WUWNet 2012 Program
Monday, November 5th, 2012
8:00am – 8:45am Registration/Breakfast
8:45am – 9:00am Opening Remarks
9:00am – 10:00am Keynote Speech
Speaker: Dr. James G. Bellingham, Chief Technologist, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
10:00am – 10:15am Coffee Break
10:15am – 12:00pm Technical Session I
Chair: Prof. Dario Pompili
- Realtime in-Ocean Submerged Collision Avoidance via Biomimetic Electrostatic Imaging [Full Paper]
Jonathan Friedman (University of California, Los Angeles, USA); Henry Herman (UCLA, USA); Newton Truong (University of California, Los Angeles, USA); Young H Cho (University of Southern California, USA); Mani B. Srivastava (University of California, Los Angeles, USA) - Realtime redundancy allocation for time-varying underwater acoustic channels [Full Paper]
Beatrice Tomasi (University of Padova, Italy); Daniele Munaretto (University of Padova, Italy); James Preisig (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, USA); Michele Zorzi (University of Padova, Italy) - Real-time Collaborative Tracking for Underwater Networked Systems [Full Paper]
Diba Mirza (University of California, San Diego, USA); Curt Schurgers (Earth, USA); Ryan Kastner (University of California, San Diego, USA) - A Low-cost and Flexible Underwater Platform to Promote Experiments in UWSN Research [Full Paper]
Niaz Ahmed (NUCES-FAST Islamabad, Pakistan); Waqas Abbas (NUCES-FAST Islamabad, Pakistan); Affan Syed (National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences (NUCES), Islamabad Campus, Pakistan) - Physical Layer Sensing Using Long Pseudo Noise Codes [Short Paper]
Andrew Goodney (University of Southern California, USA); Young H Cho (University of Southern California, USA)
12:00pm – 1:00pm Lunch (Posters/Demos Setup)
1:00pm – 1:35pm Plenary TalkSpeaker: Prof. Milica Stojanovic, Northeastern University
1:35pm – 2:45pm Technical Session II
Chair: Prof. Michele Zorzi
- Optimal Bayesian Resampling for OFDM Signaling Over Multi-scale Multi-lag Channels [Full Paper]
Sajjad Beygi (University of Southern California, USA); Srinivas Yerramalli (University of Southern California, USA); Urbashi Mitra (University of Southern California, USA) - CDMA-based Analog Network Coding through Interference Cancellation for Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks [Full Paper]
Hovannes K. Kulhandjian (State University of New York at Buffalo, USA); Tommaso Melodia (State University of New York at Buffalo, USA); Dimitrios Koutsonikolas (University at Buffalo, SUNY, USA) - Small Scale Characterization of Underwater Acoustic Channels [Full Paper]
Parastoo Qarabaqi (Northeastern University, USA); Milica Stojanovic (Northeastern University, USA)
2:45pm – 3:00pm Coffee Break (Posters/Demos Setup)
3:00pm – 4:10pm Special Session on Impact of Acoustic Communications on Sealife
Chair: Prof. T.C. Yang
- Potential Effects of Acoustic Signals on Marine Mammals
Mardi Hastings (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA) - Marine Mammals and Anthropogenic Sound
John Hildebrand (University of California San Diego, USA)
4:10pm – 5:20pm Special Session on Advances in Acoustic Communications
Chair: Prof. Shengli Zhou, University of Connecticut
- Reducing the overhead of OFDM communications over underwater acoustic channels [Full Paper]
Zhiqiang Liu (Naval Research Laboratory, USA); T Yang (National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan) - Improving PSK performance in snapping shrimp noise with rotated constellations [Full Paper]
Ahmed Mahmood (National University of Singapore, Singapore); Mandar Chitre (National University of Singapore, Singapore); Marc Armand (National University of Singapore, Singapore) - Hybrid Time-Frequency Domain Equalization for Single-Carrier Underwater Acoustic Communications [Full Paper]
Chengbing He (Northwestern Polytechnical University, P.R. China); Jianguo Huang (Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, P.R. China); Qunfei Zhang (Northwestern Polytechnical University, P.R. China)
5:20pm – 7:00pm Poster/Demo Session
6:00pm – 8:00pm Reception Dinner
Tuesday, November 6th, 2012
8:00am – 8:30am Registration/Breakfast
8:30am – 9:50am Special Session on Testbeds, Platforms, and Products
Chair: Prof. Jun-Hong Cui, University of Connecticut
- ZJU-ZRS Experimental Research Observatory Project Plan Ruihong Lan, Fuqiang Qi, Yeqing Yue, Fengzhong Qu, Hong Song, Yingjun Xie, and Ying Chen (Zhejiang University, China)
- A moving underwater communication system with bio-inspired fish robots [Full Paper]
Jun-Ho Jeon (Kangnung National University, Korea); NamYeol Yun (Kookmin University, Korea); Heungwoo Nam (Korea University, Korea); Chang-Gi Hong (Gangneung-Wonju National University, USA); Sung-Joon Park (Gangneung-Wonju National University, Korea); Soo-Hyun Park (Kookmin University, Korea); Sunshin An (SEOUL, Korea); Chang Hwa Kim (Gangneung-Wonju National University, Korea); Gi-Hun Yang (Korea Institute of Industrial Technology, Korea); Young-Sun Ryuh (Korea Institute of Industrial Technology, Korea) - Product development at Kongsberg Maritime related to underwater sensor networks [Full Paper]
Thor S Husøy (Kongsberg Maritime, Norway); Frank Knudsen (Kongsberg Maritime, Norway); Bjørn Gjelstad (Kongsberg Maritime, Norway); Arne Furdal (Kongsberg Maritime, Norway) - Ocean-TUNE: A Community Ocean Testbed for Underwater Wireless Networks
Jun-Hong Cui, Shengli Zhou, Zhijie Shi, James O’Donnell, Zheng Peng (University of Connecticut, USA); Sumit Roy, Payman Arabshahi (University of Washington, USA); Mario Gerla, Burkard Baschek (University of California, Los Angeles, USA); Xi Zhang (Texas A&M University, USA)
9:50am – 10:05am Coffee Break
10:05am – 11:30am Technical Session III
Chair: Aijun Song
- Stochastic Channel Access for Underwater Acoustic Networks with Spatial and Temporal Interference Uncertainty [Full Paper]
Zhangyu Guan (State University of New York at Buffalo, USA); Tommaso Melodia (State University of New York at Buffalo, USA); Dongfeng Yuan (Shandong University, China) - Classification of Underwater Broadband Bio-acoustics Using Spectro-Temporal Features [Full Paper]
Navinda Kottege (CSIRO, Australia); Raja Jurdak (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) ICT Centre, Australia); Frederieke Kroon (CSIRO, Australia); Dean Jones (CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, Australia) - Underwater Electromagnetic Communications Using Conduction – Channel Characterization [Full Paper]
Arsen Zoksimovski (Northeastern University, USA); Daniel Sexton (GE Global Research, USA); Milica Stojanovic (Northeastern University, USA); Carey Rappaport (Northeastern University, USA) - Low Complexity Multipath and Doppler-Shift Correction Algorithm for Reliable Underwater Coherent-FSK Acoustic Modems [Short Paper]
Antonio Sanchez (Universitat Politecnica de Valencia, Spain); Salvador Climent (Universitat Politecnica de Valencia, Spain); Pedro Yuste (Universitat Politecnica de Valencia, Spain); Angel Perles-Ivars (Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain); Juan José Serrano (Universitat Politecnica de Valencia, Spain)
11:30pm – 1:00pm Lunch (Poster Session Continues)
1:00pm – 2:00pm Technical Session IV
Chair: Liuqing Yang
- A JSW-based Cooperative Transmission Scheme for Underwater Acoustic Networks [Short Paper]
Mingsheng Gao (National University of Singapore, Singapore); Hui Jiang (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, P.R. China) - CT-MAC: A MAC Protocol for Underwater MIMO Based Network Uplink Communications [Full Paper] Yu Luo (University of Connecticut, USA); Lina Pu (University of Connecticut, USA); Zheng Peng (University of Connecticut, USA); Zhong Zhou (University of Connecticut, USA); Jun-Hong Cui (University of Connecticut, USA)
- Building location awareness into acoustic communication links and networks through channel delay estimation [Full paper]
Joao Gomes (ISR – Instituto Superior Tecnico, Portugal); Ehsan Zamanizadeh (Institute for Systems and Robotics – Instituto Superior Tecnico, Portugal); José Bioucas-Dias (Instituto Superior Tecnico, Portugal); Joao Alves (NATO Undersea Research Centre, Italy); Thomas Furfaro (NATO Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation, Italy)
2:00pm – 2:15pm Coffee Break
2:15pm – 3:45pm Special Session on Advances in Acoustic Communications II
Chair: Prof. Payman Arabshahi, University of Washington
- Sub-space Channel Tracking for Correlated Underwater Acoustic Communication Channels [Full Paper]
Shan-Ho Huang (National Taiwan University, Taiwan); T Yang (National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan); Chen-Fen Huang (National Taiwan University, Taiwan) - Time Reversal Based Channel Tracking for Underwater Acoustic Communications [Short paper]
Menglu Xia (Zhejiang University, P.R. China); Wen Xu (Zhejiang University, P.R. China); Xiang Pan (Zhejiang University, P.R. China) - Choosing the Right Signal: Doppler Shift Estimation for Underwater Acoustic Signals [Full Paper]
Roee Diamant (University of British Columbia, Canada); Arie Feuer (Technion, Israel); Lutz Lampe (University of British Columbia, Canada) - Performance of Pressure Routing in Drifting 3D Underwater Sensor Networks for Deep Water Monitoring [Full Paper]
Yu Ren (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand); Winston K.G. Seah (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand); Paul D Teal (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)
3:45pm – 4:40pm Technical Session V
Chair: Curt Schurgers
- An Adaptive Sampling Solution using Autonomous Underwater Vehicles [Full Paper]
Baozhi Chen (Rutgers University, USA); Parul Pandey (Rutgers University, USA); Dario Pompili (Rutgers University, USA) - Dynamic Block-Cycling Over A Linear Network in Underwater Acoustic Channels [Short Paper]
Zhaohui Wang (University of Connecticut, USA); Shengli Zhou (University of Connecticut, USA); Zhengdao Wang (Iowa State University, USA); Bing Wang (University of Connecticut, USA); Peter Willett (University of Connecticut, USA) - Multi-Modal Communications in Underwater Sensor Networks Using Depth Adjustment [Short Paper]
Michael O'Rourke (University of the Pacific, USA); Elizabeth Basha (University of the Pacific, USA); Carrick Detweiler (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA)
4:40pm – 4:50pm Closing Remarks
4:50pm Adjourn
Position Papers (Presented as Posters)
- Utilizing Kinematics and Selective Sweeping in Reinforcement Learning-Based Routing Algorithms for Underwater Networks
Randall Plate (SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific, USA); Cherry Wakayama (SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific, USA) - Simulating MAC Protocols Under Real Underwater Sensor Networks Assumptions
Salvador Climent (Universitat Politecnica de Valencia, Spain); Antonio Sanchez (Universitat Politecnica de Valencia, Spain); Juan-Vicente Capella (Universitat Politecnica de Valencia, Spain); Juan José Serrano (Universitat Politecnica de Valencia, Spain) - An Extension of Node-Grouped OFDMA MAC Into Multi-Clustered Networks
Jinyong Cheon (Kyungpook National University, Korea); Kweon Son (Agency for Defense Development, Korea); Sang-kug Lee (Agency for Defense Development, Korea); Ho-Shin Cho (Kyungpook National University, Korea) - Near Drowning Pattern Detection Using Neural Network and Pressure Information Measured At Swimmer's Head Level
Mohamed Kharrat (The University of Tokyo, Japan); Noboru Koshizuka (The University of Tokyo, Japan); Ken Sakamura (The University of Tokyo, Japan) - A Test for Underwater Code Division Multiple Access in a Water Tank
Bo-Min Seo (Underwater Communication/Detection Research Center, Korea); Kweon Son (Agency for Defense Development, Korea); Ho-Shin Cho (Kyungpook National University, Korea) - Spatial Dependencies Between Velocities of Underwater Drifting Nodes
Lars Wolff (University of Applied Sciences Kiel, Germany); Roee Diamant (University of British Columbia, Canada); Lutz Lampe (University of British Columbia, Canada) - Network-Assisted Underwater Acoustic Communications
T. Yang (National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan); Keven Heaney (OASIS Inc., USA) - Experimental Demonstration of Current Mapping Using Distributed Networked Underwater Sensors
Chen-Fen Huang (National Taiwan University, Taiwan) - Performance Under Forced ISI in Underwater Acoustic Communication Channels
Sadia Ahmed (University of South Florida, USA) - Channel Simulation for Underwater Acoustic Communication Network
Aijun Song (University of Delaware, USA); Mohsen Badiey (University of Delaware, USA) - Adaptive Modulation Schemes for Underwater Wireless Optical Communication Systems
Zhong Wang (Tsinghua University, P.R. China); Yuhan Dong (Tsinghua University, P.R. China); Xuedan Zhang (Tsinghua University, P.R. China); Shijian Tang (Tsinghua University, P.R. China) - Polarization Differential Pulse Position Modulation
Xuedan Zhang (Tsinghua University, P.R. China); Yuhan Dong (Tsinghua University, P.R. China); Shijian Tang (Tsinghua University, P.R. China) - Optimal Multi-Receiver UWSN Modem with AT-WU
Antonio Sanchez (Universitat Politecnica de Valencia, Spain); Salvador Climent (Universitat Politecnica de Valencia, Spain); Sara Blanc (Technical University of Valencia, Spain); Pedro Yuste (Universitat Politecnica de Valencia, Spain); Juan José Serrano (Technical Universtiy of Valencia, Spain) - An Underwater Sensor Node Prototype for Monitoring Hydroelectric Reservoirs
Luiz F. M. Vieira (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil); David Pinto (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil); Sadraque Viana (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil); Marcos A. M. Vieira (Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil); José Augusto Miranda Nacif (Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Brazil); Alex Borges Vieira (Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Brazil); Antonio Otavio Fernandes (Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil) - Ocean-TUNE UCLA Testbed for Subsurface Current Mapping
Seongwon Han (University of California, Los Angeles, USA); Mario Gerla (University of California at Los Angeles, USA) Busy Terminal Problem
and Implications in Underwater Acoustic Networks
Yibo Zhu (University of Connecticut, USA); Zhong Zhou (Amazon Inc, USA); Zheng Peng (University of Connecticut, USA); Jun-Hong Cui (University of Connecticut, USA)- Development of a Reconfigurable Underwater Acoustic Networking Testbed
Hovannes K. Kulhandjian (State University of New York at Buffalo, USA); Li-Chung Kuo (State University of New York at Buffalo, USA); Tommaso Melodia (State University of New York at Buffalo, USA) - Routing with Bridging Nodes for Drifting Mobility
Xiaoyan Hong (University of Alabama, USA); Meng Kuai (University of Alabama, USA); Wenhua Hu (University of Alabama, USA) - Undersea Acoustic Communication Maps for Collaborative Navigation
Douglas Horner (Naval Postgraduate School, USA); Geoffrey G Xie (Naval Postgraduate School, USA)
Demos
- Developments in Timing and Satellite Telemetry with the Micromodem-2
Authors: Eric Gallimore, Jim Partan, Sandipa Singh, Lee Freitag, Keenan Ball, Peter Koski, and Andrew Beal - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. - Demonstration of an advanced Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Design and Control Strategy
Authors: Jiaxing Che, Chengyu Cao, Junhong Cui - University of Connecticut. - Demonstration of Distributed Underwater Microbial Fuel Cell (D-MFCs)
Authors: Udayarka Karra, Guoxian Huang, Ridvan Umaz, Christopher Tenaglier, Baikun Li, and Lei Wang - University of Connecticut. - Image Transmission using Aqua-Net and High-speed OFDM Modems
Authors: Son Le, Haining Mo, Zheng Peng, Michael Zuba, Xiaoyan Lu, Jun-Hong Cui, Shengli Zhou, and Zhijie Shi - University of Connecticut. - A low-Complexity High-Frequency Underwater Acoustic Communication System
Authors: David Allen, Richard Spengemann, and Y. Rosa Zheng - Missouri University of Science and Technology. - A Master/Slave Approach to Command Acoustic Modems during Underwater Networking Sea Trials
Authors: Riccardo Masiero, Giovanni Toso, Paolo Casari, Oleksiy Kebkal, Maksym Komar, and Michele Zorzi - University of Padova, Consorzio Ferrara Ricerche, and EvoLogics GmbH. - Real-time Aqua Pollution Monitoring System based on Biomimetic Fish-Robot controlled by Acoustic Communication
Authors: Nam-Yeol Yun, Seung-Won Shin, Jin-Young Lee, Soo-Hyun Park, Jun-Ho Jeon, Sung-Joon Park, Changhwa Kim, Heungwoo Nam, Sunshin An, Gi-Hun Yang, and Young-Sun Ryuh - Kookmin University, Gangneung-Wonju National University, Korea University, and Korea Institute of Industrial Technology. - DEMO: Real-Time Control of an Underwater Sensor Network using the SUNSET Framework
Authors: Stefano Graziani, Salvatore Lombardi, Oleksiy Kebkal, Maksym Komar, Chiara Petrioli, Roberto Petroccia, and Daniele Spaccini - University of Rome,La Sapienza
, EvoLogics GmbH, CINI, and WSENSE srl. - DEMO: Robust Real-Time Underwater Digital Video Streaming using Optical Communication
Authors: Marek Doniec, Anqi Xu, and Daniela Rus - Massachusetts Institute of Technology and McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
