FIT Distinguished Lecturer Series

Lecture : Challenges in Wireless Networks and Mobile Computing Dr. Jie Wu Professor and Chairman, IEEE Fellow Department of Computer and Information Science Temple University, Philadelphia, USA

Lecture :

Thursday June 2, 2011, at 11:00AM
Location:  Room 1060 (Girls Side) Faculty of Information Technology Building (Maqam Campus)

Roundtable Discussion
Thursday June 2, 2011, 1:00 PM
Location:  3017 FIT Building (Dean's Conference Room)

Abstract

With the advances of wireless technology, more network applications will be wireless and mobile in the future.  This talk focuses on some fundamental challenges in wireless networks and mobile computing.  On the technical side,  we discuss  two challenges with mobility control and green communication/networking.  On the application side,  we look at the role of wireless networks in the future of the Internet, especially the GENI project sponsored by US NSF. Finally, we consider wireless applications to be a part of a large ecosystem that includes traditional high performance computing and cloud computing.

Biography:

Dr Jie Wu is chair and professor in the Department of Computer and Information Sciences at Temple University, USA. Prior to joining Temple University, he was a program director at  the National Science Foundation. His research interests include: wireless networks, mobile computing, routing protocols, fault-tolerant computing, and interconnection networks. He has published more than 550 papers in various journals and conference proceedings. He serves in the editorial boards of IEEE Transactions on Computers, Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, and IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing. Dr. Wu was also general co-chair for IEEE MASS 2006, IEEE IPDPS 2008, and DCOSS 2009. He is the program co-chair for IEEE INFOCOM 2011. He has served as an IEEE Computer Society distinguished visitor. Currently, Dr. Wu is the chairman of the IEEE Technical Committee on Distributed Processing (TCDP) and an ACM distinguished speaker. Dr. Wu is a Fellow of IEEE.