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Algorithmic Aspects of Sensor Networking and Green Buildings of the Future Internet

Speaker: Sotiris Nikoletseas, Professor, Computer Engineering and Informatics Department of Patras University, and Greece Director, SensorsLab at the Computer Technology Institute (CTI)

Talk Title: Algorithmic Aspects of Sensor Networking and Green Buildings of the Future Internet

Abstract: The talk is structured into three parts. We first present representative algorithms for important problems in wireless sensor networks, such as data propagation, energy optimization and mobility management. We examine key protocol design techniques as well as performance evaluation aspects by both analytic means and large scale algorithmic engineering, including actual implementation in experimental test-beds.

We then discuss characteristic research challenges of energy efficient buildings of the Future Internet, focusing on smart service provision in the context of IPv6 sensor technologies. In particular, we focus on the objectives, approach and services of the on-going EU-funded project HOBNET (HOlistic Platform Design for Smart Buildings of the Future InterNET, www.hobnet-project.eu); we discuss the complementarity of smart automation to other components of energy informatics, such as cognitive, user-aware energy management and smart grid technologies.

We conclude with some relevant work in progress, mainly related to the new paradigm of radiation aware wireless networking.

Biography: Sotiris Nikoletseas is a Professor at the Computer Engineering and Informatics Department of Patras University, Greece and Director of the SensorsLab at the Computer Technology Institute (CTI). He has been a Visiting Professor at the Universities of Geneva and Ottawa. His research interests include algorithmic aspects of wireless sensor networks and ad-hoc mobile computing, fundamental aspects of modern networking (focus on efficiency and reliability), probabilistic techniques and random graphs, average case analysis and probabilistic algorithms, computational complexity and approximation algorithms, algorithmic engineering and large scale simulation. He has coauthored over 150 publications in international Journals and refereed Conferences, 18 Invited Chapters in Books by major publishers and two Books, one on the Probabilistic Method and another one on theoretical aspects of sensor networks (Springer Verlag). He has served as the Program Committee Chair of several Conferences (including ALGOSENSORS 2011, MOBIWAC 2011, SEA 2005, MSWiM 2007 and DCOSS 2008), and as Associate Editor, Editor of Special Issues and Member of the Editorial Board of major Journals (like TCS, IEEE TC, COMNET, IJDSN, JEA). He has co-initiated international events related to sensor networks (ALGOSENSORS, DCOSS). He has coordinated several externally funded European Union R&D Projects related to fundamental aspects of modern networks.

Host: Professor Viktor K. Prasanna

Location: 248

Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

Contact: Janice Thompson