Keynote

Keynote 2: Thursday July 7, 2011

Cyber-Physical and Networked Sensor Systems: Challenges and Opportunities

	Prof. Sajal K. Das Director, Center for Research in Wireless Mobility and Networking (CReWMaN), The University of Texas at Arlington, USA
Abstract: `Rapid advancements in embedded systems, sensors and wireless communication technologies have led to the development of cyber-physical systems, pervasive computing and smart environments with important applications such as smart grids, health care and security. Wireless sensor networks play significant role in building such systems as they can effectively act as the human-physical interface with the digital world through sensing, communication, computing and control or actuation.` `However,the inherent characteristics of wireless sensor networks, typified by resource constraints, high degree of uncertainty, heterogeneity and distributed control pose significant challenges.` `This talk presents a novel framework for multi-modal context recognition from low-level sensor streaming data, context-aware data fusion, and situation-aware decision making with improved information accuracy and context inference quality. The underlying approach is based on dynamic Bayesian model, information theoretic reasoning, and energy-accuracy trade-off analysis. The talk is concluded with open issues and future directions of research.` Prof. Sajal Biography: Dr. Sajal K. Das is a University Distinguished Scholar Professor of Computer Science and Engineering and the Founding Director of the Center for Research in Wireless Mobility and Networking (CReWMaN) at the University of Texas at Arlington. He is also a Visiting Professor at the Indian Institute of Technology at Kanpur; a Concurrent Professor of Fudan University, Shanghai and an International Advisory Professor of Beijing Jiaotong University, China. His current research interests include wireless and sensor networks, mobile and pervasive computing, smart environments and health care, security and privacy, biological and social networking, applied graph theory and game theory. He has published over 400 papers and 35 invited book chapters, and holds five US patents in wireless networks and mobile Internet. He has coauthored three books: "Smart Environments: Technology, Protocols, and Applications" (Wiley, 2005); "Mobile Agents in Distributed Computing and Networking" (Wiley, 2011) and "Handbook on Cyber-Physical Security" (2011). Dr. Das is a recipient of the 2009 IEEE Computer Society Technical Achievement Award for pioneering contributions in sensor networks and mobile computing; 2008 IEEE Region 5 Outstanding Engineering Educator Award; and 6 Best Paper Awards in such conferences as IEEE PerCom, ACM MobiCom. At UTA, he is a recipient of the Lockheed Martin Teaching Excellence Award, Academy of Distinguished Scholars Award, University Award for Distinguished Record of Research, College of Engineering Research Excellence Award, and Outstanding Computer Science Faculty Research Award. Dr. Das is the Founding Editor-in-Chief of Pervasive and Mobile Computing (PMC) journal, and an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, ACM/Springer Wireless Networks, Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, and Journal of Peer-to-Peer Networking. He is the founder of IEEE PerCom and WoWMoM conferences, and has served as General and Technical Program Chair or TPC member of numerous IEEE and ACM conferences. He is the past Vice Chair of IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Computer Communications (TCCC) and Technical Committee on Parallel Processing (TCPP).

Prof. Sajal K. Das

Director,

Center for Research in Wireless Mobility and Networking (CReWMaN),
The University of Texas at Arlington, USA

Abstract:

Rapid advancements in embedded systems, sensors and wireless communication technologies have led to the development of cyber-physical systems, pervasive computing and smart environments with important applications such as smart grids, health care and security. Wireless sensor networks play significant role in building such systems as they can effectively act as the human-physical interface with the digital world through sensing, communication, computing and control or actuation.

However,the inherent characteristics of wireless sensor networks, typified by resource constraints, high degree of uncertainty, heterogeneity and distributed control pose significant challenges.

This talk presents a novel framework for multi-modal context recognition from low-level sensor streaming data, context-aware data fusion, and situation-aware decision making with improved information accuracy and context inference quality. The underlying approach is based on dynamic Bayesian model, information theoretic reasoning, and energy-accuracy trade-off analysis. The talk is concluded with open issues and future directions of research.

Prof. Sajal Biography:

Dr. Sajal K. Das is a University Distinguished Scholar Professor of Computer Science and Engineering and the Founding Director of the Center for Research in Wireless Mobility and Networking (CReWMaN) at the University of Texas at Arlington. He is also a Visiting Professor at the Indian Institute of Technology at Kanpur; a Concurrent Professor of Fudan University, Shanghai and an International Advisory Professor of Beijing Jiaotong University, China. His current research interests include wireless and sensor networks, mobile and pervasive computing, smart environments and health care, security and privacy, biological and social networking, applied graph theory and game theory. He has published over 400 papers and 35 invited book chapters, and holds five US patents in wireless networks and mobile Internet. He has coauthored three books: "Smart Environments: Technology, Protocols, and Applications" (Wiley, 2005); "Mobile Agents in Distributed Computing and Networking" (Wiley, 2011) and "Handbook on Cyber-Physical Security" (2011). Dr. Das is a recipient of the 2009 IEEE Computer Society Technical Achievement Award for pioneering contributions in sensor networks and mobile computing; 2008 IEEE Region 5 Outstanding Engineering Educator Award; and 6 Best Paper Awards in such conferences as IEEE PerCom, ACM MobiCom. At UTA, he is a recipient of the Lockheed Martin Teaching Excellence Award, Academy of Distinguished Scholars Award, University Award for Distinguished Record of Research, College of Engineering Research Excellence Award, and Outstanding Computer Science Faculty Research Award. Dr. Das is the Founding Editor-in-Chief of Pervasive and Mobile Computing (PMC) journal, and an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, ACM/Springer Wireless Networks, Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, and Journal of Peer-to-Peer Networking. He is the founder of IEEE PerCom and WoWMoM conferences, and has served as General and Technical Program Chair or TPC member of numerous IEEE and ACM conferences. He is the past Vice Chair of IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Computer Communications (TCCC) and Technical Committee on Parallel Processing (TCPP).