BILL LIN
`1005 Valleyside Lane
`Encinitas, CA 92024
`Tel: 858.531.2441
`Email: billmbox@gmail.com
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`EDUCATION
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` Ph.D, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
`University of California, Berkeley, May 1991
` Masters of Science, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
`University of California, Berkeley, May 1988
` Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
`University of California, Berkeley, May 1985
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`PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
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`1/1997 – present
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`University of California, San Diego
`Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
`Adjunct Professor, Computer Science and Engineering
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`2/1992 – 12/1996
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`IMEC Research Laboratory, Leuven, Belgium
`Group Head, Systems Control and Communications Group
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`AREAS OF EXPERTISE
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` All aspects of communications networks and computer architecture problems, including the design of
`data networks, high-performance switches and routers, many-core processors and systems-on-chip,
`and ASIC chip designs.
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`PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
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` Served or serving as Editor on 3 ACM or IEEE journals, as General Chair on 4 ACM or
`IEEE conferences, on the Organizing or Steering Committees for 5 ACM or IEEE
`conferences, and on the Technical Program Committees of 44 ACM or IEEE conferences.
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`SELECTED PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
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` General Co-Chair, ACM SIGMETRICS, 2015
` Guest Editor, IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management (TNSM), 2012-2013
` General Chair, ACM/IEEE International Workshop on Quality-of-Service (IWQoS), 2011
` General Chair, ACM/IEEE Symposium on Architectures for Networking and Communications
`Systems (ANCS), 2010
` General Chair, ACM/IEEE Symposium on Networks-on-Chips (NOCS), 2009
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`PUBLICATIONS
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` Published over 160 journal articles and conference papers in top-tier venues and publications.
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`SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
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`1. W. Ding, J. Xu, J. Dai, Y. Song, B. Lin, “Sprinklers: A Randomized Variable-Size Striping Approach
`to Reordering-Free Load-Balanced Switching,” ACM International Conference on Emerging
`Networking Experiments and Technologies (CoNEXT), December 2-5, 2014 (12 pages).
`2. R. Sunkam Ramanujam, B. Lin, “Randomized Throughput-Optimal Oblivious Routing for Torus
`Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Computers, IEEE Digital Library, publication date: November 29,
`2011. (14 pages)
`3. R. Sunkam Ramanujam, B. Lin, “Randomized Partially-Minimal Routing: Near-Optimal Oblivious
`Routing for 3D Mesh Networks,” IEEE Transactions on VLSI, IEEE Digital Library, publication
`date: November 24, 2011. (14 pages)
`4. H. Wang, H. Zhao, B. Lin, J. Xu, “DRAM-based Statistics Counter Array Architecture with
`Performance Guarantee,” IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, IEEE Digital Library,
`publication date: October 20, 2011. (14 pages)
`5. H. Wang, H. Zhao, B. Lin, J. Xu, “Robust Pipelined Memory System with Worst Case Performance
`Guarantee,” IEEE Transactions on Computers, IEEE Digital Library, publication date: August 31,
`2011. (15 pages)
`6. N. Hua, B. Lin, J. Xu, H. Zhao, “BRICK: A Novel Exact Active Statistics Counter Architecture,”
`IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, Vol. 19, No. 3 (June 2011), pp. 670-682. (13 pages)
`7. R. Sunkam Ramanujam, V. Soteriou, B. Lin, L.-S. Peh, “Extending the Effective Throughput of NoCs
`with Distributed Shared-Buffer Routers,” IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Circuits
`and Systems, Vol. 30, No. 4 (April 2011), pp. 548-561. (14 pages)
`8. B. Lin, I. Keslassy, “The Concurrent Matching Switch Architecture,” IEEE/ACM Transactions on
`Networking, Vol. 18, No. 4 (August 2010), pp. 1330 - 1343. (14 pages)
`9. B. Lin and I. Keslassy, “The Interleaved Matching Switch Architecture,” IEEE Transactions on
`Communications, Vol. 57, No. 12 (December 2009), pp. 3732-3742. (11 pages)
`10. J. Chou and B. Lin, “Coarse Optical Circuit Switching by Default, Re-Routing over Circuits for
`Adaptation,” OSA Journal of Optical Networking, (now the IEEE/OSA Journal of Optical
`Communications and Networking), Vol. 8, No. 1 (January 2009), pp. 33-50. (18 pages)
`11. N. Hua, C. Zhao, B. Lin, and J. Xu, “Rank-Indexed Hashing: A Compact Construction of Bloom
`Filters and Variants,” IEEE Conference on Network Protocols (ICNP), Orlando, FL, October 9-22,
`2008, pp. 73-82. (10 pages)
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`PATENTS
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` Mitigating Low-Rate Denial-of-Service Attacks in Packet-Switched Networks. United States Patent
`8,443,444. Issued in May 14, 2013.
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`Systems and Methods for Proactive Surge Protection. United States Patent 7,860,004. Issued in
`December 28, 2010.
` Method and Apparatus for Scan Block Caching. United States Patent 7,672,005. Issued in March 2,
`2010.
` Design Environment and a Design Method for Hardware/Software Co-Design. United States Patent
`5,870,588. Issued in February 9, 1999.
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`System and Method for Generating a Hazard-Free Asynchronous Circuit. United States Patent
`5,748,487. Issued in May 5, 1998.
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`EXPERT WITNESS HISTORY
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` have served as an expert witness on 13 cases, of which I wrote expert reports for 9 cases, was deposed in 4
`cases, and testified at trial in 1 case. The specific cases and services provided are as follows:
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` Vizio, Inc. v. LG Electronics, Inc. and LG Electronics USA Inc., Civil Action No. 09-cv-1481-BEL
`o Expert witness on behalf of Vizio, Inc.
`o Law firm: Jones Day.
`o Services provided: Wrote expert report.
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` Vizio Inc. v. LG Electronics, Inc. and LG Electronics USA Inc., In the Matter of CERTAIN FLAT
`PANEL DIGITAL TELEVISIONS AND COMPONENTS THEREOF, U.S. International Trade
`Commission Inv. No. 337-TA-733
`o Expert witness on behalf of Vizio, Inc.
`o Law firm: Jones Day.
`o Services provided: Wrote expert report.
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` Vizio Inc. v. Coby Electronics Corp., Curtis International Ltd., E&S International Enterprises, Inc.,
`MStar Semiconductor, Inc., ON Corp US, Inc., Renesas Electronics Corporation, Japan, Renesas
`Electronics America, Inc., Sceptre, Inc., and Westinghouse Digital, LLC, In the Matter of CERTAIN
`DIGITAL TELEVISIONS AND COMPONENTS THEREOF, U.S. International Trade
`Commission Inv. No. 337-TA-789
`o Expert witness on behalf of Vizio, Inc.
`o Law firm: Jones Day.
`o Services provided: Wrote expert reports, was deposed.
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` Linex Technologies Inc. v. Hewlett-Packard Company, Apple Inc., Aruba Networks, Inc., Meru
`Networks, and Ruckus Wireless, In the Matter of CERTAIN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION
`DEVICES AND SYSTEMS, COMPONENTS THEREOF, AND PRODUCTS CONTAINING
`SAME, U.S. International Trade Commission Inv. No. 337-TA-775
`o Expert witness on behalf of Hewlett-Packard Company, Apple Inc., Aruba Networks, Inc.,
`Meru Networks, and Ruckus Wireless
`o Law firms: Covington & Burling, K&L Gates, Morrison & Foerster, Lewis Roca &
`Rothgerber.
`o Services provided: Wrote expert reports, was deposed.
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` MOSAID Technologies, Inc. v. Dell, Inc., Atheros Communications, Inc., et al., Case No. 2:11-cv-
`00179-TJW
`o Expert witness on behalf of Atheros Communications, Inc.
`o Law Firm: McDermott Will & Emory.
`o Services provided: Provided expert analysis.
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` Hitachi Consumer Electronics Co. Ltd., et al. v. Top Victory Electronics (Taiwan) Co. Ltd., et al.,
`Civil Action No. 2:10-cv-260-JRG.
`o Expert witness on behalf of Vizio, Inc.
`o Law Firm: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
`o Services provided: Wrote expert reports.
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` United States International Trade Commission (USITC) Investigation Number: 337-TA-853 and
`Technology Properties Limited, LLC v. Kyocera Corporation and Kyocera Communciations, Inc. in
`the Northern District of California, Case No. 3:12-cv-03860-JSC
`o Expert witness on behalf of Kyocera Corporation and Kyocera Communciations.
`o Law firm: Morrison & Foerster.
`o Services provided: Provided expert analysis.
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` NETGEAR, Inc. v. Ruckus Wireless, Inc., Case No. 1:10-cv-00999-SLR / D. Del.
`o Expert witness on behalf of Ruckus Wireless, Inc.
`Law firms: Lewis Roca & Rothgerber, Orrick.
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`Services provided: Wrote expert report, was deposed, and testified at trial.
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`Sonics, Inc. v. Arteris, Inc., Case No. 11 CV-05311 SBA, and Arteris S.A.S. v. Sonics, Inc., Case No.
`C 12-00434 (WHA)
`o Expert witness on behalf of Arteris, Inc. and Arteris S.A.S.
`Law firm: DLA Piper.
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`Services provided: Retained as an expert.
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`Linex Technologies Inc. v. Hewlett-Packard Company, Apple Inc., Aruba Networks, Inc., Meru
`Networks, and Ruckus Wireless, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, C 13-00159 CW
`o Expert witness on behalf of Hewlett-Packard Company, Apple Inc., Aruba Networks, Inc.,
`Meru Networks, and Ruckus Wireless
`Law firms: Covington & Burling, Milbank, K&L Gates, Morrison & Foerster, Lewis Roca &
`Rothgerber.
`Services provided: Wrote expert reports.
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`Frontier Communications Corp. v. Google, C.A. No. 10-545 (D. Del)
`o Expert witness on behalf of Frontier Communications Corp.
`Law firm: Steese, Evans & Frankel
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`Services provided: Provided expert analysis.
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` U.S. Ethernet Innovations LLC v. Acer, Inc. et al., Case No. 10-cv-3724 (N.D. Cal.)
`o Expert witness on behalf of Atheros Communications, Inc., Sigma Designs, Inc., and AT&T
`Services, Inc.
`Law firms: Reed Smith LLP, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, and Vinson & Elkins
`LLP.
`Services provided: Wrote expert reports, was deposed.
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`Inter Partes Review of a U.S. Patent.
`o Expert witness on behalf of Netgear, Inc. and Belkin International, Inc.
`Law firm: Reed Smith LLP.
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`Services provided: Wrote expert report/declaration for IPR petition.
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