Speaker: Maria Gorlatova, Columbia University
Date/Time: Friday, November 23, 2012/11:00AM to 12:00PM
Location: 4359 ME (Mackenzie Engineering Building), Carleton University,
1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1S 5B6
Parking: no free parking
Registration: free
Organizer: The IEEE Ottawa SP/OE/GRS Joint Chapter
Organizer e-mail:

Dr. Yifeng Zhou (yifeng.zhou@crc.gc.ca), or

Dr. Jun Li (jun.li@crc.gc.ca), or

Prof. F. Richard Yu (Richard_yu@carleton.ca)

Organized by: The IEEE Ottawa SP/OE/GRS Joint Chapter

Url: http://www.ieeeottawa.ca/grsoesp/

Abstract: Recent advances in ultra-low-power circuit design,
ultra-wideband impulse-radio (UWB-IR) wireless communications, and
organic energy harvesting technologies will enable the realization of the
EnHANTs in the near future. In this talk I will describe the important
paradigm shifts associated with the underlying technologies enabling the
EnHANTs. I will describe our efforts in designing and developing the
EnHANT prototypes and the prototype testbed, and will present the results
of the indoor light energy measurement study we have been conducting to
characterize the EnHANT energy availability. I will also describe the
energy-harvesting-adaptive communication and networking algorithms we
have been designing and developing for the EnHANTs. This talk is based on
the publications that appeared in the ACM MobiCom’09, IEEE WiOpt’11, and
IEEE INFOCOM’11. The EnHANTs Project recognitions include the 1st place
in the Vodafone Americas Foundation Wireless Innovation Competition, the
IEEE ComSoc Award for Advances in Communications, and the ACM SenSys’11
Best Student Demo Award.