Jim Reich Area Manager, Embedded Collaborative Computing Area Computing Sciences Laboratory  Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) [the lab formerly known as Xerox PARC]

My research focuses on Sensor Networks and Smart Matter -- systems which embed computation, sensing and actuation deeply into the physical world. I've been involved with several Smart Matter systems, including ad-hoc sensor networks, active surfaces and distributed diagnosis using multiple sensor types. More detail on this work can be found at the ECCA homepage.

My technical focus is on collaborative signal processing, programming approaches and tools for distributed sensor network application development, sensor fusion and tracking. I've also worked in distributed control and diagnosis algorithms for smart matter. In addition to the algorithmic details, I have been the primary system integrator for a number of these systems, which translates roughly as "the only person crazy enough to think he understands enough of the hardware, software, algorithm and electronic implementation details to continue working when everyone else has fallen asleep"...

CV [pdf ]

Publications
My publications are listed in the CV above, but depending on update schedules, this may or may not be more recent than the list on the ECCA publications page.

Previous Projects
CoSense
Smart Matter Diagnostics
Integrated Smart Stuff (aka the Airjet Paper Mover)
 

If you love Bay Area hiking, in my "spare" time, I organize the MIT Club of Northern California monthly hike series.  If you don't tell you're not from MIT, I won't ask :-)

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