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

在NSF SGER项目下，这项为期两年的探索性研究计划要求资金支持新理论和算法的开发，使异构移动传感器平台能够有效响应一次性、频繁或零星发生的事件。该研究提出的理论和算法协议预计将对目前在各种民用和军事领域设想的大量自主广域传感器网络应用产生重大影响。为了帮助将重点放在拟议的活动上，并验证新算法，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——保卫我们的国土和国界。具体来说，我们的SPAWAR伙伴关系设想将拟议的研究应用于使用基础设施免费无线移动传感器网络的简易爆炸装置（IED）探测和监视任务。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.