Wireless Sensors Networks: Current and Future Challenges

Speaker:	Prof. Magdy Bayoumi
		Director, The Center for Advanced Computer Studies
		Head, Computer Science Department
		Loflin Chair Prof. in Computer Science
		University of Louisiana at Lafayette
		U.S.A.

Title:		"Wireless Sensors Networks: Current and Future Challenges"

Date:		Monday, 27 September 2010

Time:		4:00pm - 5:00pm

Venue:		Lecture Theatre F (near lifts 25/26), HKUST

Abstract:

Computers, communication, and sensing technologies are converging to
change the way we live, interact, and conduct business. Wireless sensor
networks reflect such convergence. These networks are based on
collaborative efforts of a large number of sensor nodes. They should be
low-cost, low-power, and multifunction. These nodes have the capabilities
of sensing, data processing, and communicating. Sensor networks have a
wide range of applications, from monitoring sensors in industrial
facilities to control and management of energy applications to military
and security fields. Because of the special features of these networks,
new network technologies are needed for cost effective, low power, and
reliable communication. These network protocols and architectures should
take into consideration the special features of sensor networks such as:
the large number of nodes, their failure rate, limited power, high
density, etc. In this talk the impact of wireless sensor networks will be
addressed, several of the design and communication issues will be
discussed, and a case study of a current project of using such networks in
drilling and management off-shore oil and natural gas in the gulf region
will be given.


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Biography:

Prof. Magdy A. Bayoumi is Director of The Center for Advanced Computer
Studies (CACS) and Department Head of the Computer Science Department at
the University of Louisiana at Lafayette (UL Lafayette). He is, also, the
Loflin Chair Professor of Computer Science. Dr. Bayoumi has been a faculty
member in CACS since 1985. He received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in
Electrical Engineering from Cairo University, Egypt; M.Sc. degree in
Computer Engineering from Washington University, St. Louis; and the Ph.D.
degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Windsor, Canada.
Dr. Bayoumi's research interests include VLSI Design Methods and
Architectures, Low Power Circuits and Systems, Digital Signal Processing
Architectures, Parallel Algorithm Design, Computer Arithmetic, Image and
Video Signal Processing, Neural Networks, Wideband Network Architectures,
and Wireless Sensor Networks.

Dr. Bayoumi is leading a research group of 15 Ph.D. and 10 M.Sc. students
in these research areas. He has graduated 43 Ph.D. and about 125 M.Sc.
students. He has published over 350 papers in related journals and
conferences. He edited co-edited and coauthored 5 books in his research
interest. He was the guest editor of five special issues in VLSI Signal
Processing and VLSI Design, the latest was on "SoC Design", IEEE
Proceedings.Dr.Bayoumi has one patent on "On-Chip Learning."  And two on
"Low Power Circuits Design". He has given numerous invited lectures and
talks nationally and internationally. He has consulted in industry.

Dr. Bayoumi was the vice president for technical activities of the IEEE
Circuits and Systems (CAS) Society and then the VP for conferences of CAS.
Where he has served in many editorial, administrative, and leadership
capacities. He was elected to the BoG (1996). He is one of the founding
members of the VLSI Systems and Applications (VSA) Technical Committee
(TC) and was the past chair. He was one of the founding members of the
Neural Network TC. He is a member of the Multimedia TC. He was the founder
of the CAS TC on Circuits and Systems for Communication. He was the chair
of the Signal Processing Society TC on Design and Implementation of Signal
Processing Systems. He was the general (or Co-general) chair of The
Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, 1994 in Lafayette and 2003 in
Cairo, SiPS 2000 in Lafayette and SiPS 2011 in Beirut, 1998 Great Lakes
Symposium in Lafayette, VLSI 2004 in Lafayette, Computer Architecture for
Machine Perception 1993 in New Orleans and Montreal in 2007, ISCAS 2007 in
New Orleans, and ICIP 2009 in Cairo. He is a member of the steering
committee of the Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS), CAMP
and ICECS. He has been and an associate editor of several journals.

Dr. Bayoumi was the recipient of the IEEE CAS Education award in 2003 and
Meritorious Award in 2009. He was selected as UL foundation professor in
1993 and the researcher of the year in 1989. He was on the Governor's
Commission for Energy Policy in state of Louisiana. He gives lectures on
Renewable and Green Energy. Dr. Bayoumi was a technology columnist for
Lafayette local newspaper, "Daily Advertiser".