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in particular. Their professionalism really makes this such a great place to study and todo research. I especially thank Melissa Lawson who, as the highly effective GraduateCoordinator, makes all the bureaucracy so simple and allows us to completely focus on ourstudies. I also thank Bob Dondero for teaching me how to be a good TA and lecturer. Hispatience with students and passion in teaching left a deep impression on me.My studies at Princeton have been financially supported by grants from National ScienceFoundation, Gigascale Systems Research Center, DARPA and SPARCHS and graduatefellowships from Princeton University. I also thank Google for the opportunity to do aSummer internship, which provided me not only great industrial experience, but also fundsto survive the graduate student life.There are a lot of friends I met over the years. I thank all of them for making my lifein Princeton happy and unforgettable. I thank Zhiwei Yang for picking me up at the airportwhen I first came to the US and driving me around for furniture and grocery shopping.Jieqi Yu and Yi Li, being my roommates for many years, helped a lot with the cooking andcleaning especially when I had crazy schedules due to paper deadlines. I also would liketo thank Xiaobai Chen for being a patient listener whenever I had trouble in research orpersonal life. And Ke Wan, I thank him for risking his life to teach me how to drive. He isthe most patient coach I’ve ever seen.I want to thank my parents for their unconditional love and support. Unlike most parentsin Shanghai, They let me, their only child, explore the world in the way I want. I know theywould very much prefer to having me around, but instead, they encouraged me to studyabroad for so many years and to pursue the dreams I have. I cannot imagine how muchthey sacrificed to allow me to achieve what I have today. Everything I achieved today, istruly theirs.Last, but not the least, I want to thank my fiancé Hâkon Ringberg, for making mehappy and strong. We met each other in Princeton Computer Science Department whenhe himself was still a graduate student. Throughout the years, he offered me priceless tipsii