FCC Open Internet App Award and FCC People's Choice App Award,
FCC Open Internet App. Challenge 2011
AAAS Fellow,
for distinguished contributions to the field of mobile and wireless systems
and services, and for passionate visionary leadership of the mobile computing community (December 2010)
IEEE Northwest Area Region 6 Outstanding Engineer Award (September 2010)
ACM
Fellow, for contributions to wireless communication systems, and
leadership in the mobile computing and communications community, (November 2003)
SIGMOBILE Distinguished
Service Award,
Citation: for passion about and effectiveness in advancing
the interests of ACM SIGMOBILE and its conferences, (July 2001)
The world's first urban white space network (2003-): Led a
small team of researchers that built and deployed a WSN, nick-named WhiteFi,
on Microsoft's Redmond campus on Oct. 16, 2009. Spearheaded Microsoft's spectrum
management proposals. Published seminal papers in top conferences, started
conferences & workshops (DySPAN, INFOCOM's CWCN, MSR's CogNet), edited
special issues, wrote book chapters, gave close to a dozen keynotes, influenced
government policy (FCC, TRAI, SARFT, ANATEL etc.) & funding (NSF). Became the
focus of world-wide press coverage. Co-led the MS strategy team that had a
significant hand in the Nov. 4, 2008 and Sept. 23, 2010 FCC ruling that opened
180 MHz+ for unlicensed use in the United States.
The world's first public Wi-Fi hotspot network (2000).
Deployed the network in Bellevue, Washington from 1999 to June 2001
(New York Times Article, Feb. 28, 2000). The wireless edge server design is
being used by all the major Wi-Fi equipment vendors,
beating out the competing IEEE 801.1x design. Awarded 5 international patents and
considerable favorable press coverage. (Click
here to check out the original web site, June 1999)
The world's first Wi-Fi based indoor location determination
system (1999). Original paper has been cited over 5500 times and in large part has
created the field of indoor positioning systems using commodity hardware. Several companies
including Ekahau, Symbol, Nortel, Intel, Cisco, Google, and Microsoft are begining to
commercialize versions of this system and many universities are using it as a foundation for research in
location and context aware systems. Awarded 9 U.S. and international patents for this work.
(Click
here to see original demo, April 2000)
The world's first multi-radio single network system (2003) Introduced
important new design ideas on using multiple radios to improve the performance
of wireless mesh networks, wireless LANs, and cell phones. These designs have
proliferated deeply into the computer and telecommunication industry. Awarded
multiple patents and received considerable coverage from mainstream media
for this work.
The world's first wireless network virtualization architecture (2002):
this architecture enables a network card to connect to multiple networks simultaneously.
Software downloads exceeded over 100,000 making it the
second most popular download
in Microsoft Research's history (up until 2007). It is being shipped to millions of users via Windows 7. Received many accolades
from main stream media. The design is fundamental to NSF's GENI WLAN virtualization
efforts.
First to experiment with multi-gigabit wireless links in over-subscribed
datacenters (2009-11): Demonstrated how 60 GHz point-to-point links, built
into top-of-the-rack (ToR) switches, can relieve congestion hot-spots in oversubscribed
DC networks. Contrary to concerns about interference and link reliability, our design
allowed many wireless links to operate concurrently at multi-Gbps rates. The design
avoids rewiring costs in DCs and provides an intermediate step towards full bi-section
bandwidth DC networks. The work resulted in multiple papers, patents, and was covered
by popular press including
the New York Times (July 14, 2012 issue).
Created cloud services & cloudlets for mobile computing (2009 -):
Envisioned, evangelized and led the development of a service-store that enables developers to
build sophisticated cloud-enhanced mobile applications. Deployed a variety of cloud
services (Optical Character Recognition, Relay, Rendezvous, Speech-to-Text, Path
Prediction, Social Fabric, Translation etc.) for Windows Phone, Windows 8 and
Android devices. Over 60 universities world-wide adopted these services in senior
and graduate-level mobile computing courses.
Invented the first wake-on-wireless system (2003) Introduced the
notion of using a low power radio (as a control channel) to wake-up the high-power
system to improve its energy profile. The original MobiCom paper, cited over 500 times,
opened up a new thread of research on wireless systems incl. UMASS's Turduken, Intel's
CoolSpots, Microsoft's Cell2Notify & Somniloquy, etc. Awarded 4 US patents for this work.
Enterprise & Home Network Management (2005-10): Developed a unique
end-to-end approach for diagnosing networked applications and services in large enterprises.
This approach requires end-hosts to cooperatively detect, diagnose, and recover
from network performance problems. Unlike existing products, end-hosts gather,
aggregate, and analyzing data at all layers of the networking stack to determine the
root cause of the problems impacting applications and services. This system is being
used by Microsoft production servicest.
The world's first commodity multimedia hardware adapter
for PCs (1992). The hardware had real-time audio-video coding/decoding and image rendering capabilities.
It was used world-wide for research in high-speed (ATM, FDDI) and packet video networks
(Sequoia 2000, BERKOM, BAGnet & MBONE)
Community mesh networking (2003), Popularized this networking
paradigm as an alternative technology for broadband access in cities, neighborhoods,
offices, and rural areas. Helped create the Digital Inclusion Program that provided $1.5 million
in research funding. Developed the Academic Resource Kit 2005 & 2007 for teaching & research. The
kit is being used by over 1200 Universities world-wide. Gave keynotes and taught several
courses. Published multiple papers, awarded 8 international patents, received wide press
coverage, and licensed out the technology to start-up companies.
Contributor to multiple wireless networking standards: The IEEE 802.11e
standard incorporates ideas from the distributed weighted fair scheduling algorithm that we
invented. The IEEE 802.11s mesh standard incorporates abstractions related to multiple radios
and fast channel switching. The Bluetooth SIG's Local Positioning WG incorporated the signal
strength matching techniques that we invented. The NativeWiFi and Wireless Zero Configuration
in the Windows are derivatives my work.
Keynotes & Plenaries Talks
Predicting the Future of Cloud Backed Mobile Gaming
Workshop on Mobile Gaming (MobiGames),
Helsinki, Finland, August 13, 2012
Putting the Cloud in the Palm of Your hand
The 47th IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC),
Ottawa, Canada, June 14, 2012
The 22nd IEEE Symposium on Personal, Indoor, Mobile and Radio Communications (PIMRC 2011),
Toronto, Canada, September 12, 2011
The 20th IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN),
Maui, Hawaii, USA, August 2, 2011
The 8th IEEE Communications Society Conference on Sensor, Mesh and Ad Hoc Communications and Networks (SECON),
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, June 28, 2011
The Wireless Frontier - from 600 MHz to 60 GHz
IEEE International Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks (IEEE DySPAN 2011)
Aachen, Germany, May 6, 2011
10th Scandinavian Workshop on Wireless Ad-hoc Networks (ADHOC 2011),
Johannesberg Castle, Stockholm, May 10, 2011
Green IT: A Software Perspective
The 7th IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Systems (IEEE MASS 2010
San Francisco, CA, November 8, 2010
First SIGCOMM Workshop on Green Networking, New Delhi, India, August 30, 2010
White Space Networking
Wireless Innovation Forum 67th General Meeting, TVWS Workshop: Going to Market
with TV Band Devices: Long Term Promises, Near Term Actions, Schaumburg, Illinois,
Sept. 16, 2010
The Fifth International Conference on Mobile Computing and Ubiquitous Networking (ICMU 2010),
Seattle, Washington, April 38 2010
The 7th IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Embedded and Ubiquitous Computing (EUC 2009),
Vancouver, Canada, August 31 2009
The Sixth International Conference on Wireless On-demand Network Systems and Services,
Snowbird, Utah, USA, February 2, 2009
First Workshop on Wireless Broadband Access for Communities and Rural Developing Regions,
Karlstad, Sweden, December 11, 2008
Second IFIP International Symposium on Wireless Communications and Information Technology in Developing
Countries, Pretoria, South Africa, October 7, 2008
MSR's Cognitive Wireless Networking Summit, Snoqualmie, Washington, USA, June 4, 2008
Intel's Communications Internal Conference (ICOMM 2008),
Stevenson, Washington, USA, April 9, 2008
Revisiting Wi-Fi Design in the Cognitive Radios Era
First International Workshop on Cognitive Dynamic Systems and Their Applications 2008,
Ontario, Canada, May 27, 2008
The Third International Conference on Communication System Software and Middleware
(COMSWARE 2008), Bangalore, India, January 8, 2008
The Ninth International Conference on Distributed Computing and Networking
(ICDCN), Kokatta, India, January 6, 2008
Towards Self-Managing Wireless Networks
Conference on Heterogeneous Networking for Quality, Reliability, Security and
Robustness (QShine), Vancouver, Canada, August 15, 2007
IFIP Symposium on Computer Performance Modeling, Measurements, and Evaluation
(PERFORMANCE), Cologne, Germany, October 2, 2007
ACM Workshop on Mobility in Evolving Internet Architecture (MobiArch),
Kyoto, Japan, August 27, 2007
IEEE International Symposium on Wireless Pervasive Computing,
San Juan, Puerto Rico, February 5, 2007
SPIE Broadband Access Communication Technologies Conference,
Boston, Massachusetts, October 1, 2006 USA)
Wireless Mesh Networking
First International Workshop on "Wireless Mesh: Moving towards Applications",
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, (August 10, 2006)
First International Workshop on Wireless Personal and Local Area Networks,
New Delhi, India, January 8, 2006
Texas Wireless Symposium, Austin, Texas, USA, October 26-28, 2005
2nd International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems 2005 (ISWCS),
Siena, Italy, September 5-7, 2005
IEEE Forth International Conference on Mobile Business (ICMB),
Sidney, Australia, July 11-13, 2005
MICS Workshop ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, July 6-7, 2004
Government Policy, Study Groups, Panels (incomplete list)
Federal Communications Commission
White Space Networking - Update,
Presentation to the FCC Chairman, Redmond, WA, USA, August 14, 2010
Broadband Spectrum: A Looming Crisis?,
Federal Communications Commission's National Broadband Plan Field Hearing on Mobile Broadband,
San Diego, CA, USA, October 8, 2009
National Science Foundation
Reactions and Perspectives,
National Science Foundation Workshop on Future Wireless Communication Networks,
Arlington, VA, USA (November 2-3, 2009)
Site Visitor, Renew Funding for Center for Embedded Network Sensing,
UCLA, (June 7, 2006)
NeTs Program PI Research Review,
UCLA, (August 5, 2010)
Study Group on Perspectives on Peer-to-Peer Networks, Dagstuhl, Germany, April 20, 2005
Study Group on Residential Broadband Revisited: Research Challenges in Residential Networks,
Broadband Access and Applications, Chicago, Illinois, USA (October 23-24, 2003)
Network Research Testbed, Chicago, IL, USA (October 17-18, 2002)
Wireless Information Technology and Networking Initiative, Study conducted by
the Division of Advanced Networking Infrastructure and Research (CISE/ANIR) (July 1999)
Networking Research Program, Division of Advanced Networking
Infrastructure and Research, (January 1999)
Towards the EverGreen Future, The Fifth International Conference on Mobile
Computing and Ubiquitous Networking (ICMU 2010), Seattle, Washington, USA, April 27, 2010
The Future of Wireless Technology, Twentieth Anniversary Celebrations of WINLAB,
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA, December 11, 2009
The Future of Information Systems and Communications, Centennial Forum,
100th Anniversary of Electrical and Computer Engineering Department,
University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA, September 27, 2008
Exchanges and Trends in Networking, sponsored by European Cooperation
in Science and Technology (EU) and the National Science Foundation (USA),
Chania, Greece, June 23, 2003
PhD Thesis Committees
Hariharan Shankar Rahul,
Improving Spectrum Utilization in Wireless Networks, (August 2012)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Justin Manweiler,
Building Blocks for Tomorrow's Mobile App Store, (June 2012)
Duke University (now at IBM TJ Watson Research)
Rohan Narayana Murty,
Opportunistic Wireless Network Architectures, (June 2011)
Harvard University (now a Junior Fellow in the Society of Fellows at Harvard)
Yuvraj Agarwal,
Building Aggressively Duty-Cycled Platforms to Achieve Energy Efficiency, June 2009
University of California San Diego
Iqbal Mohomed,
Interactive Content Adaptation, October 2008
University of Toronto (now at IBM TJ Watson Research)
Srikanth Kandula,
Increasing the Robustness of Networked Systems, July 2008
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (now at Microsoft Research Redmond)
Yuan Yuan,
Enabling Dynamic Spectrum Allocation in Cognitive Radio Networks, September 2007
University of Maryland (now at Google)
Ranveer Chandra,
A Virtualization Architecture for Wireless Network Cards, September 2005
Cornell University (now at Microsoft Research Redmond)
Anand Balachandran,
Incorporating Location Awareness in Public-Area Wireless Networks, January 2003
University of California San Diego (now at Microsoft Corporation)
Chiara Petrioli,
Energy Conserving Protocols for Wireless Communications, June 1998
University of Rome "La Sapienza" (now a Associate Professor at University of Rome)
Tutorials
You can download my tutorial on mesh networking. The
power point file is 26,460 KBytes and the PDF version is 4,829 KBytes. I would love to know if you used any portion of this tutorial in your talks or presentation and all comments are welcome.
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