Riccardo Crepaldi

E-mail: rcrepal2 at illinois.edu [contact]

Mail:
MC 258, Siebel Center for Computer Science, 201 N. Goodwin Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801, USA

Office:
3107 Siebel Center for Computer Science
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
 

 

 

 

My CV

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Education:


Current: PhD student at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Major Area: Systems and Networking
Advisor: Robin H. Kravets


Academic grade: Master's degree (5-years Laurea, V.O.) Telecommunication Engineering – Systems and networking
program at University of Padova, Italy – April 2006
Advisor: Michele Zorzi


Research Interests:


My research focuses primarily on wireless sensor networks. Effective deployment of WSNs requires reliability and efficiency standards much higher than those achieved so far. The first goal of my research is to understand these requirements and design systems that capture real-world problems and can be deployed in real-world environments. The scope of my research involves the design and use of hybrid wireless nodes with dual radio communications (e.g., ZigBee and WiFi) that enable the exploitation of the best of both technologies and allow heterogeneous networks. I am also interested in similar fields like delay tolerant networks and the opportunity of integration between these and WSNs.


Research Experience:


Graduate Research Assistant University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign – Aug 2007 - present

Design and implementation of a failure-robust service discovery protocol for the management of ubiquitous computing systems with applications in healthcare and smart environments. Design and evaluation of Pirrus, a replication system that provides reliable in-network data storage over unreliable wireless sensors using probabilistic models for failure prediction. Design and evaluation of TotalSense, a system that provides effective data detection in WSNs. TotalSense enables the use of all available information in the decision process by aggregating samples and assigning weights based on their quality. Design and evaluation of energy efficient MAC protocols for Wireless Sensor Networks.


Research Intern University of Padova – May 2009, August 2009

Improvement and Implementation of a stable version of SYNAPSE, a network programming application for Sensor Networks based on Fountain Codes. Experimental evaluation of the protocol in a real multi-hop scenario.


Research Intern IBM Research – May 2008, August 2008

Deployment of a full-scale, remotely managed testbed to support implementation and performance evaluation of SEAIT, a wireless sensor network solution that provides real-time visibility and health monitoring to the railroad system. Integration of a remote network programming protocol on the testbed and execution of several experiments.


Research Scientist Consorzio Ferrara Ricerche (Italy) - May 2006, July 2007

Wireless Sensor Network testbed design, deployment and maintenance. Development of software management tools. Design, implementation and performance evaluation of localization algorithms, routing protocol for WSNs and data dissemination protocols using fountain codes. Implementation of a prototype of a healthcare provisioning architecture (Meditrina).


Industry Experience:

Instructor Eureka s.n.c. Padova (Italy)

200 hours of teaching experience on Office Automation application, for private and industries (Banca Antonveneta, Air Liquide Spa, Veneto Agricoltura - Reg.Veneto)


Developer – Network Administrator Crepaldi Giannino & c. s.n.c (Italy) - Nov.2002, May 2006)

Software developer, developing a database and labeling system, and other automated procedures. Design and deployment of the Intranet and network administration.

 

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My publications

Journal Articles

Rossi, M., N. Bui, G. Zanca, L. Stabellini, R. Crepaldi, and M. Zorzi, "SYNAPSE++: Code Dissemination in Wireless Networks using Fountain Codes", IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, In Press. Abstract
Reason, J., and R. Crepaldi, "Ambient intelligence for freight railroads", IBM Journal of Research and Development, vol. 53, no. 3, 2009. Abstract
Kumar, R., R. Crepaldi, H. Rowaihy, A. F. Harris, G. Cao, M. Zorzi, and T. F. La Porta, "Mitigating Performance Degradation in Congested Sensor Networks", IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing: IEEE Computer Society, pp. 682–697, 2008. Abstract

Conference Articles

Crepaldi, R., M. Montanari, I. Gupta, and R. H. Kravets, "Using Failure Models for Controlling Data Availability in Wireless Sensor Networks", IEEE Infocom Minisymposium, 2009, Rio de Janeiro, 04/2009. Abstract
Reason, J., H. Chen, R. Crepaldi, and S. Duri, "Intelligent Telemetry for Freight Trains", The 1st annual International Conference on Mobile Computing, Applications and Services (MOBICASE), 2009. Abstract
Rossi, M., G. Zanca, L. Stabellini, R. Crepaldi, A. F. Harris, and M. Zorzi, "SYNAPSE: A Network Reprogramming Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks Using Fountain Codes", Sensor, Mesh and Ad Hoc Communications and Networks, 2008. SECON '08. 5th Annual IEEE Communications Society Conference on, pp. 188-196, June, 2008. Abstract
Chou, P., J. Reason, and R. Crepaldi, "Towards Large-scale Industry Deployment of Wireless Sensor Networks", The 22nd Modern Engineering and Technology Seminar, 11/2008. Abstract
Crepaldi, R., A. F. Harris, R. Kooper, R. H. Kravets, G. Maselli, C. Petrioli, and M. Zorzi, "Managing heterogeneous sensors and actuators in ubiquitous computing environments", SANET '07: Proceedings of the First ACM workshop on Sensor and actor networks: ACM, pp. 35–42, 2007. Abstract
Crepaldi, R., S. Friso, A. F. Harris, M. Mastrogiovanni, C. Petrioli, M. Rossi, A. Zanella, and M. Zorzi, "The Design, Deployment, and Analysis of SignetLab: A Sensor Network Testbed and Interactive Management Tool", Testbeds and Research Infrastructure for the Development of Networks and Communities, 2007. TridentCom 2007. 3rd International Conference on, pp. 1-10, May, 2007. Abstract
Crepaldi, R., A. F. Harris, and A. Zanella, "SignetLab2: A Modular Management Architecture for Wireless Sensor Networks", Wireless Communications 2007 CNIT Thyrrenian Symposium: Springer US, 2007. Abstract
Crepaldi, R., P. Casari, A. Zanella, and M. Zorzi, "Testbed implementation and refinement of a range-based localization algorithm for wireless sensor networks", Mobility '06: Proceedings of the 3rd international conference on Mobile technology, applications & systems, New York, NY, USA, ACM, pp. 61, 2006. Abstract

Conference Demos

Crepaldi, R., M. Bakht, A. F. Harris, and R. H. Kravets, "Leveraging Multiple Heterogeneous Radios for Energy efficient Routing", the 6th ACM International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications, and Services (MobiSys), 2008.
Crepaldi, R., R. H. Kravets, G. Maselli, C. Petrioli, M. Zorzi, A. F. Harris, and R. Kooper, "Meditrina: An Architecture for Managing Sensors and Actuators in Ambient Computing Environments", the Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking (Mobicom), 2007.
Crepaldi, R., A. F. Harris, M. Rossi, G. Zanca, and M. Zorzi, "Fountain Reprogramming Protocol: a Reliable Data Dissemination Scheme for Wireless Sensor Networks Using Fountain Codes", the ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (Sensys), 2007.
Crepaldi, R., M. Zorzi, A. F. Harris, A. Scarpa, and A. Zanella, "SignetLab: deployable sensor network testbed and management tool", the ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (Sensys), 2005.

Conference Posters

Crepaldi, R., R. H. Kravets, M. Montanari, S. Czyzewski, and R. Campbell, "Event Detection Using Phenomenon Models", the 7th ACM International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications, and Services (MobiSys), 2009.
Crepaldi, R., S. Friso, S. Blom, M. Andretto, A. Zanella, and M. Zorzi, "the ACM International Workshop on Wireless Network Testbeds, Experimental evaluation and CHaracterization (WiNTECH)", the European conference on Wireless Sensor Networks (EWSN), 2006.
Crepaldi, R., M. Zorzi, S. Friso, A. F. Harris, and A. Zanella, "The design, deployment, and analysis of SignetLab: a sensor network testbed and interactive management tool", the ACM International Workshop on Wireless Network Testbeds, Experimental evaluation and CHaracterization (WiNTECH), 2006.