Program

 

Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Day 1 – Underwater Communication and Networking
8:00am - 9:00am Registration
9:00am – 9:10am Opening Remarks
9:10am – 10:10am Keynote Speech: Underwater Acoustic networks and applications: The next steps
Speaker: Dr. T.C. Yang, Professor, National Sun Yat-sen University
10:10am – 10:25am Break
10:25am – 11:50pm Technical Session I - Underwater Sensor Networks
Session chair: Zheng Peng, University of Connecticut, USA
10:25am Busy Terminal Problem and Implications for MAC Protocols in Underwater Acoustic Networks
Yibo Zhu (University of Connecticut, USA); Jun-Hong Cui (University of Connecticut, USA); Zheng Peng (University of Connecticut, USA); Zhong Zhou (Amazon Inc, USA)
10:50am

A Multichannel MAC Protocol for Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks
Yang Yu (Northwestern Polytechnical University, P.R. China); Ke He (College Of Marine, Northwestern Polytechnical University, P.R. China); Jie Shi (Northwestern Polytechnical University, P.R. China)
11:05am FS-MACA: A Future Scheduling MAC Protocol in Underwater Acoustic Networks
Qichao Zhao (University of New South Wales, Australia); Andrew Lambert (University of New South Wales, Australia); Craig R Benson (University of New South Wales, Australia)
11:20am Network Coding for Flooding-Based Routing in Underwater Sensor Networks
Elvin Isufi (University of Perugia, Italy); Geert Leus (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands); Henry Dol (TNO, The Netherlands)
11:35am Cooperative Path Planning for Networked Gliders Under Weak Communication
Liu Shijie (Shenyang Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.R. China); Yu Jiancheng (Shenyang Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.R. China); Zhang Aiqun (Shenyang Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.R. China); Fumin Zhang (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
11:50pm – 1:20pm Lunch (Posters/Demos Setup)
1:20pm – 2:55pm Technical Session II - Underwater Communications I
Session chair: Huifang Chen, Zhejiang University, P.R. China
1:20pm SHARK-IA: An Interference Alignment Algorithm for Multi-hop Underwater Acoustic Networks with Large Propagation Delays
Huacheng Zeng (Virginia Tech, USA); Thomas Hou (Virginia Tech, USA); Yi Shi (Virginia Tech, USA); Wenjing Lou (Virginia Tech, USA); Sastry Kompella (Naval Research Laboratory, USA); Scott F Midkiff (Virginia Tech, USA)
1:45pm A New Approach for Time Reversal Communication over Doubly Spread Channels
Wen Xu (Zhejiang University, P.R. China); Tian Zhou (Zhejiang University, P.R. China); Huifang Chen (Zhejiang University, P.R. China)
2:10pm Localization of Mobile Nodes in an Underwater Distributed Antenna System
Patrick Carroll (University of Connecticut, USA); Katherine Domrese (University of Connecticut, USA); Hao Zhou (University of Connecticut, USA); Shengli Zhou (University of Connecticut, USA); Peter Willett (University of Connecticut, USA)
2:25pm Underwater Electric Field Communication
Tim Esemann (Luebeck University of Applied Sciences & CoSA Center of Excellence, Germany); Gunther Ardelt (Lübeck University of Applied Sciences, Germany); Horst Hellbrück (University of Applied Sciences Lübeck & CoSA Center of Excellence, Germany)
2:40pm On Capacity and Delay Scaling Laws in Underwater Acoustic Networks
Guangyu Fan (Zhejiang University, P.R. China); Huifang Chen (Zhejiang University, P.R. China); Lei Xie (Zhejiang University, P.R. China); Jun-Hong Cui (University of Connecticut, USA)
2:55pm – 3:10pm Break
3:10pm – 4:50pm Technical Session III - Underwater Applications and Experiments
Session chair: Michele Zorzi, Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy
3:10pm Evaluation of IEEE 802.11 Underwater Networks Operating At 700 MHz, 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz
Filipe Teixeira (INESC TEC, Portugal); Pedro Freitas (INESC TEC, Portugal); Luis M. Pessoa (INESC TEC, Portugal); Rui Lopes Campos (INESC TEC, Portugal); Manuel Ricardo (Universidade do Porto & INESC Porto, Portugal)
3:25pm Design and Implementation of OFDM Underwater Acoustic Communication Algorithm Based on OMAP-L138
Liu Songzuo (Harbin Engineering University, P.R. China); Ma Lu (Harbin Engineering University, P.R. China); Li Hui (Harbin Engineering University, P.R. China); Chen Tingting (Harbin Engineering University, P.R. China); Qiao Gang (Harbin Engerneering University, P.R. China)
3:40pm A Double Rate Positioning Algorithm for Underwater Acoustic Networks and Experiment Research
Jingjie Gao (Northwestern Polytechnical University, P.R. China); Haiyan Wang (Northwestern Polytechnical University, P.R. China); Xiaohong Shen (Northwestern Polytechnical University, P.R. China)
3:55pm HEU OFDM-modem for Underwater Acoustic Communication and Networking
Ma Lu (Harbin Engineering University, P.R. China); Qiao Gang (Harbin Engerneering University, P.R. China); Liu Songzuo (Harbin Engineering University, P.R. China)
4:10pm A Node Placement Optimization Method for Watershed Underwater Sensor Networks - An Hyperbolic Smoothing Approach
Gentil Barbosa (Universidade Federal do Tocantins - UFT, Brazil); Patrick Letouzé Moreira (Universidade Federal do Tocantins, Brazil); Adilson Xavier (Univ Federal Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
4:25pm MPR: Multi-Point Relay protocol for Underwater Acoustic Networks
João Alves (Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation (CMRE), Italy); Roberto Petroccia (University of Rome "La Sapienza", Italy); John R. Potter (Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation (CMRE), Italy)
4:50pm – 5:05pm Break
5:05pm – 6:00pm Technical Session IV - Underwater Communications II
Session chair: Joao Gomes, ISR - Instituto Superior Tecnico
5:05pm Analysis of Algorithms for Multi-Modal Communications in Underwater Sensor Networks
Elizabeth Basha (University of the Pacific, USA); Nicholas Yuen (University of the Pacific, USA); Michael O'Rourke (University of the Pacific, USA); Carrick Detweiler (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA)
5:30pm MACA-APT: A MACA-based Adaptive Packet Train transmission protocol for Underwater Acoustic Networks
Saiful Azad (American International University - Bangladesh, Bangladesh); Paolo Casari (University of Padova, Italy); Khandekar Hasan (American International University of Bangladesh, Italy); Michele Zorzi (University of Padova, Italy)
5:45pm M-ary Code Shift Keying Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum with Gold Sequence Using in Underwater Acoustic Communication
Zongxin Sun (Harbin Engineering University, P.R. China)
6:00pm – 7:00pm Poster/Demo Session

 

Thursday, November 13, 2014

Day 2 – Mobile Networking and Underwater Robotics
8:00am - 9:00am Registration
9:00am – 9:10am Opening Remarks
9:10am – 10:10am Keynote Speech: No Communications - No Autonomy: Communications and Marine Autonomous Robots
Speaker: Prof. David M. Lane FREng FRSE, Professor of Autonomous Systems Engineering, Edinburgh Centre for Robotics, Ocean Systems Laboratory, Heriot-Watt University
10:10am – 10:25am Break
10:25am – 12:10pm Technical Session V - Autonomous Underwater Vehicles for Mobile Networks
Session chair: Carrick Detweiler, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
10:25am Cooperatively Mapping of the Underwater Acoustic Channel by Robot Swarms
Wencen Wu (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA); Aijun Song (University of Delaware, USA); Paul Varnell (Georgia Institute of Technoloy, USA); Fumin Zhang (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
10:50am Real-time Video Streaming from Mobile Underwater Sensors
Seongwon Han (University of California, Los Angeles, USA); Roy Chen (University of California, Los Angeles, USA); Youngtae Noh (Cisco Systems Inc., USA); Mario Gerla (University of California at Los Angeles, USA)
11:15am Rollout Algorithms for Data Storage- and Energy-Aware Data Retrieval Using Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
Pedro A. Forero (SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific, USA); Stephan Lapic (SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific, USA); Cherry Wakayama (SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific, USA); Michele Zorzi (Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy)
11:40am Path Planning Algorithms for Robotic Underwater Sensing in a Network of Sensors
Sreeja Banerjee (University of Nebraska - Lincoln & UNL, USA); Carrick Detweiler (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA)
11:55am Seamark-assisted Inertial Navigation for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
Son N Le (University of Connecticut, USA); Jun Liu (University of Connecticut, USA); Zheng Peng (University of Connecticut, USA); Jiaxing Che (University of Connecticut, USA); Yu Luo (University of Connecticut, USA); Jun-Hong Cui (University of Connecticut, USA)
12:10pm – 1:40pm Lunch, Posters/Demos Setup (Cont.)
1:40pm – 03:15pm Technical Session VI - Underwater Communications III
Session chair: Andrea Caiti, University of Pisa
1:40pm Design of A Software-defined Underwater Acoustic Modem with Real-time Physical Layer Adaptation Capabilities
Emrecan Demirors (Northeastern University, USA); George Sklivanitis (State University of New York at Buffalo, USA); G. Enrico Santagati (Northeastern University, USA); Tommaso Melodia (Northeastern University, USA); Stella Batalama (State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo, USA)
2:05pm

Modeling Underwater Acoustic Channels in Short-range Shallow Water Environments
Hovannes K. Kulhandjian (State University of New York at Buffalo, USA); Tommaso Melodia (Northeastern University, USA)
2:20pm Fractional Frequency Reuse for Intercell Interference Mitigation in Two-Tier Underwater Multicell OFDM Wireless Networks
Ping Wang (Texas A&M University, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, USA); Xi Zhang (Texas A&M University, ECE Department, USA)
2:35pm A Comparison of a Single Receiver and a Multi-Receiver Techniques to Mitigate Partial Band Interference
James McGee (University of Rhode Island & Naval Undersea Warfare Center Newport Rhode Island, USA); Josko Catipovic (NUWC, RI, USA); Peter Swaszek (University of Rhode Island, USA); Steven Schoenecker (Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport, USA)
2:50pm Full-duplex, Relative Clock Based and Collision Free Protocol for Underwater Acoustic Networks
Jianmin Yang (Harbin Engineering University, P.R. China); Jiarong Zhang (Harbin Engineering University, P.R. China); Qiao Gang (Harbin Engerneering University, P.R. China)
3:05pm On Signal Attenuation At Microwaves Frequencies Underwater
Jose Carlos Reyes Guerrero (University of Bergen, Norway); Mark Bokenfohr (WiSub AS, Norway); Tomasz Ciamulski (WiSub AS, Norway)
3:10pm Efficient Heuristic Scheduling with Partial Queue and Channel State Information
Beatrice Tomasi (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, USA); James Preisig (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, USA)
3:15pm – 3:30pm Break
3:30pm – 4:30pm Panel “Standardization”
Participants:
  • Andrea Caiti, Università di Pisa
  • Josko Catipovic, Naval Undersea Warfare Center
  • Dale Green, Teledyne Benthos
  • David M. Lane, Heriot-Watt University
  • Chiara Petrioli, Un. of Rome “La Sapienza”
  • James Preisig, WHOI
  • T.C. Yang, National Sun Yat-sen University
  • Fumin Zhang, Georgia Tech
4:30pm – 6:00pm Poster/Demo Session (Cont.)
6:30pm - 7:50pm Guided visit to the exhibition of paintings from the 15-th century Dutch painter Memling at Scuderie del Quirinale.
8:00pm onwards Conference banquet at Palazzo delle Esposizioni. 

Friday, November 14, 2014

Day 3 – Future Vision in Underwater Networked Systems
8:00am - 8:30am Registration
8:30am – 9:00am Plenary Speech: Smart Ocean & Underwater Networking
Speaker: Dr. Jun-Hong Cui, Professor, University of Connecticut
9:00am – 10:25am Technical Session VII - The Boiling Plate: Futuristic Ideas and Work-in-Progress
Session chair: Fumin Zhang, Georgia Institute of Technology
9:00am

Design of Underwater Acoustic Modems Through High Performance DSPs
Lijun Xu (Institute of Acoustics Chinese Academy of Science, P.R. China); Shefeng Yan (Institute of Acoustics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.R. China)
9:05am Performance Comparison and Optimization of Channel Coding for Acoustic Communication in Shallow Waters
Ufuk Ünsal (Ulm University, Germany); Steffen Moser (Ulm University, Germany); Frank Slomka (Ulm University, Germany)
9:10am A Framework of Acoustic Channel Availability Prediction for Avoiding Interfering Marine Mammals
Wei Cheng (Virginia Commonwealth University, USA); Yu Luo (UCONN, USA); Zheng Peng (University of Connecticut, USA); Mardi Hastings (GaTech, USA)
9:15am Sparse Channel Estimation for Time-Varying MIMO Underwater Acoustic Channels at Very-High Frequencies
Samar Kaddouri (Florida Atlantic University, USA); Pierre-Jean Bouvet (ISEN Brest, France); Pierre-Philippe Beaujean (Florida Atlantic University, USA)
9:20am On the Estimation of Underwater Acoustic Channel Delay-Scale Spreading Function
Yanbo Zhao (South China University of Technology, P.R. China); Hua Yu (South China University of Technology, P.R. China); Gang Wei (South China University of Technology, P.R. China)
9:25am Spectral Density Estimation of Ship-generated Underwater Acoustic Noise
Loreto Pescosolido (University of Rome "La Sapienza", Italy); Chiara Petrioli (University of Rome "La Sapienza", Italy); Luigi Picari (University of Rome "La Sapienza", Italy); João Alves (Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation (CMRE), Italy)
9:30am

An Integrated Self-Organization Scheme for Underwater Sensor Networks
Hee-won Kim (Kyungpook National University, Korea); Tae-Jin Lee (Hanwha Corporation, Korea); Jungchae Shin (Hanwha Corporation, Korea); Ho-Shin Cho (Kyungpook National University, Korea)
9:35am QoS-aware Directional Flooding-based Routing for Underwater Wireless Sensor Networks
Junhwan Park (Kyungpook National University, Korea); Sungwon Lee (Kyungpook National University, Korea); Dongkyun Kim (Kyungpook National University, Korea)
9:40am Distributed Beamforming for Underwater Sensor Networks
Yonggang Kim (Gwangju Institude of Science and Technology (GIST), Korea); Hyuk Lim (Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Korea)
9:45am An Energy efficient CCM-UW security mechanism for Underwater Acoustic Networks
Mukhridinkhon Ibragimov (Kookmin University, Korea); Jae-Hoon Lee (Kookmin University, Korea); Kalyani Muppalla (Kookmin University, Korea); Jung-Il Namgung (Kookmin University, Korea); Soo-Hyun Park (Kookmin University, Korea); Chang Hwa Kim (Gangneung-Wonju National University, Korea); Okyeon Yi (Kookmin University, Korea)
9:50am Underwater Parallel Bistable Stochastic Resonance Network: A Physical Layer Perspective
Wei Li (HITSZ, P.R. China); Hanzhi Lu (HITSZ, P.R. China); Yanyan Zuo (HITSZ, P.R. China)
9:55am

Energy Constrained Multi-Platform Network Underwater Detection Performance
Weijia Dong (Harbin Engineering University, P.R. China); Xueli Sheng (Harbin Engineering University, P.R. China); Qing Ling (Science and Technology on Complex Ship Systems Simulation Laboratory, P.R. China); Jiang Xu (Science and Technology on Complex Ship Systems Simulation Laboratory, P.R. China); Jia Lu (Harbin Engineering University, P.R. China)
10:00am Attack Resilient Underwater Networks Through Software Defined Networking
Giovanni Toso (Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy); Daniele Munaretto (Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy); Mauro Conti (Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy); Michele Zorzi (Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy)
10:05am Hybrid Coordination Strategy for Systematic and Detailed Optical Acquisition of the Seabed by a Group of Robots
Seifallah Ben Saad (ENSTA Bretagne, France)
10:10am - 10:25am Break
10:25am - 11:37am Invited Talks - Emerging Frontiers in Underwater Networks and Networked Systems
Session chair: Art Trembanis, University of Delware
10:25am Geophysical Surveying with Marine Networked Mobile Robotic Systems: The WiMUST Project
Giovanni Indiveri (University of Salento, Italy); Joao Gomes (ISR - Instituto Superior Tecnico, Portugal); Gianluca Antonelli (University of Cassino, Italy); Andrea Caiti (University of Pisa, Italy); Giuseppe Casalino (University of Genova, Italy); António Pascoal (Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal); Luís Sebastião (ISR - Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, Portugal); Sérgio Jesus (ISR - Universidade do Algarve, Portugal); Daniel Polani (University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom); Konstantin Kebkal (EvoLogics GmbH, Germany); Andrea Caffaz (Graal Tech, Srl, Portugal); Habib Al-Khatib (CGG Services, SA, France); Ivan Bielic de Jong (Geo Marine Survey Systems, BV, The Netherlands); Henrique Duarte (Geosurveys, Portugal)
10:37am  Marine Observation Network Based on Underwater Vehicles
Shuo Li (Shenyang Institute of Automation, P.R. China); Jiancheng Yu (Shenyang Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.R. China); Yiping Li (Shenyang Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, USA); Tian Yu (Shenyang Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.R. China)
10:49am 

Cognitive Acoustics: Making Underwater Communications Environment-Friendly
Yu Luo (University of Connecticut, USA); Lina Pu (University of Connecticut, USA); Michael Zuba (University of Connecticut, USA); Zheng Peng (University of Connecticut, USA); Jun-Hong Cui (University of Connecticut, USA)
11:01am Applications and Challenges in Coordinated Underwater Vehicle Operations in Support of Environment Monitoring
Arthur Trembanis (University of Delaware & University of Ferrara, USA)
11:13am Cooperative Behaviours of AUV Teams and Networked Underwater Communication: How to Ask the Way and Not Go Astray
Andrea Caiti (University of Pisa, Italy)
11:25am Integrated Communications and Signal Processing for Distributed Underwater Sensing
Huifang Chen (Zhejiang University, P.R. China); Wen Xu (Zhejiang University, P.R. China)
11:37am - 11:50am Closing Remarks and Adjourn
11:50am and after Lunch