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Wireless Sensor Networks: The Product of a Marriage Made in Heaven

Dr. Magdy Bayoumi
Professor
Director of the The Center for Advanced Computer Studies (CACS)
Computer Science Department, University of Louisiana at Lafayette (UL Lafayette)

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 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; communication and protocol, 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 will be given.

SPEAKER'S BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Magdy A. Bayoumi received 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 Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Windsor, Canada. He is presently the 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). Dr. Bayoumi has been a faculty member in CACS since 1985.
Dr. Bayoumi has graduated 27 Ph.D. and about 150 Master’s students. He has published over 300 papers in related journals and conferences. He edited, co-edited and co-authored 5 books in his research interests. He was and has been Editor, Associate Editor and Guest Editor in many prestigious journals, including Transactions on VLSI Systems, Transactions on Neural Networks, Transaction on Circuits and Systems II, and Journal of VLSI Signal Processing Systems. He has given numerous invited lectures and talks nationally and internationally, and has consulted in industry. Dr. Bayoumi is Chair and Founder of "Circuits and Systems for Communication" Technical Committee of IEEE Circuits and Systems (CAS) Society. He won UL Lafayette 1988 Researcher of the Year award and 1993 Distinguished Professor award at UL Lafayette. Dr. Bayoumi is the recipient of the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society 2003 Education Award, and he is an IEEE Fellow.

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