Seminar Purpose (Spring 2023)
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 11 January
- Topic: Welcome to Seminar - Spring 2023
- How to Read a Paper
- Assigned for 18 January
- Topic: Nicole & Jacob Recommendations
- Towards socially acceptable food type recognition
- The Future of Clean Computing May Be Dirty
- Assigned for 25 January
- Topic: SenSys '22
- Adaptive Intelligence for Batteryless Sensors Using Software-Accelerated Tsetlin Machines
- Room-scale Hand Gesture Recognition Using Smart Speakers
- Assigned for 1 February
- No readings this week. (no link)
- Assigned for 8 February
- No readings this week. (no link)
- Assigned for 22 February
- No readings this week. (no link)
- Assigned for 1 March
- Topic: IPSN '22
- The Case for Approximate Intermittent Computing
- Selective Flooding-Based Communication for Energy Harvesting Networks
- Assigned for 8 March
- Topic: EWSN '22
- MiniLearn: On-Device Learning for Low-Power IoT Devices
- Inti: Indoor Tracking with Solar Cells
- Assigned for 15 March
- Topic: Automotive Security
- S2-CAN: Sufficiently Secure Controller Area Network
- Assigned for 22 March
- Topic: Spring Break - No Seminar
- No readings this week. Have a safe and productive break! (no link)
- Assigned for 29 March
- Topic: IEEE IoT '23
- A Coaxial Wrist-Worn Energy Harvester for Self-Powered Internet of Things Sensors
- Secure VLC for Wide-Area Indoor IoT Connectivity
- Assigned for 12 April
- Topic: MobiCom '22
- SmartLens : Sensing Eye Activities Using Zero-power Contact Lens
- IoTree: a battery-free wearable system with biocompatible sensors for continuous tree health monitoring
- Assigned for 19 April
- Topic: EWSN
- Discovering the Hidden Anomalies of Intermittent Computing
- Real-time Eating Detection Using a Smartwatch
- Assigned for 26 April
- Topic: SenSys22
- DIPS: Debug Intermittently-Powered Systems Like Any Embedded System
- Multihop Networking for Intermittent Devices
- Assigned for 3 May
- Topic: Exam Week
- No readings this week. Good luck during exams! (no link)