Collaborative Signal and Information Processing (CSIP) Using Mobile Agents

Topics Addressed

• Mobile-agent-based collaborative signal and information processing
• Mobile agent framework
• Progressive multiple target detection
• Collaborative unknown target detection
• Decentralized reactive clustering
• Robust node selection

Software

• CSIP Classifier - Multi-modality, multi-sensor classification (running on top of diffusion routing, mobile agent framework, and BAE repository)
• Mobile Agent Framework - Mobile Agent Framework (MAF) developed at UTK

Dataset

• BAE-Austin Demo, Aug 18-21, 2002
• The seismic training set generated from SITEX00 (readme, data)
• Matlab codes used to generate this dataset (getTrain.m, getTrainnode.m)

Demo

• SensIT PI Meeting (Demo Session), Nov, 2002
• BAE-Austin Field Demo, Aug. 18-21, 2002 (pictures taken by UTK, by BAE)
• Xiaoling and Yuxin at ICASSP, May 2002, Orlando, FL

Students

• Xiaoling Wang (Ph.D. graduate)
• Yingyue Xu (Ph.D. student)
• Woye Oyeyele (M.S. graduate)
• Phani Teja Kuruganti (M.S. graduate)
• Yuxin Tian (M.S. graduate)

Papers

• Book Chapters and Journal Papers
  • X. Wang, H. Qi, S. Beck, H. Du, "A progressive approach to distributed multiple target detection in sensor networks," Sensor Network Operations. Editors: Shashi Phoha, Thomas F. La Porta. To be published by IEEE Press, 2004.
  • H. Qi, Y. Xu, P. T. Kuruganti, "Chapter 41: The mobile agent framework for collaborative processing in sensor networks," Frontiers in Distributed Sensor Networks. Editor: R. Brooks, S. S. Iyengar, pages 783-800, CRC Press, 2004.
  • X. Wang, H. Qi, S. Beck, "Chapter 14: Distributed multi-target detection in sensor networks," Frontiers in Distributed Sensor Networks. Editor: R. Brooks, S. S. Iyengar, pages 265-279, CRC Press, 2004.
  • Y. Xu, H. Qi, "Distributed computing paradigms for multi-sensor data fusion in sensor networks," Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, 64(8):945-959, August 2004.
  • H. Qi, Y. Xu, X. Wang, "Mobile- agent-based collaborative signal and information processing in sensor networks," Proceedings of the IEEE, 91(8):1172-1183, August 2003.
  • H. Qi, P. T. Kuruganti, "The development of localized algorithms in wireless sensor networks," Sensors Journal, 2(7): 270-285, July 2002.
  • H. Qi, X. Wang, S. S. Iyengar, K. Chakrabarty, "High performance sensor integration in distributed sensor networks using mobile agents," International Journal of High Performance Computing Applications, 16(3):325-335, Fall, 2002.
  • K. Chakrabarty, S. S. Iyengar, H. Qi, E. Cho, "Grid coverage for surveillance and target location in distributed sensor networks," IEEE Transactions on Computers, 51(12):1448-1453, December 2002.
  • H. Qi, S. S. Iyengar, K. Chakrabarty, "Multi-resolution data integration using mobile agents in distributed sensor networks," IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Part C: Applications and Reviews, vol. 31, no. 3, pp383-391, August, 2001.
• Conference Papers
  • X. Wang, H. Qi, "Collaborative unknown target recognition in sensor networks," 19th National Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), Workshop on Sensor Networks, San Jose, CA, July 26, 2004.
  • Y. Xu, H. Qi, "Decentralized reactive clustering for collaborative processing in sensor networks," IEEE International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Systems (ICPADS), pages 54-61, Newport Beach, CA, July 7-9, 2004.
  • X. Wang, H. Qi, "Mobile agent based progressive multiple target detection in sensor networks," IEEE International Conference on Acoustic, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), Montreal, Quebec, Canada, May 17-21, 2004.
  • F. Wang, H. Qi, "Collective intelligent information processing in large scale sensor networks," Sensors, Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence (C3I) Technologies for Homeland Security and Homeland Defense at SPIE Defense and Security Symposium, Orlando (Kissimmee), FL, April 12-16, 2004.
  • Y. Xu, H. Qi, T. Kuruganti, "Mobile-agent-based computing model for collaborative processing in sensor networks," GlobeCom, 2003.
  • X. Wang, H. Qi, H. Du, "Distributed source number estimation of independent component analysis in sensor networks," IEEE International Symposium on Statistical Signal Processing, September 2003.
  • Y. Xu, H. Qi, "Performance evaluation of distributed computing paradigms in mobile ad hoc sensor networks," The 9th International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Systems (ICPADS), pages 451-456, Taiwan, December 2002.
  • X. Wang, H. Qi, S. S. Iyengar, "Collaborative Multi-Modality Target Classification in Distributed Sensor Networks," Information Fusion, pages 285-290, Annapolis, MA, July, 2002.
  • X. Wang, H. Qi, "Acoustic target classification using distributed sensor arrays," International Conference on Acoustics Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP), vol. 4, page 4186, Orlando, FL, May, 2002.
  • Y. Tian, H. Qi, "Target detection and classification using seismic signal processing in unattended ground sensor systems," International Conference on Acoustics Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP), vol. 4, page 4172, Orlando, FL, May, 2002.
  • H. Qi, S. S. Iyengar, K. Chakrabarty, "Distributed multi-resolution data integration using mobile agents," IEEE Aerospace Conference, March, 2001.
  • K. Chakrabarty, S. S. Iyengar, H. Qi, E. Cho, "Coding theory framework for target location in distributed sensor networks," IEEE International Conference on Information Technology: Coding and Computing, April, 2001.

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