1. Rakesh Verma Computer Science Department University of Houston
2013 IEEE Workshop on Security and Privacy of Mobile, Wireless and Sensor Networks (MWSN)
Rakesh Verma
Computer Science Department
University of Houston
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2. A Recent Happening
As I was driving back from office one evening last week
On Houston Public Radio, they were talking about drones
Drones have been in the news a lot lately for various reasons
But, anyway, they were discussing drones whose size will be approximately that of … guess??
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3. Drones The size of mosquitoes! Of course, the drones will fly!!
They will have all kinds of sensors and even video cameras for surveillance
So, I, mean the possibilities for this line of research on wireless, sensors and mobile networks are kind of limitless ….
And, exciting!
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4. Authors by country: Submitted/Accepted
Some statistics
Submissions: 12 full papers, 2 posters
Authors by country: Submitted/Accepted
USA
8/6
China
4/1 (WD)
India
3/0
Czech Republic
2/2
Korea
1/0
Iran
Tunisia
Total
20/8
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5. Acknowledgments The Organizing & Technical Program Committees
Keynote Speakers: Stephen Wicker & Wenjing Lou
My students:
Tanmay Thakur
Vasanthi Vuppuluri
Alice Arapshian (EDAS), Gayle Weisman (IEEE), SECON: Joseph Camp, Thyaga Nandagopal, Fred Bauer, JeongGil Ko
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
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