TELCOM 2011 Telecommunications Seminar 

Fall 2010 Schedule

September 10    
        Green Cellular Networks:  Design and Operation for Energy Proportionality
        David Tipper, Associate Professor
       Graduate Telecommunications and Networking Program
        University of Pittsburgh
        Video,   Assignment 1,  Related Paper

September 17  
        No  Seminar

September 24 
        Dynamic Spectrum Modeling: Taxonomy, Options and Consequences (2PM Start time)
        Martin Weiss,   Associate Professor
        Graduate Telecommunications and Networking Program
        University of Pittsburgh

        Video,   Assignment 2,  Related Paper

 

October 1
        Communications Technologies in the Fire Service Market Cancelled

        Viktor Gotz,
        Mine Safety Appliances

        Pittsburgh, PA       

     

October 8
        Managing Privacy, Security and Trust in E-Learning and Social Networks
        Dr. Mohd Anwar, Visiting Scholar, School of Information Science
        University of Pittsburgh
        Video,   Assignment 3,  Related Paper

 

October 15     
        Coping with Jamming Attacks in 802.11 Networks

        Dr.  Konstantinos Pelechrinis, Assistant Professor
        Graduate Telecommunications and Networking Program
        University of Pittsburgh

        Video,  Assignment 4,  Related Paper
       

October 22
        Trust in the Smart Grid

        Dr. John Zic

        Research and Science Team Leader
        CSIRO, Mansfield, NSW, Australia
        Video,   Assignment 5       

October 28
        Entrepreneurial Adventures
        Tom Reinsel, CEO
        RippleRock
        Video,  Assignment 6,  

October 29
        Managing the Revolution at the Edge of the Internet
        Dr. Dina Papagiannaki
        Intel
        Video, Assignment 7,  Related Paper

November 5
        No Seminar Scheduled

November 12
        No Seminar Scheduled

November 18
       On Leveraging Social Informatics for Cybersecurity  (3 PM in IS 501)

        Dr. Felix Wu, Professor

        Computer Science

        University of California – Davis
        Davis, CA       

        Video, Assignment 8

 

November 19
       Detecting and Characterizing Spam Campaigns in Online Social Networks (noon in IS 404)

        Dr. Ben Zhao, Associate Professor

        Computer Science

        University of California – Santa Barbara
        Santa Barbara, CA       

        Video, Assignment 9

 

November 22
        BioSENSE: Biologically-inspired Secure Elastic Networked Sensor Environment   (10:45 -11:45 in IS 501)

        Dr. Mohammed Eltoweissy, Chief Scientist -Cybersecurity

        Department of Energy -  Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

        Richland, WA        

        Video,  Assignment 10

 

December  3
        Complex Scio-Technical Networks and Cyber Physical Systems -- A Perspective on Future Research Directions

        Dr. Taieb Znati,  Professor (ex.National Science Foundation CISE Program Director)

        Graduate Telecommunications and Networking Program  and Computer Science

        University of Pittsburgh
        Video, Assignment 11