Wireless
Networking and Security Laboratory
(
WiNetS )
Location:
Atwater Kent 018
Phone number:
508-831-5649
Mission
The
mission of the Wireless Networking and Security Lab (WiNetS) at ECE, WPI is to explore the novel
concepts and ideas related to the protocols and systems of wireless and
mobile networking, and to design scalable architecture and efficient and
secure protocols for the next generation wireless networks. Our current
research interests are
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Security in wireless mesh/sensor networks
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Energy efficient routing, cooperative communication in wireless
sensor/ad hoc networks
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Intelligent transportation system
People
Faculty:
Prof. Wenjing Lou
Current students:
Kai Zeng, Ph.D
candidate
Shucheng Yu,
Ph.D student
Zhenyu Yang,
Ph.D student
Ming Li,
Ph.D student
Amey Malekar,
MS student
Soe San Win,
BS student
Graduated students:
Kui
Ren, Ph.D, May 2007
Dissertation: Communication Security in Wireless Sensor
Networks
Initial employment: Assistant Professor, ECE Department,
Illinois Institute of Technology
News
- May 2008: Shucheng Yu received the
second place award for his work on RFID security and Privacy at the annual ECE department Graduate Research
Poster Competition.
- April 2008: Kai Zeng is awarded the 2008
Sigma Xi Outstanding Ph.D Dissertation Award.
- December 2007: Prof. Lou received the
prestigious NSF CAREER award of FY2008.
(see WPI
News Release about this on
Worcester Telegram)
- November 2007: Our warmest
congratulations to Prof. Yuguang
"Michael" Fang for being elevated to IEEE
Fellow, effective 1 January 2008, for contributions to wireless
networks and mobile computing systems.
- August 2007: Our paper "On
throughput efficiency of geographic opportunistic routing in multihop
wireless networks", co-authored by Kai
Zeng, Wenjing Lou, Jie Yang, and D. Richard Brown III, received the "best
paper runner-up" award in
QShine 2007, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, August 14-17,
2007.
- April 20, 2007: Kui Ren has successfully
passed his Ph.D dissertation defense.
- March 2007: Kai Zeng will participate in
an internship at Palo Alto Research Center (PARC)
this summer.
- March 2007: Kui Ren has accepted an offer
for a tenure track assistant professor position from the ECE department,
Illinois Institute of Technology.
- January 2007: Prof. Lou starts to serve
as an Editor for IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications.
- August 2006: Our paper "On broadcast
authentication in wireless sensor networks", co-authored by Kui Ren, Kai
Zeng, Wenjing Lou, and Patrick J. Moran, received the "best
paper award" in the International
Conference on Wireless Algorithms, Systems, and Applications (WASA 2006),
Xi'an, China, August 15-18, 2006.
- June 2006: Dr. Lou was selected as the Joseph Samuel Satin
Distinguished Fellow for the 2006-07 academic year in recognition
of her outstanding accomplishments and promise for future contributions
in both teaching and scholarship.
- May 2006: Kui received the first place award for his doctoral research on security in
wireless sensor networks at the annual ECE department Graduate Research
Competition.
Projects
CAREER: Opportunistic Routing in Multihop and Multirate Wireless Networks,
PI, Sponsored by
National Science Foundation. 9/1/2008~8/31/2013.
Broadcast/Multicast Security in Multi-User Wireless Sensor Networks, PI, Sponsored by
National Science Foundation. 8/1/2007~7/31/2010.
Co-PI: Prof. Berk Sunar
UPASS – An Attack-Resilient Security Architecture
for Wireless Mesh Networks, PI, Sponsored by
National Science Foundation. 9/15/2006~8/31/2009.
In collaboration with Prof. Yuguang Fang,
University of Florida.
Power-aware / Energy-efficient Routing and Security
in Wireless Sensor Networks, PI, Sponsored by
AirSprite Technologies, Inc.
1/1/2006~12/31/2006
Securing Wireless Sensor Networks with Location Based Keys,
PI,
Sponsored by Research Development Council, WPI. 7/1/2005~6/30/2006
Performance Optimization and Cross-Layer Design of Multipath Routing in
Wireless Ad Hoc Networks, PI, Sponsored by Research
Development Council, WPI. 7/1/2004~6/30/2005
Sponsors
National Science Foundation
AirSprite Technologies, Inc.
To Prospective Students
I currently have 3 openings for students at
Ph.D level. The expected starting dates are Spring 2008 or Fall 2008.
The successful candidates are expected to
carry out research in one of the following two areas:
- Security in wireless ad hoc/sensor/mesh
networks
- Routing in multihop wireless networks
If you are interested, please send your PS,
resume, transcripts, TOEFL and GRE scores, and everything that you believe
will help your application to me in one email.
Prior research experience is a plus but is not absolutely necessary. I am
more interested in working with students who are responsible, brilliant,
with solid background, and have curiosity and determination to explore the
path to develop himself/herself into an outstanding researcher.
Sorry I will not be able to answer general
inquiry on position availability etc. without any substantial application
material for evaluation.