Shih-Hsi Liu

Shih-Hsi (Alex) Liu is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Fresno State. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (2007), an M.S. from the University of Houston (2002), and a B.S. from National Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan (2000). His research focuses on software engineering, meta-heuristics, evolutionary algorithms, and service-oriented architectures. Dr. Liu leads the Cloud Agility Lab and has published over 30 articles with 3,000+ citations. He serves on the editorial board of Applied Soft Computing (impact factor 7.2) and has mentored over 30 student projects. His work explores algorithmic optimization, QoS-driven systems, and domain-specific languages implementation through service-oriented technologies.

Education:

• Ph.D., Computer Science, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2007
• M.S., Computer Science, University of Houston, 2002
• B.S., Computer Science, National Chiao-Tung University, 2000

Research emphasizes balancing exploration/exploitation in evolutionary algorithms, improving compiler generation for DSLs, and addressing challenges in swarm intelligence. Recent work critiques algorithm stopping criteria and proposes memory-assisted optimization techniques. His articles address topics like MIoT applications, artificial bee colony parameter tuning, and QoS-aware service composition.

Grant and advising activities remain centralized through student project supervision, with no specific grants mentioned in the text. The Cloud Agility Lab focuses on advancing cloud computing and software agility in distributed systems.