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.
June 6, 2008 - Octav Chipara
June 13, 2008 - Sangeeta Bhattacharya
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.
July 11, 2008 - Octav Chipara
Electromagnetic Interference From Wireless Devices on Critical Medical Care Equipment
July 18, 2008 - Sangeeta Bhattacharya
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 1, 2008 - Greg Hackmann
August 8, 2008 - Octav Chipara
August 15, 2008 - Sangeeta Bhattacharya
August 22, 2008 - N/A
Summer Break! Fall classes start August 27, 2008.