SGER: Algorithm Design for Mobile Heterogenous Sensor Networks with Applications to Improvised Explosive Device Detection and Surveillance

0548577 Akella这是NSF SGER计划下的一项为期两年的探索性研究提案，要求提供资金支持新理论和算法的开发，这些理论和算法使异构移动的传感器平台能够对一次性、频繁或偶发事件进行有效响应。 作为拟议的研究结果的理论和算法协议，预计将显着影响目前正在设想在各种民用和军事领域的大量自主广域传感器网络应用。 为了帮助对拟议的活动给予强有力的关注并验证新的算法，我们计划与位于加利福尼亚州圣地亚哥的美国海军空间和海军作战（SPAWAR）系统中心的合作伙伴密切合作，解决一个高度重要和相关的问题-保卫我们的家园和国界。具体来说，我们的SPAWAR伙伴关系设想的应用程序的拟议研究的任务，简易爆炸装置（IED）的检测和监视使用基础设施免费无线移动的传感器网络。拟议的活动将为两名全日制研究生提供专门的研究培训机会。

0548577 Akella This two-year long exploratory research proposal under NSF's SGER program requests funding to support development of new theory and algorithms that enable heterogeneous mobile sensor platforms with the capability for efficient responsiveness due to one-time, frequent, or sporadically occurring events. The theory and algorithm protocols derived as a result of the proposed study are expected to significantly impact a vast array autonomous wide-area sensor network applications that are currently being envisioned in various civilian and military fields. To help impart a strong focus for proposed activities and to validate the new algorithms, we plan to closely work with our collaborating partner at the US Navy's Space and Naval Warfare (SPAWAR) Systems Center in San Diego, CA on a problem of high importance and relevance - that of defending our homeland and national borders. Specifically, our SPAWAR partnership envisions applications of proposed research toward the task of Improvised Explosive Device (IED) detection and surveillance using infrastructure free wireless mobile sensor networks. The proposed activity will provide dedicated research training opportunities for two full-time graduate students.