     pages = {1034-1047},
   }

2023

1. RTSS

   Co-Optimizing Cache Partitioning and Multi-Core Task Scheduling: Exploit Cache Sensitivity or Not?

   Binqi Sun, Debayan Roy, Tomasz Kloda, and 3 more authors

   In IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTSS), 2023

   Bib Paper

   @inproceedings{sun2023co-optimizing,
     title = {Co-Optimizing Cache Partitioning and Multi-Core Task Scheduling: Exploit Cache Sensitivity or Not?},
     author = {Sun, Binqi and Roy, Debayan and Kloda, Tomasz and Bastoni, Andrea and Pellizzoni, Rodolfo and Caccamo, Marco},
     booktitle = {IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTSS)},
     year = {2023},
     pages = {224--236},
   }

2. RTNS

   Minimizing Cache Usage for Real-time Systems

   Binqi Sun, Tomasz Kloda, Arribas Sergio Garcia, and 2 more authors

   In International Conference on Real-Time Networks and Systems (RTNS), 2023

   Best Paper Award

   Bib Paper

   @inproceedings{sun2023minimizing,
     title = {Minimizing Cache Usage for Real-time Systems},
     author = {Sun, Binqi and Kloda, Tomasz and Garcia, Arribas Sergio and Gracioli, Giovani and Caccamo, Marco},
     booktitle = {International Conference on Real-Time Networks and Systems (RTNS)},
     year = {2023},
     organization = {ACM},
     note = {Best Paper Award}
   }

3. RTAS

   Schedulability Analysis of Non-preemptive Sporadic Gang Tasks on Hardware Accelerators

   Binqi Sun, Tomasz Kloda, Jiyang Chen, and 2 more authors

   In IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS), 2023

   Bib Paper

   @inproceedings{sun2023Schedulabilitz,
     title = {Schedulability Analysis of Non-preemptive Sporadic Gang Tasks on Hardware Accelerators},
     author = {Sun, Binqi and Kloda, Tomasz and Chen, Jiyang and Lu, Cen and Caccamo, Marco},
     booktitle = {IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS)},
     year = {2023},
     organization = {IEEE},
   }

2022

1. ETFA

   Memory allocation for low-power real-time embedded microcontroller: a case study

   Zhishen Zhang, Yuwen Shen, Binqi Sun, and 2 more authors

   In IEEE 27th International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA), 2022

   Bib Paper

   @inproceedings{zhang2022memory,
     title = {Memory allocation for low-power real-time embedded microcontroller: a case study},
     author = {Zhang, Zhishen and Shen, Yuwen and Sun, Binqi and Kloda, Tomasz and Caccamo, Marco},
     booktitle = {IEEE 27th International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA)},
     pages = {1--4},
     year = {2022},
     organization = {IEEE},
   }

2021

1. FSE

   LS-Sampling: An effective local search based sampling approach for achieving high t-wise coverage

   Chuan Luo, Binqi Sun, Bo Qiao, and 5 more authors

   In Proceedings of the 29th ACM Joint Meeting on European Software Engineering Conference and Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering (FSE), 2021

   Bib Code Paper

   @inproceedings{luo2021ls,
     title = {LS-Sampling: An effective local search based sampling approach for achieving high t-wise coverage},
     author = {Luo, Chuan and Sun, Binqi and Qiao, Bo and Chen, Junjie and Zhang, Hongyu and Lin, Jinkun and Lin, Qingwei and Zhang, Dongmei},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of the 29th ACM Joint Meeting on European Software Engineering Conference and Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering (FSE)},
     pages = {1081--1092},
     year = {2021},
   }

2. CAIS

   An estimation of distribution algorithm with branch-and-bound based knowledge for robotic assembly line balancing

   Binqi Sun, and Ling Wang

   Complex & Intelligent Systems, 2021

   Bib Paper

   @article{sun2021estimation,
     title = {An estimation of distribution algorithm with branch-and-bound based knowledge for robotic assembly line balancing},
     author = {Sun, Binqi and Wang, Ling},
     journal = {Complex \& Intelligent Systems},
     volume = {7},
     number = {3},
     pages = {1125--1138},
     year = {2021},
     publisher = {Springer},
   }

2020

1. CAIE

   Bound-guided hybrid estimation of distribution algorithm for energy-efficient robotic assembly line balancing

   Binqi Sun, Ling Wang, and Zhi-ping Peng

   Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2020

   Bib Paper

   @article{sun2020bound,
     title = {Bound-guided hybrid estimation of distribution algorithm for energy-efficient robotic assembly line balancing},
     author = {Sun, Binqi and Wang, Ling and Peng, Zhi-ping},
     journal = {Computers \& Industrial Engineering},
     volume = {146},
     pages = {106604},
     year = {2020},
     publisher = {Elsevier},
   }

2019

1. CASE

   Hybrid evolutionary algorithm for integrated supply chain network design with assembly line balancing

   Binqi Sun, and Ling Wang

   In IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE), 2019

   Bib Paper

   @inproceedings{sun2019hybrid,
     author = {Sun, Binqi and Wang, Ling},
     booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE)},
     pages = {885--890},
     year = {2019},
     organization = {IEEE},
   }

2. CAIE

   A decomposition-based matheuristic for supply chain network design with assembly line balancing

   Binqi Sun, and Ling Wang

   Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2019

   Bib Paper

   @article{sun2019decomposition,
     author = {Sun, Binqi and Wang, Ling},
     journal = {Computers \& Industrial Engineering},
     volume = {131},
     pages = {408--417},
     year = {2019},
     publisher = {Elsevier},
   }