SenSys 2011 Doctoral Colloquium
November 1, 2011, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
The Doctoral Colloquium (DC) of SenSys'11 is to provide a friendly, supportive, and constructive environment where PhD students can present their research-in-progress for an open discussion guided by a panel of experienced researchers and practitioners. Applicants should be far enough into their PhD to have a concrete proposal, and have initially outlined the salient issues and proposed research methodology. Applicants should not be planning to submit their PhD thesis or dissertation for at least four months after the DC, so that any advice or input may still be incorporated into the doctoral work.
The DC will be a one-day, seminar-style event, consisting of short presentations followed by roundtable discussion. Time will be allotted to each student not only for the presentation, but also for careful, in-depth consideration and discussion amongst the panelists and DC participants.
Program
The DC is a one-day event. A timeslot of 45 minutes is allocated for each student. During the first 20 minutes, the student gives a presentation of his Ph.D. thesis, the remaining 25 minutes are reserved for a discussion with the advisors (session chair is indicated in bold font) and the other participants. Most of the sessions are open to all the DC participants (panel members and the students with accepted work in the DC). For guests who are not participants of the DC (e.g., a student who does not present in any sessions of the DC), permission from the session chair must be acquired to attend a session.
| 8:00-9:00 | Registration/breakfast (Hallway) |
| 9:00-9:15 | Welcome |
| 9:15-10:00 | Moritz Strübe (Univ. of Erlangen, Germany):
RealSim and DryRun: Tools for a more reliable deployment of WSNs Advisors: Tarek Abdelzaher, Raghu Ganti, Matt Welsh, Pei Zhang |
| 10.00-10.30 | Break |
| 10:30-11:15 | Jason Waterman (Harvard University):
Coordination in Micro-Aerial Vehicle Sensor Networks. Advisors: Pei Zhang, Tarek Abdelzaher, Nirupama Bulusu, Lin Gu |
| 11:15-12:00 |
Jingyao Zhang (Virginia Tech):
A HW-SW Design Tool for Sensor Nodes in Wireless Networks. Advisors: Matt Welsh, Pei Zhang, Gang Zhou |
| 12:00-13:30 | Lunch (Princessa II) |
| 13:30-14:15 | Matthias Kovatsch (ETH Zurich):
A User-Centered Application Layer for the Internet of Things. Advisors: Tian He, Guoliang Xing, Raghu Ganti, Nirupama Bulusu |
| 14:15-15:00 | Michael Frey (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin):
Self-Adaptive Wireless Sensor Networks Advisors: Guoliang Xing, Suman Nath, Raghu Ganti |
| 15:00-15:30 | Break |
| 15.30-16.15 |
Francisco Sant'Anna (PUC-Rio):
Céu: A Reactive Language for Wireless Sensor Networks. Advisors: Gang Zhou, Suman Nath, Tarek Abdelzaher |
| 16:15-17:00 |
Djibrilla Amadou Kountché, Nicolas Monmarché and Mohamed Slimane (University of Tours):
Facing Challenges in building an Indoor Localization System for Disabled People Advisors: Radha Poovendran, Paul Havinga, Tian He, Guoliang Xing |
| 18:00-20:30 | Joint dinner of participants and panel (Purple Cafe, 1225 4th Ave) |
Venue
In affiliation with the SenSys 2011, the Doctoral Colloquium will take place in the Grand Hyatt Hotel at Seattle. Most of the DC activities will be in the Douglas Boardroom on the 6th floor. The address of the hotel is:
721 Pine Street
Seattle, Washington, USA 98101
Tel: +1 206 774 1234
Submissions
Topic scope is the same as that listed in the SenSys call for papers. DC submissions should consist of a single PDF document using the SenSys paper template. The document should contain the following:
-
Research summary (3 pages) describing the work in progress and
including a 100-word abstract. Things to consider for inclusion in the
research summary might be: the expected contribution to the field of
sensor networking; the original idea or thesis statement; the problem
domain and the specific problem addressed; a brief overview of related
work; the methodological approach; research carried out and results so
far.
- Student biographical sketch, including the names and affiliations of the research advisor(s), and expected date of dissertation submission.
The submission site is open
Research summaries will be reviewed by the chairs and panel members. If the work is accepted, a student may be expected to make clarifications and improvements to the research summary by the camera-ready deadline. Note that the research summaries will not be formally published, but hardcopies will be made available to colloquium delegates.
Registration
Accepted participants of the doctoral colloquium shall register for the SenSys workshop registration (if applicable at the student rate). The registration is free if the student also attends and has registered for the SenSys conference. Participants can also apply for SenSys travel grants.
Important dates
Submission deadline: Sept. 15, 2011 (extended deadline)
Notification of Acceptance: October 1, 2011 (updated)
Camera-ready: October 22, 2011 (updated)
Colloquium: November 1, 2011
Organizers
Chairs:
Lin Gu (
), Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Nirupama Bulusu, Portland State University
Panel
Tarek Abdelzaher, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Raghu Ganti, IBM Research
Paul Havinga, University of Twente
Tian He, University of Minnesota
Suman Nath, Microsoft Research
Radha Poovendran, University of Washington
Matt Welsh, Google
Guoliang Xing, Michigan State University
Pei Zhang, Carnegie Mellon University
Gang Zhou, College of William and Mary
Last updated Oct. 28, 2011.