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Sensor Networks

“Facilitating Meetings with Playful Feedback”, CHI Work In Progress, 2010

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"Controlling Error Propagation in Mobile-Infrastructure Based Localization", 2nd Int. Workshop on Mobile Entity Localization and Tracking, 2009, with UbiComp 2009, LNCS 5801

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"Rigidity guided localization for mobile robotic sensor networks",  Vol 6, No. 2, Int. J Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing, 2010

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"Error Control in Distributed Node Self-Localization", EURASIP, special issue on "Cooperative Localization in Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks", 2008

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"Distributed Time-Optimal Scheduling for Convergecast in Wireless Sensor Networks", Computer Networks, Publisher Elsevier, Vol. 52, Iss. 3, 2008

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"Distributed Minimal Time Convergecast Scheduling for Small or Sparse Data Sources", RTSS07, 2007

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"Dynamic Information Sharing using a Distributed Traffic Surveillance Infrastructure", ITSC07, 2007

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"Localizing Tags Using Mobile Infrastructure", best paper, LoCA07, LNCS 4718, Sep. 2007

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"SDIP3: Structured and Dynamic Information Push and Pull Protocols for Distributed Sensor Networks", DCOSS07, LNCS 4549, pages 281 - 294, June, 2007

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"Mobile Sensor Networks Self Localization based on Multi-dimensional Scaling", IEEE ICRA07, April, 2007

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"Minimum Power Configuration for Wireless Communication in Sensor Networks", ACM TOSN, Issue 3, Number 2, May, 2007

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"Dynamic Balancing of Push and Pull in a Distributed Traffic Information System", CCNC 2007

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"Mobile Self-Localization using Multi-Dimensional Scaling in Robotic Sensor Networks", International Journal on Intelligent Control and Systems, Vol. 11, No. 3, 2006

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"A Robust and Efficient Flooding-based Routing for Wireless Sensor Networks", reprinted from Journal of Interconnection Networks, Publisher: World Scientific, Vol. 7 No. 4 pg. 549-568, December 2006

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"Balancing Push and Pull for Efficient Information Discovery in Large-Scale Sensor Networks", accepted to IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 2006

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"A Learning-based Adaptive Routing Tree for Wireless Sensor Networks", Journal of Communications, Academy Publisher, 2006

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"Robust Distributed Node Localization with Error Management", MobiHoc 2006

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"Distributed Minimal Time Convergecast Scheduling in Wireless Sensor Networks", ICDCS 2006

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"High-Level Sensor Network Simulations for Routing Performance Evaluations", INSS 2006

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"Sequential Location Algorithm for Active Sensor Network Deployment", IEEE PCAC 2006

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"Constrained Flooding: A Robust and Efficient Routing Framework for Wireless Sensor Networks", IEEE AINA 2006

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"Adaptive Tree: A Learning-based Meta-Routing Strategy for Sensor Networks", IEEE CCNC 2006

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"Coordinated Convergecast in Wireless Sensor Networks", MilCom 2005

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"Minimal Power Configuration in Wireless Sensor Networks", ACM MobiHoc, 2005

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 "Information-directed Routing in Sensor Networks using Real-Time Reinforcement Learning", in Combinatorial Optimization in Communication Networks, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2006

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"STAM: A System of Tracking and Mapping in Real Environments", IEEE Wireless Magazine, Dec. 2004

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"Radial Coordination for Convergecast in Wireless Sensor Networks", IEEE EmNeTS-I, Nov. 2004

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 "Combs, Needles, Haystacks: Balancing Push and Pull for Discovering in Large-Scale Sensor Networks", ACM Sensys04, Nov. 2004

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"Smart Routing with Learning-based QoS-aware Routing Strategies", WQoSR04, Oct. 2004, in LNCS 3266

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"Improvements on Ant Routing for Sensor Networks", Ant04, Sep. 2004, in LNCS 3172

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"Search-based Adaptive Routing Strategies for Sensor Networks", AAAI04 workshop on Sensor Networks, July 2004

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"Localization from Connectivity in Sensor Networks", IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, Nov. 2004,  Vol. 15, No. 11

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"Message-initiated Constraint-Based Routing for Wireless Ad-hoc Sensor Networks", CCNC04,  2004.

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"Localization from Mere Connectivity", in ACM MobiHoc, 2003.

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Modular Robots

"Limbless Conforming Gaits with Modular Robots", Experimental Robotics IX: The 9th International Symposium on Experimental Robotics, Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics, 2006

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"PolyBot and PolyKinetic ™ System: A Modular Robotic Platform for Education", IEEE International Conference on Robots and Automation (ICRA), 2004

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"An XML-based Scripting Language for Chain-type Modular Robotic Systems", 8th Conference on Intelligent Autonomous Systems, 2004

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"Scalable and reconfigurable configurations and locomotion gaits for chain-type modular reconfigurable robots", IEEE Symposium on computational intelligence in robotics and automation (CIRA), Japan, 2003.

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"Phase Automata: a programming model of locomotion gaits for scalable chain-type modular robots", submitted to IEEE/RSJ Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Las Vegas, 2003.

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"Connecting and disconnecting for chain self-reconfiguration with PolyBot", IEEE/ASME Transactions on mechatronics, special issue on Information Technology in Mechatronics, 2003

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"Modular Reconfigurable Robots in Space Applications", Autonomous Robots Journal, Vol. 14 No. 2-3, special issue for Robots in Space, Springer Verlag, 2003.

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"A General Constraint-Based Control Framework with Examples in Modular Self-Reconfigurable Robots", IEEE/RSJ Intl. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Lausanne, Switzerland, Oct. 2002

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"Sensor Computation in Modular Self-Reconfigurable Robots", Experimental Robotics VIII, Advanced Robotics Series, Bruno Siciliano Ed. Springer, 2003

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"A Platform for studying locomotion systems: Modular Self-Reconfigurable Robots", NIST workshop on Performance Metrics for Intelligent systems, August 2002

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"Modular Reconfigurable Robots, Machines that shift their shape to suit the task at hand", IEEE Spectrum Magazine cover article, Feb. 2002

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"Massively Distributed Control Nets for Modular Self-Reconfigurable Robots", 2002 AAAI Spring Symposium on Intelligent Distributed and Embedded Systems

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"Attribute/Service Model: Design Patterns for Efficient Coordination of Distributed Sensors, Actuators and Tasks in Embedded Systems", Workshop on Embedded System Codesigns 2002

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"Closed Chain Motion with Large Mechanical Advantage", IEEE/RSJ Intl. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Hawaii, USA, Oct. 2001

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"Software Architecture for Modular Self-Reconfiguable Robots", IEEE/RSJ Intl. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Hawaii, USA, Oct. 2001

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"Modular Reconfigurable Robots in Space Applications", 10th Intl. Conf. on Advanced Robotics, Budapest, Hungry, Aug. 2001

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"Six Degree of Freedom Sensing for Docking Using IR RED Emitters and Receivers", Experimental Robotics VII, Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences 271, D. Rus and S. Singh Eds. Springer, 2001

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"Distributed Control for 3D Metamorphosis", Autonomous Robots Journal, Vol 10, no 1, p 41-56, Jan. 2001

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Hybrid Systems

"A Formal Approach to Agent Design: An Overview of Constraint-Based Agents", Constraint Journal, Vol. 8, issue 3,  Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003

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"Specification for Performance Metrics of Intelligent Systems", NIST Workshop on Performance Metrics for Intelligent Systems, Gaithersburg, MD, August 2000

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"Design and Analysis of Hybrid Control Systems: An Elevator Case Study", Ray Reiter's 60th Birthday Collection, Logical Foundations for Cognitive Agents, Springer, 1999

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"Constraint Nets: A Semantic Model for Hybrid Dynamic Systems", Journal of Theoretical Computer Science, Special Issue on Hybrid Systems, Vol. 138, No. 1, 1995

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"Specification and Verification of Hybrid Dynamic Systems with Timed Forall-automata", Verification and Control of Hybrid Systems, LNCS 1066, 1995

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"Synthesis of Hybrid Constraint-Based Controllers", Hybrid Systems II, LNCS 999, 1995

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"Constraint Programming in Constraint Nets", Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming, MIT Press, 1995

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"Specification and Verification of Constraint-Based Dynamic Systems", Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming, LNCS 874, 1994

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"Will The Robot Do The Right Thing?", Canadian Artificial Intelligence, 1994

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"Parallel and Distributed Finite Constraint Satisfaction: Complexity, Algorithms and Experiments", Parallel Processing for Artificial Intelligence, Elsevier/North Holland, 1993

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PhD Thesis

"A FOUNDATION FOR THE DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF ROBOTIC SYSTEMS AND BEHAVIORS", Computer Science, University of British Columbia, 1994

Supervisor: Prof. Alan K. Mackworth

Thesis committee members: Prof. Peter D. Lawrence, Prof. Nick Pippenger, Prof. Jeff Joyce, and Prof. Dinesh Pai

External thesis reviewer: Prof. Amir Pnueli (Turing Award Laureate) (see review)

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Patents

activated

Method and System for Locating Devices with Location Tags

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Methods for Structured Variable Resolution Information Dissemination and Discovery  

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Query-Based Convergecast Scheduling in Wireless Sensor Networks  

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Distributed Minimum-Time Scheduling Algorithms for Convergecast in Wireless Networks  

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Sequential Localization in Active Deployment  

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Coordinated Convergecast for Ad Hoc Wireless Networks

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A Time-Aware Strategy for Message-initiated Constraint-Based Routing

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Learning-Based Strategies for Message-initiated Constraint-Based Routing  

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Protocol Specification for Message-Initiated Constraint-Based Routing  

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Six Degree of Freedom Position Ranging Using IR LED Emitters and Receivers  

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A Method of Embedding Data in Glyph Tones Using Occlusion Dataglyphs


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