Monday, October 16
2:30 - 3:30 P.M.
Room 1005 EECS
Abstract-
The design of autonomous multi-vehicle systems is an area of
increasing interest these days. We will discuss the
UC-Berkeley program in control and communications for these
multi-vehicle systems. In particular, we shall identify the
networking issues in these multi-vehicle systems and present
some ad-hoc networking protocols that we have developed. Our
research has focussed on automated service discovery and
interfacing, data management, geographic routing algorithms
for mobile networks, and protocols to create dynamic
networks for dynamic teams. Of these we will present the
geographic routing algorithm for wireless ad-hoc networks in
detail. The presentation will include a description of the
algorithm, simulation analyses, and some asymptotic analyses
of the storage and communication requirements of the
algorithm.
Bio-
Dr. Raja Sengupta is currently a research scientist with the
California PATH program at the University of California
Berkeley, where he heads the communication research program.
His current research interests are in networking for
intelligent transportation systems, and the control of
networked aerobot systems for the Office of Naval Research.
He received
his Phd in Systems Engineering from the University of
Michigan in 1995 where he worked on fault detection systems,
optimal control, and traffic signal optimization. Prior to
his current assignment his research focussed on advanced
vehicle safety systems. He led the system safety research
for the National Highway System Consortium till 1997 and
worked briefly for Mitretek Systems providing program advice
to the ITS Joint Programs Office of the USDOT. He is the
author of several academic publications, reviewer for
several academic journals, a member of the safety and human
factors committee of ITS America, and a member of IEEE, and
active in the DSRC standards process.