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jcarwana@ee.ucla.edu

James M Carwana
 
RESEARCH INTERESTS
My research has been towards improving the performance of sensor networks by utilizing knowledge of the environment. I have developed algorithms to efficiently and accurately create environmental medium maps and a network infrastructure to utilize this information.  
EDUCATION

• B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering, UCLA, 2004
• M.S. in Electrical Engineering (Embedded Computing Systems), UCLA, 2006
  (Thesis: "Acquiring and Distributing Medium Models for Sensing Performance Estimation")

 
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Lockheed Martin, New York (Summer 2005)
DSP Technology Development

University of California, Los Angeles (December 2004 - Present)
Rsearcher for NESL

University of California, Los Angeles (April 2003 - April 2004)
Lab Administrator and Research Assistant for Network Research Laboratory

University of California, Los Angeles (January 2003 - June 2003)
Lab Asisstant repairing Circuit Boards for CERN accelerator

Raytheon (Summers 2000 and 2001)
Electrical Engineering Intern
 
PROJECTS

Coordinated Actuation : Coordinated Actuation for Sensing Uncertainty Reduction

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PUBLICATIONS

• Aman Kansal, James M Carwana, William J Kaiser, Mani B Srivastava, "Acquiring Medium Models for Sensing Performance Estimation," IEEE Sensor and Ad Hoc Communications and Networks (SECON) , September 2005. (TR-UCLA-NESL-200506-02)
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PERSONAL WEBSITE
http://www.bol.ucla.edu/~jcarwana  
 
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