Wireless Sensor Networks Enriches Large-Scale Information Systems

Dr. Lars Kulik The University of Melbourne lars@csse.unimelb.edu.au

Dr. Chris Leckie The University of Melbourne caleckie@csse.unimelb.edu.au

Dr. Egemen Tanin The University of Melbourne egemen@csee.unimelb.edu.au

OVERVIEW:

This Taskforce will investigate the use of wireless sensor networks (WSNs) for the creation of an intelligent pervasive infrastructure to extend the usefulness of enterprise information systems in suitable application domains.

Objectives

• Perform a survey on WSNs in various domains

• Identify emerging WSN research challenges and trends especially related to communication, data processing and storage, and knowledge discovery.

• Foster cross-disciplinary collaboration especially between electronic engineers, computer scientists and specific domain experts

Impact for EII Network

• WSN technology has huge potentials

• intelligent pervasive infrastructure extending the traditional scope of an Enterprise Information System (EIS)

• capturing high-fidelity data about the monitored environment,

• sophisticated data processing and new knowledge generation.

• WSN are a key emerging research direction

• An "almost vertical" approach: Several complementing research directions involved

Taskforce‘s outcomes shall assist EII Network to foster interdisciplinary networking, to add new directions in its research focus and to identify cross-discipline research opportunities.

Deliverables

• Presentation material for workshop tutorials on

  • Data-centric and application-aware routing protocols

  • Data dissemination techniques based on p2p approaches

  • Distributed data/signal processing

  • Distributed storage and indexing

  • Node architectures, operating systems, and virtual machines

  • Data mining for event detection and correlations

• Annotated literature repository for all Taskforce areas

  • network protocols, p2p approaches, distributed data management, node architectures and data mining

  • Links to related software/hardware, such as: Sensor node hardware Operating systems and Languages for sensor nodes

  • Links to taskforce members / groups

• Publication of a comprehensive survey paper

• Final report on “Grand Challenges” and opportunities for EII and Australian industry including an opportunity for the formation of a centre of excellence.

Visits to Leading WSN Research Centres

• The Taskforce strives for building strong collaborative partnerships with leading WSN research centres in the US and Europe, and leverage on their vast experiences

• Joint visits to leading WSN research centres - Examples: US: CENS / UCLA, UCB E.g. Motes, TinyOS, TinyDB, EU: ETH / NCCR-MICS E.g. BTNode project

WSN Workshop

• Workshop focusing on emerging research challenges and key trends in WSN.

• Participation of selected experts in WSN technology

• 2-day event:

– Day 1: Presentation of latest research outcomes and future direction of the leading research groups.

– Day 2: Presentations by the Taskforce members followed by a discussion forum.