Multidisciplinary University Research Initiatives on
Mobile, Wireless Networks for Highly Dynamic Environments

2002 ONR MURI Program Review
Sept 4, 2002
310 Rhodes Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, New York

Review Agenda

7:30 Breakfast and Registration
8:00 Lang Tong Project Overview
8:30 John Proakis Iterative Equalization and Decoding with Application to Underwater Acoustic Channels.
9:00 Steve Wicker Energy Awareness and Bounded Complexity in Self-Configuring Wireless Systems
9:30 Lang Tong Capacity and Medium Access Control for Large Scale Ad Hoc Networks
10:00 Coffee Break
10:15 Zygmunt Haas Adaptive Routing in Ad Hoc Networks
10:45 Klara Nahrstedt Transport and Network Services for Support of Adaptive QoS
11:15 Sheila Hemami High Efficiency Image and Video Compression and Transmission for Ad Hoc Networks.
11:45 Rajit Manohar Simulating Networks with VLSI.
12:15-1:30 Lunch break
1:30 Anna Scaglione Opportunistic Large Array via Ad Hoc Networks
1:50 Sergio Servetto Information Theoretic Considerations for the Reachback Channel in Wireless Sensor Networks.
2:10 Lang Tong Summary and Future Activities
2:30-4:00 Demo and Poster Presentation in PeopleSoft Lab., 369 Rhodes
4:00 Government Caucus in 310 Rhodes.


Post Review Workshop

NSF/ONR/ARO Workshop on Future Challenges of Signal Processing and Communications in Wireless Networks
September 5-6, 2002.


Registration



Hotel and Travel Information

Statler Hotel   $145 standard room. Parking $6. Reserve by August 3
This on campus hotel is located within walking distance to the meeting place. There is a free limo service to and from the airport. Please make reservation by calling 1-800-541-2501 (Group affiliation: NSF/ONR/ARO Workshop).

Holiday Inn   $69 government, $109.99 regular. Reserve by August 6
This hotel is located in downtown 10 min away from campus. They offer free shuttle service to and from the airport. Please make reservation by calling (607) 272-1000 (Code: NSF/ONR/ARO Workshop).

Transportation  US Air serves Ithaca Airport (ITH) which is 20 min driving to campus. The Syracuse airport is 1.5hr drive away. More details here.

Directions If you stay at the Statler, you are within walking distance to the cites of MURI review (310 Rhodes) and the NSF Workshop (The Hotel Amphitheater). If you stay at the downtown Holiday Inn, take E. Green St. (one way) and follow it onto E. State St. (Rt. 79). Turn left onto Rt. 366. Follow Rt. 366, pass a traffic light and a gas station. Turn left at the stop light onto Hoy Rd. The parking garage is on your right and Rhodes Hall is on your left. The Statler Hotel is further down passing a stop sign.

   
   
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