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Sai Sakamuri, Srinivas Bandi Ramesh Babu, Akhlesh Mittal, Graciela Perera, Priyanga Gunaratne, and Ahmed Aslam. (in front)
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Since its foundation in 1995, the mission of the Information Systems Laboratory has been to conduct research in networking and distributed systems with significant impact in and outside academia. In our endeavors, we seek funding from state and federal agencies and corporations to conduct our research and train and place our graduate students in the work place.
In the Information Systems Laboratory, our research focuses on two convergent components: First, we focus on designing and evaluating high-speed networks that enable new forms of communications anywhere, anytime, and anyplace. Second, we focus on designing and developing techniques to move data and computation around the network and deliver it to the right places at the right times, safely and efficiently.
The laboratory has two faculty members: Ken Christensen, and Miguel Labrador. Since 1995, the laboratory has graduated more than 28 Ph.D. and M.S. students. As of late 2005, eight Ph.D. and three M.S. students actively conduct research within the laboratory. The laboratory also supports the research of several advanced undergraduate students and has hosted middle school teachers for a summer Research Experience for Teachers (RET). Research is funded by the Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, University Consortium for Intermodal Transportation Safety and Security, Florida Department of Transportation, and Florida Space Grant.
Current Projects Include:
- Investigation of new ideas for improving the energy efficiency of the Internet (Christensen with Dr. Alan George at UF).
- Transport layer protocols for heterogeneous networks (Labrador).
- Routing and energy-efficient protocols for wireless ad hoc and sensor networks (Labrador).
- Location-based community-oriented services using wireless mobile devices (Labrador).
Major Events include:
- The IEEE Local Computer Networks (LCN) conference which is hosted at USF every other year. This conference brings about 130 people from Europe, Asia, and the U.S. to the USF campus and Tampa Bay area for three days. For information, see http://www.ieeelcn.org/
- An NSF-funded summer Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site which is hosted in the department for 2005 through 2007. This REU site provides undergraduate students with research opportunities in several areas of Computer Science and Engineering for ten consecutive weeks. For information, see http://www.cse.usf.edu/REU/
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