Seminar on "Wireless Networks and Applications"

Computer Science and Engineering Department would like to invite you and your students in our first Online  Seminar from Portland, Oregon, USA on "Wireless Networks and Applications" on 10th June 2010 at 11:00am:Lab 305, Campus B.

 
"Wireless Networks and Applications"
Presented by: Dr. Shamim Begum

Abstract:

Today the number of wireless phone subscribers exceeds the number of wired phone subscribers in Bangladesh, US and anywhere around the globe. This very fact motivates this talk about wireless communications, wireless networks and their applications. The talk first gives an introduction of wireless networks starting from computer networks, its classification and the medium electromagnetic spectrum where typical wireless technology fits among others. The talk discusses the history from telegraph to radio - from its birth to what we have today. It also discusses the fundamentals of wireless networks and landmark wireless technologies like WiFi, WiMAX etc. The talk discusses applications of various wirless networks around the globe that eventually have led us to live in a smart world. It finally gives an overview of research challenges these applications and technologies pose that researchers are trying to solve.

Bio:

Shamim Begum received her Ph.D. from the department of Electrical Engineering (Computer Engineering group) at the University of Southern California (USC) in 2009. She received Masters in Electrical Engineering-Computer Networks from the department of Electrical Engineering at the USC in 2001. She did her undergraduate from the department of Computer Science and Engineering at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) in 1995. During her graduate studies at the USC she worked as graduate interns at Intel Corporation, Qualcomm Incorporated and Hughes Research Laboratory. She has published one journal and four conference papers. Her teaching interest includes areas in Computer Science,  Computer Engineering and Electrical Engineering. Her research interest includes wireless and sensor networks, computer networks, distributed systems, social networks and bio-informatics.