Raja Jurdak

Raja Jurdak

Research Team Leader/ Research Project Leader ICT

Contact

Tel: 61 7 3327 4059
Fax: 61 7 3327 4455
Email

Themes

  • Sensor Networks

Projects

  • Platform Software for Sensor Networks
  • In-network Processing

Science Area

  • Sensor Networks

Biography

Raja Jurdak joined CSIRO as a Senior Research Scientist in October 2008, where he currently leads the Sensor Networks Research Team. Previously, he was a senior researcher at the School of Computer Science and Informatics at University College Dublin. He has a PhD in Information and Computer Science at University of California, Irvine in September 2005, an MS in Computer Networks and Distributed Computing from the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at UCI (2001), and a BE in Computer and Communications Engineering from the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture at the American University of Beirut in (2000). He is also a member of the IEEE and the IEEE Communications Society. His current research interests include the modeling and optimization of ad hoc and sensor networks, and on applying these networks to solve real world problems. The sensor networks revolution is yet to come. While the Internet has provided pervasive interconnection of computers and devices worldwide to create the digital world, sensor and actuator networks take a step further in creating a two-way interface between the digital and physical domains.

Academic Qualifications

2005 PhD University of California, Irvine, Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks
2001 MSc University of California, Irvine, Computer Networks and Distributed Computing
2000 BEng American University of Beirut, Computer and Communications Engineering

Recent Professional Experience

2009-present Senior Lecturer (Adjunct), UQ, Brisbane
2008-present Project/Team Leader, ICT Centre, Brisbane
2006-2008 Research Fellow, University College Dublin
2005-2006 Postdoctoral Researcher, University of California, Irvine

Summary of Science & Technical Output

Books/Book chapters 2
Journal 10
Refereed Conference/Workshop 27
Technical/Client Reports 0
Invited Presentations 4
Patents 5

Student Supervision

2009- Philip Valencia, Phd student, University of Queensland
2008-2009 Alessio Barbirato, MSc thesis, University College Dublin
2008 Sebastien Bergeaud, Internship, EPITA, Paris France
2008 Florian Pierre, Internship, EPITA, Paris, France
2008 Alessandro Zampieri, Internship, University College Dublin
2008 Jean-Francois Lagoutte, Internship, Ecole Polytechnique de Nantes
2008 Phillipe Bayle, Internship, Ecole Polytechnique de Nantes
2008 Olivier Pernet, Internship, ENSIMAG Grenoble France
2008 Loic Petit, Internship, ENSIMAG Grenoble France
2008 Edward Oubrayrie, Internship, ENSIMAG, Grenoble France
2006-2008 Antonio Ruzzelli, PhD thesis, University College Dublin
2007 Samuel Boivineau, Internship, Ecole Polytechnique de Nantes
2007 Thomas Chamaurd, Internship, University of Toulouse

Science Citizenship

2009 TPC member of WUWnet workshop
2009 Reviewer for IEEE Communications Letters
2009 Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing
2009 Reviewer for IPSN/SPOTS track
2009 Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing
2009 TPC of IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Dresden, Germany
2009 TPC of Workshop on Underwater Networks in conjunction with The IEEE 23rd International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications (AINA-09)
2009 TPC of 1st International Workshop on Cooperation in Pervasive Environments (CoPE 2009), which will be held in conjunction with IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (PerCom) 2009, Dallas Texas
2008 Chair of the Security and Modeling Session at 17th International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN)
2008 Workshop Co-Chair of the IEEE Intl. Conference on Sensor Networks, Ubiquitous and Trustworthy Computing (SUTC)
2008 Reviewer for NSF OCE - Ocean Technology and Interdisciplinary Coordination
2008 TPC of ACM International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems, Vancouver, British Coloumbia.
2008 TPC of IEEE Wireless LANs and Wireless PANs Symposium, International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC), Crete, Greece.
2008 TPC member of the First ACM International Workshop on Integrated Heterogeneous Sensor Networks (HeterSenet 2008), co-located with ACM MobiHoc. Hong Kong.
2008 TPC member of OMNeT++ 2008, 1st OMNeT++ Developers Workshop, Marseille, France
2008 Reviewer for Journal of Computer Systems, Networks, and Communications
2008 Reviewer for Elsevier Computer Networks Journal
2007-2008 European COST Action 2100 Management Committee delegate for the Republic of Ireland
2007 Organizing Committee of the IEEE SMC UK and RI 6th Conference on Cybernetic Systems Dublin, Ireland
2007-present IEEE Communication Society Technical Committee (TC) member on Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks
2007-present IEEE Communication Society Technical Committee (TC) member on Satellite Communications
2007-present IEEE Communication Society sub-Technical Committee member on Autonomic Communications
2007 TPC member of IEEE UNWAT Workshop at SENSORCOMM
2007 TPC member of IEEE SMC UK and RI Cybernetic Systems
2007 Reviewer for the 7th International Conference on Next Generation Teletraffic and Wired/Wireless Advanced Networking
2007 Reviewer for Innovations in Information Technology
2007 Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
2006-2007 TPC member for IEEE International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Communications (ICWMC)
2006 TPC member for IEEE International Conference on Digital Telecommunications (ICDT)
2006 TPC member for IEEE International Conference on Systems and Network Communications (ICSNC)
2006 Reviewer for The Computer Journal
2006 Reviewer for IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering
2006 Reviewer for Wiley International Journal of Communication Systems
2006 Reviewer for Elsevier Ad Hoc Networks Journal
2006 Reviewer for IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC)
2005-2008 Reviewer for IEEE Communications Magazine
2005 Reviewer for IEEE International Symposium on Personal Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC)
2005 Reviewer for IEEE Network
2004-2006 Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Computers
2004 Reviewer for IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC)

Top 10 Publications

Publication details
R. Jurdak. Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks: A Cross-Layer Design Perspective. Springer-Verlag. ISBN: 978-0-387-39022-2, 2007.
R. Jurdak, P. Baldi, and C.V. Lopes. "Adaptive Low Power Listening for Wireless Sensor Networks," IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing. Volume 6, Issue 8, pp. 988-1004. August, 2007.
R. Jurdak, A.G. Ruzzelli, and G. O'Hare. "Radio Sleep Mode Optimization in Wireless Sensor Networks," IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 2009. (in press)
R. Jurdak, C. V. Lopes, and P. Baldi. "A Survey, Classification, and Comparative Analysis of Medium Access Control Protocols for Ad Hoc Networks," IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials 6(1):2-16, 2004.
R. Jurdak, P. Baldi, C. V. Lopes. "U-MAC: A Proactive and Adaptive UWB Medium Access Control Protocol," Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Journal, Special Issue on UWB Communications, 5(5):551-566, 2005.
R. Jurdak, C. V. Lopes and P. Baldi. "Battery Lifetime Estimation and Optimization for Underwater Sensor Networks." In Sensor Network Operations, published by Wiley-IEEE Press, edited by Shashi Phoha, Thomas F. La Porta and Christopher Griffin. pp. 397-420. ISBN: 0-471-71976-5. May, 2006. Edited volume resulting from overflow to special issue on Sensor Networks in IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing.
R. Jurdak, A.G. Ruzzelli, and G.M.P. O'Hare. "Adaptive Radio Modes in Sensor Networks: How Deep to Sleep?" In proccedings of IEEE Communications Society Conference on Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks (SECON), June, 2008. Nominated for Best Paper Award
R. Jurdak, P. Baldi, and C.V. Lopes. "Software-Driven Sensor Networks for Short-Range Shallow Water Applications," Elsevier Ad Hoc Networks. Volume 7(5): 837-848. July, 2009.
R. Jurdak, C. V. Lopes, and P. Baldi. "A Framework for Modeling Sensor Networks," Proceedings of the Building Software for Pervasive Computing Workshop at OOPSLA'04, Vancouver, Canada 2004.
R. Jurdak, A. Nafaa, and A. Barbirato. "Large Scale Environmental Monitoring through Integration of Sensor and Mesh Networks," Sensors, Special Issue on Wireless Sensor Technologies and Applications, 8(11): 7493-7517. November, 2008. DOI 10.3390/s8117493

Number of citations

ISI 22
Citeseer 79
Google Scholar 334

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