Research
WSN Evaluation Framework Initiative: survey of existing evaluation methodologies for WSNs and compile a guide for high-quality and credible WSN evaluations.I maintain a public Google calendar for CfPs in networking, simulation tools and performance analysis for networking. Click on the plus in the lower right corner of the calendar to add it.
I am currently a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Lugano, Switzerland. I am wokring together with Prof. Mehdi Jazayeri from the University of Lugano and with Prof. Silvia Giordano from SUPSI, Switzerland. I am interested in various topics of wireless ad hoc networking (sensor networks, vehicular networks, automotive networks, robotic networks, etc.) and the application of machine learning and computational intelligence techniques to various communication and application level problems. I am also highly interested and actively researching in the area of wireless sensor networks deployment and performance analysis, including testbeds and simulation techniques.
You are highly welcome to contact me for any inquires about my research, publications or future collaborations.
Community work
TPC co-chair of the 1st International Workshop on OMNeT++ 2008 held at SIMUTools 2008 in Marseilles, France.Organizing co-chair of the 2nd International Workshop on OMNeT++ 2009 to be held at SIMUTools 2009 in Rome, Italy.
TPC member of the 1st International Workshop on Interdisciplinary Research on E-Health Services and Systems, associated with WoWMoM 2009, Kos, Greece, June 2009.
Reviewer for IEEE Communications Review, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, SENSORS, Journal on Swarm Intelligence.
Previous work
I did my PhD at the University of Lugano from 2005 to 2009 under the supervision of Amy L. Murphy from IRST in Trento, Italy. In my thesis, called "Teaching Networks How To Learn: Reinforcement Learning for Data Dissemination in Wireless Sensor Networks", I developed two data dissemination protocols: FROMS, a multicast flexible routing protocol and Clique, a role-free clustering protocol. My PhD thesis, including the presetation, will soon be available.Between 2002 and 2004 I was working as a teaching and reserach assitant at the Artificial Intelligence Group of Prof. Raul Rojas at the Free University of Berlin. I was involved at the RoboCup student project - developing autonomous mobile robots for playing soccer. Our team was called FU-Fighters and we were involved in the small-size and mid-size leagues of RoboCup. My research interests were in the field of image processing and behavior programming in the small size league. See my publications for more information.
Another interesting research project was the Aquarius Project at the Technische Universität Berlin, where I participated from 2001 to 2002. The goal of the project was to develop a hot water propulsion system for space rockets. Together with other Computer Science students, I was involved in the software control of the models.