Caixiang Fan

Caixiang Fan

PhD Candidate, Blockchain Researcher

University of Alberta

PACS Lab

Biography

Caixiang (Stephen) Fan has received his MSc degree in software engineering from the University of Alberta in 2019 and Bachelor’s degree from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC) in 2012, respectively. In between, he worked as an engineer at Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd, China for four years.

He is currently a Ph.D. candidate in software engineering and intelligent systems under co-supervision of Dr. Hamzeh Khazaei and Dr. Petr Musilek at the University of Alberta. He also works as a Research Assistant at the Performant & Available Computing Systems (PACS) lab led by Dr. Khazaei. His research interests include blockchain, IoT, distributed ledger systems, performance evaluation and modelling.

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Interests

  • Blockchain Systems
  • Performance Analysis
  • Internet of Things
  • Consensus Algorithms
  • Zero Knowledge Proofs

Education

  • PhD in Software Engineering, 2023

    University of Alberta

  • MSc in Software Engineering, 2019

    University of Alberta

  • B.Mgt. in Information System, 2012

    University of Electronic Science & Tech. of China

Current Research

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Dependable and Autonomic Computing Platform for Managing Transactive Microgrids

This project aims to research, design and evaluate a dependable decentralized computing and communication platform to support functional and nonfunctional requirements of transactive microgrids with the focus of renewable energies. More specifically, we propose to analyze, leverage and extend DAG-based and chain-based Blockchains, smart contracts and self-adaptive paradigm to realize the proposed platform. Currently, we are building, modelling and optimizing a blockchain-based Web3 platform which aims to ficilitate the peer-to-peer energy trading which will have a great impact on renewable energy industry.
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Dependable and Autonomic Computing Platform for Managing Transactive Microgrids

Experience

 
 
 
 
 

Data Analyst Intern

ReWatt Power

Sep 2020 – Jan 2021 Calgary, AB, Canada
Solar energy data analysis and anomaly detection using machine learning techniques.
 
 
 
 
 

Research Assistant

University of Alberta

Jan 2019 – Present Edmonton, AB, Canada
Research assistant at Performant and Available Computer Systems (PACS) Lab. Leading research on blockchain system design for distributed energy and perofrmance modelling.
 
 
 
 
 

Graduate Researcher

Future Energy Systems

Jan 2019 – Present Edmonton, AB, Canada
Proposing to analyze, leverage and extend DAG-based blockchains and self-adaptive paradigm to realize a dependable decentralized computing and communication platform to support transactive microgrids. Graduate researcher under the Canada First Research Excellence Fund (CFREF).
 
 
 
 
 

Graduate Researcher

University of Alberta

Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 Edmonton, AB, Canada
Conducting smart home research for 3Leafs Inc. under the supervision of Dr. Yuxiang Chen.
 
 
 
 
 

IT Engineer

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd

Apr 2014 – Jul 2016 Beijing, China
Technical engineer to deploy enterprise-level cloud storage system and solve pritical issues in datacenter projects delivery and maintenance.
 
 
 
 
 

Technical Writer

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd

Jul 2012 – Mar 2014 Chengdu, Sichuan, China
Developed storage system scripts to provide documentation (e.g., operation manual, CLI reference, and best practices) to end users.

Recent Publications

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Caixiang Fan, Changyuan Lin, Hamzeh Khazaei, Petr Musilek (2022). Performance Analysis of Hyperledger Besu in Private Blockchain. In IEEE DAPPS.

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Caixiang Fan, Sara Ghaemi, Hamzeh Khazaei, Yuxiang Chen, Petr Musilek (2021). Performance Analysis of the IOTA DAG-based Distributed Ledger. In ACM Trans. Model. Perform. Eval. Comput. Syst..

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Caixiang Fan, Hamzeh Khazaei, Yuxiang Chen, Petr Musilek (2019). Towards A Scalable DAG-based Distributed Ledger for Smart Communities. In WF-IoT.

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Caixiang Fan (2019). Performance Analysis and Design of an IoT-Friendly DAG-based Distributed Ledger System. In MSc Thesis.

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Certificates

Docker Mastery (with Kubernetes and Swarm) from a Docker Captain

Udemy Jan 2021
Build, test, deploy containers with the best mega-course on Docker, Kubernetes, Compose, Swarm and Registry using DevOps
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Python for Time Series Data Analysis

Udemy Sep 2020
Learn how to use Python , Pandas, Numpy , and Statsmodels for Time Series Forecasting and Analysis!
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The Complete Python 3 Course - Beginner to Advanced

Udemy May 2020
Learn Python with projects covering game & web development, web scraping, MongoDB, Django, PyQt, and data visualization!
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Huawei Certified ICT Expert - Storage (HCIE-Storage)

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd May 2015 – May 2021
HCIE-Storage certification aims to storage professionals talents with basic knowledge and skills in the storage field, including plan, design and practice capabilities.
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