First International Workshop on

Mobile Ad-hoc and Ubiquitous Sensor Networks

(MASN 2005)

URL: www.cs.gsu.edu/~agb/mausn05.htm

 

November 2-5, 2005

Nanjing University, P.R. China

 

 

 

Keynote Talk:

 

Title:               A Novel Framework for Energy and Application-Aware Data Gathering in Wireless Sensor Networks

 

Speaker:         Professor Sajal K. Das, Director

                        Center for Research in Wireless Mobility and Networking (CReWMaN)

                        Department of Computer Science and Engineering

                        The University of Texas at Arlington, USA

                        URL: http://cse.uta.edu/~das, http://crewman.uta.edu

 

                

Abstract: A wireless sensor network (WSN) is an application-specific information gathering platform where sensors are required to sense their vicinity (sensing coverage) continuously, consuming highly limited resources such  as energy which may not often be replenishable. Thus, an important issue in sensor networks is to design energy-aware algorithms and protocols that optimize energy consumption with a goal to extend the network lifetime, while meeting the user requirements such as coverage and data reporting latency. The sensitivity to these requirements varies depending on the type of applications, implying that the designed algorithms and protocols must also be application-aware. In this talk, we will propose a novel framework for energy and application-aware data gathering in large scale, high density wireless sensor networks. In particular, we will present two strategies developed under this framework: a cluster-based delay-adaptive data gathering strategy (CD-DGS) and a coverage-adaptive data gathering strategy (CA-DGS).

 

The CD-DGS is based on a two-phase clustering scheme that constructs two types of sensor links to adapt to the user specified delay constraints, thus saving energy. The CA-DGS, on the other hand, is based on a coverage-adaptive random sensor selection (CANSEE) scheme that exploits a trade-off between the desired sensing coverage (application specific) and data reporting latency. We further enhance the CANSEE scheme with the help of Poisson sampling technique. Probabilistic analysis shows improvement on the connectivity of the selected sensors and reduces the variance on the sensor coverage. Simulation results demonstrate significant conservation of energy at the cost of small data reporting latency. Specifically, the higher the network density, the higher is the energy conservation without any additional overhead.

 

(This research is funded by the US National Science Foundation.)

 

Biography: Dr. Sajal K. Das received B.Tech. degree in 1983 from Calcutta University, M.S. degree in 1984 from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, and PhD degree in 1988 from the University of Central Florida, Orlando, all in Computer Science. Currently he is a 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 (UTA). His current research interests include resource and mobility management

in wireless and sensor networks, mobile and pervasive computing, wireless multimedia and QoS provisioning, mobile Internet protocols, distributed processing and grid computing. He has published over 350 research papers, directed numerous funded projects, and holds 5 US patents in wireless mobile networks. He received the Best Paper Awards in ACM MobiCom'99, ICOIN'01, ACM MSWIM'00, and ACM/IEEE PADS'97. He is also a recipient of UTA's University Award for Distinguished Record of Research (2005), College of Engineering Research Excellence Award (2003), and Outstanding Faculty Research Award in Computer Science (2001 and 2003). He is frequently invited as a keynote or invited speaker at international conferences. He is the coauthor of a book "Smart Environments: Technology, Protocols and Applications", published in 2005 by John Wiley.

 

Dr. Das is the Editor-in-Chief of Pervasive and Mobile Computing journal, and serves on the Editorial Boards of 4 international journals including IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing and ACM/Kluwer Wireless Networks. He has served as General Chair of IEEE WoWMoM'05, IWDC'04, IEEE PerCom'04, CIT'03 and IEEE MASCOTS'02; General Vice Chair of IEEE PerCom'03, ACM MobiCom'00 and HiPC'00-01; Program Chair of IWDC'02, WoWMoM'98-99; TPC Vice Chair of CIT'05, ICPADS'02; and as TPC member of numerous IEEE and ACM conferences. He is the Vice Chair of IEEE Technnical Committees (TCPP and TCCC), and on the Advisory Boards of several cutting-edge companies.