Andrea Passarella

Andrea Passarella
Born in La Spezia, Italy, on June 17, 1977
Age: 28
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Work
Via Milazzo, 5
National Research Council (CNR)
19122 La Spezia, Italy
Institute for Informatics and Telematics (IIT)
Phone: +39 0187 706 693
Via G. Moruzzi, 1
56124 Pisa, Italy
Phone: +39 050 315 3063
Fax:
+39 050 315 2113
Mobile: +39 347 88 21 902
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~ap458
Positions Held
Jan. 2006 – current
Researcher at the IIT Institute, National Research Council (Italy)
Mar. 2005 – Dec. 2005 Research Associate at the Computer Laboratory – University of Cambridge (UK)
May 2004 – July 2004 Visiting Ph.D. Student at the DATAMAN Lab of the Rutgers University, Piscataway (NJ,
USA)
Jan. 2002 – Feb. 2005 Ph.D. Student at the Department of Information Engineering – University of Pisa (Italy)
Nov. 2001 – Dec. 2001 Study Contract at the Department of Information Engineering – University of Pisa (Italy)
Education
Feb. 2005
Oct. 2001
Ph.D. in Computer Engineering – Information Engineering Dept., University of Pisa (Italy)
MSc (cum laude) in Computer Engineering – University of Pisa (Italy)
Foreign Languages
English
French, German
good knowledge (spoken and written)
basic knowledge (spoken and written)
Expertises
Wireless Networking: power-saving networking protocols (main focus on the IEEE 802.11 standard – “Wi-Fi”) –
main Ph.D. research activity
ad hoc networks (IEEE 802.11 MANET), standard IEEE 802.15.4, network protocols for sensor
networks, P2P systems for ad hoc networks, multicast protocols for ad hoc networks
Networking:
Ethernet, TCP/IP stack, HTTP, POP3, SMTP, JSP, Servlet, Network Security, cert. Cisco CCNA
3.0 instructor
Operating Systems: Linux, FreeBSD, UNIX, Windows 98-NT-2000
Programming:
C/C++, Java, SQL, HTML, Assembly x86/MicroChip, Visual Basic, Visual C++, AWK, Perl, PHP
Research Interests
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P2P systems for Ad hoc Networks
Multicast protocols for Ad hoc Networks
Power Saving Architectures for Mobile Computing
Wireless Ad Hoc Sensor Networks
Ad Hoc Networking
Research Projects
2006-2010
2002-2005
2002-2005
2004
2002-2003
Haggle
Funded by the European Community (EU) – IST-FET 6th Framework Programme
MobileMAN
Funded by the European Community (EU) – IST-FET 5th Framework Programme
VICOM (Virtual Immersive COMmunications)
Funded by the Italian Ministry for Education and Scientific Research (MIUR)
DataSpace Project (web site: http://paul.rutgers.edu/~gsamir/dataspace/)
Led by Prof. Tomasz Imielinski, Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA.
Web Systems with QoS Guarantees
Funded by the Italian Ministry for Education and Scientific Research (MIUR)
2002-2003
Internet: Effiency, Integration and Security
Funded by the Italian Ministry for Education and Scientific Research (MIUR)
Research Activity
P2P applications for Ad hoc Networks
• Design activity: we have designed and implemented a P2P Group-Communication Application for Ad
hoc Networks (The Whiteboard). The Whiteboard and its p2p multicast support (Scribe) have been
implemented in prototype ad hoc network stacks. Currently, we are designing p2p multicast protocols
optimized for ad hoc networks by leveraging the cross-layer paradigm.
• Testing Activity: we have tested the ad hoc network prototypes including Whiteboard and Scribe
through real experiments. We have characterized the Whiteboard performance with respect to the user
QoS, and the Scribe performance with respect to the quality of the multicast tree.
• Reference Projects: MobileMAN.
Power-saving Architectures and Protocols for wireless hotspots
• Design activity: we have designed an architecture based on the Indirect-TCP model for power-saving
mobile Internet access. Within this architecture, several power-saving policies have been defined, along
with the respective network protocols. A Cross-layer Power Manager has been designed, integrating
these policies and the standard 802.11 Power-Saving Mode.
• Testing: we have implemented the new power-saving network protocols in a real-Internet prototype.
We have evaluated the effectiveness of our architecture with respect to several traffic patterns. We also
used the measurements from the prototype to validate analytical models of the protocols’ behavior. The
effectiveness of integrating the new power-saving policies and the 802.11 standard has been evaluated
by means of analytical and simulation models.
• Reference Projects: “Web Systems with QoS guarantees”, “Internet: Efficiency, Integration and
Security”, and “VICOM”.
Transport Protocols for Ad hoc networks
• Design activity: we have designed a novel transport protocol for ad hoc networks. We have redesigned
the functionalities that make TCP not suited to work in ad hoc environments.
• Testing: we are currently testing the protocol by means of simulation models and real protocypes.
• Reference Projects: “VICOM”, MobileMAN.
Wireless Sensor Networks
• Experimental activity: we have run extensive measurements on Mica Mote networks. We have
characterized Mica Motes with respect to the energy consumption and the networking capabilities (e.g.,
transmission and carrier sensing range). Based on these measurements, we have defined a channel
model for Mica Mote networks.
• Design activity:
1. at the Rutgers University, we have designed a new energy-saving architecture and protocols for
wireless sensor networks.
2. we have defined extensions to the IEEE 802.15.4 standard able to support multi-hop topologies
• Testing:
1. we have carried out a preliminary analysis of the energy-saving protocols by means of analytical
models
2. we are evaluating the extensions to the IEEE 802.15.4 standard via simulation models.
• Reference Projects: “VICOM”, “DataSpace”.
Scientific Activities
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Associate Technical Editor for IEEE Communications Magazine
Technical Program Committee Vice-Chair (IEEE MDC Workshop 2006, IEEE ICPS REALMAN Workshop 2005)
Technical Program Committee Member (IEEE PerCom 2006, IEEE WoWMoM 2006, ACM PE-WASUN 2005, IEEE
ISPA 2005)
Organizing Committee Member (IEEE WiOpt 2004, ACM WoWMoM 2002)
Reviewer:
Journals: IEEE Transactions on Networking, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, IEEE Transactions on
Parallel and Distributed Systems, Elsevier Computer Networks, Elsevier Ad Hoc Networks, ACM/Kluwer
Wireless Networks, ACM/Kluwer Mobile Networks and Applications, Elsevier Pervasive and Mobile
Computing, Kluwer Cluster Computing, IEEE Communication Magazine, IEEE Network, Journal of
Communications and Networks
Conferences: IEEE PerCom, ACM MobiHoc, IEEE ISCC, IEEE ICC, IEEE MASS, IFIP Networking, IFIP PWC,
IEEE WiOpt, ACM WoWMoM, IEEE HPSR, IEEE ICC, IEEE MDC, ACM MSWIM, HiPC
Design and implementation of an autonomous micro-robot. The robot can move inside an arbitrary-shaped
maze, exploiting a description of the path to be followed. This project was carried out in collaboration with the
MiTech Lab of the University S.Anna of Pisa, Italy.
Awards
2002
2000
“Paolo Galli” Vodafone-Omnitel Prize, received from Vodafone-Omnitel, for the best Italian Laurea
Thesis of the Year in the field of Technology Innovation
Idea Prize for the Best Design, received from the University of Nagoya (Japan), during the 2000 MHS
International Symposium. The autonomous micro-robot deployed at the MiTech Lab was presented
during this event
Teaching Activities
2004
Network Operating System (Master in Internet Technologies, Information Engineering Department of
the University of Pisa – IIT Institute of the Italian National Research Council)
2001-2004 Operating Systems and Computer Networks (University of Pisa, I)
2002
Distributed Systems Programming (University of Messina, I)
2002
Fundamentals of Computer Science (University of Pisa, I)
MsC Thesis Advisor on Computer Engineering, University of Pisa
Publications
Book Chapters
[1]
G. Anastasi, M. Conti, A. Passarella: “Power Management in Mobile and Pervasive Computing Systems”, t o
appear in Algorithms and Protocols for Wireless and Mobile Networks, A. Boukerche Editor, CRC-Hall
Publisher, in press.
Theses
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A. Passarella, “Power Management Policies for Mobile Computing”, Ph.D. thesis, Information Engineering
Department,
University
of
Pisa,
Italy,
Feb.
2005,
available
at
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/ap458/papers/passarella_phd_thesis.pdf
Journals
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G. Anastasi, M. Conti, E. Gregori, A. Passarella, L. Pelusi, “An Energy-Aware Multimedia Streaming Protocol for
Mobile Users”, Journal of Pervasive Computing and Communications, to appear.
G. Anastasi, E. Borgia, M. Conti, E. Gregori and A. Passarella: “Understanding the Real Behavior of Mote and
802.11 Ad hoc Networks: an Experimental Approach”, Pervasive and Mobile Computing, Vol. 1, Issue 2, pp.
237-256, July 2005.
G. Anastasi, M. Conti, E. Gregori, A. Passarella: “A Performance Study of Power-Saving Policies for Wi-Fi
Hotspots”, Computer Networks, Vol. 45, No. 2, June 2004
G. Anastasi, M. Conti, E. Gregori, A. Passarella: “Performance Comparison of Power Saving Strategies for
Mobile Web Access”, Performance Evaluation, Vol. 53, Issue 3-4, pp.273-294, 2003
Conference Proceedings
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S. Goel, A. Passarella, T. Imielinski, “Using Buddies to Live Longer in a Boring World”, IEEE International
Workshop on Sensor Networks and Systems for Pervasive Computing (PerSeNS 2006), Pisa, Italy, March 13,
2006.
F. Delmastro and A. Passarella, “An Experimental Study of P2P Group-Communication Applications in RealWorld MANETs”, Proceedings of the IEEE ICPS Workshop on Multi-hop Ad hoc Networks: from theory t o
reality (REALMAN 2005), Santorini, Greece, July 14, 2005.
M. Conti, J. Crowcroft, F. Delmastro and A. Passarella, “Cross-Layer Support for Group-Communication
Applications in MANETs”, Proceedings of the IEEE ICPS Workshop on Multi-hop Ad hoc Networks: from
theory to reality (REALMAN 2005), Santorini, Greece, July 14, 2005.
G. Anastasi, M. Conti, E. Gregori, A. Passarella and L. Pelusi, “A Power-Aware Multimedia Streaming Protocol
for Mobile Users”, Proceedins of the IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Services (ICPS 2005),
Santorini (Greece), July 11-14, 2005.
G. Anastasi, E. Ancillotti, M. Conti and A. Passarella, “TPA: A Transport Protocol for Ad hoc Networks”,
Proceedings of the IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC 2005), La Manga del Mar
Menor, Cartagena, Spain, June 27-30, 2005
G. Anastasi, M. Conti, A. Falchi, E. Gregori and A. Passarella, “Performance Measurements of Mote Sensor
Networks”, Proceedings of the Seventh ACM/IEEE International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis and
Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems (MSWiM 2004), Venice (Italy), October 4-6, 2004.
G. Anastasi, M. Conti, E. Gregori and A. Passarella, “Experimental Analysis of an Application-independent
Energy Management Scheme for Wi-Fi Hotspots”, Proceedings of the IEEE Symposium on Computers and
Communications (ISCC 2004), Alexandria (Egypt), June 29 -July 1, 2004
G. Anastasi, M. Conti, E. Gregori and A. Passarella, “Saving Energy in Wi-Fi Hotspots through 802.11 PSM: an
Analytical Model”, Proceedings of the Second IEEE Workshop on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad
Hoc and Wireless Networks (WiOpt '04), Cambridge (UK), March 24-26, 2004
G. Anastasi and A. Passarella, “Towards a Novel Transport Protocol for Ad hoc Networks”, Proceedings of the
Eighth International Conference on Personal Wireless Communications (PWC 2003) - LNCS Series, Venice (I),
September 23-25, 2003
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G. Anastasi, M. Conti, E. Gregori and A. Passarella, “Power-Saving in Wi-Fi Hotspots: an Analytical Study”,
Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Personal Wireless Communications (PWC 2003) LNCS Series, Venice (I), September 23-25, 2003
G. Anastasi, M. Conti, E. Gregori, A. Passarella: “Balancing Energy Saving and QoS in the Mobile Internet: An
Application-Independent Approach”, Proceedings of the 36th Hawaii International Conference on System
Sciences (HICSS-36), Hawaii (USA), 6-9 January 2003
G. Anastasi, M. Conti, E. Gregori, A. Passarella: “A Power Saving Architecture for Web Access from Mobile
Computers”, Proceedings of the Second IFIP-TC6 Networking Conference (Networking 2002), Pisa (I), 19-24
May 2002
Technical Reports
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S. Goel, A. Passarella, and T. Imielinski, “Using buddies to live longer in a boring world”, Tech. Rep. DCS-TR558, Department of Computer Science, Rutgers University, Sep. 2004 (available at
http://www.ing.unipi.it/~o783499/research/docs/Buddy_tr.pdf).
G. Anastasi, M. Conti, E. Gregori and A. Passarella, “Saving Energy in Wi-Fi Hotspots through 802.11 PSM: an
Analytical Model (extended version)”, Tech. Rep. of the Dept. of Information Engineering, University of Pisa,
November 2003 (available at http://www.ing.unipi.it/~o783499/research/docs/WiOpt04_ext.pdf)
G. Anastasi, M. Conti, E. Gregori and A. Passarella, “Power-Saving in Wi-Fi Hotspots: an Analytical Study”,
Tech. Rep. of the Dept. of Information Engineering, University of Pisa, May 2003 (available at
http://www.ing.unipi.it/~o783499/research/docs/PWC03_ext.pdf)
References
Prof. Giuseppe Anastasi
Dr. Marco Conti
Prof. Jon Crowcroft
Ing. Enrico Gregori
Associate Professor
University of Pisa
Information Engineering Department
Via Diotisalvi, 2
56122 Pisa
phone: +39 050 2217 559
e-mail: [email protected]
Marconi Professor
University of Cambridge
Computer Laboratory
15, JJ Thomson Avenue
Cambridge CB3 0FD, UK
Phone: +44 (0)1223 763633
e-mail: [email protected]
Prof. Tomasz Imielinski
Professor and Director
Division of Information and Computer Science
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
Hill 264
110, Frelinghuysen Rd, Piscataway, NJ 08854
phone: +1 732 445 3546
e-mail: [email protected]
Senior Researcher
Italian National Research Council (CNR)
IIT Institute
Via Moruzzi, 1
56126 Pisa
phone: +39 050 315 3062
e-mail: [email protected]
Research Director
Italian National Research Council (CNR)
IIT Institute
Via Moruzzi, 1
56126 Pisa
phone: +39 050 315 3063
e-mail: [email protected]