CHANTS 2007 Workshop Technical Program

08:45 - 09:00 WELCOME
09:00 - 09:45 KEYNOTE

Distinguishing Between Connectivity, Intermittent Connectivity, and Intermittent Disconnectivity
Kevin Almeroth (University of California Santa Barbara, US)

09:45 - 10:30 SESSION 1. ROUTING CONCEPTS
(20 mins/talk)

Towards a formalism for routing in challenged networks
Ram Ramanathan (BBN Technologies, US); Prithwish Basu (BBN Technologies, US); Rajesh Krishnan (BBN Technologies, US)

Understanding the Wireless and Mobile Network Space: A Routing-centered Classification
Vincent Borrel (Universite Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris VI, FR); Mostafa Ammar (Georgia Institute of Technology, US); Ellen Zegura (Georgia Institute of Technology, US)

10:30 - 11:00 BREAK

11:00 - 12:30 SESSION 2. ARCHITECTURES AND PROTOCOLS FOR CHALLENGED NETWORKS
(20 mins/talk)

Analysis of Simple Counting Protocols for Delay-Tolerant Networks
Brenton Walker (Department of Defense, US); Joel Glenn (Department of Defense, US); Thomas Clancy (Department of Defense, US)

Event-driven, Role-based Mobility in Disaster Recovery Networks
Samuel Nelson (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, US); Albert Harris III (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, US); Robin Kravets (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, US)

On the Performance Evaluation and Prediction of Encounter-based Worm Interactions Based on Node Characteristics
Sapon Tanachaiwiwat (USC, US); Ahmed Helmy (University of Florida, US)

Detecting the Presence of Nodes in MANETs
Thi Minh Chau Tran (Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, DE), Björn Scheuermann (Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, DE), Martin Mauve (Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, DE)

12:30 - 13:30 LUNCH BREAK

13:30 - 14:30 DEMO AND POSTER SESSION

Demo: Enhanced DHCP Client
Silvia Giordano (University of Applied Science - SUPSI, CH); Davide Lenzarini (Forward Information Technologies (FIT), CH); Alessandro Puiatti (University of Applied Science - SUPSI, CH); Salvatore Vanini (University of Applied Science - SUPSI, CH)

Demo: Visualizing Community Detection in Opportunistic Networks
Eiko Yoneki (University of Cambridge, UK); Pan Hui (Univeristy of cambridge, UK); Jon Crowcroft (University of Cambridge, UK)

Demo: Opportunistic Email Distribution and Access in Challenged Heterogeneous Environments
Tuomo Hyyryläinen (Networking Laboratory, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland, FI); Teemu Kärkkäinen (Helsinki University of Technology, FI); Cheng Luo (Helsinki University of Technology, FI); Valdas Jaspertas (Helsinki University of Technology, FI); Jouni Karvo (Helsinki University of Technology, FI); Jörg Ott (Helsinki University of Technology, FI)

Demo: Design of a wireless podcasting solution (see paper below)
Martin May (ETH Zurich, CH); Vincent Lenders (Princeton University, US); Gunnar Karlsson (KTH, Royal Institute of Technology, SE); Clemens Wacha (ETH Zurich, CH)

Demo: Proof-of-Concept Worm Interactions via Mobile Devices (see paper above)
Sapon Tanachaiwiwat (USC, US); Ahmed Helmy (University of Florida, US)

Poster: Characterizing Pairwise Inter-contact Patterns in Delay Tolerant Networks
Vania Conan (Thales Communications, FR), Jeremie Leguay (Thales Communications, FR), Timur Friedman (Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Laboratoire LiP6-CNRS, FR)

Poster/Demo: Reliable Data Collection in Challenged Networks using Unmanned Aircraft
Andrew Jenkins (University of Colorado at Boulder, USA), Daniel Henkel (University of Colorado at Boulder, USA), Timothy X Brown (University of Colorado at Boulder, USA)

Poster/Demo: Energy Modeling for KioskNet
Hossein Falaki (University of Waterloo, CA), Rajat Sethi (Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, IN)

Poster: A Measurement Study for Link Rate Modeling and Handover Optimization for Vehicle Communications over IEEE 802.11g Infrastructure Network
Kuang-Ching Wang (Clemson University, USA), Rahul Amin (Clemson University, USA), Michael Juang (Clemson University, USA), Bastian Migge (BMW Group, USA)

Poster: A Measurement Study for ARQ-based Reliable Data Transmission for IEEE 802.15.4 Wireless Sensors on Fast Rotating Structures
Kuang-Ching Wang (Clemson University, USA), Jobin Jacob (Clemson University, USA), Lei Tang (Clemson University, USA), Yong Huang (Clemson University, USA)

14:30 - 15:15 SESSION 3. APPLICATIONS 1
(20 mins/talk)

Network Interrupts: Supporting Delay Sensitive Applications in Low Power Wireless Control Networks
James Brown (Lancaster University, UK); Joe Finney (Lancaster University, UK); Christos Efstratiou (Lancaster University, UK); Ben Green (Lancaster University, UK); Nigel Davies (Lancaster University, UK); Mark Lowton (Lancaster University, UK); Gerd Kortuem (Lancaster University, UK)

Web Search From a Bus
Aruna Balasubramanian (University of Massachusetts, Amherst, US); Yun Zhou (University of Massachusetts, Amherst, US); W. Bruce Croft (University of Massachusetts, Amherst, US); Brian Levine (Univ. of Massachusetts Amherst, US); Arun Venkataramani (UMass Amherst, US)

15:15 - 15:45 BREAK

15:45 - 16:55 SESSION 4. APPLICATIONS 2
(20 mins/talk)

Evaluating Opportunistic Routing Protocols with Large Realistic Contact Traces
Libo Song (Dartmouth College, US); David Kotz (Dartmouth College, US)

Wireless Opportunistic Podcasting: Implementation and Design Tradeoffs
Martin May (ETH Zurich, CH); Vincent Lenders (Princeton University, US); Gunnar Karlsson (KTH, Royal Institute of Technology, SE); Clemens Wacha (ETH Zurich, CH)

Data Management in Human Networks
Calicrates Policroniades (Telenor, NO); Pablo Vidales (Deutsche Telekom Laboratories, DE); Martin Roth (Deutsche Telekom Laboratories, DE); Daniel Kreienbühl (Deutsche Telekom Laboratories, DE)

16:55 - 17:15 WRAP-UP