IEEE
Circuits and Systems Society Joint Chapter of the Vancouver/Victoria Sections
IEEE Circuits and Systems Society Distinguished
Lecturer Program
System Level
Design of Low Power Wireless Sensor Networks for Biomedical Applications
Speaker: Dr. Dinesh K. Bhatia
IEEE CAS Society Distinguished Lecturer
Erik Jonsson School
of Engineering and Computer Science
University of Texas at Dallas
Richardson, TX 75083
Email: dinesh AT utdallas.edu
Date and Location
Thursday,
August 2, 2007, 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
ASB 10900: IRMACS
Presentation Studio
Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6
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Abstract
Wireless sensor networks (WSN) will become prevalent in many
applications that relate to ubiquitous computing. Integrating a large
scale system based on WSN is a challenging task that requires efficient
management of hardware as well as software resources. Building a robust
and reliable system is a must requirement for using WSN in biomedical
applications like tele-health and health monitoring. This talks presents
system level issues that must be accounted for building a large scale
low power network. The talk is illustrated using the construction of a
large health monitoring system. Also, as is evidenced by recent industry
trends, this talk will highlight how various companies are positioning
themselves to exploit this technology.
Biography
of Prof. Dinesh Bhatia
Dr. Dinesh Bhatia is on the
faculty of Electrical Engineering Department at The University of Texas at
Dallas. He directs research activities within the Embedded and Adaptive
Computing Group and is also a member of Center for Integrated Circuits and Systems
at the University of Texas at Dallas. He received a Bachelor's in Electrical
Engineering from Regional Engineering College, Suratkal, India, and a MS and a
Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Texas at Dallas.
His research interests
include all aspects of reconfigurable and adaptive computing, architecture and
CAD for field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), physical design automation of
VLSI Systems, biomedical electronics and systems, medical devices, natural
energy scavenging and, applications of wireless sensor networks. His recent
work on wireless sensor networks operating on scavenged energy is gaining
importance in health care applications involving tele-medicine and remote
health monitoring as well as in problems related to monitoring and alleviation
of wood logging in forests. He has extensive experience in building large scale
embedded and reconfigurable systems. Some of these activities include principal
designer and investigator for RACE and NEBULA systems for Wright Laboratories
of USAF, principal investigator for DARPA funded REACT program, Co-PI on AFRL
funded SPARCs program and several more. He has collaborated on phase 1 and
phase 2 SBIR programs to build product prototypes. He has published extensively
in leading journals and conferences and continues to serve on program
committees of several conferences. He is a senior member of IEEE, Computer
Society, Circuits and Systems Society, Eta Kappa Nu, and recently served on the
editorial board of IEEE Transactions on COMPUTERs. He is IEEE Circuits and
Systems society’s distinguished lecturer for 2007.
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