Seminar Purpose (Fall 2020)
The main purpose of this seminar is to function as a "curated reading group." Each week everyone will read either a single paper or a few papers loosely related by topic area, and we will discuss the papers and common themes together. This helps us be more aware of what other researchers are doing, and see examples of successful papers that get published in top venues. Papers in this reading group generally make use of, or enhance, embedded networked systems research.
To ensure quality we will restrict ourselves to the top conferences such as SenSys, IPSN, MobiSys, and ASPLOS. We will also look at interesting papers from related conferences such as SIGMETRICS, PLDI, UbiComp, SOSP/OSDI, Mobicom, SIGCOMM, OOPSLA, UIST, Oakland, etc.
Expectations
All seminar participants are required to read "How to Read a Paper" before the seminar starts.This invaluable text details a practical and efficient three-pass method for reading research papers, saving time and helping with comprehension.
It is expected that each person will have read each paper enough to grasp core concepts / contributions, identify weaknesses and strengths, be able to place the paper in the literature, and compare against other papers read. Come with questions and comments on the paper's insights, novelty, significance, assumptions, methodology, flaws, etc. You specifically want to look for the following:
- One positive insight into each work; for example a novel evaluation method that could be used in your own research.
- One negative insight into each work; for example pointing out a flaw in methodology.
- One general observation about overall topic area of the papers; this could be identifying major problems, talking about holes in the literature, or forecasting the future of the field.
To help you organize your thoughts on the paper, please use this review form (similar to what you would use if you were reviewing for a conference). If you're taking the seminar for credit, please submit your review form by 8 AM the day before we meet.
Readings
- Assigned for 26 August
- Topic: Welcome to Seminar - Fall 2020
- How to Read a Paper
- Assigned for 2 September
- Topic: Intermittent Computing
- Intermittent Computing with Peripherals, Formally Verified
- Scheduling Computational and Energy Harvesting Tasks in Deadline-Aware Intermittent Systems
- Assigned for 9 September
- Topic: IoT Security (Margi)
- ALEXIA: A Processor with Lightweight Extensions for Memory Safety
- Unified Testing and Security Framework for Wireless Network-on-Chip Enabled Multi-Core Chips
- Assigned for 16 September
- Topic: Intermittent Computing (Nicole)
- Power-aware Heterogeneous Architecture Scaling for Energy-harvesting computers
- Reliable Timekeeping for Intermittent Computing
- Assigned for 23 September
- Topic: Wearables (Arwa)
- A Survey of Wearable Devices and Challenges
- HARKE: Human Activity Recognition from Kinetic Energy Harvesting Data in Wearable Devices
- Pervasive self-powered human activity recognition without the accelerometer
- Assigned for 30 September
- Topic: Intermittent Sensing (Simeon)
- Continuous Sensing on Intermittent Power
- A 1.02 μW Battery-Less, Continuous Sensing and Post-Processing SiP for Wearable Applications
- Assigned for 7 October
- Topic: Batteryless ML and Gaming
- Battery-Free Game Boy
- Intermittent Learning: On-Device Machine Learning on Intermittently Powered System
- Assigned for 14 October
- Topic: Wearable & Batteryless ML
- Intermittent Learning: On-Device Machine Learning on Intermittently Powered System
- WAKE: a behind-the-ear wearable system for microsleep detection
- Assigned for 21 October
- Topic: Intermittent Computing and IoT
- Time-sensitive Intermittent Computing Meets Legacy Software
- ViPSN: A Vibration-Powered IoT Platform
- Assigned for 28 October
- Topic: MobiCom 2020
- EarSense: earphones as a teeth activity sensor
- Assigned for 4 November
- Topic: MobiCom 2020
- Internet-of-microchips: direct radio-to-bus communication with SPI backscatter
- SociTrack: infrastructure-free interaction tracking through mobile sensor networks
- Assigned for 11 November
- Topic: Student Suggestions (Margi)
- EMMA: Hardware/Software Attestation Framework for Embedded Systems Using Electromagnetic Signals
- Self-reconfigurable micro-implants for cross-tissue wireless and batteryless connectivity
- Assigned for 18 November
- Topic: Canceled - No Seminar
- ACM SenSys2020/BuildSys2020 Conference is happening. (no link)
- Assigned for 25 November
- Topic: Thanksgiving Break
- No readings this week. Have a safe and productive break! (no link)
- Assigned for 2 December
- Topic: Experience and position papers (Intermittent Computing)
- Battery-less Zero-maintenance Embedded Sensing at the Mithræum of Circus Maximus
- Why intermittent computing could unlock low-power visible light communication: position paper
- Assigned for 9 December
- Topic: Exam Week
- No readings this week. Good luck on exams! (no link)