Hongwei Zhang Assistant Professor

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I lead the Dependable Networking and Computing research group in the Department of Computer Science at Wayne State University. Our research focuses on foundational and systems issues in designing dependable services for dynamic, large scale networked systems. We explore new theories, methods, and systems building-blocks that address dynamics and uncertainties in providing predictable, dependable networking services for systems involving wireless networks, embedded networks, sensor networks, and the Internet. Presently, we are especially interested in the modeling, algorithmic, and systems issues in wireless, vehicular, embedded, and sensor networks. As a part of this effort and with support from the NSF GENI program, we are currently developing the theoretical and systems foundations for experimentation and service provisioning in federated, autonomous networked sensing. Our work has also provided dependable services for several large scale wireless network systems including the NetEye experimental infrastructure (which has 130 IEEE 802.15.4 nodes and 15 802.11b/g nodes) and the DARPA sensornet project ExScal (which, with its 200-node 802.11b mesh network and 1,000-node mote network, is the world's largest wireless sensor network and likely the largest 802.11 mesh network deployed so far). For a brief introduction to wireless sensor networks, please click here.

Last modified on: 09/03/2007