Jeongyeup Paek

RESEARCH INTEREST

Jeongyeup Paek's current research interests are in wireless embedded network systems including architecture for tiered embedded networks, reliable communication and data delivery in wireless sensor networks, and real world deployment of WSN applications.

RESEARCH PROJECT

• Current projects:
  • Urban Tomography : Document urban life using mobile smart phones
  • RCRT : Rate-Controlled Reliable Transport for Wireless Sensor Networks
• Past projects:
  • Tenet : An Architecture for Tiered Embedded Networks
  • Threaded Tenet : Re-implementation of Tenet using TOSThreads and TinyLD [Poster]
  • Cyclops on Tenet,
    • JR bird nest monitoring deployment. / [VIEWER]
    • JR pitfall trap deployment. / [VIEWER]
  • VTB, Tenet based ambient vibration monitoring on a bridge
  • Wisden, Wireless sensor network based structural data acquisition system
  • NetSHM, Re-usable and evolvable sensornet system for a variety of structural monitoring techniques
  • Improve your golf swing using WISP RFIDs!! [proposal]

EDUCATION

• University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
  Currently enrolled in Ph.D program, Computer Science Department, Current
• University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
  Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Networks, May.2005
• Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
  Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Feb.2003

WORK EXPERIENCE

• Embedded Networks Laboratory, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA
  Research Assistant, in Wireless Sensor Network, Advisor: Ramesh Govindan,
  May 2004 ~ Current
• Department of Computer Science, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA
  Grading Assistant,Computer Communications (CS551),
  Fall 2004, Spring 2005
• Multimedia Wireless Network Laboratory, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
  Invited Researcher, on Queue management in 802.11b HostAP, Advisor: SungHyun Choi,
  Jan 2003 ~ Jun 2003
• Military service in Korean Army, 28th Division, Korea
  Soldier in charge of Department of Human Affairs in 3rd Battalion of Regiment 82,
  Jan 1999 ~ Mar 2001

PUBLICATION

• "The Tenet Architecture for Tiered Sensor Networks", Jeongyeup Paek, Ben Greenstein, Omprakash Gnawali, Ki-Young Jang, August Joki, Marcos Vieira, John Hicks, Deborah Estrin, Ramesh Govindan, Eddie Kohler, ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks, (TOSN), 2009. [PDF] [BIB] - To appear
• "TOSThreads: Thread-Safe and Non-Invasive Preemption in TinyOS", Kevin Klues, Chieh-Jan Liang, Jeongyeup Paek, Razvan Musaloiu-E, Phil Levis, Andreas Terzis, Ramesh Govindan, In Proceedings of the 7th ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (Sensys'09), Nov. 2009. (acceptance ratio: 17%) [PDF] [BIB]
• "Commentary: Pervasive Urban Media Documentation", Martin H. Krieger, Ramesh Govindan, Moo-Ryong Ra, Jeongyeup Paek, Journal of Planning Education and Research (JPER), Vol. 29, No. 1, pp. 114--116, Sep. 2009. [PDF] [BIB] [HTML] [Flyer]
• "Mathematical Analysis of Throughput Bounds in Random Access with ZigZag Decoding", Jeongyeup Paek, Michael Neely, In Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc, and Wireless Networks (WiOpt'09), Jun. 2009. (acceptance ratio: 33%) [PDF] [BIB]
• "An Easily Deployable Wireless Imaging System", John Hicks, Jeongyeup Paek, Sharon Coe, Ramesh Govindan, Deborah Estrin, In Proceedings of the Workshop on Applications, Systems, and Algorithms for Image Sensing (ImageSense'08), Nov. 2008. [PDF] [Q&A] [BIB] - Best Paper Award.
• "RCRT: Rate-Controlled Reliable Transport for Wireless Sensor Networks", Jeongyeup Paek, Ramesh Govindan, In Proceedings of the 5th ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (Sensys'07), Nov. 2007. (acceptance ratio: 16%) [PDF] [BIB]
• "The TENET Architecture for Tiered Sensor Networks", Omprakash Gnawali, Ben Greenstein, Ki-Young Jang, August Joki, Jeongyeup Paek, Marcos Vieira, Deborah Estrin, Ramesh Govindan, Eddie Kohler, In Proceedings of the 4th ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (Sensys'06), Nov. 2006. (acceptance ratio: 19%) [PDF] [BIB]
• "A Programmable Wireless Sensing System for Structural Monitoring", Jeongyeup Paek, Omprakash Gnawali, Ki-Young Jang, Daniel Nishimura Ramesh Govindan, John Caffrey, Mazen Wahbeh, and Sami Masri, In 4th World Conference on Structural Control and Monitoring (4WCSCM) , July 2006. [PDF] [BIB]
• "Distributed Damage Localization Scheme for Structural Health Monitoring System using Wireless Sensor Networks", Tat Fu, Krishna Chintalapudi, Jeongyeup Paek, Eric Johnson, Ramesh Govindan, In 4th World Conference on Structural Control and Monitoring (4WCSCM) , July 2006.
• "Monitoring Civil Structures with a Wireless Sensor Network", Krishna Chintalapudi, Jeongyeup Paek, Nupur Kothari, Sumit Rangwala, John Caffrey, Ramesh Govindan, Erik Johnson, Sami Masri, In IEEE Internet Computing, Vol.10, No.2, pp. 26-34, Mar/Apr, 2006
• "Structural Damage Detection and Localization Using NetSHM", Krishna Chintalapudi, Jeongyeup Paek, Omprakash Gnawali, Tat Fu, Karthik Dantu, John Caffrey, Ramesh Govindan, and Erik Johnson, In Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Information Processing in Sensor Networks: Sensor Platform Tools and Design Methods for Networked Embedded Systems (IPSN/SPOTS'06), Apr. 2006. (acceptance ratio: 25%) [PDF]
• "Embedded Sensing of Structures: A Reality Check", Krishna Chintalapudi, Jeongyeup Paek, Nupur Kothari, Sumit Rangwala, Ramesh Govindan, and Erik Johnson, In The 11th IEEE International Conference on Embedded and Real-Time Computing Systems and Applications (RTCSA2005), Aug, 2005. [PDF]
• "A Wireless Sensor Network for Structural Health Monitoring: Performance and Experience", Jeongyeup Paek, Krishna Chintalapudi, John Cafferey, Ramesh Govindan, Sami Masri, In Proceedings of the Second IEEE Workshop on Embedded Networked Sensors (EmNetS-II), May, 2005. [PDF] [BIB]
• "Enhancement of a WLAN-Based Internet Service in Korea", Youngkyu Choi, Jeongyeup Paek, Sunghyun Choi, Go Woon Lee, Jae Hwan Lee, Hanwook Jung, In Proceedings of ACM International Workshop on Wireless Mobile Applications and Services on WLAN Hotspots (WMASH'03), Sep, 2003. [PDF]

PRESENTATION

• "Mathematical Analysis of Throughput Bounds in Random Access with ZigZag Decoding",
  • Jeongyeup Paek, in The 7th International Symposium on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc, and Wireless Networks (WiOpt'09), Seoul, Korea, Jun. 23, 2009. [PPT]
  • Jeongyeup Paek, in CSI Seminar Series, USC, June, 2, 2009. [Abstract] [Flyer] [PPT]
• "RCRT: Rate-Controlled Reliable Transport Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks",
  • Jeongyeup Paek, in The ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (Sensys'07), Sydney, Australia, Nov. 9, 2007. [PPT]
  • Jeongyeup Paek, in CENS Technical Seminar Series, UCLA, Oct. 12, 2007. [Abstract] [PPT]
• "The TENET Architecture for Tiered Sensor Networks", Jeongyeup Paek, in The ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (Sensys'06), Boulder, Colorado, Nov. 3, 2006. [PPT]
• "A Programmable Wireless Sensing System for Structural Monitoring", Jeongyeup Paek, in The 4th World Conference on Structural Control and Monitoring (4WCSCM), San Diego, July 12, 2006. [PPT]
• "Embedded Sensing of Structures: A Reality Check", Jeongyeup Paek, in The 11th IEEE International Conference on Embedded and Real-Time Computing Systems and Applications (RTCSA2005), Hong Kong, Aug. 19, 2005. [PPT]
• "A Wireless Sensor Network for Structural Health Monitoring: Performance and Experience", Jeongyeup Paek, in The Second IEEE Workshop on Embedded Networked Sensors (EmNetS-II), Sydney, NSW , Australia, May 30, 2005. [PPT]
• "The Performance of a Wireless Sensor Network for Structural Health Monitoring,",
  Jeongyeup Paek, in CENS Technical Seminar Series , UCLA, Sep. 24, 2004. [Abstract] [PPT]

RELEVANT COURSES (g)

• Design and Analysis of Data Networks (EE550, M.Neely, Fall 2008)
• Advanced Topics in Computer Networks (EE650, K.Psounis, Spring 2007)
• Wireless Sensor Networks (EE652, B.Krishnamachari, Fall 2004)
• Analysis of Algorithms (CS570, D.Kempe, Fall 2004)
• Topics in Computer Networks and Distributed Systems (CS694, R.Govindan, Spring 2004)
• Broadband Network Architecture (EE555, A.Helmy, Spring 2004)
• Queuing Theory (EE549, M.Neely, Spring 2004)
• Computer Communications (CS551, R.Govindan, Fall 2003)
• Probabilistic Method in Computer Systems Modeling (EE465, A.Zahid, Fall 2003)
• Computer Systems Organization (EE457, K.Hwang, Fall 2003)

LIFE

• President of USC-Trojans, Korean Student's Community at USC, 2004.
  President of USC-KSC, Korean Soccer Club at USC, 2004.
• Organizing Chair of the first ever USC Korean Graduate Student Orientation, Aug. 2004,
  Organizing Committee('06,'07) and Volunteer('08) of USC Korean Graduate Student Welcome Party.
• Member of USC KGSA (Korean Graduate Student Association), 2006 ~ current.
  previously KESO (Korean Engineering Student Organization), 2003 ~ 2005.
• Member of Science Philosophy Study Group at SNU, Mar. 1996 ~ 2003.
  Member of Science & Technology Club's Association, 1996 ~ 1999.
• I can hit 290 yard driver... and I've scored 77 once :-)
  I am trying to learn golf, and I really want to be good at it, as much as I want to be a Ph.D. :-)
• Trip to London, U.K. (July, 2007) - visited the places that I've lived in 1987 ~ 1990
  Trip to Paris, France (July, 2006) - had a friend who can speak french
  Trip to Sydney, Australia (May, 2005) - EmNetS-II
  I really want to go somewhere (other than short trip to home) in 2009.
• My other names: "Jeong Yeup Paek", "J.Paek", "J.Y. Paek". Please do not mis-type my name as "Jeongyeop" or "Jeong Y Paek" or "Jeongyeup Park". I really hate that.