University of Guelph Research Day - Winter ‘08
On December 2nd and 4th 2008, Research Day for the Computer Science Department at the University of Guelph is taking place. Research Day is a day where many of the graduate and some undergraduate students present research projects in various stages. For the graduate students the projects consist of initial results and proposals for thesis documents while the undergrads present results from their research projects.
Tags: Jason Ernst, Public, Research Day, Seminar, University of Guelph, Wireless Mesh Networks
PerWin Research Group @ the University of Guelph
Today I completed the listing page for all of the presentations our research group PerWin at the University of Guelph has made in the last year or so. PerWin stands for Pervasive Computing and Wireless Networking Research. The group is directed by my advisor, Dr. Mieso Denko and has several graduate students who are active research members in the group. We have given presentations on topics ranging from Wireless Mesh Networks protocols, Autonomous networks, Fair Scheduling, Load Balancing, RFID, Wireless Security and much more. We have also had special invited talks by several faculty members from various Universities around Ontario (Ryerson, UOIT).
Reynolds Building @ University of Guelph where PerWin meets regularly
Tags: Fair Scheduling, Jason Ernst, Load Balancing, Mieso Denko, Pervasive Computing, PerWin, Research Group, University of Guelph, Wireless Mesh Networks, Wireless Network
Ubiquitous Computing vs Virtual Reality
Early this week, during a lecture at Guelph by Dr. Denko, I was introduced to the idea of ubiquitous computing. The idea was coined in the 1980’s by Mark Weiser at the Xerox Parc Lab. An extremely simplified defintion of ubiquitous computing on the laboratory website is where technology receds into the background of our lives. One person has many computers of various sizes and capabilities that aid the person in such a way that he/she takes for granted the computers are even there.
Tags: Mark Weiser, Mieso Denko, Ubiquitous Computing, University of Guelph
Fair Scheduling & Load Balancing in WMN
My research is becoming more focused as of late towards the area of fair scheduling and load balancing in Wireless Mesh Networks. Earlier this week I gave a talk in our wireless research group at Guelph on WMN: Fair Scheduling and Load Balancing which I will make available at the bottom of the post.
The presentation gave a background on why load balancing and scheduling are important in WMNs. Additionally a survey on the current problems that I find interesting in the area was presented. In case you don’t want to get the presentation / you don’t have MS Office here are the main points from the presentation:
Tags: Fair Scheduling, Jason Ernst, Load Balancing, Presentation, University of Guelph, Wireless Mesh Networks
Computer Science: A Science?
Computer Science is a broad term used to describe many areas in the field of computing. Wikipedia defines Computer Science as the “study of the theoretical foundations of information computing and their implementation and application in computer systems.” In recent years, defining this field as a science has come under criticism from others in “pure” sciences like physics and chemistry. Even some members of the computer science community itself are skeptical about whether computer science should really be considered a science.
Tags: Abelson, ACM, Comp Sci, CompSci, Computer Science, Dennings, Dijkstra, Engineering, Mathematics, McMaster University, Science, Sussman, University of Guelph, University of Waterloo, Wikipedia
Ns-2.33 (and nam) on Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron)
