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EE 598: ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH SEMINAR COURSE #3

Speaker: Anand Panangadan, PhD, Senior Research Associate, Electrical Engineering, USC Viterbi School of Engineering

Talk Title: Adaptive Sensing for Resource Management in Distributed Sensor Networks

Series: EE598 Seminar Course

Abstract: Energy conservation is an important issue in embedded sensor networks since large batteries are not practical in many real-world scenarios. The issue becomes even more critical in distributed sensor networks connected with wireless links due to the high energy cost of radio communication. In this talk, I will present the use of Markov Decision Processes (MDP) as a framework for coordinated sensing and adaptive communication between distributed sensors. The technique enables distributed sensors to adapt their sampling rates in response to changing event criticality and the availability of resources (energy) at each sensor node. The technique was developed as part of a body sensor network project at the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles for continuous mobile human health monitoring. Similar adaptive sensing methods were also applied to other distributed sensing applications such as a coastal ocean monitoring system.

Biography: Anand Panangadan is a Senior Research Associate working with Prof. Viktor Prasanna at USC Viterbi School of Engineering. Prior to this appointment, he was a Post-doctoral Affiliate at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and a Research Specialist at the Saban Research Institute of the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. His research interests are in artificial intelligence and machine learning, and in the application of techniques from these fields to the autonomous control of networked sensors. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of California Los Angeles and the B.Tech. degree in Computer science and Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.

Host: Professor Viktor K. Prasanna

More Information: Course Announcement_EE598_Focused on parallel and distributed computing_(Spring 2013).pdf

Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248

Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

Contact: Janice Thompson