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Journal Publications

1. Liu, Y., Zhu, L., Gorton, I., Model Driven Capacity Planning: Models and Tools, invited submission to Journal of Computer Resource Management, November, 2006.

2. Zhu, L., Bui, N. B., Liu, Y. and Gorton, I., MDABench: Customized Benchmark Generation using MDA, invited paper for the special issue of Journal of Systems and Software on Software Architecture Section.

3. Liu, Y., Fekete, A., Gorton, I., "Design-Level Performance Prediction of Component-Based Applications," IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, vol. 31, no.11, pp. 928-941, November, 2005. http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/TSE.2005.127

Peer Reivewed Conference/Workshop Paper

1. Liu Y., Gorton, I., and Zhu, L. "Performance Prediction of Service-Oriented Applications based on an Enterprise Service Bus," in 31st Annual International Computer Software and Applications Conference, Beijing China, 2007. (acceptance rate: 18%)
2. L. Zhu and I. Gorton, "UML Profiles for Design Decisons and Non-Functional Requirements," in 2nd International Workshop on SHAring and Reusing architectural Knowledge - Architecture, Rationale, and Design Intent (SHARK/ADI 2007), co-located with ICSE '07, 2007.
3. Liu, Y., Gorton, I., Implementing Adaptive Performance Management in Server Applications, accepted by ICSE 2007 workshop on Software Engineering for Adaptive and Self-managing Systems (SEAMS), 2007.
4. Zhu, L., Liu, Y., Bui, N.B., Gorton, I., Revel8or: Model Driven Capacity Planning Tool Suite, accepted as formal demo paper of the 29th International Conference on Software Engineering 2007, (21% acceptance rate ) 
5. Liu, Y., Gorton, I., Le, V. K., A Configurable Event Correlation Architecture for Adaptive J2EE Applications, accepted by Annual Australian Software Engineering Conference 2007, (40% acceptance rate out of 100+ submissions)
6. Bui, N.B., Zhu, L., Gorton, I., Liu, Y., Model Based Approach for Benchmark Generation Using Domain Specific Language, accepted by Annual Australian Software Engineering Conference 2007, (40% acceptance rate out of 100+ submissions)
7. Liu, Y. 2006. Enabling adaptation of J2EE applications using components, web services and aspects. In Proceedings of the 5th Workshop on Adaptive and Reflective Middleware (ARM '06) (Melbourne, Australia, November 27 - December 01, 2006). ARM '06, vol. 190. ACM Press, New York, NY, 9. http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1175855.1175864  
8. Gorton, I., Liu, Y, Trivedi, N., An Extensible, Lightweight Architecture for Adaptive J2EE Applications, accepted by International Workshop of Software Engineering and Middleware (SEM), Nov 2006. 
9. Liu, Y., Zhu, L., Gorton, I., Model Driven Capacity Planning: Models and Tools, Annual Conference of Computer Management Group Australia, September 2006. (best first time CMGA paper award)
10. Liu, Y., Gorton, I., Le, V.K., A Configurable Event Correlation Architecture for Adaptive J2EE Applications, Posters of the 2006 DOA (Distributed Objects and Applications) International Conference, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Volume 4277/2006, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/11915034_11
11. Liu, Y., Gorton, I., Bass, L, Hoang, C., Abanmi, S., MEMS: A Method for Evaluating Middleware Architectures, Second International Conference on the Quality of Software Architectures (QoSA 2006), June 27-29, 2006, Sweden. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Volume 4214/2006, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/11921998_6
12. Zhu, L., Liu, Y., Gorton, I., and Bui, N. B., Customized Benchmark Generation using MDA, accepted at the 5th IEEE/IFIP Working Conference on Software Architecture, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, November 2005. (Selected as Best Papers)Roman'Zhu, L., Liu, Y., Gorton, I., and Bui, N. B., Customized Benchmark Generation using MDA, accepted at the 5th IEEE/IFIP Working Conference on Software Architecture, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, November 2005. (Selected as Best Papers).
13. Zhu, L., Liu, Y., Gorton, I. and Bui, N. B., MDABench: A Tool for Customized Benchmark Generation using MDA, OOPSLA 2005 Conference Companion, San Diego, USA, October 2005, ACM Press, p. 171-172.http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1094855.1094919 
14. Liu, Y. and Gorton, I., Performance Prediction of J2EE Applications using Messaging Protocols, International SIGSOFT Symposium on Component-based Software Engineering (CBSE), St Louis, USA, May 2005,Lecture Notes in Computer Science, p.1-16. (25% acceptance rate), http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/11424529_1
15. Liu, Y., and Gorton, I., An Empirical Evaluation of Architectural Alternatives for J2EE and Web Services, Proceedings 11th Asia-Pacific Software Engineering Conference (APSEC), Korea, Nov 2004, IEEE Computer Society, p. 10-17. (40% acceptance rate). http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/APSEC.2004.25
16. Liu, Y. and Gorton, I., Accuracy of Performance Prediction for EJB Applications: A Statistical Analysis, International Workshop on Software Engineering and Middleware (SEM), Linz, Austria, Sep 2004, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, p.185-198. (27% acceptance rate ) http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/11407386_14

Book Chapters

1. Liu, Y., Aspect Oriented Architectures, in Essential Software Architecture, I. Gorton, Ed., 2005
2. L. Zhu, Model Driven Architecture (MDA), in Essential Software Architecture, I. Gorton, Ed., 2005

Awards

1. Liu, Y., Zhu, L., Gorton, I., Model Driven Capacity Planning: Models and Tools, Annual Conference of Computer Management Group Australia, September 2006. (best first time CMGA paper award)
2. Zhu, L., Liu, Y., Gorton, I., and Bui, N. B., Customized Benchmark Generation using MDA, accepted at the 5th IEEE/IFIP Working Conference on Software Architecture, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, November 2005. (Selected as Best Papers)