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DU Wins an Award from the Research Council of Oman
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Dr. Nafaa Jabeur, Dr. Nabil Sahli, and Dr. Mohamad Badra, from
the Computer Science Deaprtement (CAAS/DU), have been awarded a
grant of 39,700 R.O to carry out a research project on “Sensor
Networks for an Enhanced and Personalized Management and Use of
Resources (SNEPMURe)”. This generous grant is from The Research
Council of Oman (reference: ORG DU ICT 10 003) for a period of
two years.
SNEPMURe aims at
elaborating mechanisms, protocols, and algorithms allowing
static and mobile sensors to collaborate within the same
Wireless Sensor Network (WSN). WSNs are promising tools in
solving some of the most pressing challenges facing the world
today, including the need for conserving energy, carrying out
sustainable development, lowering the cost of healthcare, and
improving governmental response to natural disasters. In the
context of Oman, these emergent tools could be very beneficial
in the monitoring of the existing rich and abundant natural
resources.
Basically, a WSN consists of hundreds of sophisticated small
wireless devices (sensors) that could be deployed over a
geographic space to cooperatively monitor physical or
environmental conditions, such as temperature, sound, vibration,
pressure, motion, and pollutants. Since the energy and
processing constrained sensors are frequently prone to failure,
robbery, and destruction, the WSN commonly faces problems in
managing its resources as well as the resources related to its
application.
By
increasing the context awareness of sensors and allowing them to
make a convenient use of data and environmental semantics, these
small devices will leverage their interactions in order to adapt
their processing with respect to current user requirements and
the intended use of the WSN. The ultimate goal of this
interaction is to enhance and personalize the management and use
of the available resources.
The
contributions of SNEPMURe will include, but not limited to:
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Personalize the WSN services with respect to the user
requirements.
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Personalize the WSN processing for better interactions between
sensors.
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Build a prototype that complies with the objectives of SNEPMURe.
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