

Some Ongoing Projects
- Flexible Wireless Links for Data Centers
- Social Networks & Graph Analysis
- Reliable and Robust Dynamic Spectrum Access
- MERCURY: Trading Platforms for Dynamic Spectrum Distribution
- PAPYRUS: Reconfigurable Frequency-agile Radio Testbeds
- Winter 2012: NDSS’13 accepted;
- April 2012: Our paper on 3D beamforming for wireless data centers is accepted by SIGCOMM 2012.
- April 2012: Gelato, a spectrum permit system to enforce dynamic spectrum access right, is accepted by Mobihoc 2012.
- March 2012: Our ongoing project on building high-speed wireless connections for data centers has been covered by MIT Technology Review, ACM News, ExtremeTech and most recently New York Times. See also UCSB CS News.
Software Release: check out Papyrus and its USRP GNU Radio implementation. We have used papyrus to develop Jello (NSDI’10), a distributed spectrum sharing system to support demanding wireless media applications.
Recent Publications
- Social Turing Tests: Crowdsourcing Sybil Detection, NDSS’13
- Multi-scale Dynamics in a Massive Online Social Network , IMC’12
- Mirror Mirror on the Ceiling: Flexible Wireless Links for Data Centers, SIGCOMM’12
- Enforcing Dynamic Spectrum Access with Spectrum Permits, MobiHoc’12
- 3D Beamforming for Wireless Data Centers, HotNets’11, November, 2011
- I am the Antenna: Accurate Outdoor AP Location using Smartphones, MobiCom’11, Sept. 2011
- Papyrus: A Software Platform for Distributed Dynamic Spectrum Sharing Using SDRs, CCR, Jan. 2011
We are always looking for dedicated, highly-motivated students to join our group. We are looking for PhD, MS and Undergraduate students. If you are interested in our PhD program, before contacting me, please read the FAQ page.
