Research Papers (Google Scholar Page)

Conference Papers

• Kecheng Huang, Zhaoyan Shen, Zili Shao, Feng Chen, and Tong Zhang, "HaSiS: A Hardware-assisted Single-index Store for Hybrid Transactional and Analytical Processing", Proceedings of USENIX Conference on File and Storage Technologies (FAST'25), Santa Clara, CA, February 25-27, 2025.


• Rui Xie, Linsen Ma, Alex Zhong, Feng Chen, Tong Zhang, "ZipCache: A DRAM/SSD Cache with Built-in Transparent Compression", Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Memory Systems (MEMSYS'24), Washington D.C., September 30-October 3, 2024.


• Kecheng Huang, Zhaoyan Shen, Zili Shao, Tong Zhang, and Feng Chen, "Breathing New Life into An Old Tree: Resolving Logging Dilemma of B+-tree on Modern Computational Storage Drives", Proceedings of the VLDB Endowment, Vol. 17, No. 2, October 2023. Presented at the 50th International Conference on Very Large Data Bases (VLDB'24), Guangzhou, China, August 26-30, 2024.


• Kefei Wang, and Feng Chen, "Catalyst: Optimizing Cache Management for Large In-memory Key-value Systems", Proceedings of the VLDB Endowment, Vol. 16, No. 13, pp. 4339-4352, September 2023. Presented at the 50th International Conference on Very Large Data Bases (VLDB'24), Guangzhou, China, August 26-30, 2024.


• Kecheng Huang, Zhaoyan Shen, Zhiping Jia, Zili Shao, and Feng Chen, "Removing Double-Logging with Passive Data Persistence in LSM-tree based Relational Databases", Proceedings of the 20th USENIX Conference on File and Storage Technologies (FAST'22), Santa Clara, CA, February 22-24, 2022.


• Jian Liu, Kefei Wang, and Feng Chen, "TSCache: An Efficient Flash-based Caching Scheme for Time-series Data Workloads", Proceedings of the VLDB Endowment, Vol. 14, No. 13, pp. 3253-3266, September 2021. Presented at the 48th International Conference on Very Large Data Bases (VLDB'22), Sydney, Australia, September 5-9, 2022.


• Jian Liu, Kefei Wang, and Feng Chen, "Understanding Energy Efficiency of Databases on Single Board Computers for Edge Computing", Proceedings of the 29th International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems (MASCOTS'21), Houston, TX, November 2-4, 2021.


• Kecheng Huang, Zhiping Jia, Zhaoyan Shen, Zili Shao, and Feng Chen, "Less is More: De-amplifying I/Os for Key-value Stores with a Log-assisted LSM-Tree", Proceedings of the 37th IEEE International Conference on Data Engineering (ICDE'21), Chania, Greece, April 19-22, 2021.


• Binbing Hou, and Feng Chen, "A Study on Nine Years of Bitcoin Transactions: Understanding Real-world Behaviors of Bitcoin Miners and Users", Proceedings of the 40th IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS'20), Singapore, November 29-December 1, 2020.


• Yichen Jia, and Feng Chen, "Kill Two Birds with One Stone: Auto-tuning RocksDB for High Bandwidth and Low Latency", Proceedings of the 40th IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS'20), Singapore, November 29-December 1, 2020.


• Kefei Wang, Jian Liu, and Feng Chen, "Put an Elephant into a Fridge: Optimizing Cache Efficiency for In-memory Key-value Stores", Proceedings of the VLDB Endowment, Vol. 13, No. 9, pp. 1540-1554, May 2020. Presented at the 46th International Conference on Very Large Data Bases (VLDB'20), Tokyo, Japan, August 31-September 4, 2020.


• Yichen Jia, and Feng Chen, "From Flash to 3D XPoint: Performance Bottlenecks and Potentials in RocksDB with Storage Evolution", Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE International Symposium on Performance Analysis of Systems and Software (ISPASS'20), Boston, MA, August 23-26, 2020.


• Jian Liu, Kefei Wang, and Feng Chen, "Reo: Enhancing Reliability and Efficiency of Object-based Flash Caching", Proceedings of the 39th IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS'19), Dallas, TX, July 7-10, 2019.


• Zhaoyan Shen, Feng Chen, Gala Yadgar, and Zili Shao, "One Size Never Fits All: A Flexible Storage Interface for SSDs", Proceedings of the 39th IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS'19), Dallas, TX, July 7-10, 2019. [Journal Version]


• Yichen Jia, Eric Anger, and Feng Chen, "When NVMe over Fabrics Meets Arm: Performance and Implications", Proceedings of the 35th IEEE International Conference on Massive Storage Systems and Technology (MSST'19), Santa Clara, CA, May 20-24, 2019.


• Kefei Wang, and Feng Chen, "Cascade Mapping: Optimizing Memory Efficiency for Flash-based Key-value Caching", Proceedings of the 9th ACM Symposium on Cloud Computing 2018 (SoCC'18), Carlsbad, CA, October 11-13, 2018.


• Binbing Hou, and Feng Chen, "Pacaca: Mining Object Correlations and Parallelism for Enhancing User Experience with Cloud Storage", Proceedings of the 26th IEEE International Symposium on the Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems (MASCOTS'18), Milwaukee, WI, September 25-28, 2018.


• Yichen Jia, Zili Shao, and Feng Chen, "SlimCache: Exploiting Data Compression Opportunities in Flash-based Key-value Caching", Proceedings of the 26th IEEE International Symposium on the Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems (MASCOTS'18), Milwaukee, WI, September 25-28, 2018. [Journal Version]


• Wei Liu, Kai Wu, Jialin Liu, Feng Chen, and Dong Li, "Performance Evaluation and Modeling of HPC I/O on Non-Volatile Memory", Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Networking, Architecture, and Storage (NAS'17), Shenzhen, China, August 7-8, 2017.


• Dejun Teng, Lei Guo, Rubao Lee, Feng Chen, Siyuan Ma, Yanfeng Zhang, and Xiaodong Zhang, "LSbM-tree: Re-enabling Buffer Caching in Data Management for Mixed Reads and Writes", Proceedings of the 37th IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS'17), Atlanta, GA, June 5-8, 2017. [Journal Version]


• Zhaoyan Shen, Feng Chen, Yichen Jia, and Zili Shao, "DIDACache: A Deep Integration of Device and Application for Flash-based Key-value Caching", Proceedings of the 15th USENIX Conference on File and Storage Technologies (FAST'17), Santa Clara, CA, February 27-March 2, 2017. [Journal Version]


• Binbing Hou, Feng Chen, Zhonghong Ou, Ren Wang, and Michael Mesnier, "Understanding I/O Performance Behaviors of Cloud Storage from a Client's Perspective", Proceedings of the 32nd International Conference on Massive Storage Systems and Technology (MSST'16), Santa Clara, CA, May 2-6, 2016. [Journal Version]


• Jace Courville and Feng Chen, "Understanding Storage I/O Behaviors of Mobile Applications", Proceedings of the 32nd International Conference on Massive Storage Systems and Technology (MSST'16), Santa Clara, CA, May 2-6, 2016.


• Zhonghong Ou, Zhen-Huan Hwang, Antti Ylä-Jääski, Feng Chen, and Ren Wang, "Is Cloud Storage Ready? A Comprehensive Study of IP-based Storage Systems", Proceedings of the 8th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing (UCC'15), Limassol, Cyprus, December 7-10, 2015.


• Feng Chen, Michael Mesnier, and Scott Hahn, "A Protected Block Device for Persistent Memory", Proceedings of the 30th International Conference on Massive Storage Systems and Technology (MSST'14), Santa Clara, CA, June 2-6, 2014 (Acceptance Rate 18.5%, 23/124).


• Feng Chen, Michael Mesnier, and Scott Hahn, "Client Aware Cloud Storage", Proceedings of the 30th International Conference on Massive Storage Systems and Technology (MSST'14), Santa Clara, CA, June 2-6, 2014 (Acceptance Rate 18.5%, 23/124).


• Tian Luo, Rubao Lee, Michael Mesnier, Feng Chen, and Xiaodong Zhang, "hStorage-DB: Heterogeneity-aware Data Management to Exploit the Full Capability of Hybrid Storage Systems", Proceedings of the 38th ACM International Conference on Very Large Data Bases (VLDB'12), Istanbul, Turkey, August 27-31, 2012.


• Michael Mesnier, Jason Akers, Feng Chen, and Tian Luo, "Differentiated Storage Services", Proceedings of the 23rd ACM Symposium on Operating System Principles (SOSP'11), Cascais, Portugal, October 23-26, 2011.


• Feng Chen, David Koufaty, and Xiaodong Zhang, "Hystor: Making the Best Use of Solid State Drives in High Performance Storage Systems", Proceedings of the 25th ACM International Conference on Supercomputing (ICS'11), Tucson, Arizona, May 31-June 4, 2011. Best Paper Award.


• Feng Chen, Tian Luo, and Xiaodong Zhang, "CAFTL: A Content-Aware Flash Translation Layer Enhancing the Lifespan of Flash Memory based Solid State Drives", Proceedings of the 9th USENIX Conference on File and Storage Technologies (FAST'11), San Jose, CA, February 15-17, 2011.


• Feng Chen, Rubao Lee, and Xiaodong Zhang "Essential Roles of Exploiting Internal Parallelism of Flash Memory based Solid State Drives in High-Speed Data Processing", Proceedings of the 17th International Symposium on High Performance Computer Architecture (HPCA'11), San Antonio, Texas, February 12-16, 2011. [Journal Version]


• Feng Chen and Xiaodong Zhang, "PS-BC: Power-saving Considerations in Design of Buffer Caches Serving Heterogeneous Storage Devices", Proceedings of 2010 International Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design (ISLPED'10), Austin, Texas, August 18-20, 2010.


• Rubao Lee, Xiaoning Ding, Feng Chen, Qingda Lu, and Xiaodong Zhang, "MCC-DB: Minimizing Cache Conflicts in Multi-core Processors for Databases", Proceedings of the 35th International Conference on Very Large Data Bases (VLDB'09), Lyon, France, August 24-28, 2009.


• Feng Chen, David Koufaty, and Xiaodong Zhang "Understanding Intrinsic Characteristics and System Implications of Flash Memory based Solid State Drives", Proceedings of 2009 ACM SIGMETRICS Conference on Measurement and Modeling of Computer Systems (SIGMETRICS/Performance'09), Seattle, WA, June 15-19, 2009.


• Feng Chen and Xiaodong Zhang, "Caching for Bursts (C-Burst): Let Hard Disks Sleep Well and Work Energetically", Proceedings of 2008 International Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design (ISLPED'08), Bangalore, India, August 11-13, 2008.


• Feng Chen, Song Jiang, Weisong Shi, and Weikuan Yu, "FlexFetch: A History-Aware Scheme for I/O Energy Saving in Mobile Computing", Proceedings of 2007 International Conference on Parallel Processing (ICPP'07), Xi'an, China, September 10-14, 2007.


• Xiaoning Ding, Song Jiang, Feng Chen, Kei Davis, and Xiaodong Zhang, "DiskSeen: Exploiting Disk Layout and Access History to Enhance I/O Prefetch", Proceedings of 2007 USENIX Annual Technical Conference (USENIX ATC'07), Santa Clara, CA, June 17-22, 2007.


• Feng Chen, Song Jiang, and Xiaodong Zhang, "SmartSaver: Turning Flash Drive into a Disk Energy Saver for Mobile Computers", Proceedings of 2006 International Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design (ISLPED'06), Tegernsee, Germany, October 4-6, 2006.


• Song Jiang, Xiaoning Ding, Feng Chen, Enhua Tan, and Xiaodong Zhang, "DULO: An Effective Buffer Cache Management Scheme to Exploit Both Temporal and Spatial Localities", Proceedings of the 4th USENIX Conference on Files and Storage Technologies (FAST'05), San Francisco, CA, December 14-16, 2005, pp.101-114. [Journal Version]


• Song Jiang, Feng Chen, and Xiaodong Zhang, "CLOCK-Pro: An Effective Improvement of the CLOCK Replacement", Proceedings of 2005 USENIX Annual Technical Conference (USENIX ATC'05), Anaheim, CA, April 10-15, 2005, pp.323-336.

Journal Papers

• Zhaoyan Shen, Feng Chen, Gala Yadgar, Zhiping Jia, and Zili Shao, "Prism-SSD: A Flexible Storage Interface for SSDs", IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD), Vol. 41, Issue 4, pp. 882-896, April, 2022.


• Yichen Jia, Zili Shao, and Feng Chen, "SlimCache: An Efficient Data Compression Scheme for Flash-based Key-value Caching", ACM Transactions on Storage, Vol. 16, No. 2, pp. 14:1-14:34, June 2020.


• Zhaoyan Shen, Feng Chen, Yichen Jia, and Zili Shao, "DIDACache: An Integration of Device and Application for Flash-based Key-value Caching", ACM Transactions on Storage, Vol. 14, No. 3, pp. 26:1-26:32, October 2018.


• Dejun Teng, Lei Guo, Rubao Lee, Feng Chen, Yanfeng Zhang, Siyuan Ma, and Xiaodong Zhang, "A Low-cost Disk Solution Enabling LSM-tree to Achieve High Performance for Mixed Read/Write Workloads", ACM Transactions on Storage, Vol. 14, No. 2, pp. 15:1-15:26, April 2018.


• Binbing Hou, Feng Chen, "GDS-LC: A Latency- and Cost-Aware Client Caching Scheme for Cloud Storage", ACM Transactions on Storage, Vol. 13, No. 4, pp. 40:1-40:33, November 2017.


• Feng Chen, Tong Zhang, Xiaodong Zhang, "Software Support Inside and Outside Solid-State Devices for High Performance and High Efficiency", Proceedings of the IEEE, Vol. 105, No. 9, pp. 1650-1665, September 2017.


• Binbing Hou, Feng Chen, Zhonghong Ou, Ren Wang, Michael Mesnier, "Understanding I/O Performance Behaviors of Cloud Storage from a Client's Perspective", ACM Transactions on Storage, Vol. 13, No. 2, pp. 16:1-16:36, May 2017.


• Feng Chen, Binbing Hou, and Rubao Lee, "Internal Parallelism of Flash Memory-Based Solid-State Drives", ACM Transactions on Storage, Vol. 12, No. 3, pp. 13:1-13:39, May 2016.


• Kai Zhang, Feng Chen, Xiaoning Ding, Yin Huai, Rubao Lee, Tian Luo, Kaibo Wang, Yuan Yuan, and Xiaodong Zhang, "Hetero-DB: Next Generation High-Performance Database Systems by Best Utilizing Heterogeneous Computing and Storage Resources", Journal of Computer Science and Technology, 30(4): 657-678, July 2015.


• Feng Chen, "Integrating Semiconductor Storage into the I/O Stack: A Tale of Three Approaches", Special Issue on Non-volatile Memory Systems for Communications of the Korean Institute of Information Scientists and Engineers, Vol. 33, No. 2, pp. 60-72, February 2015. [Non-refereed paper]


• Xiaoning Ding, Song Jiang, and Feng Chen, "A Buffer Cache Management Scheme Exploiting Both Temporal and Spatial Locality", ACM Transactions on Storage, Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 5:1-5:27, June 2007.

Book Chapter

• Feng Chen, Xiaoning Ding, and Song Jiang, "Exploiting Disk Layout and Block Access History for I/O Prefetch", The Handbook of Research on Advanced Operating Systems and Kernel Applications: Techniques and Technologies, IGI Global, ISBN 978-1-60566-850-5, Sept. 2009.

Workshop

• Zhaoyan Shen, Feng Chen, Yichen Jia, and Zili Shao, "Optimizing Flash-based Key-value Cache Systems", in the 8th USENIX Workshop on Hot Topics in Storage and File Systems (HotStorage'16), Denver, CO, June 20-21, 2016. [Journal, Conference]

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