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				Sirisha Medidi Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science College of Engineering Boise State University Boise, ID 83725 Phone: 208-426-2623 Fax: 208-426-2470 Email: SirishaMedidi@boisestate.edu Office: MEC 302G

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Professional Preparation:

	Ph.D. in Computer Science, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, August 2001
	M. S. in Computer Science, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, May 1992

Recent Conference Committees:

Program Committee Member:

	IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM) 2008
	IEEE International Conference on Communication (ICC) 2008, 2009
	IEEE/IFIP Conference on Networking 2007, 2008
	IEEE International Conference on Networking (ICON) 2006, 2007
	IEEE Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking, and Communications (WiMob) 2008

Grants:

Faculty Seed Grant, Washington State University, "Malicious node Detection in Mobile Ad-hoc Networks", Amount: $9,000, May 2005- August 2004.

Catalyzing the Future Initiative, Washington State University, "Network of Sensor Systems", PI with Muralidhar Medidi) Amount: $4,000. May 2006- August 2007.

	NSF, CRI: "Research in Secure Wireless Ad Hoc Networking and Sensor Networking (CNS-0454416)", PIs: Sirisha Medidi and Muralidhar Medidi. Amount: $134,030. July 2005 -June 2009. Supplemental REU funding: $6,000.
	NSF, "SGER: Energy-Efficient FPGA Security Mechanisms for Large-Scale Sensor Networks (ECS-0646215)", PIs: Sirisha Medidi and Jose Delgado-Frias. Amount: $50,000. August 2006 - February 2008.
	NSF, "Development and Implementation of an Intensive Short Course, Seminar, and Mentoring for Undergraduates to Research in Engineering (DUE-0633678)", PIs: David Bahr, Brian Lamb, Michael Wolcox, Sirisha Medidi and David Field. Amount: $148,981. April 2007�December 2008.

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Fall 2009

Computer Networks (CS 525)
Class Timings : Tues & Thurs 4:40pm - 5:55pm
Class Location : MEC 206

Courses Taught

	CS 425 : Introduction to Computer Networks (Boise State University) Spring 08 ,Spring 09
	CS 584 : Computer Networks (Boise State University) Fall 08
	CS 525 : Computer Networks (Boise State University) Fall 08
	CptS/EE: 555 Computer Communication Networks (Washington State University)
	CptS 559: Mobile Computing in Wireless Networks (Washington State University)
	CptS 317: Formal Languages and Automata (Washington State University)
	CptS/EE 455 : Introduction to Computer Networks (Washington State University)
	CptS 456/556: Secure Wireless Networks (Washington State University)

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Research Interests

	Mobile Computing, Wireless Networks, Network Security
	Sensor and Wireless Ad-hoc Networking (SWAN) Laboratory

Recent Publications (2008)

	Jiong Wang and Sirisha Medidi, Mesh-based Coverage for Wireless Sensor networks,” In Proceedings of IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (GLOBECOM), November 2008, New Orleans, LA.
	Chris Mallery, Muralidhar Medidi, and Sirisha Medidi, “Relative Localization with 2-Hop Neighborhood,” In Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on a World of Wireless Mobile and Multimedia Networks (WoWMOM), June 2008, New Port Beach, CA.
	Jiong Wang and Sirisha Medidi, “Topology Control for Reliable Sensor-to-Sink Data Transport in Sensor Networks,” In Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Communication (ICC), May 2008, Beijing, China.
	Sirisha Medidi, Jin Ding, Ghayathri Gharudapuram, Jiong Wang, and Muralidhar Medidi, “An analytical model and performance evaluation of transport protocols for wireless ad-hoc networks,” In Proceedings of 41st ACM/SCS Annual Simulation Symposium, April 2008, Ottawa, Canada.
	Sirisha Medidi, Muralidhar Medidi, Lynsey Compton-Drake, and Jiong Wang, “A lightweight key distribution for wireless sensor networks,” In Proceedings of Defense and Security symposium on Wireless Sensing and Processing,” March 2008, Orlando, FL.

Jiong Wang and Sirisha Medidi, Density-First Ad-hoc Routing Protocol for MANET,” In Proceedings of 3rd IEEE International conference on Communication System Software and Middleware (COMSWARE), January 2008, Bangalore, India.

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Current Graduate Students :

	Vamsi Nandanavanam, MS in Computer Science (Thesis: Packet level reliability in Wireless Sensor Networks using Monitors and Duty Cycles; Tentative graduation date: December 2009).
	Rahul S. Kavalapara, MS in Computer Science (Tentative graduation date: December 2009).
	Ramya B. Ammu, MS in Computer Science (Tentative graduation date: May 2010)

Graduates :

	Richard L. Griswold, M.S. in Computer Science, May 2003. (Thesis: Malicious Node Detection in Wireless Ad hoc Networks). Currently leading the Cyber Security group at Pacific Northwest National Labs, Richland, WA.
	Mathew E. Whitehead, M.S. in Computer Science, December 2003. (Thesis: Enhanced Return Routability for Mobile IPv6 Networks). Currently at Indiana University working towards his PhD.
	Knuth Helge-Vik, M.S. in Computer Science, May 2004. (Thesis: Quality of Service Routing in Mobile Ad-hoc Networks; Spring 2004). Currently with University of Oslo, Norway as Research Associate & working towards his PhD.
	Sireesh Gavini, M.S. in Computer Science, December 2004. (Thesis: Detection of Packet Dropping Faults in Ad-hoc Networks; December 2004). Currently with Qualcomm, Boulder, CO.
	Jin Ding, PhD in Computer Science, May 2006. (Dissertation: Communication Protocols for Wireless Ad-Hoc and Sensor Networks). Currently with BroadCom, San Jose.
	Peter Cappetto, M.S. in Computer Science, May 2007. (Thesis: History Based Route Selection for Reactive Ad Hoc Routing).
	Hongxun Liu, PhD in Computer Science August 2007. (Dissertation: Hardware/Software solutions to improve security in ad-hoc networks). Currently with CADENCE, San Jose, CA.

	Jiang Wang, PhD in Computer Science, December 2008. (Dissertation: Scalable Protocols for Efficient Ad-hoc and Sensor Networking). Currently with Microsoft, Seattle, WA.
	Lynsey Compton-Drake, M.S. in Computer Engineering, December 2008. (Dissertation: Energy-Efficient Software/Hardware Solutions to Improve security in Sensor Networks). Currently with Microsoft, Seattle, WA.

Last updated: 09/14/09.