Workshop Program

0800-0845 Arrival/Registration

0845-0900 Welcome/Announcements

0900-1010 Session 1: Invited Talks, 35 min/talk ( Session Chair: Robert Headrick)

• Effects of the Channel on Acoustic Modem Performance in the Ocean
  Mike Porter (Heat Light and Sound (HLS) Research)

• US Navy Seaweb Program
  Joe Rice (Naval Postgraduate School) <slides>

1010-1040 Coffee Break (30 min)

1040-1230 Session 2: PHY and Theory, 4 talks, 25 min/talk (Session Chair: Urbashi Mitra)

• MIMO Time Reversal Communications
  Hee-Chun Song, W.S. Hodgkiss, and W.A. Kuperman (Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD , USA) <slides>

• Efficient Communication over Highly Spread Underwater Acoustic Channels
  Sungjun Hwang and Philip Schniter (The Ohio State University) <slides>

• Frequency Reuse Underwater: Capacity of an Acoustic Cellular Network
  Milica Stojanovic (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) <slides>

• Network Coding Schemes for Underwater Networks: The Benefits of Implicit Acknowledgement
  Daniel Lucani, Muriel Medard, and Milica Stojanovic (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) <slides>

1230-1330 Lunch

1330-1430 Poster/Demo Session (including short papers, work-in-progress posters, and demos)

Short Papers (presented as posters)

• Folding: A Method for Semantic Encoding of Error-Tolerant Data
  Volkan Rodoplu and Balakrishan Srinivasan ( University of California Santa Barbara)

• AquaNodes: Design, Implementation, and Experiments with an Underwater Sensor Network
  Iuliu Vasilescu, Carrick Detweiler, and Daniela Rus (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

• A DSP Implementation of OFDM Acoustic Modem
  Hai Yan, Shengli Zhou, Zhijie Shi, and Baosheng Li (University of Connecticut)

• Rate-Range for an FH-FSK Acoustic Modem
  Nathan Parrish, Sumit Roy, Warren L. J. Fox and Payman Arabshahi ( University of Washington )

• Localization with Dive'N'Rise (DNR) Beacons for Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks
  Melike Erol ( Istanbul Technical University , TR), Luiz Vieira, and Mario Gerla ( University of California at Los Angeles )

Work-in-Progress Posters

• Adaptive Routing in Underwater Delay/Disruption Tolerant Networks
  Zheng Guo (University of Connecticut), Gioele Colombiy (University of Milano), Bing Wang, Jun-Hong Cui (University of Connecticut) and Dario Maggiorini (University of Milano)
  < Extended Abstract > <Poster>

• A Frugal Time-Division MAC Protocol for Underwater Acoustic Networks
  Justin Yackoski and Chien-Chung Shen (University of Delaware)
  < Extended Abstract > <Poster>

• An Underwater Positioning Scheme for 3D Acoustic Sensor Networks
  Amin Y. Teymorian, Wei Cheng, Liran Ma, Xiuzhen Cheng (The George Washington University)
  < Extended Abstract > <Poster>

• AquaModem Field Tests in Moorea
  Tricia Fu, Daniel Doonan, Chris Utley, Bridget Benson, Ryan Kastner (USCB)
  < Extended Abstract > <Poster>

• Navigation of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles with Covert Leaders
  Xiaofeng Han, Louis F. Rossi and Chien-Chung Shen
  < Extended Abstract > <Poster>

• Scalable Localization with Mobility Prediction for Underwater Sensor Networks
  Zhong Zhou, Jun-Hong Cui and Amvrossios Bagtzoglou (University of Connecticut)
  < Extended Abstract > <Poster>

• Seastar Underwater Acoustic Local Area Network
  Bjørn Kerstens and Joe Rice (Naval Postgraduate School)
  < Extended Abstract > <Poster>

• Void Avoidance in Mobile Underwater Sensor Networks
  Peng Xie and Jun-Hong Cui (University of Connecticut)
  < Extended Abstract > <Poster>

• Sensor Modeling and Sensor Data for UnderWater Acoustic Sensor Networks (UW-ASN) Applications
  Ivan Roca, Juan Carlos Zuñiga and Sergio Takeo Kofuji (Universidade de São Paulo)
  < Extended Abstract > <Poster>

• Modeling the Underwater Acoustic Channel in ns2
  Albert F. Harris III (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), and Michele Zorzi (University of Padova, Italy)
  < Extended Abstract > <Poster>

Demos

1430-1545 Session 3: Protocols, Systems and Applications I, 3 talks, 25 min/talk ( Session Chair: Milica Stojanovic)

• A Hybrid Medium Access Control Protocol for Underwater Wireless Networks
  Kurtis Kredo II and Prasant Mohapatra ( University of California , Davis ) <slides>

• Understanding Spatio-Temporal Uncertainty in Medium Access with ALOHA Protocols
  Affan Syed, Wei Ye, Bhaskar Krishnamachari, and John Heidemann ( University of Southern California ) <slides>

• Energy-efficient Reliable Broadcast in Underwater Acoustic Networks
  Paolo Casari ( University of Padova ) and Albert F. Harris III (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) <slides>

1545-1605 Coffee Break

1605-1720 Session 4: Protocols, Systems and Applications II, 3 talks, 25 min/talk ( Session Chair: Albert Harris)

• A Delay-Reliability Analysis for Multihop Underwater Acoustic Communication
  Wenyi Zhang and Urbashi Mitra ( University of Southern California ) <slides>

• An Underwater Sensor Network Testbed: Design, Implementation and Measurement
  Zheng Peng, Jun-Hong Cui, Bing Wang ( University of Connecticut ), Keenan Ball, and Lee Freitag (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) <slides>

• Energy-Efficient Localization in Networks of Underwater Drifters
  Diba Mirza and Curt Schurgers ( University of California , San Diego ) <slides>

1720 - 1735 Closing Remarks

1735 Adjourn/End of Workshop