People @ NESL : Laura Balzano

CONTACT

LAB:
1762 Boelter Hall
UCLA Main Campus

OFFICE:
N11, 53-138 Engineering IV

MAIL ADDRESS:
UCLA
EE Department
420 Westwood Plaza
MC# 951594
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1594
ATTN: 56-125KK, EEIV
C/O: Fe Asuncion

PHONE (WORK):
310-206-5698

PHONE (HOME):
323-654-6564

FAX:
310-825-7928

Laura Balzano

EDUCATION

March 2007	M.S.	Electrical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles Thesis: "Addressing Fault and Calibration in Wireless Sensor Networks"
December 2001	B.S.	Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

09/2004 - 09/2007	Graduate Student Researcher, University of California, Los Angeles
06/2002 - 06/2004	Software Developer, Applied Signal Technology Inc.
09/2001 - 05/2002	Research Assistant, Rice University Networks Lab
06/2001 - 08/2001	Chief Technology Office Systems Intern, New Focus Inc.
11/1999 - 08/2000	Connexions Project Developer, Rice University Connexions Project

PROJECTS

• Integrity : Data Integrity in Sensor Networks

• RFSN : Reputation-based Algorithms in Sensor Networks

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PUBLICATIONS

• Saurabh Ganeriwal, Laura Balzano, Mani B Srivastava, "Reputation-based Framework for High Integrity Sensor Networks," ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks (TOSN) , May 2008. (TR-UCLA-NESL-200711-02)
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• Laura Balzano, Robert Nowak, "Blind Calibration of Sensor Networks," Proceedings of Information Processing in Sensor Networks , April 2007. (TR-UCLA-NESL-200703-02)
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• Nithya Ramanathan, Laura Balzano, Deborah Estrin, Mark Hansen, Thomas Harmon, Jenny Jay, William J Kaiser, Gaurav Sukhatme, "Designing Wireless Sensor Networks as a Shared Resource for Sustainable Development," International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development , May 2006. (TR-UCLA-NESL-200604-01)
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OTHER PUBLICATIONS

V. Gambiroza, P. Yuan, L. Balzano, Y. Liu, S. Sheafor, and E. Knightly, "Design, Analysis, and Implementation of DVSR: A Fair, High Performance Protocol for Packet Rings," IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, 11(6), December 2003.

AWARDS AND HONORS

Spring 2007	Outstanding Masters Award	UCLA Electrical Engineering Dept
Spring 2006	Graduate Fellowship Research Program Honorable Mention	National Science Foundation

PERSONAL WEBSITE

http://www.ece.wisc.edu/~sunbeam/research.html


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