Tommaso Melodia

Assistant Professor

E-mail:

 tmelodia@eng.buffalo.edu

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BIOGRAPHY

I received my Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in June 2007 after working at the Broadband and Wireless Networking Laboratory (BWN-Lab) under the direction of Prof. Ian F. Akyildiz.  I then joined the Electrical Engineering Department at the University at Buffalo, the State University of New York. I had previously received my "Laurea" (equivalent to M.S.) and Doctorate degrees in Telecommunications Engineering from the University of Rome ‘‘La Sapienza’’, Rome, Italy, in 2001 and 2005, respectively, after working with the Networking Group of the INFOCOM Department, advised by Prof. Francesca Cuomo.

RESEARCH

• Modeling and Optimization of Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks
• Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks
• Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks
• Cognitive Radio/Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks
• Wireless Sensor and Actor Networks
• Wireless Mesh Networks
  
  

PUBLICATIONS

• JOURNAL PAPERS
  

• I. F. Akyildiz, T. Melodia, and K. R. Chowdury,
  "Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks: Applications and Testbeds,''
   to appear in Proceedings of the IEEE,  2008. 
  
  
• D. Pompili, T. Melodia, I. Akyildiz,
  "Three-Dimensional and Two-Dimensional Deployment Analysis of Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks,"
  to appear in Ad Hoc Networks (Elsevier), 2008.
  
  
• I. F. Akyildiz, T. Melodia, and K. R. Chowdury,
  "Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks: A Survey,''
   IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine,  December 2007. 
  
  
• T. Melodia, D. Pompili, V. C. Gungor, I. F. Akyildiz,
  "Communication and Coordination in Wireless Sensor and Actor Networks,"
  IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, Vol. 6, No. 10, pp. 1116-1129, October 2007. [pdf]
  
  
• I. F. Akyildiz, D. Pompili, and T. Melodia,
  "State of the Art in Protocol Research for Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks,"
  ACM Mobile Computing and Communication Review (Invited Paper), October 2007. [pdf]

• I. F. Akyildiz, T. Melodia, and K. R. Chowdury,
  ``A Survey on Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks,''
  Computer Networks (Elsevier), Vol. 51, no. 4, pp.921-960, March 2007. [pdf] [bibtex]
  
  
• U. Monaco, F. Cuomo, T. Melodia, F. Ricciato, M. Borghini,
  "Understanding Optimal Data Gathering in the Energy and Latency Domains of a Wireless Sensor Network,"
  Computer Networks (Elsevier), Vol. 50, no. 18, pp. 3564-3584, December 2006. [pdf] [bibtex]
  
  
• I. F. Akyildiz, D. Pompili, T. Melodia,
  "Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks: Research Challenges,"
  Ad Hoc Networks (Elsevier), March 2005, Vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 257-279. [pdf] [bibtex]
  
  
• T. Melodia, D. Pompili, I. F. Akyildiz,
  "On the Interdependence of Distributed Topology Control and Geographical Routing in Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks,"
  IEEE Journal of Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC), vol. 23, no. 3, pp. 520-532, Mar. 2005. [pdf] [bibtex]
  
  
• F. Cuomo, T. Melodia, I. F. Akyildiz,
  "Distributed self-healing and variable topology optimization algorithms for QoS provisioning in scatternets,"
  IEEE Journal of Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC), vol. 22, no. 7, pp. 1220-1236, September 2004. [pdf] [bibtex]
  
  
• I. F. Akyildiz, D. Pompili, T. Melodia,
  "Challenges for Efficient Communication in Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks,"
  ACM Sigbed Review, vol. 1, no. 2, July 2004.  [pdf] [bibtex]
  
  
• T. Melodia, F. Cuomo,
  "Ad hoc networking with Bluetooth: key metrics and distributed protocols for scatternet formation,"
  Ad Hoc Networks (Elsevier), vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 185-202, April 2004. [pdf] [bibtex]
  
  

  CONFERENCE PAPERS
  

• T. Melodia, I. F. Akyildiz,
  "Cross-layer Quality of Service Support for UWB Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks,"
  to appear in Proc. of IEEE Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), Mini-Conference, Phoenix, Arizona, April 2008.
  
  
• D. Pompili, T. Melodia, and I. F. Akyildiz,
  "A Distributed CDMA Medium Access Control for Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks,"
  in Proc. of Mediterranean Ad Hoc Networking Workshop (Med-Hoc-Net), Corfu, Greece, June 2007. [pdf][bibtex]
  
  
• F. Cuomo, S. D. Luna, U. Monaco, and T. Melodia,
  "Routing in ZigBee: benefits from exploiting the IEEE 802.15.4 association tree,"
  in Proc. of IEEE Intl. Conf. on Communications (ICC), Glasgow, United Kingdom, June 2007. [pdf][bibtex]
  
  
• I. F. Akyildiz, D. Pompili, T. Melodia,
  "State of the Art in Protocol Research for Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks,"
  in Proc. of ACM Intl. Workshop on UnderWater Networks (WUWNet), Los Angeles, CA, USA, Sept. 2006. [pdf][bibtex]
   
  
• D. Pompili, T. Melodia, I. F. Akyildiz,
  "Deployment Analysis in Underwater Acoustic Wireless Sensor Networks,"
  in Proc. of ACM Intl. Workshop on UnderWater Networks (WUWNet), Los Angeles, CA, USA, Sept. 2006. [pdf][bibtex]
  
  
• T. Melodia, D. Pompili, I. F. Akyildiz,
  "A Communication Architecture for Mobile Wireless Sensor and Actor Networks,''
  in Proc. of IEEE Intl. Conf. on Sensor, Mesh and Ad Hoc Communications and Networks (SECON), Reston, VA, September 2006. [pdf][bibtex]
  
  
• E. Stuntebeck, D. Pompili, T. Melodia,
  "Underground Wireless Sensor Networks Using Commodity Terrestrial Motes," 
  poster presentation, in Proc. of IEEE Intl. Conf. on Sensor, Mesh and Ad Hoc Communications and Networks (SECON), Reston, VA, September 2006. [pdf] [bibtex]
  
  
• D. Pompili, T. Melodia, I. F. Akyildiz,
  "Routing Algorithms for Delay-insensitive and Delay-sensitive Applications in Underwater Sensor Networks,''
  in Proc. of ACM Intl. Conf. on Mobile Computing and Networking (MobiCom), Los Angeles, CA, USA, Sept. 2006.[pdf][bibtex]
  
  
• D. Pompili, T. Melodia, I. F. Akyildiz,
  "A Resilient Routing Algorithm for Long-term Applications in Underwater Sensor Networks,''
  Proc. of the Mediterranean Ad Hoc Networking Workshop (MedHocNet), Lipari, Italy, June 2006. [pdf][bibtex]
  
  
• T. Melodia, M. C. Vuran, D. Pompili,
  "The State of the Art in Cross-layer Design for Wireless Sensor Networks,"
  in Proc. of EuroNGI Workshops on Wireless and Mobility. Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science 3883, Como, Italy, July 2005. [pdf][bibtex]
  
  
• D. Pompili and T. Melodia,
  "Three-Dimensional Routing in Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks,"
  in Proc of ACM Intl. Workshop on Performance Evaluation of Wireless Ad Hoc, Sensor, and Ubiquitous Networks (PE-WASUN), Montreal, Canada, October 2005. [pdf] [bibtex]
  
  
• M. Borghini, F. Cuomo, T. Melodia, U. Monaco, F. Ricciato,
  "Optimal Data Delivery in Wireless Sensor Networks in the Energy and Latency Domains,"
  in Proc. of IEEE Intl. Wireless Internet Conf. (WICON), Budapest, Hungary, July 2005. [pdf] [bibtex]
  
  
• T. Melodia, D. Pompili, V. C. Gungor, I. F. Akyildiz,
  "A Distributed Coordination Framework for Wireless Sensor and Actor Networks,"
  Proc. of ACM Intl. Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing (MobiHoc), Urbana-Champaign, IL, May 2005. [pdf] [bibtex]
  
  
• D. Pompili, T. Melodia, 
  "An architecture for ocean bottom UnderWater Acoustic Sensor Networks,"
  poster presentation, in Proc. of the Mediterranean Ad Hoc Networking Workshop (MedHocNet), Bodrum, Turkey, July 2004. [abstract] [bibtex]
  
  
• G. Di Bacco, T. Melodia, F. Cuomo,
  "A MAC Protocol for Delay-Bounded Applications in Wireless Sensor Networks,"
  in Proc. of the Mediterranean Ad Hoc Networking Workshop (MedHocNet), Bodrum, Turkey, July 2004. [pdf]  [bibtex]
  
  
• F. Cuomo, G. Di Bacco, T. Melodia,
  "Optimized Scatternet Topologies for Personal Area Networking in Dynamic Environments,"
  in Proc. of IEEE Intl. Conf. on Communications (ICC), Paris, France, June 2004. [pdf] [bibtex]
   
• T. Melodia, D. Pompili, Ian F. Akyildiz,
  "Optimal Local Topology Knowledge for Energy Efficient Geographical Routing in Sensor Networks,"
  in Proc. of IEEE Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), Hong Kong S.A.R., PRC, March 2004.[pdf] [bibtex]
  
  
• T. Melodia, F. Cuomo,
  "Locally Optimal Scatternet Topologies for Bluetooth Ad Hoc Networks,"
  in Proc. of IFIP Working Conference on Wireless On-demand Network Systems (WONS), Madonna di Campiglio, Italy, January 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2928, Springer 2003, pp. 116-129. [pdf] [bibtex]
  
  
• F. Cuomo, G. Di Bacco, T. Melodia,
  "SHAPER: a Self-Healing Algorithm Producing multi-hop bluetooth ScattERnets,"
  Proc. of IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), San Francisco, CA, USA, December 2003. [pdf] [bibtex]
  
  
• A. Roveri, C. F. Chiasserini, M. Femminella, T. Melodia, G. Morabito, M. Rossi, I. Tinnirello,
  "The RAMON Module: Architecture Framework and Performance Results,"  
  in Proc. of Intl. Workshop on QoS in Multiservice IP Networks (QoS-IP), Milan, Italy, February 2003. 
  Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2601 Springer 2003, pp. 471-484. [pdf] [bibtex]
  
  
• A. Baiocchi, F. Cuomo, T. Melodia, A. Todini, F. Vacirca,
  "Reconfigurable Packet Scheduling for Radio Access Jointly Adaptive to Traffic and Channel,"
  in Proc. of Intl. Workshop on QoS in Multiservice IP Networks (QoS-IP), Milan, Italy, February 2003.
  Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2601 Springer 2003, pp. 485-498. [pdf] [bibtex]
  
  
• F. Cuomo, T. Melodia,
  "A General Methodology and Key Metrics for Scatternet Formation in Bluetooth,"
  in Proc. of IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Taipei, Taiwan, November 2002. [pdf] [bibtex]
  
  

  BOOK CHAPTERS

• M. C. Vuran, D. Pompili,  T. Melodia,
  "Future Trends in Wireless Sensor Networks," 
  in Wireless Sensor Networks: A Networking Perspective
  J. Zheng and A. Jamalipour Eds, 2008.
  
  
• T. Melodia and K. R. Chowdury,
  "Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks: Challenges and Solutions,"
  invited book chapter in Broadband Mobile Multimedia: Techniques and Applications,
  Y. Zhang, S. Mao, L. T. Yang, and T. M. Chen, Eds. Auerbach Publications, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2007.
  
  
• D. Pompili, M. C. Vuran, T. Melodia,
  "Cross-layer Design in Wireless Sensor Networks," 
  in Sensor Network and Configuration: Fundamentals, Techniques, Platforms, and Experiments,
  Springer-Verlag, Germany, October 2006.
  
  
  

RECENT TALKS

• "A Tutorial on Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks," invited mini-course at Escuela Politecnica del Ejercito, Quito, Ecuador, June 2008.
• "Research Challenges for Next-Generation Wireless Sensor Networks," invited talk at the IEEE  Rochester joint Communication and Aerspace Chapter, February 2008.
• "Cross Layer Quality of Service Provisioning in Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks", IEEE Upstate New York Workshop on Communications, Sensors, and Networking 2007, Syracuse, NY, November 2007.
• "Future Research Trends in Wireless Sensor Networks," Graduate Seminar Series, University at Buffalo, October 2007.
  
• "Future Research Trends in Wireless Sensor Networks," Invited Plenary Talk at IEEE Colcom 2007, Bogota', Colombia, September 2007.
• "Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks," Half-day invited tutorial at IEEE Colcom 2007, Bogota', Colombia, September 2007.
  
  

SERVICE

• Associate Editor 
• Computer Networks (Elsevier)
• Journal of Sensors (Hindawi)
  
  
• NSF Panelist, 2008
  
  
• TPC Co-Chair, IEEE ICC 2009 Ad Hoc and Sensor Networking Symposium,
  Dresden, Germany, July 14-18 2009.
  
  
• Publicity Chair, 4th Wireless Internet Conference (WICON 2008).

• Technical Program Committee Member
• ACM Mobicom 2008, San Francisco, CA
• ACM WUWNet 2008, Poster and Demo Session, San Francisco, CA
• ACM Q2SWinet 2008, Vancouver, BC, Canada, October 2008.
• IEEE MASS 2008, Atlanta, GA.
• IEEE WiMob 2008, Avignon, France, October 2008.
  
• IEEE Globecom 2008, Symposium on Selected Areas in Communications, track on Cognitive Radio Networks.
• ACM PE-WASUN 2008, Vancouver, CA, October 2008.
  
• IEEE Workshop on Cognitive Radio Networks (Cognet) 2008, 
• IEEE Intl. Conf. on Circuits and Systems for Communications 2008.
• IFIP Intl. Conf. on Wireless Sensor and Actor Network (WSAN), 2008.
• IEEE VTC-Spring 2008 2008.
  
• ACM PE-WASUN 2007.
• UBICOMM 2008, Valencia, Spain.
• ICWMC 2006, 2007, 2008, International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Communications.
  
• ICDT 2006,  2007, 2008, International Conference on Digital Telecommunications.

        REVIEWER

• IEEE Journals: IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, IEEE Transactions on Communications, IEEE Communications Magazine,  IEEE Communications Letters, IEEE Network, IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, Proceedings of the IEEE
  
• Elsevier Journals: Computer Networks, Ad Hoc Networks, Pervasive and Mobile Computing, Ocean Engineering
  
• ACM Journals:  ACM Computer Communication Review, ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks
• Hindawi Journals: EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking
• Wiley Journals: Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, Journal of Communication Systems
• Springer Journals: Wireless Networks
• IEEE Conferences: INFOCOM, ICC, Globecom, VTC, Mobiquitous, ISCC, WCNC, ICASSP
• ACM Conferences: ACM Mobihoc, ACM  Mobicom
  
  

TEACHING

• EE303 Signal Analysis and Transform Methods (Fall 2007)
• EE550 Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks (Spring 2008, Fall 2008) 
  
  

PH.D. STUDENTS

• Lei Ding (Since January 2008)
• Li-Chung Kuo  (Since January 2008)
• Scott Pudlewski (August 2008)
  

LINKS

• Broadband and Wireless Networking Lab @ GeorgiaTech
• Networking Group @ La Sapienza