Seminar

Fall 2009 Seminar Schedule

Year 2009 Presentations
Date	Topic	Presenter
Nov 6	[PAPER] A Practical Study of Regenerating Codes for Peer-to-Peer Backup Systems [PAPER] Network Coding for Distributed Storage Systems	Soji
Oct 30	[SLIDES] [SLIDES] [SLIDES] A WSN Coalition Formation Algorithm Based on Ant Colony with Dual-Negative Feedback	Dr. Na Xia
Oct 23	[PAPER] Algorithms and Data Structures for Flash Memories	Jay
Oct 16	Happy photo session !!
Oct 09	[PAPER] Using GPS to learn significant locations and predict movement across multiple users	Arun
Oct 02	[SLIDES] [DEMO] Intelligent Distributed Binary Sensors for Tracking and Recognition	Dr. Qi Hao
Sept 25	[SLIDES] An Introduction to Gnu Radio	Kuntal
Sept 18	[PAPER] [SLIDES] Efficient Byzantine-tolerant erasure-coded storage [PAPER] Practical Byzantine Fault Tolerance	Soji
Sept 11	[SLIDES] Independent Component Analysis (ICA) and Its Application in Network Monitoring	Dr. Rong Zheng
Sept 04	[SLIDES] Wiser Emulator : An Emulation Framework For Wireless Structural Health Monitoring	Rajat
August 28	[PAPER] Survivable Storage Systems [PAPER] Efficient Byzantine-tolerant erasure-coded storage	Soji
August 21	[PAPER] [SLIDES] Dynamic Resource Management in a Static Network Operating System	Jay
August 14	[PAPER] Target Tracking with Binary Proximity Sensors: Fundamental Limits, Minimal Descriptions, and Algorithms	Khuong
August 7	[PAPER] A Performance Evaluation and Examination of Open-Source Erasure Coding Libraries For Storage	Soji
July 24	[Tutorial] Wiser Mesh Testbed	Song
July 17	[PAPER] RMAC: A Routing-Enhanced Duty-Cycle MAC Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks	Rajat
July 10	[PAPER] Automating Cross-Layer Diagnosis of Enterprise Wireless Networks	Arun
July 3		Arun
June 26	[PAPER] Interleave-Division Multiple Access (IDMA)	Invited Speaker: Jeff Luo
June 19	[PAPER] Tracking Multiple Targets Using Binary Proximity Sensors	Khuong
June 12	[PAPER] PPR: Partial Packet Recovery for Wireless Networks	Jay
June 5	[PAPER] Efficient Resource Management in OFDMA Femto	Song
May 29	[PAPER] ZipTx: Harnessing Partial Packets in 802.11 Networks	Rajat
May 22	[PAPER] Overview of Mobile WiMax Technology and Evolution	Soji
May 15	[PAPER] A Novel Geometric Diagram and Its Applications in Wireless Networks	Khuong Vu
May 8	[PAPER]Scheduling in Multi-Channel Wireless Networks with Limited Information	Song Wei
May 1	[PAPER]Efficient Proximity and Separation Detection among Mobile Targets for Supporting Location-based Community Services:	Arun Chhetri
April 24	[PAPER]:Cross Layer Dynamic Resource Allocation with Targeted Throughput for WCDMA Data	Rajat Khanda
April 17	BlueFS: A distributed file system for pervasive computing	Jay Walia
April 10	Systems day 2009	System Day
April 3	[ABSTRACT]: Optimal Opportunistic Access Strategies in Cognitive Radio Networks	Dr. Joseph Camp
Mar 27	Encoding Reed Solomon Codes for Distributed Network Storage	Soji Omiwade
Mar 20	No Presentation. Happy Spring Break!
Mar 13	[ABSTRACT] Intelligent Sensing and SensorWeb: Design and Deployment Experiences	Dr. WenZhang Song
Mar 6	[PAPER] Coordinated Sampling to Improve the Efficiency of Wireless Network Monitoring	Arun Chhetri
Feb 27	[PAPER] Voronoi Based K Nearest Neighbor Search for Spatial Network Databases	Khuong Vu
Feb 20	[PAPER] Delay Analysis for Multihop Wireless Networks	Dr. Chengzhi Li
Feb 13	Game Theory: Second Tutorial Session	Dr. Zhu Han
Feb 6	[PAPER] An Integrated Experimental Environment for Distributed Systems and Networks [PAPER] True Mobile: A Mobile Robotic Wireless and Sensor Network Testbed	Rajat Khanda
Jan 30	Introduction to network driver deployment in latest linux kernel	Song Wei
Jan 23	Ultra-Low Cost Wireless Access: Lessons from the Field	Dr. Edward Knightly
Jan 16	[PAPER] Outshining Mirrors: MTTDL of Fixed-Order SSPiRAL Layouts [PAPER] Redundancy Tolerant Communication on Volatile nodes [PAPER] Progressive Parity-Based Hardening of Data Stores [SLIDES] Redundancy Tolerant Communications; Outshining Mirrors	Jay Walia
Jan 9	[SLIDES] Reed-Solomon Codes	Soji Omiwade

Year 2008 Presentations
Date	Topic	Presenter
Dec 12	Coding Theory for Security	Dr. Yunghsiang S. Han
Dec 5	WiSeR Mini-Symposium [SLIDES] Network Science in Wireless Systems [SLIDES] Robust Topology Engineering in Multi-Radio Multi-Channel Wireless Networks [SLIDES] Channel Assignment Optimization and Implementation [SLIDES] Stochastic Performance Analysis of Multi-Radio Multi-Channel Wireless Mesh Networks [SLIDES] Practical Wireless Network Coding: The time spent [SLIDES] Distributed Wi-Fi Analysis [SLIDES] DFS for Heterogeneous Sensor Platforms [SLIDES] WiSeR Emulator: An Advanced Emulator for Sensor Network	Dr. Zheng Dr. Cunqing Hua Song Wei Dr. Chengzi Li Soji Omiwade Arun Chhetri Jay Walia Rajat Khanda
Nov 28	Holiday - Happy Thanksgiving! :)
Nov 21	[SLIDES] MS Thesis Dry Run	Amit Pendharkar
Nov 14	[PAPER] ZigZag Decoding: Combating Hidden Terminals in Wireless Networks [SLIDES] ZigZag Decoding: Combating Hidden Terminals in Wireless Networks	Dr. Rong Zheng
Nov 7	[PAPER] Micro-Blog: Sharing and Querying Content Through Mobile Phones and Social Participation [SLIDES] Sharing and Querying Content through Mobile Phones and Social Participation	Soji
Oct 31	[PAPER] AThe flooding time synchronization protocol [SLIDES] The flooding time synchronization protocol	Rajat Khanda
Oct 24	[PAPER] A Survey on Spectrum Management in Cognitive Radio Networks [SLIDES] A Survey on Spectrum Management in Cognitive Radio Networks	Dr. Chengzhi Li
Oct 17	[PAPER] IP is Dead, Long Live IP for Wireless Sensor Networks [SLIDES] IP is Dead, Long Live IP for Wireless Sensor Networks	Jay
Oct 10	[PAPER] Robust Channel Assignment for Link-level Resource Provision in Multi-Radio Multi-Channel Wireless Networks [SLIDES] Robust Channel Assignment for Link-level Resource Provision in Multi-Radio Multi-Channel Wireless Networks	Cunqing
Oct 3	[PAPER] Joint Channel Assignment and Routing for Throughput Optimization in Multiradio Wireless Mesh Networks [SLIDES] Joint Channel Assignment and Routing for Throughput Optimization in Multiradio Wireless Mesh Networks	Song
Sept 26	[PAPER] Robust Network Codes for Unicast Connections [SLIDES] Robust Network Codes for Unicast Connections [SLIDES] Robust Network Codes for Unicast Connections	Soji
Sept 19	[PAPER] Minimal and Maximal Exposure Path Algorithms for Wireless Embedded Sensor Networks [SLIDES] Minimal and Maximal Exposure Path Algorithms for Wireless Embedded Sensor Networks [SLIDES] iPhone Programming	Amit Pendharkar Arun
Sept 12	Hurricane Ike :(
Sept 5	[Guest Lecture] Cooperation and Fairness of Wireless Networking using Game Theoretical Approaches	Dr. Zhu Han
Aug 29	Last Week's presentation continued	Song
Aug 22	[PAPER] Guaranteeing Fair Service to Persistent Dependent Tasks [SLIDES] Guaranteeing Fair Service to Persistent Dependent Tasks	Song
Aug 15	[PAPER] On Exploiting Diversity and Spatial Reuse in Relay-enabled Wireless Networks [SLIDES] On Exploiting Diversity and Spatial Reuse in Relay-enabled Wireless Networks	Cunqing
Aug 8	[Discussion] Crack localization in the sensor networks	Amit Pendharkar
Aug 1	[PAPER] Decentralized Tick Synchronization for Multi-hop Medium Slotting in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks using Black Bursts [SLIDES] Synchronization for Multi-hop Medium Slotting in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks using Black Bursts	Rajat
July 25	[SLIDES] [SLIDES] IEEE SECON 2008 Conference	Cunqing, Soji
July 18	[PAPER] Algorithms for Low-Latency Remote File Synchronization [SLIDES] ALGORITHMS FOR LOW LATENCY REMOTE FILE SYNCHRONIZATION	Jay
July 11	[PAPER] A Case for Adapting Channel Width in Wireless Networks [SLIDES] A Case for Adapting Channel Width inWireless Networks	Song
July 4	Holiday :)	-
June 27	[PAPER] Distributed Robust Optimization for Communication Networks [SLIDES] Distributed Robust Optimization for Communication Networks	Cunqing
June 20	[Mini Lecture] Voronoi Diagrams	Amit Pendharkar
June 13	[PAPER] Practical Localized Network Coding in Wireless Mesh Networks [SLIDES] Practical Localized Network Coding in Wireless Mesh Networks	Soji
June 6	[PAPER] CORD: Energy-Efficient Reliable Bulk Data Dissemination in Sensor Networks [SLIDES] CORD: Energy-Efficient Reliable Bulk Data Dissemination in Sensor Networks	Jay
May 30	[SLIDES] Cross Validation for Detecting and Preventing Overfitting	Song
May 22	[PAPER] Call Admission Control in IEEE 802.11 WLANs using QP-CAT [SLIDES] Call Admission Control in IEEE 802.11 WLANs using QP-CAT	Joseph
May 16	[Mini Lecture] Convex Optimization	Cunqing
May 9	[PAPER] Trading Structure for Randomness in Wireless Opportunistic Routing [SLIDES] Trading Coordination for Randomness	Soji
May 2	Presentation to be repeated next week	Soji
April 28	[SLIDES] Infocomm 2008	Song
April 11	[PAPER] MadMAC: Building a Reconfigurable Radio Testbed using Commodity 802.11 Hardware [SLIDES] MadMAC: Building a Reconfigurable Radio Testbed using Commodity 802.11 Hardware	Joseph
April 4	[PAPER] Datalink Streaming in Wireless Sensor Networks [SLIDES] Datalink Streaming in Wireless Sensor Networks	Jay Walia
Mar 28	[SLIDES] Analyzing Network Coded-Broadcast: Towards a Provable LP formulation	Soji
Mar 14	[PAPER] Towards Self-propagate Mal-packets in Sensor Networks	Dr. Qijun Gu
Mar 7	[PAPER] Starvation Modeling and Identification in Dense 802.11 Wireless Community Networks [SLIDES] Starvation Modeling and Identification in Dense 802.11 Wireless Community Networks	Cunqing
Feb 29	[PAPER] Sensor Placement for Effective Coverage and Surveillance in Distributed Sensor Networks [SLIDES] Sensor Placement for Effective Coverage and Surveillance in Distributed Sensor Networks	Amit Pendharkar
Feb 22	[PAPER] GHT: A Geographic Hash Table for Data-Centric Storage [SLIDES] Geographic Hash Table for Data Centric Storage	Jay Walia
Feb 15	[SLIDES] Software Defined Radios - SDRs	Cunqing
Feb 8	[PAPER] Theoretical Maximum Throughput of IEEE 802.11 and its Applications [SLIDES] Theoretical maximum Throughput of IEEE 802.11 and its Applications	Song Wei
Feb 1	[PAPER] Optimal Worst-Case Coverage of Directional Field-of-View Sensor Networks [SLIDES] Optimal Worst-Case Coverage of Directional FOV Sensor Networks	Amit Pendharkar
Jan 25	[SLIDES] SoftQ: A Software Solution to QoS Provisioning on 802.11e EDCA	Joseph
Jan 18	State of WiSer	Rong
Jan 11	Robust Channel Assignment for Link-level Resource Provisioning in Multi-Radio Multi-Channel Wireless Networks	Cunqing
Jan 4	[PAPER] Measurement-Based Models of Delivery and Interference in Static Wireless Networks	Song Wei
	Year 2007 Presentations
Dec 19	An energy effcient 802.11 MAC	Prof. Lin Zhong
Dec 14	[PAPER]Growth Codes: Maximizing Sensor Network Data Persistence	Soji
Nov 2	[PAPER]Parsec: a parallel simulation environment for complex systems	Song
Oct 26	[PAPER]Real-time Video Stream Aggregation in Wireless Mesh Network	Joseph
Oct 12	[PAPER]MDG: Measurement-Driven Guidelines for 802.11 WLAN Design	Cunqing
Oct 5	[PAPER]Contour Map Matching for Event Detection in Sensor Networks	Amit
Sep 28	[PAPER]An Analysis of Wireless Network Coding for Unicast Sessions: The Case for Coding Aware Routing	Soji
Sep 21	[SLIDES]A Measurement-Based Approach to Modeling Link Capacity in 802.11-Based Wireless Networks [PAPER]]A Measurement-Based Approach to Modeling Link Capacity in 802.11-Based Wireless Networks	Cunqing
Sep 7	[SLIDES]A Markov-Based Channel Model Algorithm for Wireless Networks [PAPER]]A Markov-Based Channel Model Algorithm for Wireless Networksk	Song
Aug 31	[SLIDES]Wiser Mesh Measurement [PAPER]Link-level Measurements from an 802.11b Mesh Network [PAPER]Link Assessment in an Indoor 802.11 Network [PAPER]A Performance Study of Deployment Factors in Wireless Mesh Networks [PAPER]Experimental Characterization of an 802.11b Wireless Mesh Network	Song
Aug 24	[PAPER] 802.11 WLAN admission control [PAPER] QOS scheduler [PAPER] software TDMA	Joseph
17, Aug, 2007	[PAPER] Lite OS [SLIDES] Lite OS	Jai
10, Aug, 2007	[PAPER] Anonymous Tracking using RFID tags [SLIDES] Anonymous Tracking using RFID tags	Amit
29, June, 2007	Wireless Mesh Testbed	Vivek
22, June, 2007	[SLIDES] streaming testbed to test network coding: lava	Soji
15, June, 2007	[SLIDES] Vehicular Mesh Network	Song
8, June, 2007	[SLIDES] Measurement Based Self Organization	Cunqing
1, June, 2007	[PAPER] Point-Casting Service in Wireless Networks [SLIDES] Point-Casting Service in Wireless Networks	Rong
25, May, 2007	[SLIDES] Opportunistic Scheduling for Wireless Network Coding [PAPER] Opportunistic Scheduling for Wireless Network Coding	Chengzhi
4, May, 2007	[SLIDES] TinyOS Debugging	Jay
4, May, 2007	[SLIDES] How Bad is Asymmetric Sense in 802.11 Wireless Networks?	Cunqing
20, Apr, 2007	[SLIDES] Managing Wireless Mesh Networks	Vivek
20, Apr, 2007	[SLIDES] Thesis Proposal	Soji
13, Apr, 2007	Not decided	Amit
23, Mar, 2007	[SLIDES] VOIP	Chengzhi
23, Mar, 2007	[SLIDES] Wireless Testbed	Song
2, Mar, 2007	[SLIDES] TinyOS Debugging	Jay
2, Mar, 2007	[PAPER] Toward Optimal Data Aggregation in Random Wireless Sensor Networks [SLIDES] Data Aggregation in Wireless Sensor Networks	Rong
16, Feb, 2007	[SLIDES] Network Device Drivers	Vivek
16, Feb, 2007	[SLIDES] NS2 simulation	Soji
2, Feb, 2007	[SLIDES] Spatial Contention Optimization [PAPER] Spatial Contention Optimization	Cunqing
15 Aug 2006	802.15.4 :: In Depth IEEE 802.15.4	Jay
15 Aug 2006	Platform based Design for Wireless Sensor Networks: In Depth	Sumit
01 Aug 2006	Platform based Design for Wireless Sensor Networks[PAPER][SLIDES] A design and implementation of wireless sensor gateway for efficient querying and managing through World Wide Web[PAPER] [SLIDES]	Sumit
15 Aug 2006	[SLIDES] 802.15 :: Brief Introduction	Jay
18 July 2006	[SLIDES] Virtual Machine Approaches to Networking [PAPER] Container Based Operating System Virtualization : A Scalable, High-performance Alternative to Hyper Visors [PAPER] Planet Lab Architecture: An Overview [PAPER] Planet Lab : Evolving the Slice Abstraction	Vivek
06 Jul 2006	[PAPER] Modeling per-flow throughput and capturing starvation in CSMA Multihop wireless Networks	Dr.Zheng
06 Jul 2006	[SLIDES] Tutorial on nesC [PHILIP LEVIS] Tiny OS Programming Manual	Conor
20 Jun 2006	[SLIDES] Hole Detection in Sensor Deployment [PAPER] Topological Hole Detection in Wireless Sensor Networks and its Applications	Yi
06 Jun 2006	[SLIDES] Abstractions [PAPER] Towards a Sensor Network Architecture: Lowering the Waistline [PAPER] A Unifying Link Abstraction for Wireless Sensor Networks [PAPER] The emergence of Networking Abstractions and Techniques in TinyOS	Jay
06 Jun 2006	[SLIDES] Abstractions [PAPER] Towards a Sensor Network Architecture: Lowering the Waistline [PAPER] A Unifying Link Abstraction for Wireless Sensor Networks [PAPER] The emergence of Networking Abstractions and Techniques in TinyOS	Jay
28 Mar 2006	[SLIDES] Synopsis Diffusion Slides [PAPER] Synopsis Diffusion for Robust Aggregation in Sensor Networks	Jay

Wireless System Research Group

Year 2007 Presentations