Our mission
As computing technology advances and novel
sensing materials are developed, miniature smart sensors nodes will become
ubiquitous low-cost devices. A reasonable expectation is that in the near
future sensor nodes with wireless communication capabilities will be widely
deployed for many different purposes.
In the Networking Wireless Sensors (NeWS)
lab, we are helping make this hope a reality. We are developing wireless
networking protocols for specific sensor types, such as biomedical sensors
or environmental sensors. In particular, we are developing networking
solutions to support wireless sensors for artificial retina or cortical
implantation. We are also developing wireless protocols to support the
secure monitoring of beaches for water contamination. Both projects are
being conducted as part of multidisciplinary research with a number of other
researchers.
Besides these specific sensor application
areas, we are also designing new protocols for generic wireless sensor
networks. Issues being studied include routing, scalability, and
energy-efficient operation.
The NeWS lab gratefully acknowledges the
support from the National Science Foundation. More details can be found on
the
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Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science foundation.