Title: Applications of Wireless Sensor Networks and Mobile Devices

Agustin J. Gonzalez
Department of Electronic
Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María - CHILE

Abstract

  Wireless Sensor and users' mobile devices can form networks that in a more
  general case are referred to as Mobile Ad hoc Networks (MANET). Most of the
  research in this field has focused on a network model, and less attention has
  been paid to the users' interest and to the deployment of network prototypes.
  MANETs are multihop networks, i.e. networks where the packets are forwarded in
  ad hoc fashion by the network nodes from the source to the destination.  This
  talk will focus on some examples where the multihop ad hoc networking paradigm
  has been successfully applied. We will look at some applications of Wireless
  Sensor Networks (WSN) and smart phones. These include the use of WSN in mining
  and precision agriculture industries and smart phones for monitoring student
  learning.  Finally, we will share some preliminary results of a medical
  application where we applied augmented reality using mobile devices.

Agustin J. Gonzalez's Biography
  Agustin Jose Gonzalez received his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in
  Electronic Engineering from Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria (UTFSM),
  Chile, in 1986 and 1995 respectively. This year he moved to Virginia, USA,
  where he obtained his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science from Old
  Dominion University (ODU) in 1997 and 2000 respectively.  Dr. Gonzalez was a
  research assistant at ODU and a summer intern at IBM T. J.  Watson Research
  Center, NY, USA.

  Dr. Gonzalez joined the Department of Electronic at UTFSM in 1987. In addition,
  he has been a consultant for a number of companies in Chile and has
  contributed to startup companies and entrepreneurship in Chile. Dr Gonzalez
  is currently assistant professor and Chair of the Department of Electronic,
  UTFSM. His technical and research interests include wireless sensor networks,
  computer networks protocols, embedded systems, and its applications.