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Sensor Networks Research

My research on sensor networks concentrates mainly on advancing deployable systems while making them "smarter". This not only involves designing complete systems but designing new hardware/software/algorithms where there is not an ideal solution already. By making a full system which can be deployed the theory can be fully tested. are needed by researchers in other areas and this means the technology needs to be made more useable, reliable and robust.

• Communications and networks
  • two new MAC protocols have been produced in Glacsweb, latest uses TDMA
  • a new agent-based network algorithm combined with sensor sampling strategy ()
  • a radio tuned to communications under ice has been developed
  • (Bragg)
  • Optimising Networking with 6LowPAN (Ward)
• Algorithms and systems developments
  • node programming ()
  • system robustness () and caching ()
• Semantic Sensor Networks and Sensor Web
  • Semsorgrid4env - EU project on rolling out semantic sensor web for environmental monitoring
  • Streamed semantic reasoning (Al Beladi)
• Hardware platforms
  • based on Zolertia Z1 and deployed in Scotland
  • - has been through many major versions
  • historical systems:
  • A powerful platform with ARM+MSP430
  • Gumstix - were the basis of a lot of our systems
  • TelosB used as a lab platform for IoT experiments
  • Zolertia z1 nodes running Contiki
  • we tested Libelium Waspmotes
  • Sun Spots
  • TelosB and TinyNodes - tested for
• Deployments
  • - Internet of Things approach to ESNs
  • - long term project on environmental sensor networks for glaciology
  • Norway - Glacsweb systems deployed in glacier over three years
  • San Diego: Real-time remote erosion monitoring and outreach pilot In Los Laureles Canyon, Tijuana, Mexico.     (funded by NOAA)
• Conferences
  •   We run a (AGU)

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