Massively Distributed Self-Organizing Networks

Part of the Long Program Large Scale Communication Networks
May 13 - 17, 2002

Schedule

All times in this Schedule are Pacific Time (PT)

Monday, May 13, 2002

Tutorials: Communications Perspective

Morning Session
8:30 - 9:00 Check-In/Breakfast (Hosted by IPAM)
9:00 - 9:15 Welcome and Opening Remarks
9:15 - 10:30
Deborah Estrin (UCLA)

Embedding the Internet: This Century Challenges
Presentation (PowerPoint File)
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:00
Urbashi Mitra (University of Southern California)

Wireless Changes

12:00 - 1:30 Lunch (on your own)

Tutorials: Systems and Technology Perspectives

Afternoon Session
1:30 - 2:30
David Culler (Intel / UC Berkeley)

Technology Enabler

2:30 - 3:00 Coffee Break
3:00 - 4:00
Kristofer Pister (University of California at Berkeley)

Closing in on Smart Dust
Presentation (PowerPoint File)
4:00 - 5:00 Group and Round Table Discussion
5:00 - 7:00 Wine/Cheese Reception (Hosted by IPAM)

Tuesday, May 14, 2002

Tutorials: Physics and Biology Perspectives

Morning Session
8:30 - 9:00 Continental Breakfast
9:00 - 10:00
Jean Carlson (UCSB)

Tutorial: Introduction to phase transitions and power laws

10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:30
Evelyn Fox Keller (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

The history and prospects for mathematical biology

11:30 - 2:00 Lunch (on your own)

Tutorials: Information Theoretic Perspectives

Afternoon Session
2:00 - 3:00
Michelle Effros (California Institute of Technology)

Information Perspective

3:00 - 3:30 Coffee Break
3:30 - 4:30
Greg Pottie (UCLA)

Information Perspective
Presentation (PowerPoint File)

Tutorials: Physics and Biology Perspectives

Wednesday, May 15, 2002

Morning Session
8:30 - 9:30 Continental Breakfast
9:30 - 10:30
John Doyle (California Institute of Technology)

Tutorial: Biological molecules, modules, and networks

10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:00
John Doyle (California Institute of Technology)

Tutorial: Emergence and self-organization in physics, biology, and engineering

12:00 - 2:00 Lunch (on your own)

Afternoon Session
2:00 - 3:00
Reka Albert (University of Minnesota)

Boolean modeling of genetic regulatory networks

3:00 - 3:30 Coffee Break
3:30 - 4:30
P. R. Kumar (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

Ad Hoc Wireless Networks: Protocols, Architecture, and Convergence
PDF Presentation

Research Talks

Thursday, May 16, 2002

Morning Session
8:30 - 9:30 Continental Breakfast
9:30 - 10:30
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:00
Tad Hogg (Hewlett Packard Laboratories)

Multiagent control of modular self-reconfigurable robots
PDF Presentation
12:00 - 2:00 Lunch (on your own)

Afternoon Session
2:00 - 3:00
3:00 - 4:00
P. R. Kumar (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

A Network Information Theory for Wireless Communications
PDF Presentation
4:00 - 4:30 Coffee Break
4:30 - 5:30

To Be Announced
5:30 - 7:00 Conference Dinner BBQ

Research Talks

Friday, May 17, 2002

Morning Session
8:30 - 9:00 Continental Breakfast
9:00 - 10:00
Feng Zhao (Xerox Palo Alto Research Center)

Collaborative Processing in Microsensor Networks

10:00 - 10:15 Coffee Break
10:15 - 11:15
Gaurav Sukhatme (University of Southern California)

Physics-based Sensing and State Estimation Algorithms for Robotic Sensor
Presentation (PowerPoint File)
11:15 - 12:15
Kannan Ramchandran (University of California at Berkeley)

 

12:15 - 2:00 Lunch (on your own)

Afternoon Session
2:00 - 3:00
Massimo Franceschetti (California Institute of Technology)

Wireless Networks: from Collective Behavior to Physical Models

3:00 - 3:15 Conclusion