Seminar Purpose (Spring 2022)
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 12 January
- Topic: Welcome to Seminar - Spring 2022
- How to Read a Paper
- Assigned for 19 January
- Topic: Smart Wearables
- FaceBit: Smart Face Masks Platform
- SpeeChin: A Smart Necklace for Silent Speech Recognition
- Assigned for 26 January
- Topic: Intermittent Systems Design
- Exploring the Design of Energy-Efficient Intermittently Powered Systems Using Reconfigurable Ferroelectric Transistors
- Dynamic Task-based Intermittent Execution for Energy-harvesting Devices
- Assigned for 2 February
- Topic: Wireless Sensor Networks
- STeC: Exploiting Spatial and Temporal Correlation for Event-based Communication in WSNs
- Assigned for 9 February
- Topic: Security and Location Estimation Algorithms
- SnapperGPS: Algorithms for Energy-Efficient Low-Cost Location Estimation Using GNSS Signal Snapshots
- Assigned for 16 February
- Topic: Program Analysis and RTI
- ETAP: Energy-aware Timing Analysis of Intermittent Programs
- Assigned for 23 February
- Topic: Faculty Interview Practice Talk by Manveen Kaur
- Zoom link
- Assigned for 2 March
- Topic: Indoor Systems
- Ray Tracing-based Light Energy Prediction for Indoor Batteryless Sensors
- Assigned for 9 March
- Topic: Smart Devices
- Your Smart Speaker Can "Hear" Your Heartbeat!
- ApneaDetector: Detecting Sleep Apnea with Smartwatches
- Assigned for 16 March
- Topic: Mobile Networks
- A millimeter wave network for billions of things
- On optimal neighbor discovery
- Assigned for 23 March
- Topic: Spring Break - No Seminar
- No readings this week. Have a safe and productive break! (no link)
- Assigned for 30 March
- Topic: IoT security
- On the Root of Trust Identification Problem
- Assigned for 6 April
- Topic: IoT security and Networks
- A Survey on Security Attacks and Solutions in the IoT Network
- Assigned for 13 April
- Topic: Wireless Signals and Networks
- WiStress: Contactless Stress Monitoring Using Wireless Signals
- MultiScatter: Multistatic Backscatter Networking for Battery-Free Sensors
- Assigned for 20 April
- Topic: Batteryless ML
- No readings this week. (no link)
- Assigned for 27 April
- Topic: Monitoring Systems
- AdaSens: Adaptive Environment Monitoring by Coordinating Intermittently-Powered Sensors
- PigNet: Failure-Tolerant Pig Activity Monitoring System Using Structural Vibration
- Assigned for 4 May
- Topic: Exam Week
- No readings this week. Good luck during exams! (no link)