MOBILE WIRELESS COMPUTING LAB(1991-2001)
Department of Computer Science, Rutgers University
Dr.Tomasz Imielinski
Dr. Badri Nath
(CoDirectors)
DataMan project was inspired by David Goodman’s talk when he joined Rutgers from Bell Labs over 10 years ago and gave a talk in computer science department about cell phone becoming a portable computer one day. After further interactions with David, Tomasz and Badri started investigating the “what if” a cell phone could also connect to the Internet. These investigations led to ten years of research on the impact of mobility, wireless connectivity and low battery power on computing. The work has been funded by DARPA, the agency which launched ARPA net in the sixties (and which led to the eventual emergence of Internet), NSF and a large number of companies, sponsors of WINLAB at Rutgers. Over the years we have investigated protocols to manage the wireless “first mile” to work smoothly with the rest of the wired internet, methods to send messages to places rather than people (Geocast), location dependent services and the impact of GPS, Infostations – islands of high wireless bandwidth, and most recently data spaces of millions of sensors embedded in the physical space. The project has been and still is not only intellectually stimulating but also has already impacted not only research but also commercial technology.
Funding: Over $8M in federal and industrial funding over the last 6 years. Most funding from DARPA. Grants from NSF and industry as well, through connection with WINLAB and its 25-30 industrial sponsors.
Students: 7 doctorates awarded, 12PhD students currently, tens of undergraduate and master level thesis and projects
Research Papers: Over 50 journal and conference papers, book “Mobile Computing”.
Citations and Impact: Two papers among the top five cited papers in Mobile Computing (Cora). DataMan and WINLAB ranked as one of the top research centers on mobile and wireless computing in the world. DataMan group receiving three consecutive DARPA grants through highly selective DARPA’s GLOMO program.
Distinguished Collaborators and Supporters:
David Goodman, Dick Frenkiel, Roy Yates, Randy Katz, Rob Ruth, Sri Kumar Thank You !