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Vodaphone lecture 2008 19/2/08 4:21 pm Page 3
Lecture Series in Mobile Telecommunications and Networks
From wireless networks to sensor
networks and onward to networked
embedded control
Speaker: P. R. Kumar
Franklin W. Woeltge Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
University of Illinois
26 March 2008
6.15pm for 6.45pm
7 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AG
Vision Sensors
Planning and Scheduling
Sensor Actuation
Ad Hoc Network
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Lecture series on Mobile Communications and Networks
From wireless networks to sensor networks an
We address the issue of organising principles
and architecture for three different types of
emerging systems which may possibly be at
the cusp of a take-off: wireless networks,
sensor networks, and networked control.
In wireless networks, there is no a priori notion of links:
transmitting nodes simply radiate energy, and receiving
nodes hear a superposition of all concurrent transmissions.
We address the question of what should be the architecture
of wireless networks. Should they be organised like wired
Speaker: P. R. Kumar
Franklin W. Woeltge Professor of Electrical and networks or in an entirely different way? Also, can we do
Computer Engineering, University of Illinois
away completely with wired networks and replace them with
wireless networks? Or are there limits to what wireless networks can provide?
Sensor networks are comprised of nodes equipped with sensors for monitoring their
environment, as well as computational and wireless communication capabilities. The entire
network comprises a computational-cum-communication-cum-sensing system. We address the
issue of how information should be processed in-network within such systems.
Finally, we turn to the problem of networked control, where nodes can also act on their
environment, besides sensing the environment. What are the appropriate abstractions and
architectures for such systems that can interact with the physical world? We provide an
overview of efforts in the Convergence Lab at the University of Illinois to elucidate this issue.
Professor Kumar obtained his B. Tech. degree in Electrical Engineering (Electronics) from I.I.T. Madras
in 1973, and the M.S. and D.Sc. degrees in Systems Science and Mathematics
from Washington University, St. Louis in 1975 and 1977, respectively. From 1977-84 he was a faculty
member in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Maryland Baltimore County. Since
1985 he has been at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, where he is currently Franklin W.
Woeltge Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and a Research Professor in the
Coordinated Science Laboratory.
Further to this, Professor Kumar has worked on problems in game theory, adaptive control,
stochastic systems, simulated annealing, neural networks, machine learning, queueing networks,
manufacturing systems, scheduling and wafer fabrication plants. His current research interests are in
wireless networks, sensor networks, and networked embedded control systems.Vodaphone lecture 2008 19/2/08 4:21 pm Page 5
and onward to networked embedded control
Professor Kumar received the Donald P. Eckman Award of the American Automatic Control Council
in 1985, the IEEE Field Award in Control Systems in 2006 and the Fred W. Ellersick Prize of the IEEE
Communications Society in 2007. He is a Fellow of the IEEE, and a member of the US
National Academy of Engineering.
Chairman Professor Mike Walker FREng, Vodafone Group R&D
Lecture series steering Miss Helen Berrington, The Royal Academy of Engineering
committee Professor Lajos Hanzo FREng, University of Southampton
Professor John Gardiner FREng, University of Bradford
Professor Joe McGeehan FREng, University of Bristol
Professor John Midwinter OBE FREng FRS,
University College London
Professor Jon Crowcroft FREng, University of Cambridge
Programme 6.15pm Registration
6.45pm Lecture and Q&A session
8.10pm Drinks reception
8.30pm Dinner
9.45pm Close
Dress is Lounge suit
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2008 unless the ticket can be reallocated.
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Lecture Series in Mobile Telecommunications and Networks
From wireless networks to sensor networks and onward to
networked embedded control
26 March 2008
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