My research interests can be briefly classified as follows:

My publications are itemized as follows:

1. K. A. Hua and S. Sheu, “An Efficient Periodic Broadcast Technique for Digital Video Libraries,” to appear in the Journal of Multimedia Tools and Applications.
2. W. Tavanapong, K. A. Hua, and S. Sheu, “Reducing Web Browsing Delay using Profile-Based Prefetching,” In Proc. Of WebNet 98 – World Conference of the WWW, Internet & Intranet, Orlando, FL, Nov. 1998.
3. K. A. Hua, Y. Cai, and S. Sheu, “Exploiting Client Bandwidth for more Efficient Video Broadcast,” In Proc. Of Computer Communications and Networks (IC3N’98), Lafayette, Louisiana, Oct. 1998.
4. K. A. Hua, Y. Cai, and S. Sheu, “Patching: A Multicast Technique for True Video-On-Demand Services,” In Proc. Of ACM Multimedia’98, pp. 191-200, Bristol, UK, Sept. 1998.
5. K. A. Hua and S. Sheu, “Skyscraper Broadcasting: A New Broadcasting Scheme for Metropolitan Video-on-Demand Systems,” In Proc. Of ACM SIGCOMM’97, Computer Communication Review, 27(4):89-100, Cannes, France, Sept. 1997.
6. S. Sheu, K. A. Hua, and W. Tavanapong, “Chaining: A Generalized Batching Technique for Video-On-Demand Systems,” In Proc. Of IEEE Int’l Conf. On Multimedia Computing and Systems (ICMCS’97), pp. 110-117, Ottawa, Canada, June 1997.
7. K. A. Hua, S. Sheu, and J. Wang, “Earthworm: A Network Memory Management Technique for Large-Scale Distributed Multimedia Applications,” In Proc. Of IEEE INFOCOM’97, Kobe, Japan, April 1997.
8. K. A. Hua, J. Wang, and S. Sheu, “BiHOP: A bidirectional highly optimized pipelining Technique for Large-Scale Multimedia Servers,” In Proc. Of IEEE INFOCOM’97, Kobe, Japan, April 1997.
9. S. Sheu, K. A. Hua, and T. Hu, “Virtual Batching: A New Scheduling Technique for Video-On-Demand Servers,” In Proc. Of Int’l Conf. On Database Systems for Advanced Applications (DASFAA’97), Melbourne, Australia, April 1997.
10. S. Sheu, K. A. Hua, and W. Tavanapong, “Dynamic Grouping: An Efficient Buffer Management Scheme for Video-on-Demand Servers,” In Proc. Of Int’l Conf. On Multimedia Information Systems, Illinois, April 1997.
11. W. Tavanapong, K. A. Hua, and S. Sheu, “Pre-Admission Control for Movie-on-Demand Systems,” In Proc. Of Int’l Conf. On Multimedia Information Systems, Schaumburg, Illinois, April 1997.
12. S. Sheu, K. A. Hua, and Y. Cai, “On the Optimality of Degree of Declustering,” In Proc. Of Int’l Conf. On Data Base and Expert Systems (DEXA’96), Zurich, Switzerland, Sept. 1996.