美国著名学者学术报告的通知
最近，美国国家科学基金委计算机网络与系统部主任Sajal Das教授来杭访问，Sajal Das教授在计算机领域有突出的贡献，是国际著名学者，也是众多国际顶级学术会议的TPC主席和委员。Das教授将于
Sajal Das的报告摘要和简历：
Title:
From Wireless Networking to Smart Computing: Challenges and Solutions
Abstract:
The last decade has seen tremendous advancements in computer science and engineering
such as wireless networks, mobile and pervasive computing, sensor networks, information mining,
ambient intelligence, human-centered computing, middleware, and so on. Such technologies
have made the world closer and our life experience better than ever as we live in an increasingly
connected and automated society that links devices, computing and communication platforms to
everyday tasks and settings. As a result, recently there has been an upsurge of multi-disciplinary
research projects on the design and development of smart computing environments. We define a
"smart environment" as one that is able to autonomously acquire and apply knowledge about a
sensor-driven environment, and adapt to user preferences to improve their experience without
explicit awareness.
In this talk, we will first give a brief overview of emerging research directions in wireless mobile,
sensor and pervasive networks. Next we will discuss fundamental challenges and issues in the design
and modeling of smart environments. We will also present a novel framework for tracking user contexts
(e.g., activity, location) as captured by sensors while users interact with the environment on a daily
basis, thus leading to intelligence automation, autonomic and context-aware computing. Our fundamental
approach and models are based on solid foundation such as information theory, text compression,
on-line learning, uncertainty reasoning, and game theory. The proposed models will be validated with
the help of an agent based architecture and tools that we developed. The talk will be concluded with
open research problems and future directions in this field.
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Biography:
Dr. Sajal K. Das is a University Distinguished Scholar Professor of Computer Science and
Engineering and the Founding Director of the Center for Research in Wireless Mobility and
Networking (CReWMaN) at the
Program Director at the US National Science Foundation (NSF) in the Division of Computer
Networks and Systems. He is also an E.T.S. Walton Professor of Science Foundation of
a Visiting Professor at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) at
a Concurrent Professor of
of
Research
His current research interests include wireless sensor networks, mobile and pervasive computing,
smart environments, pervasive security, mobile grid computing, applied graph theory and game
theory. He has published over 400 research papers and over 35 book chapters in these areas.
He holds 6
"Smart Environments: Technology, Protocols, and Applications" (Wiley, 2005) and "
in Distributed Computing and Networking (Wiley, 2009).
Dr. Das is a recipient of the IEEE Computer Society Technical Achievement Award (2009) for
pioneering work in sensor networks, IEEE Region 5 Outstanding Engineering Educator Award (2009),
IEEE Engineer of the Year Award (2007). He also received seven Best Paper Awards at pretigious
conferences including ACM MobiCom '99, IEEE PerCom '06 and EWSN '08. At UTA, he is a recipient of
the Lockheed Martin Teaching Excellence Award (2009),
University Award for Distinguished Record of Research (2005),
Excellence Award (2003), and Outstanding Computer Science Senior Faculty Award (2001 and 2003).
Dr. Das serves as the Founding Editor-in-Chief of Elsevier 's Pervasive and Mobile Computing (PMC)
journal. He is also an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, ACM/Springer Wireless
Networks, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, Journal of Parallel and Distributed
Computing, and Journal of Peer-to-Peer Networking. He is the founder of IEEE PerCom and WoWMoM
conferences. He has served as General and Technical Program Chair as well as TPC member of numerous
IEEE and ACM conferences.