CSE730x Research Seminar

This seminar examines fundamental and emerging concepts in concurrency and distribution by studying seminal papers and recent research results. Broad topics of interest include models of concurrency, mobile computing, parallel architectures, sensor networks, distributed algorithms, and specialized protocols. Each semester, the seminar emphasizes different themes reflecting the current research interests of the participants.

The theme of this semester's seminar is Wireless Sensor Networks. We will read and discuss papers from recent major conferences on mobile, wireless, and sensor networks and systems. These conferences include:

• INFOCOM (IEEE Archive: part1 part2)
• IPSN (ACM Archive)
• MobiCom (ACM archive)
• MobiHoc (ACM archive)
• MobiSys (2006, ACM archive)
• NSDI (USENIX Website)
• OSDI (Archive website)
• RTAS (IEEE Archive: part1 part2)
• RTSS (IEEE Archive)
• SenSys
• SIGMETRICS
• SOSP

When choosing a paper to present, you may look through the conferences mentioned above, or view the list of potential papers.

Presentation Schedule for Summer 2008

May 2, 2008 - Chien-Liang Fok

Liang gave a very dry run of his dissertation proposal.

May 9, 2008 - N/A

Canceled due to Fei's master's defense.

May 16, 2008 - N/A

Canceled due to RTSS deadline.

May 23, 2008 - N/A

Canceled due to RTSS deadline extension.

May 30, 2008 - Greg Hackmann

Energy Metering for Free: Augmenting Switching Regulators for Real-Time Monitoring.
Prabal Dutta (UC Berkeley), Mark Feldmeier (MIT), Joseph Paradiso (MIT), and David Culler (UC Berkeley).
IPSN/SPOTS 2008.

Links: Paper Slides

June 20, 2008 - Chien-Liang Fok

Liang talked about the state of the art of building automation. Of particular interest is EnOcean's battery-less sensor network nodes.

June 27, 2008 - Greg Hackmann

Efficient Memory Safety for TinyOS.
Nathan Cooprider, Will Archer, Eric Eide, David Gay, and John Regehr.
SenSys'07.

Links: Paper Slides

July 11, 2008 - Octav Chipara

Electromagnetic Interference From Wireless Devices on Critical Medical Care Equipment

July 25, 2008 - Chien-Liang Fok

TRANSACT: A Transactional Framework for Programming Wireless Sensor/Actor Networks,"
Murat Demirbas, Onur Soysal, Muzammil Hussain (U. at Buffalo)
IPSN'08

Links: Paper

August 22, 2008 - N/A

Summer Break! Fall classes start August 27, 2008.

Previous Semesters

• Spring 2008
• Fall 2007
• Summer 2007
• Spring 2007
• Fall 2006
• Spring 2006
• Fall 2005
• Spring 2005
• Fall 2004
• Spring 2004
• Fall 2003
• Spring 2003
• Fall 2002
• Spring 2002
• Fall 2001
• Spring 2001
• Fall 2000
• Spring 2000
• Fall 1998
• Spring 1998