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CENS Technical Seminar Series

Human in the loop: from Search and Rescue to Smart Buildings

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Invited Speaker: Prof. Alberto Cerpa, CS, UC Merced
Date: December 7, 2007
Time: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Venue: 4760 Boleter Hall, UCLA

Abstract

In this talk, I will present a summary of the sensor network research activities and projects being developed at the University of California, Merced. In particular, I will describe two ongoing projects in diverse research areas and applications. The first one is SenSearch, a GPS and Witness Assisted Tracking for Delay Tolerant Sensor Networks system that is used for search and rescue operations in outdoor places with lack of communication infrastructure. The system is being developed in collaboration with colleagues from University of Colorado at Boulder. The second project is SCOPES, involving the the design, analysis, deployment and evaluation of a distributed smart camera sensor network used for tracking and density estimation of people inside buildings. The applications range from building architecture and design, localization in case of emergency and dynamic control of HVAC systems for intelligent buildings. This project is being developed with support from the California Energy Commission (CEC).

Biography

Alberto Cerpa is an Assistant Professor and Founding Faculty at UC Merced. He received the PhD degree in computer science from University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA, 2006), the MSc degree in computer science from the University of Southern California (USC, 2000), the MSc degree in electrical engineering (USC, 1998), and the Engineer degree in electrical engineering from the Buenos Aires Institute of Technology, Argentina in 1995. His interests lie broadly in the computer networking and distributed systems areas. His recent focus has been on systems research in wireless sensor networks, with emphasis on network self-configuration, radio channel measurement and characterization, programming models, and development of wireless testbeds. He is an ACM and IEEE member.