Multidisciplinary University Research Initiatives on
Mobile, Wireless Networks for Highly Dynamic Environments

2005 ONR MURI Program Review
Sept 14, 2005
310 Rhodes Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, New York

Review Agenda

8:00 Breakfast and Registration
8:30 Lang Tong Project Overview
9:00
 Rajit Manohar  NoC and SNAP: Ultra Low Power VLSI
9:30
 John Proakis Transmitter-Based Equalization/Precoding for MIMO Channels.
10:00
 Break
10:15 Lang Tong  MAC and Routing for Application Specific Sensor Networks.
10:45 Steve Wicker  Self-Configuration at the MAC Layer
11:15 Anna Scaglione Decentralized Cooperative Relay Protocols
12:00-1:00 Lunch Break
1:00 Zygmunt Haas Gossip-based Routing in Sensor Networks based on Cross-Layer Design
1:30 Klara Nahrstedt QoS Provisioning in Multimedia Wireless Networks (Lessons Learned
2:00
 Sheila Hemami Visually optimized computationally efficient compression solutions for ad-hoc network
2:30 Break
2:45 Demo  Sensor-Directed Target Finding
3:45
 Manohar, Scaglione/Tong Transition
4:15 Lang Tong  Closing Remark
4:30 Government Caucus in 310 Rhodes.
6:30 Dinner (TBD)


Hotel and Travel Information

Statler Hotel   1-800-541-2501.  On campus hotel.   There is a free limo service to and from the airport.

Holiday Inn   Offer government. Make reservation by calling (607) 272-1000.
This hotel is located in downtown 10 min away from campus. 

Transportation  US Air serves Ithaca Airport (ITH) which is 20 min driving to campus. The Syracuse airport is 1.5hr drive away. More details here.

Directions  For campus maps and directions, check CUInfo under Campus Information/Maps   Campus Map (PDF, 1M). Rhodes is near the baseball filed at the center-left.

If you stay at the Statler, you are within walking distance to the cites of MURI review (310 Rhodes). If you stay at the downtown Holiday Inn, take E. Green St. (one way) and follow it onto E. State St. (Rt. 79). Turn left onto Rt. 366. Follow Rt. 366, pass a traffic light and a gas station. Turn left at the stop light onto Hoy Rd. The parking garage is on your right and Rhodes Hall is on your left. There is a visitor information booth where you can purchase a daily pass for visitor's parking

If you stay at  the Marriott near the airport, turn left on Warran road toward South.  Pass Rt 13 (traffic light). Pass Hanshaw (4w stop sign). Pass Golf court. End at a stop sign.  Turn right on Forest Home Dr. At the stop sign, turn left to across a one-lane bridge. At the stop sign, turn left on Judd Fall Rd. Pass  2 stop signs.  At the end, Judd Fall Rd intersects Rt 366.  Turn right on Rt. 366.  Pass two traffic light and see Cornell University sign at the second traffic light.   Go streight on Hoy Rd  (Rt 366 will trun left).  You will see  the Garage on the right and the Information Booth in front.  Obtain Visitor Parking permit at the Booth.