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Recruiting PhD Students

2018-04-03T15:00:39-04:00

Recruiting Ph.D students

The Ph.D. program in Computer Science at the Graduate Center (GC) of the City University of New York (CUNY) is recruiting for Fall 2019! The research areas include wireless communications, networking and embedded systems. Hands-on experience with MCU, SBC, SoC, DSP or FPGA would be a plus. Good English reading and writing skills are required. Exceptional candidates in other area will also be considered. The doctoral students are expected to conduct original research supervised by Prof. Zheng Peng (http://www-cs.ccny.cuny.edu/~zheng/) at the City University of New York – City College.

New York City is one of the leading high-tech hubs in the USA, offering a wide range of research, business, and teaching opportunities. The Computer Science program at the Graduate Center works as a consortium with seminars, lectures, and colloquia held at the Graduate Center in midtown Manhattan. There are also research specific courses held at CUNY's colleges spread out amongst the five boroughs, giving students opportunities to explore what the city has to offer. The City College of City University of New York (more commonly referred to as the City College of New York or CCNY) was founded in 1847. It was the first public institution of higher education in the USA. It is the oldest of CUNY’s 24 institutions and is considered its flagship college. Affectionately known as the "Harvard of the proletariat," CCNY has graduated ten Nobel Prize winners.

Interested candidates please contact Prof. Zheng Peng (). Visiting scholars and students are also welcome.

Information about the Ph.D. Program in Computer Science at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York can be found HERE.

CSC21100_Fall2017

2017-08-29T00:41:56-04:00

CSC 21100 "Fundamentals of Computer Systems"

City College of New York

08/25/2017 -- 12/20/2017

11:00am-12:15pm Tuesday/Thursday

NAC 4/161

Instructor		Zheng Peng, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, City College of New York

Office Hours		Tu/Th 1:00-2:00pm, NAC 8/203

Textbook		Digital Design: Principles and Practices (4th Edition), by John F. Wakerly, Pearson Prentice Hall, 2006.

Course Description		Fundamentals of computer organization and digital logic. Boolean algebra, number systems and codes, combinational logic design principles, basic gates and components, flip-flops and latches, counters and state machines, sequential logic design and hardware description language (HDL).

Prerequisite		CSC 10300 or department permission. Computer Engineering Students who have completed CSc 210 and EE 210 are considered to have met the requires of equivalency to CSc 211.

Miscellaneous

2017-03-08T00:58:59-05:00

Useful Links

from Philippe Fournier-Viger

Check journal indexes (EI, SCI, ISI, ...)

Search for SCI journals ( full list of SCI journals here)

Search for SCIE journals ( full list of SCIE journals here)

Search for SSCI journals ( full list of SSCI journals here)

Search for ISI journals

EI compendex website ( download list of EI journals in Excel format here)

Check Chinese Academy of Science journal ranking using LetPub (中科院分区 )

Check a journal SCImago JCR ranking (journal search)

Search the ISI web of knowledge

Check Impact factor of a journal

- Search for impact factors on SCIJournal.org

- Search for impact factors on bioxbio.com

Search for papers

- Search on Google scholar (or use the GlGoo mirror)

- Search or Google Books

List of conferences

- Conferences by due date (cfplist) (wikicfp)

- Conferences by date (conferencealerts)

- Conferences for the field of data mining by due date (link1) (link2)

List of predatory open-access journals

- Scholarly Open-Access

Field Experience

2017-02-05T02:29:01-05:00

Field Test Experience

Dr. Peng believes field test experience are very important and can provide meaningful insights into the research of underwater wireless networks. And thus he has participated in a number of field tests from North America to Asia since 2007:

Atlantic Ocean, Sep 4-11, 2012

From Sep 4 to Sep 11, together with fellow researchers from Naval Research Lab (NRL), he led a team of graduate students and scientists, spent 127 hours at sea and deployed 11 nodes in the Atlantic Ocean. Within the 100 hours at the target sea area, they managed to construct a multi-hop network which was 10 kilometers in length. They tested different protocols and collected meaningful results.

Long Island Sound, Aug 17-30, 2012

As a part of the CRI Ocean-Tune project, he and his team collaborated with UConn Marine Science Department and deployed 4 buoys in Long Island Sound. The goals are twofold: 1) to test a new acoustic modem developed by UWSN lab in real world scenarios; 2) to lay the foundation of a bigger scale, nation-wide, community testbed project (i.e. Ocean-Tune). The system was designed and developed to be accessible, flexible and robust.

Taiwan Strait, May 7-12, 2011

From May 7 to May 12, 2011, invited by NRL, National Sun Yat-Sen University and National Taiwan University, he was aboard a research vessel, Ocean Research 3, and participated in a field experiment in Taiwan. His team conducted a series of underwater network experiments. During the six-day experiment, they deployed 11 nodes and tested several protocols with various parameter settings.

Chesapeake Bay, Mar 3-12, 2011

In order to study the performance of underwater wireless networks in a more controlled environment and prepare for an upcoming field test in the Pacific Ocean, he collaborated with NRL, utilized their facility and conducted a series of experiments in Chesapeake Bay. During the experiment, his team deployed 8 nodes and tested several protocol combinations.

Atlantic Ocean, Aug 18-28, 2010

From Aug 18 to Aug 28, 2010, he was on a scientific research vessel, Hugh R. Sharp and worked with people from NRL for a 10-day field experiment. the focus was to demonstrate the capability of underwater networks in the ocean. Six buoys designed by NRL were deployed for network experiments. During this trip, his team tested different network topologies and protocols.

Buzzards Bay, Jul 10-20, 2009

He worked with WHOI (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) in a 10-day experiment. Four nodes were deployed and a new MAC protocol was tested using WHOI micro-modems.

Buzzards Bay, Mar 5-15, 2007

A field experiment was launched in Buzzard Bay from Mar 5 to 15, 2007. Working with WHOI, he deployed 4 buoys and did point-to-point acoustic communication tests as well as several network tests with a geo-routing protocol developed in UWSN lab. An experiment with similar parameters was also done in a control environment using Aqua-Lab to compare the performance.

Mansfield Hollow Lake, Jun 2009 - Oct 2015

Starting from 2008, a number of lake tests are conducted each year, in the Mansfield Hollow Lake near the University of Connecticut. He designed and developed what's later became Aqua-Tune. Most of the network software from UWSN lab, including network protocols and applications, are tested in the Lake with actual acoustic modems.

CSC34200_Spring2017

2017-01-07T04:23:27-05:00

CSC 34200 "Computer Organization"

City College of New York

1/30/2017 -- 5/26/2017

MoWe 2:00PM - 3:15PM

NAC 5/150

Instructor		Zheng Peng, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, City College of New York

Office Hours		M/W 12:00pm -1:00pm, NAC 7/244

Textbook		Computer Organization and Design, Fourth Edition, by David A. Patterson and John L. Hennessy, Morgan Kaufmann, 2011.

Course Description		Structure and operation of digital systems and computers. Fundamentals of digital logic. Machine organization, control and data paths, instruction sets, and addressing modes. Hardwired and micro-programmed control. Memory systems organization. Discussion of alternative architectures such as RISC, CICS, and various parallel architectures.

Enrollment Requirements		ENGR students only PRE: CSC 21100 OR (CSC 21000 AND EE 21000). CO: CSC 34300

CSC34300_Spring2017

2017-01-07T03:56:54-05:00

CSC 34300 "Computer Systems Design Laboratory"

City College of New York

1/30/2017 -- 5/26/2017

MoWe 4:00PM - 5:40PM

NAC 7/118

Instructor		Zheng Peng, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, City College of New York

Office Hours		M/W 12:00pm - 1:00pm, NAC 7/244

Textbook		Textbook: Computer Organization and Design, Fourth Edition, by David A. Patterson and John L. Hennessy, Morgan Kaufmann, 2011. Reference Books: The Designer's Guide to VHDL, 3rd Edition, by Peter J. Ashenden, Morgan Kaufmann. FPGA Prototyping by VHDL Examples: Xilinx Spartan-3 Version, 1st Edition, by Pong P. Chu, Wiley. Fundamentals of Digital Logic with VHDL Designs, 3rd Edition, by Brown Vranesic, McGraw Hill

Course Description		This course provides hands-on experience designing computers using commercially available CAD tools such as simulators and hardware description languages. Using programmable chips, students produce running machines which can be made part of a computer system using special brands.

Enrollment Requirements		ENGR students only CO: CSC 34200

CSC21100_Fall2016

2016-12-23T17:08:43-05:00

CSC 21100 "Fundamentals of Computer Systems"

City College of New York

08/29/2016 -- 12/21/2016

2-3:15pm Monday/Wednesday

Marshak 410

Instructor		Zheng Peng, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, City College of New York

Office Hours		M/W 3:30-4:30pm, NAC 7/244

Textbook		Digital Design: Principles and Practices (4th Edition), by John F. Wakerly, Pearson Prentice Hall, 2006.

Course Description		Fundamentals of computer organization and digital logic. Boolean algebra, number systems and codes, combinational logic design principles, basic gates and components, flip-flops and latches, counters and state machines, sequential logic design and hardware description language (HDL).

Prerequisite		CSC 10300 or department permission. Computer Engineering Students who have completed CSc 210 and EE 210 are considered to have met the requires of equivalency to CSc 211.

Teaching

2016-12-23T16:20:15-05:00

◊ Instructor, Fall 2017
CSC 21100 "Fundamentals of Computer Systems", City College of New York

◊ Instructor, Spring 2017
CSC 34200 "Computer Organization", City College of New York

◊ Instructor, Spring 2017
CSC 34300 "Computer Systems Design Laboratory", City College of New York

◊ Instructor, Fall 2016
CSC 21100 "Fundamentals of Computer Systems", City College of New York

◊ Instructor, Spring 2013
CSE 2304 “Computer Architecture”, University of Connecticut

◊ Guest Lecturer, Fall 2006
CSE 245 “Computer Networks”, University of Connecticut

◊ Lab Instructor, Spring 2006~2010
CSE 263/367 “Networking and Distributed Systems Laboratory”, University of Connecticut

◊ Lecturer, Spring 2004
"Software Development using UML", University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

◊ Lecturer, Fall 2004
"Foundation of Software Technology", University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

Talks

2014-11-19T17:11:39-05:00

My Presentations

2014, Dec 8-12, Austin, TX, USA: IEEE GLOBECOM 2014

		Dec 11, WN-15: Emerging Wireless Technologies: Distributed On-demand MAC Scheduling for Underwater Acoustic Networks
		Dec 10, AHSN-9: Wireless Sensor Networks V: A Two-phase Broadcast Scheme for Underwater Acoustic Networks

2014, Nov 12-14, Rome, Italy: ACM WUWNet'14

		Nov 12, Technical Session I - Underwater Sensor Networks: Busy Terminal Problem and Implications for MAC Protocols in Underwater Acoustic Networks
		Nov 12, Technical Session II - Underwater Communications I: Localization of Mobile Nodes in an Underwater Distributed Antenna System
		Nov 13, Technical Session V - Autonomous Underwater Vehicles for Mobile Networks: Seamark-assisted Inertial Navigation for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
		Nov 14, Technical Session VII - The Boiling Plate: Futuristic Ideas and Work-in-Progress: A Framework of Acoustic Channel Availability Prediction for Avoiding Interfering Marine Mammals
		Nov 14, Invited Talks - Emerging Frontiers in Underwater Networks and Networked Systems: Underwater Cognitive Acoustic Networks

2014, Sep 14-19, St. John's, NL, Canada: MTS/IEEE OCEANS'14

Sep 18, Underwater communication networks 1: Underwater Acoustic Network Protocol Stacks: Simulator-based vs. OS-based

2014, Jun 30 - Jul 3, Singapore: IEEE SECON'14

Jul 3, Networks on the Move: RISM: An Efficient Spectrum Management System for Underwater Cognitive Acoustic Networks

2012, Nov 5-6, Los Angeles, California, USA: ACM WUWNet'12

Nov 6, Special Session on Testbeds, Platforms, and Products: Ocean-TUNE: A Community Ocean Testbed for Underwater Wireless Networks

2010, May 24-27, Sydney, Australia: IEEE OCEANS'10

May 26, Underwater communications 4: COPE-MAC: A Contention-Based Medium Access Control Protocol With Parallel Reservation For Underwater Acoustic Networks

2009, Oct 26-29, Biloxi, Mississippi, USA: MTS/IEEE OCEANS'09

		Oct 27, Acoustic telemetry and communication: Aqua-Net: An Underwater Sensor Network Architecture: Design, Implementation and Initial Testing
		Oct 27, Acoustic telemetry and communication: Aqua-Sim: An NS-2 Based Simulator for Underwater Sensor Networks

2007, Sept. 14, Montreal, Quebec, Canada: The Second ACM International Workshop on UnderWater Networks

Sep 14, Session 4: Protocols, Systems and Applications II: An Underwater Sensor Network Testbed: Design, Implementation and Measurement

Ocean-TUNE

2014-10-22T17:07:00-04:00

Collaborative Research:CI-ADDO-NEW: Ocean-TUNE: A Community Ocean Testbed for Underwater Wireless Networks

National Science Foundation (Award No. 1205726, 1205665, 1205757, 1205725)

06/01/2012 -- 05/31/2015

Project Summary

There is growing global importance of ocean exploration and monitoring as the oceans play a major role in climate regulation, nutrient production, resource retrieval and transportation, etc. Building and deploying a real-time underwater networked sensing infrastructure is thus needed for desired levels of monitoring and data collection. Despite a wave of research efforts in the area of underwater wireless networks, the lack of a community testbed has so far hampered further advances, as there is no common platform to evaluate and compare various communication and networking algorithms and protocols. Furthermore very few studies can afford to consider real system features due to the high cost of system deployment and maintenance.

This project involves the design and deployment of an open underwater testbed suite, accessible to the public at four sites in Connecticut, California, Texas, and Washington States. The testbed will include flexible choices of surface nodes, bottom nodes, and mobile nodes with reconfigurable modems. It will enable the vision of remote controlled and continuous networked node deployments running tests of communication, networking, sensing, and data streaming. In addition, the testbed will enable oceanographers to study scientific research questions, while using the testbed as a prototype for larger real-time monitoring deployments elsewhere. The testbed will also directly impact undergraduate research and student diversity by involving undergraduate students through REU programs, impacting curriculum development by enabling field courses, and engaging K-12 students and teachers, particularly in underserved communities.

Project Participants

In this collaborative and interdisciplinary research, a group of investigators from four institutions with complementary expertise take active roles in this project. They carry out the proposed research activities collaboratively to realize the project goals. The members of the research team bring a unique and complementary qualifications to this research project, with recognized strength in the areas of underwater acoustic networks, scheduling and spectrum management, algorithm design and analysis, and underwater sound with marine animals.

Participating Institutions

University of Connecticut (UConn)
University of Washington (UW)
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Texas A&M University (TAMU)

Participating Faculty

Jun-Hong Cui, UConn site PI
James O'Donnell, UConn site Co-PI
Shengli Zhou, UConn site Co-PI
Zhijie Shi, UConn site Co-PI
Zheng Peng, UConn site SP
Sumit Roy, UW site PI
Payman Arabshahi, UW site Co-PI
Mario Gerla, UCLA site PI
Xi Zhang, TAMU site PI