ShivakumarSastry
CurriculumVitae
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Dr.ShivakumarSastry,CV
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SHIVAKUMARSASTRY,Ph.D.
ComplexEngineeredSystemsLab
DepartmentofElectricalandComputerEngineering,
TheUniversityofAkron,AkronOH44325-3904
URL:http://cesl.uakron.edu
Tel: 330-972-7646
Email:ssastry@uakron.edu
Education
Ph.D.ComputerEngineering&Science
M.S.ComputerScience M.S.ElectricalEngineering
B.E.ElectronicsEngineering •
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CaseWesternReserveUniversity
UniversityofCentralFlorida IndianInstituteofScience BangaloreUniversity 1998
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AcademicPositions
June2002–present
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TheUniversityofAkron
2008–present AssociateProfessor
DepartmentofElectrical&ComputerEngineering
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2002–2008
AssistantProfessor
DepartmentofElectrical&ComputerEngineering
Teach graduate and undergraduate and graduate computer engineering courses including
OperatingSystemsConcepts(4450-325), Programming for Engineers(4450-208),T o o l s f o r C o m p u t e r E n g i n e e r s ( 4 4 5 0 - 1 0 1 ) , Computer Systems (4450-320), Networked
Embedded Systems(4450-693) andReal-timeScheduling(4450-620).
Expertise:NetworkedEmbeddedSystems,Automation,andGraphAlgorithms.
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OtherAcademicPositions
1. AcademicDirector,UniversityofAkron,
CenterforDataScience,AnalyticsandInformationTechnology
2. CaseWesternReserveUniversity,AdjunctAssociateProfessor
DepartmentofElectricalEngineeringandComputerScience
AcademicYearSabbaticalinEECS
Summer,DepartmentofBiology 3. IndianInstituteofScience,DepartmentofElectricalEngineering
ShortSummervisits.
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IndustryPositions
and
Experience
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1994–2001,RockwellAutomation
SeniorEngineer,ProjectEngineer,SeniorResearchScientist&AdvisorySoftwareDeveloper
Ø Investigated and developed innovative software solutions and real-time distributed
controlsystemstosupportstrategicproductdevelopment.
Ø Designed and architected system to verify functionality of communications software
product, andledateamthroughsystemimplementation.Introducedobjectoriented
programmingandrapidprototypingtechniquestointegratediverseexistingeffortsto
verification.
Ø Led a team to develop an integrated platform that verified the functionality of
Ethernet interfaces in Programmable Controllers and Communications modules.
Project was completed within budget, ahead of schedule, and resulted in two
BusinessImpactawards.
Ø Investigated new paradigms for distributed automation systems programming
resultinginU.S.Patentfordataexchangeformat.
Ø Developed UML models, control strategies, characterizations of application domain
needs, high- level control specifications, and methods to translate high-level
specificationstoexecutingladderprograms.
1991–1994,GEConsultingServices/Keane,Inc.(assignedtoXeroxCorp.)
SeniorConsultant
Ø Developedinnovativetoolfordesigningcommunicationsnetworktopology
using genetic algorithms and graph theory. This tool reduced costs for network
managementgroup.
Ø Re-engineered service planning application and demonstrated benefits of
objectorientedtechniquesinre-engineeringAPLapplications;received“Outstanding
Cooperation”award.
Ø Evaluated emerging technologies; developed technology deployment and adoption
strategiesasamemberoftheAdvancedTechnologyGroup.
Ø Conducted knowledge acquisition sessions, architected, and implemented
prototypes for customer-requirements analyzer, process-flow modeler, and
solutionsconfigurator.
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1990–1991,IntelliSys,Inc.
SystemsEngineer
Ø Led team of engineers to architect, design, and implement commercial features of
Real-time Expert Systems Shell (RT/AI). Planned releases and features and
productizing RT/AI used to develop real- time artificial intelligence systems and
simulationsystems.
Ø Developed graphical user interface, knowledge acquisition and management
system,graphicalknowledgeeditor,andstructuredlanguagetranslatorforRT/AI.
1987–1987,MacmetIndiaPvt.Ltd.
ConsultingSoftwareEngineer
Ø Architected, designed and implemented software systems to solve engineering
problems.
Ø Designed and implemented two expert systems for Quarry Scheduling and Process
Simulationforcementmanufacturertoplanpreventivemaintenance.
Ø Developedprototypeexpertsystemformonitoringinterlocksinelectricalswitchyard
simulator.
ProfessionalHonorsandAwards
• RockwellAutomationInnovationAwards,
• RockwellSoftwareOutstandingContributionAward,
• RockwellAutomationBusinessImpactAward,
• RockwellAutomationCustomerSatisfactionAward,
• XeroxOutstandingCooperationAward,
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Professional
Activities
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ProfessionalAffiliation
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IEEE,SeniorMember,IEEE,ComputerSociety,IEEE,RoboticsandAutomationSociety
BranchCounselor,IEEEStudentBranchatTheUniversityofAkron
ViceChair,IEEEAkronSection
UniversityandDepartmentalCommittees
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UAGraduateCouncil CenterforDataScienceandITDirectorSearch
Chair,UniversityCouncilBudgetandFinanceCommittee
MemberoftheFacultySenate GraduateProgramCoordinatorSearchCommittee ECECurriculumReviewCommittee ECENon-CurricularActivitiesCommittee
ECEGraduateAdmissionsandAssistantshipsCommittee
CollegeofEngineeringRepresentativetoHigherLearning
CommissionVisitCommittee 10. FacultySenateResearchCommittee 11. CollegeofEngineering,GraduateCurriculumCommittee
12. ECEGraduatePolicyCommittee
13. UniversityAcademicProgramReviewCommittee
14. Chair,ECEFacultySearchCommittee 15. Member,FacultySenateAcademicPoliciesCommittee
16. Co-Chair,ECEChairSearchCommittee
17. ComputerScienceFacultySearchCommittee(ExternalMember)
18. BiomimicryResearchandInnovationCenterCommittee
19. Chair,UniversityCouncilResearchCommittee
20. Member,UniversityCouncil 21. ComputerScienceFacultySearchCommittee(ExternalMember)
22. FacultySenateAd-hocCommitteeonOrganizationalEffectiveness
23. ECEUndergraduatePolicyCommittee 24. IntegratedBiosciencesRecruitmentCommittee
25. UniversityGraduateCurriculumCommittee 26. ECEEndowedChairSearchCommittee
27. ECEChair-SelectionCommittee
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2015
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2009–2014
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ProfessionalCommittees,Reviews,EditorialBoards
1. IEEETransactionsonAutomationScienceandEngineering
2015–present
(AssociateEditor)
2. IEEEConferenceonAutomationScienceandEngineering
2009–2012
(ConferenceEditorialBoard,AssociateEditor) 3. AdvancedManufacturingPartnership2.0MTASub-teamon 2014
Visualization,Informatics,andDataManagement,2014
(PCASTReport,AdoptedOctober2014)
4. IEEEConferenceonAutomationScienceandEngineering,
2011
TrackCo-Chair,NetworkedControlSystems
5. IEEEConferenceonAutomationScienceandEngineering,
2010
WorkshopChair
6. IEEEConferenceonAutomationScienceandEngineering,
2009
FinanceCo-Chair
7. InternationalJournalofDistributedSensorNetworks 2004–09
8. SubjectAreaEditor(Applications)
9. InternationalNetworkedSensorSystemsConference,TPCMember, 2008-11
10. InnovationsandCommercialApplicationsof
DistributedSensorSystems,TPCMember,
2006-08
11. IEEEDistributedComputingaspectsofSensorSystems,TPCMember,2005
12. InternationalConferenceonEmbeddedSystems
2004
(ConferenceAssociateEditor)
13. InternationalConferenceonArtificialIntelligence,SessionChair,
2003
14. ProposalReviewsfor:
a. NationalScienceFoundation
b. U.S.DepartmentofEnergy
15. JournalPeerReviewsfor:
a. IEEE Transactions on Computers,IEEE Transactions on Parallel & Distributed
Systems,IEEE Transactions on Automation Science andEngineering,IEEE
Transactions on Systems,ManandCybernetics,IEEETransactionsonMobile
Computing,IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation&Measurement
b. JournalofSuperComputing
c. JournalofParallelandDistributedSystems
d. JournalofNetworkingandComputerApplications
e. PeertoPeerNetworking
f. JournalofSoftwareTesting,VerificationandReliability
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Students
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GraduateStudentSupervision
CurrentStudents
1. Mr.MukeshChippa
2. Mr.AbdelrhmanMahmadi
3. Mr.ArijitGhosh 4. Mr.SriharshaVankamamadi
5. Mr.MohammedAhmed
6. Mr.MohamedElamin 7. Ms.MounikaGudipati 8. Ms.RavaliYeluri
9. Mr.AndyHanson
Ph.D. Goal-seekingFrameworkforPersonalizedWellness
Management(DefendedProposal,ExpectedThesis
DefenseAugust2016)
Ph.D. ModelingHumanBehaviorforPersonalized
WellnessManagementusingBondGraphs
(DefendedProposal,ExpectedThesisDefense
December2016)
Ph.D. CommunityTrackingandUserProfilingtoImprove
PersonalizedWellnessManagement
M.S. Area:PersonalizedWellnessManagement
M.S. Area:SoftwareDefinedNetworking
M.S. Area:NetworkedEmbeddedSystems
M.S. Area:NetworkedEmbeddedSystems
M.S. Area:PersonalizedWellnessManagement
M.S. Area:PersonalizedWellnessManagement
(SportsScience,Co-SupervisedwithDr.JuvancicHeltzel)
10. Mr.ChristianEyman
M.S. Area:PersonalizedWellnessManagement
(SportsScience,Co-SupervisedwithDr.JuvancicHeltzel)
11. Mr.AnthonyAnge
M.S. Area:PersonalizedWellnessManagement
(SportsScience,Co-SupervisedwithDr.JuvancicHeltzel)
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Ph.D.DissertationsSupervised
1. Dr.KranthiMamidisetty
2012 ContourGuidedDisseminationinMultihop
NetworkedSystems
Employer:Goodyear,AkronOH
M.S.StudentThesisSupervised
1. Mr.PrashanthP.Garg 2016 InvestigatingandUnderstandingtheMechanical
ResponseofLinkedStructuresoftwoHardandtwo
SoftMetalsusingConstantDisplacementApproach:
ANumericalStudy
(Co-SupervisedwithProf.T.Srivatsan,Department
ofMechanicalEngineering,UniversityofAkron)
2. Mr.PrasadP.F.Boosabaduge 2016 HybridRecommenderSystemArchitecturefor
PersonalizedWellnessManagement,May2016
Employer:NYStockExchange/ICE,SoftwareEngg.
3. Mr.SaiPrakashGaddam
2016 AnApproachtoEstimatingCaloricExpenditure
DuringExerciseActivityusingNon-Invasive
KinectCamera,May2016.
Employer:Caterpillar,IL,SystemEngineer
4. Mr.HemanthPidaparthy
2015 AnalyzingExerciseDatatoEmpowerPersonalized
WellnessManagement(DefenseSpring2015)
GraduateStudy:Ph.D.YorkUniversity,Ontario,CA
5. Mr.AbdelrhmanMahamadi 2014 ResolvingPriorityInversionsinComposable
ConveyorSystems
GraduateStudy:UAPh.D.,CESL
6. Ms.ShannonWhalen 2014 ASimulationPlatformfortheCloudConveyors
System
Employer:UniversityofAkron,IT
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7. Mr.MukeshChippa
8. Ms.ChandanaCheerala
9. Ms.SanchitaSubedi
10. Mr.JohnMcGonnell
11. Mr.ChidiAnoize
12. Mr.BrandenArcher
13. Ms.MaithiliGhamande
14. Mr.HamzaAbubakari 15. Mr.KranthiMamidisetty
16. Mr.SajuKuruvilla
Dr.ShivakumarSastry,CV
2011 PerformanceofTree-basedDataCollectionin
WirelessSensorSystems
GraduateStudy:UAPh.D.,CESL
2011 ALearningAutomataApproachforInput-rate
ControlinComposableConveyorSystems
Employer:ArrowElectronics,PortlandOR
2011 CharacterizingandVisualizingContoursinRegular
3DMeshTopologies
Employer:CCI,AustinTX
2011 ContactPointDetectionandContactHistory
TrackinginBiomimeticWhiskers
(Co-Supervisor:A.Dhinojwala,PolymerScience)
Employer:GracoIndustries,OH
2010 Event-triggeredDesignofNetworkedEmbedded
AutomationSystems
Employer:RockwellAutomation,OH
2010 ProfilingPrimitivesofNetworkedEmbedded
Automation
Employer:Lexmark,KS
2010 ADominationApproachtoDataAggregationin
NetworkedEmbeddedSystems
Employer:AmecFosterWheeler,SC
2008 IEEE1588StyleSynchronizationoveraWirelessLink
Employer:SchweitzerElectric,WA
2008 GeneralizingContoursforMeshTopologies
GraduateStudy:UAPh.D.,CESL
2007 ReliabilityEvaluationofComposableConveyor
Systems,UAE
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17. Ms.MinlanDuan
2007 QualityofServiceofContourGuidedDissemination
Employer:BeckettEnergySystems,OH
18. Mr.NunzioHayslip
19. Mr.I-HseinChu 2006 ADiscreteEventSimulatorforCoupledConveyors
Employer:LockheedMartin,WashingtonD.C.
2005 ContourGuidedDisseminationforNetworked
EmbeddedSystems
Employer:IHenCompany,Taiwan
2005 AGoal-SeekingApproachtoCoordinatingthe
DischargeofaCollectionofBatteries
Employer:ConsultingSystemEngineer,
STMSavunmaSanayi,Turkey
2004 EfficientImplementationofEncryptionAlgorithms
onaMicrocontroller
Employer:TechnicalLead,ComodoSoftware,Turkey
20. Mr.OmerGundogmus 21. Mr.MuratKose Dr.ShivakumarSastry,CV
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OtherGraduateStudentCommittees
1. Ms.MalloryCrow
2. Dr.PrithvirajPatil
3. Dr.XuZhang 2016 Ph.D. CivilEngg.,UniversityofAkron
2016 Ph.D. EECS,VanderbiltUniversity
2015 Ph.D. ChemicalandBiomolecularEngineering,
TheUniversityofAkron
2015 M.S. ECE,TheUniversityofAkron
4. Mr.SuneraKulasekhara
5. Dr.YuZou
6. Mr.DineshGade
7. Dr.FirasHassan 8. Mr.RichieThomas
9. Dr.JingfengCai 10. Ms.LilyDong 2012 Ph.D. ECE,TheUniversityofAkron
2011 M.S. ECE,TheUniversityofAkron
2007 Ph.D. ECE,TheUniversityofAkron
2007 M.S. CS,KentStateUniversity
2006 Ph.D. ECE,TheUniversityofAkron
2005 M.S. ECE,TheUniversityofAkron Dr.ShivakumarSastry,CV
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UndergraduateCapstoneProjectTeamsSupervised
1. K-BallStatisticsTracker Team:GiovanniJarez,AkwasiYeboah,MarkKeenan,RobertCarrabine
2. ConnectedCameras
Team:EricFleming,JefferySyme,Abdul,PartickMorley
3. AutomatedChess/Microchess
Team:JeffBlair,JordanKoppelberger,ZacPuster,ZaidZawahri
4. PoolProtectorSystem Team:MikeGasper,MattGranger,BrandonBeale,NickUguccini
5. WirelessRestaurantPagerSystem
2015
2014
2014
2013
2011
Team:AmandaVespoint,NicholasRochford,StevenTalarchek,
andMikeSeppanen
6. BalanceBOT
Team:StephanieKoseck,NicoleBeck,StefanBaranoff,andChrisHamrock
7. LEDMarquee Team:TomBresson,DanKephartandBenRadey
8. Composer
Team:BrandenArcher,JefferyBennetandChrisEvers
9. ModelAirplaneEngineBenchmarkRig Team:MeganDillon,BenBloss,ChrisFeyerchekandJonSoudry
10. WeatherSensitiveCar Team:DarnellJohnson,AbdulAl-SherifiandDuyNguyen
2010
2009
2008
2007
2003
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UndergraduateHonorsProjectsSupervised
1. Mr.BrandenArcher
2. Mr.ChrisFeyerchek
3. Mr.BenBloss
2008 TaskSchedulingwithBranchandBound
2007 GeneratingCommunicationsSoftwarefor
Desktop/EmbeddedSystemInteraction
2007 TwoAlgorithmsforAutomatedDataCollectionin
RemoteControlAircraftEngineTesting
UndergraduateStudentMentees
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2.
3.
4.
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Mr.NicholasWolgamott
Mr.IstvanGates
Ms.SirishaPothula
Ms.AmandaPinheiro Mr.PJMorley 6. Mr.JonProch 7. Mr.JonFortunato
2016 2016 2015 2012-16
2010-15
2010 2011 UA/Electrical&ComputerEngineering
UA/ComputerScience
UA/ComputerScience
UA/BiomedicalEngineering
UGStudentMember
ComplexEngineeredSystemsLab
Summer,UATieredMentoringProgram
Summer,UATieredMentoringProgram
K-12StudentMentees
1. Mr.PrajwalKonnanur 2. Ms.GabrielleHughes 3. Mr.GabeBennett
4. Mr.StevenZeleznik
5. Mr.JakeGamertsfelder
6. JamesDouglass 7. Mr.CoreyBryant
8. Mr.JackGiles 9. Mr.PJMorley 10. Mr.IsaacCabe 2016
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2015
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2015
2012
2011
2010
2010
RisingSenior,NoviHighSchool,MI
RisingSenior,MogadoreHighSchool
RisingSenior,MedinaCountyCareerCenter
Junior,HudsonHighSchool
Junior,HudsonHighSchool
Junior,HudsonHighSchool
Junior,St.VincentandSt.MaryHigh-School
Junior,St.VincentandSt.MaryHigh-School
Senior,St.VincentandSt.MaryHigh-School
Senior,St.VincentandSt.MaryHigh-School
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Publications,
Presentations,
and
Patents
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PublicationsinRefereedJournals
1. S. Whalen, A. Ghosh and S. Sastry, Object Oriented Simulation of Coordinated Conveying
Systems,Accepted,JournalofSupercomputing,2016.
2. C. Dang, L. Rodriguez, N. H. Tran, S. Shetty, and S. Sastry, On Secrecy Rate and Optimal
Power Allocation of the Full-Duplex Amplify-and-Forward Relay Wire-Tap Channel,
Accepted,IEEETransactionsonVehicularTechnology,2016.
3. C.Dang,L.Rodriguez,N.H.Tran,F.S.BaoandS.Sastry,SecrecyRateandOptimalPower
Allocation of the Amplify-and-Forward Relay Wire-Tap System, Accepted, Journal of
InformationandCommunicationTechnology,2016.
4. A. Ibrahim, S. Sastry and P.S. Sastry, Data Compressing Serial Episodes from Event
Sequences,KnowledgeandInformationSystems,Vol.47,No.2,pp.405-432,2016.
5. S. Sastry and S.K. Das, Predictable Delivery of Prioritized Multihop Message Streams in
WirelessSystems,IEEETransactionsonWirelessCommunications,Vol.14,No.9,pp.48224834,2015.
6. A. Alizadeh, M. Maleki, H, Bahrami and S. Sastry, Spatial Sensing and Cognitive Radio
CommunicationinthepresenceofaK-UserInterferencePrimaryNetwork,IEEEJournalon
SelectedAreasofCommunication,Vol.33,No.5,pp.741-754,2015.
7. T.Tran,N.Tran,H.BahramiandS.Sastry,OnAchievableRateandErgodicCapacityofNAF
Multi-Relay Networks with CSI, IEEE Transactions on Communications, Vol. 62, No. 5, pp.
1490-1502,2014.
8. S. Sastry and A. Gokhale, Resolving Priority Inversions in Composable Conveyor Systems,
JournalofSystemsArchitecture,Vol.60,No.6,2014,pp.509-518.
9. K. An, S. Shekhar, F. Caglar, A. Gokhale, and S. Sastry, A Cloud Middleware for Assuring
Performance and High Availability of Soft Real-time Applications, Journal of Systems
Architecture,Vol.60,No.9,2014,pp.757-769.
10. T.S.Srivatsan,K.Manigandan,S.Sastry,T.QuickandM.L.Schmidt,MechanicalBehaviorof
Two High Alloy Steels under Conditions of Cyclic Tension, Journal of Materials Engineering
andPerformance,Vol.23,No.1,2014,pp.198-212.
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11. K.Manigandan,T.S.Srivatsan,T.Quick,A.M.FreborgandS.Sastry,TheMicrostructureand
Mechanical Behavior of High Alloy Steel X2M, Advances in Materials Research, An
InternationalJournal,Vol.3,No.1,2014,pp.283-295.
12. K. Manigandan, T.S. Srivatsan, T. Quick, S. Sastry and M.L. Schmidt, Influence of
MicrostructureandLoadRationonCyclicFatigueandFinalFractureBehaviorofTwoHigh
StrengthSteels,Materials&Design,Vol.55,2014,pp.727-739.
13. S. Sastry, M. Branicky and P.S. Sastry, Cloud Conveyor System – A Versatile Abstract
ApplicationforExploringCyberPhysicalSystems,LectureNotesinControlandInformation
Sciences,Vol.449,DOI:10.1007/978-3-319-01159-2_3,Springer,2013.
14. K.K.Mamidisetty,M.J.FerraraandS.Sastry,SystematicSelectionofClusterHeadsforData
Collection,JournalofNetworkandComputerApplications,Vol.35,2012,pp.1548-1558.
15. K.K. Mamidisetty, M. Duan, S. Sastry and P.S. Sastry, Multipath Dissemination in Regular
Mesh Topologies, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, Vol. 20, No. 8,
August2009,pp.1188-1201.
16. H.Zia,N.SridharandS.Sastry,FailureDetectorsforWirelessSensorActuatorSystems,Ad
HocNetworks,Vol.7,Issue5,July2009,pp.1001-1013.
17. I. Chu, M. Duan and S. Sastry, Contour Guided Dissemination for Networked
Embedded Systems, International Journal ofDistributedSensorNetworks,Vol.5,Issue
5,2009,pp.502-530.
18. O. Gundogmus, S. Sastry, T.T. Hartley and R.J. Veillette, Coordinated Discharge of a
CollectionofBatteries,JournalofPowerSources,Vol.166,pages284-296,2007.
19. N. Hayslip, J. Gerhardt and S. Sastry, Networked Embedded Automation, Assembly
Automation,Vol.26,No.3,2006.
20. S. Sastry and S.S. Iyengar, Real-time Sensor Actuator Networks,International Journal of
DistributedSensorNetworks,Volume1,No.1,pages17-34,2005.
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21. S.Sastry,A SmartSpace for Automation, Assembly Automation, Special issue on ManMachine Interfaces,Vol.24,No.2,pages201-209,2004.
22. S. Sastry and S.S. Iyengar, Sensor Technologies for Future Automation Systems, Sensor
Letters,Vol.2,No.1,pages9-17,2004.
23. S.Sastry,S.S.IyengarandN.Balakrishnan,Foundations of Data Fusion for Automation,
IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Magazine,Vol.6,No.4,pages35-41,2003.
24. S.Sastry,E.Caceres,N.DeoandJ.Schwarcfiter,OnFindingEulerToursinParallel,Parallel
ProcessingLetters,Vol.3,No.3,1993.
25. S. Shivakumar, L. JenkinsandH.P.Khincha, AnApplicationof Functional Dependencies to
theTopologicalAnalysisofProtectionSchemes,IEEETransactionsonPowerDelivery,Vol.7,
No.1,Jan1992.
26. S.Shivakumar,L.JenkinsandH.P.Khincha,ComputerAidedRelayCoordinationTechniques
–ASurvey,JournalofInstitutionofEngineers,Vol.71,June1990.
27. S. Shivakumar, L. Jenkins and H.P. Khincha, An Application of Hypergraphs to the
Topological Analysis of Power System Networks, AMSE Journal on Modeling, Simulation,
andControl,PartA.Vol.17,No.4,1988.
PublicationsunderReviewinRefereedJournals
28. (InReview)A.Mahmadi,M.ChippaandS.Sastry,ReservationBasedProtocolforResolving
Priority Inversions in Composable Conveyor Systems, Submitted to Journal of Systems
Architecture,2016(secondroundreview).
29. (InReview)M.Chippa,J.Juvancic-Heltzel,V.PinheiroandS.Sastry,ImprovingtheQuality
of Home Exercises using non-invasive Kinect Camera: Technology Validation, Submitted to
ElsevierJournalofScienceandMedicineinSport,2016.
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PeerReviewedConference,WorkshopandSymposiaPublications
1. A. Mahamadi and S. Sastry, A Bond Graph Approach for Modeling Human Behavior for
Wellness Management, Accepted, International Conference on Cognitive Modeling
(ICCM),ThePennsylvaniaStateUniversity,August2016.
2. M. Gudipati and S. Sastry, Application of Kalman Filter to Estimate Position of a Mobile
Node in Indoor Environments, 14th International Conference on Embedded Systems,
Cyber-physicalSystemsandApplications,LasVegas,July2016.
3. A. Mahamadi and S. Sastry, A Bond Graph approach for Modeling Client-Therapist
Relation, 2nd International Conference on Health Informatics and Medical Systems, Las
Vegas,July2016.
4. C.Dang,L.Elsaid,L.Rodriguez,N.H.Tran,andS.Sastry,ErgodicSecrecyRatesoftheFullDuplex AF and DF Relay Wire-Tap Fading Channels, Proc. IEEE European Wireless 2016,
May,2016,Oulu,Finland
5. M.K. Chippa and S. Sastry, Markov Decision Process Formulation for Managing Human
WeightLoss,IEEESystemsConference,OrlandoFL,April2016.
6. A.Ibrahim,P.S.SastryandS.Sastry,AnalyzingSimilaritiesofDatasetsusingaPatternSet
Kernel,Proc.PacificAsiaKnowledgeDiscoveryandDataMining,AucklandNZ,April2016.
7. M.K. Chippa, M. Elamin, S. Sastry, and N. H. Tran, Dynamic TDMA for Networked
Embedded Systems, in Proc. International Conference on Information Science and
Applications(ICISA),HoChiMinhCity,Vietnam,Feb.2016.
8. A. Mahamadi and S. Sastry, Bond Graph Models for Human Behavior, Proc. IEEE
InternationalConferenceforBasicSciencesandEngineering,Khartoum,Sudan,Feb2016.
9. S.P.R.Gaddam,M.K.Chippa,S.Sastry,A.Ange,V.BerkiandB.L.Davis,EstimatingForces
DuringExerciseActivityusingNon-invasiveKinectCamera,Proc.InternationalConference
onComputationalScienceandComputationalIntelligence,LasVegas,December2015.
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10. A.MahamadiandS.Sastry,ModelPredictiveControllerforBatteryManagementSystems,
IEEE-SudanInternationalConferenceonComputing,Control,Networking,Electronicsand
EmbeddedSystemsEngineering,2015.
11. S. Bao, A. Gokhale, S. Abdelwahed, and S. Sastry, Model-Predictive Controllers for
PerformanceManagementofComposableConveyorSystems,IEEEReal-timeApplications
Symposium,WIPSession,CPSWeek,USA2015.
12. J. Juvancic-Heltzel, H. Pidaparthy, V. Pinheiro and S. Sastry, Detection of Exercise Errors
AnalyzingTime-seriesVideo-CapturedData,AmericanCollegeofSportsMedicine,2015.
13. A.D. Le, N.H. Tran, S. Shetty and S. Sastry, Achievable Rate and Outage Probability of
Cognitive Radio under Imperfect Spectrum Sensing with Finite-Alphabet Inputs, IEEE
VehicularTechnologiesConference,May2015(Recentresultstrack).
14. M.K. Chippa and S. Sastry, Battery Systems Management using a Goal-Seeking
Framework,IEEESystemsConference,April2015.
15. A.Ibrahim,P.S.SastryandS.Sastry,PatternSetKernel(Poster),SecondACMConference
onDataSciences,2015.
16. C. Dang, J.L. Rodriguez, N.H. Tran, S. Shetty and S. Sastry, Secrecy Capacity of the FullDuplex AF Relay Wire-Tap Channel under Residual Self-Interference, IEEE Wireless
CommunicationsandNetworkingConference,March2015.
17. H.Pidaparthy,S.NarayanandS.Sastry,AutomatedExerciseFeedbackSystemusingNoninvasive Sensor, Workshop on Applications of Computer Vision, Graphics and Image
Processing,ICVGIP,Bengaluru,India,December2014.
18. M.K. Chippa and S. Sastry, Goal-seeking Framework for Empowering Personalized
WellnessManagement,NationalScienceFoundation,AnnualPIMeetingfortheSmartand
ConnectedHealthProgram,WashingtonD.C.,USA,August2014.
19. M.K. Chippa, S. Whalen, S. Sastry, and F. Douglas, Goal-seeking Framework to Empower
Personalized Wellness Management, Poster at Workshop on Medical Cyber Physical
Systems,CPSWeekApril2013.
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20. A. Gokhale, G. Biswas, N. Sarkar, S. Sastry, and M. S. Branicky, CPS Laboratory-as-aService:EnablingTechnologyforReadilyAccessibleandScalableCPSEducation,Workshop
onCyberPhysicalSystemsEducation,CPSWeekApril2013.
21. S. Sastry, M. Branicky and P.S. Sastry, Cloud Conveyor System – A Versatile Abstract
ApplicationforExploringCyberPhysicalSystems,WorkshoponControlofCyberPhysical
Systems,JohnsHopkinsUniversity,March20-21,2013.
22. T.X.Tran,N.H.Tran,H.R.Bahrami,H.Dinh,andS.Sastry,OnAchievableRateandErgodic
Capacity of OAF Multi-relay Networks with CSI, IEEE 77th Vehicular Technology
Conference,Dresden,June2013.
23. A. Trewyn, A. Gokhale, S. Sastry, and M. Branicky, WiP Abstract: TCPCongestion
Control Principles for Highly Available Reconfigurable Conveyor Systems, International
ConferenceonCyber-PhysicalSystems,Beijing,April2012.
24. C.Cheerala,S.Sastry,andP.S.Sastry,LearningAutomatabasedOnlineInput-rateControl
for Composable Conveyor Systems, Proceedings of the Centenary Conference of the
ElectricalEngineeringDepartment,IndianInstituteofScience,Bangalore,December2011.
25. K. An, A. Trewyn, A. Gokhale and S. Sastry, Model-driven Performance Analysis of
Reconfigurable Conveyor Systems used in Material Handling Applications, International
ConferenceonCyber-PhysicalSystems,Chicago,April2011.
26. B.ArcherandS.Sastry,Worst-case End-to-end Response Time Analysis for Composable
Conveyor Systems, ECRTS(WIPSession),Belgium,July2010.
27. B. Archer, S. Sastry, A. Rowe, and R. Rajkumar, Profiling Primitives of Networked
Embedded Automation, IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering,
Bangalore,August2009.
28. K.K. Mamidisetty, M. Ghamande, M.J. Ferrara and S. Sastry, A Domination Approach to
ClusteringNodesforDataAggregation,IEEEGlobecom,December2008.
29. H. Abubakari and S. Sastry, IEEE 1588 Style Synchronization over a Wireless Link,
International Symposium on Precision Time Synchronization for Measurement, Control
andCommunication,2008.
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30. S. Kuruvilla, S. Gokhale and S. Sastry, Evaluating the Reliability of Reconfigurable
Conveyor Systems, IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, August
2008.
31. Z. Qu, S. Gokhale and S. Sastry, A Methodology to Evaluate the Availability of
Reconfigurable Conveyor Systems, International Symposium on the Performance
EvaluationofComputerandTelecommunicationSystems,June2008.
32. K.K. Mamidisetty and S. Sastry, Optimal Dissemination in 3-Neighbor Wireless Mesh
Topologies, Centenary Conference of the Indian Institute of Science on Managing
ComplexityinaDistributedWorld,Bangalore,May2008.
33. S.Sastry,Cyber Physical Systems that Enable Automotive Assembly, NSF Workshop on
Cyber PhysicalSystems,April2008
34. K.K. Mamidisetty and S. Sastry, Contour Guided Dissemination in 4-Neighbor Wireless
Mesh Topologies, Innovations and Commercial Applications of Distributed Sensor
Networks,2007.
35. S. Sastry, Sensor-Actuator Systems for Automation, IEEE Real-time Systems Symposium,
WIPSession,RiodeJaniero,Brazil,December2006
36. S. Sastry, Contour Guided Dissemination for Networked Embedded Systems, Innovative
Real-time Applications of Distributed Sensor Networks, Washington D.C. October 16-17,
2006
37. S. Sastry, Sensor-Actuator Networks for Conveyor Systems, Innovative Commercial
ApplicationsofSensorNetworks,WashingtonD.C.,2005
38. L. Narasimhan, Renyi and S. Sastry, Algebraic Semantics for Complete Interaction
Sequences,IEEETENCON,Region10Conference,2005.
39. K. Huang and S. Sastry, Evaluating Communication Protocols for a Sensor-Actuator
Network,ProceedingsoftheInternationalConferenceonEmbeddedSystems,ESA’04,Las
Vegas,June2004.
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40. S.SastryandS.S.Iyengar,A Taxonomy of Sensor Processing Architectures, Proceedings
of ASI NATO Workshop on DataFusioninArmenia-2003,Fall2004.
41. S. Sastry, Foundations of a SmartSpace for Automation, Proceedings of International
ConferenceonArtificialIntelligence,LasVegas,pp.3-9,June23-26,2003
42. L.J.White,H.AlmazenandS.Sastry,Firewall Regression Testing ofGUISequences and
Their Interactions, ProceedingsIEEEInternational Conference on Software Maintenance,
Amsterdam,Netherlands, September 22-26,2003.
43. S.SastryandL.J.White,FromEarDecompositionstoBandwidth-2Labelings,Southeastern
ConferenceonGraphTheoryandCombinatorics,BocaRaton,March1998.
44. S.Sastry,V.A.Sastry,H.K.KanodiaandR.Rana,NewPerspectivesinPowerSystemTraining
Simulators – the impact of Artificial Intelligence, Proceedings on theIEEEConferenceon
PowerSystemProtection,Bangalore,India,1988.
45. S.Sastry,L.J.JenkinsandH.P.Khincha,ModelingandPerformanceEvaluationofProtection
Systems,PlatinumJubileeConferenceonSystemsandSignalProcessing,India,1986.
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OtherPublications/Presentations(Notpeerreviewed)
1. M.K. Chippa, J. McGonnell, S. Sastry and A. Dhinojwala, Contact Point Detection and
ContactHistoryTrackinginBiomimeticWhiskers,MidwestASBRegionalMeeting,Akron
OH,USA2015.
2. S. Whalen and S. Sastry, Cloud Infrastructure for Empowering Personal Wellness
Management,OhioCeleberatingWomeninComputingConference,Feb2013.
3. K. Mamidisetty, B. Archer, S. Sastry, K. A. Loparo, and F.M. Discenzo, Influence-graph
Based Technique for System Level Diagnostics, Proceedings of Machinery Failure
PreventionTechnologyConference,VirginiaBeach,May2011.
4. S. Mitra and S. Sastry, Hybrid Input/Output Automata for Composable Conveyor
Systems, IEEE Conference onAutomationScienceandEngineering,August2009.
5. S.Sastry,NetworkedEmbeddedSystems,OhioInnovationSummit,2009.
6. K.K. Mamidisetty and S. Sastry, Contour Guided Dissemination, Northeast Ohio
NetworkingSymposium,Cleveland,2008.
7. S. Sastry and F.M. Discenzo, A Goal-Seeking Framework for Systems Health
Management,MachineFailurePreventionTechnology,April2006,(withF.M.Discenzo)
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BookChapters
1. A. Ibrahim, P.S. Sastry and S. Sastry, Analyzing Similarities of Datasets Using a
Pattern Set Kernel, Advances in Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, pp. 265272,December2015,doi:10.1007/978-3-319-31753-3_22.
2. S. Sastry and S. S. Iyengar, Interfacing Distributed Sensor Networks with the
Physical World, in Distributed Sensor Networks (editors R. Brooks & S.S.
Iyengar),2012.
3. K. An, A. Trewyn, A. Gokhale and S. Sastry, Design and Transformation of
Domain-specific Language for Reconfigurable Conveyor Systems, in Formal and
PracticalAspectsofDomain-specificLanguages:RecentDevelopments,EditorM.
Mernik,2012.
4. S. Sastry, S.S. Iyengar and N. Balakrishnan, Wireless Sensor Networks Enabling Ecological
Informatics,inHandbookofEcology,2008.
5. S. Sastry and S.S. Iyengar, A Taxonomy of Distributed Sensor Networks, in Distributed
SensorNetworks(editorsR.Brooks&S.S.Iyengar),Chapter3,pages29-44,2005.
6. S.Sastry,S.S.IyengarandN.Balakrishnan,Foundations of Data Fusion for Automation,in
DistributedSensorNetworks(editorsBrooks,Iyengar),Chapter15,pages291-300,2005.
7. J. Agre, L. Clare and S. Sastry, A Taxonomy for Distributed Real-time Control Systems, in
AdvancesinComputers,EditorM.Zelkovitz,Vol.49,pages303-352,1999.
U.S.PatentsIssued
16. S. Sastry, Patent: 6,104,962, August 15, 2000, “System For and Method of Allocating
ProcessingTasksofaControlProgramConfiguredtoControlaDistributedControlSystem”
17. J.C. Hoskins, D. Haffeman and S. Sastry, Patent: 6,161,051, December 12, 2000, “System,
Method, and Article of Manufacture for Utilizing External Models for Enterprise Wide
Control”
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Presentations(OtherthanConferences)
1. LiveDemoofUAMicrofactory,USIgnitePIMeeting,Austix,TX,June2016.
2. Connecting Structure and Behavior, Integrated Biosciences Seminar, University of Akron,
April2016.
3. EngineersEmpoweringPersonalizedWellnessManagement,IEEEAkronSection,April2014.
4. CloudConveyorsSystem,UniversityofToledo,February2014.
5. Empowering Personalized Wellness Management, Human Performance Council 2013
Workshop,28February2013,KentStateUniversity,OH,USA.
6. Machinery Diagnostics Hands-on Workshop, Machine Failure Prevention Technology
Conference,April2012(withF.Kaffashi,M.Chippa,K.Loparo,F.DiscenzoandP.Lowe).
7. CloudConveyors:ARepresentativeCyber-PhysicalSystem?RobertBoschCenterforCyberPhysicalSystems,IndianInstituteofScience,March2012.
8. Advanced Manufacturing Systems, Ohio Supercomputer Center, Research Seminar, June
2011.
9. High-speed, High-bandwidth Networks – A Key Enabler for Advanced Manufacturing
Systems,NSFGigU/IGNITEWorkshop,CaseWesternReserveUniversity,June2011.
10. MultipathExploitation,CaseWesternReserveUniversityEECSColloquium,Nov2010
11. ContourGuidedDissemination,IndianInstituteofScience,EEColloquium,July2010
12. Networked Embedded Automation, Indian Institute of Science/ Indian Space Research
OrganizationColloquium,July2010.
13. Material Processing Automation at AFMC, Akron Functional Materials Center Inaugural
Workshop,September2009.
14. Algorithms for Contour Guided Dissemination, The University of Akron, Department of
ComputerScience,2009
15. Networked Embedded Systems Research, Institute for Software Integrated Systems,
VanderbiltUniversity,2009.
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Funding
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EXTERNALFUNDINGRECEIVED(ResearchAwards)
1. National Science Foundation, US Ignite Program: (ORA, #1000002763, NSF-1531070),
Collaborative Research: Cloud Computing and Software-Defined Networking
Enhancements to Support Collaborative, Problem-based STEM Education, $239,862 (UA
portionwithDr.NghiTranasCo-PI),CollaborativeResearchwithDr.A.GokhaleandDr.G.
Biswas at Vanderbilt University), Total Award: $597,573, 2015-2018. Dr. Sastry’s share
$119,931.
2. NationalScienceFoundation,SHB:TypeII(INT):(ORA#01234,IIS-1237069)AGoal-Seeking
FrameworkforEmpoweringPersonalizedWellnessManagement,$1,285,613,2012-16,(PI,
three collaborators in the Department of Sports Science and Wellness Education for
carryingoutPilotStudies,onecollaboratorinAustenBioInnovationInstituteinAkron).Dr.
Sastry’sshare$1,068,613.
3. OhioDepartmentofTransportation,HowWeRoll:AProposedCyclistSafetyCampaignat
The University of Akron, $144,647, 2012-2014 (Co-PI, one collaborator in Department of
SportsScienceandWellnessEducation).Dr.Sastry’sshare$72,323.
4. IEEE Technical Committee on Parallel Processing, Integrating TCPP Curriculum into
ComputerEngineeringCoursesatTheUniversityofAkron,$2,000,2012.
5. Austen Bioinnovation Center, (subaward to Dr. S. Sastry) Automation for Materials
ProcessingandDiscovery,$150,000,2010-2015.
6. National Science Foundation (ORSSP #7564, CNS-0720736), Real-time Sensor-Actuator
Systems for Automation,$280,000(totalawardin collaborationwithProf.Rajkumar
atCarnegieMellonUniversityis$680,000for2007-2010).
7. Ohio Board of Regents (ORSSP #R7564-OBR), Real-time Sensor-Actuator Systems for
Automation,August2007,$19,367,2007(noindirectcost)
8. Wright Center for Sensor Systems Engineering (ORSSP #R7416), Secure Data
AggregationandDecision-Making,August2007,$235,869,2006
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9. OhioICE Research Award (ORSSP # R7290) for Predictable Monitoring, April 2006,
$20,490 (incollaborationwithDr.N.SridharatClevelandStateUniversityfortotalaward
of$44,552,2006
10. Ohio ICE Research Award (ORSSP # R7073)for Predictable Node-level OperatingSystem,
October2005, $15,000 (in collaboration with ProfessorsBranicky and Liberatore at Case
WesternReserveUniversityfortotalawardof$50,000)
INTERNALPROPOSALSAPPROVED/FUNDED
1. Center for Data Science, Analytics and Information Technology, A Cross-disciplinary
StrategicInvestmentfotheUniversityofAkron(withDrs.MarioGarzia(ExecutiveDirector
oftheCenter),JohnNicholas(CollegeofAppliedScienceandTehnology)andW.McHenry
(College of Business)). This proposal was approved by the Academic Policies Committee,
FacultySenate,andUABoardofTrusteesandisnowongoing.
2. NSF I-Corps, for exploring Game Framework for Personal Wellness Management,
UniversityofAkron,$2,500,2014(withMr.RyanPascal,ComputerEngineeringFreshman
2014andMr.MukeshChippa,ECEPh.D.Student).
3. Seed funding for investigating cross-disciplinary applications of Contour Guided
Dissemination,CollegeofEngineering,$7,500,2014(withProf.T.S.Srivatsan).
4. Indirect cost reduction from College of Engineering and Department of Electrical
Engineering forORSSP#R7564,$6,000(noindirectcost),2007
5. FirestoneResearchInitiativeAward,CollegeofEngineering,January2003,$5,000,2003
6. CollegeofEngineering,TheUniversityofAkron,ResearchStartup,2002,$174,444.
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EQUIPMENT/SOFTWAREDONATIONSRECEIVED
1. RockwellAutomation,DemonstrationConveyorSystems,2011.
2. RockwellAutomation,AutomationControllers,2006,$35,000(withJ.Grover)
3. Sandia National Laboratories (ORSSP #R6261), SmartSpace for Automation (JESS
LiscenseforSoftware),April2003,$5,000
4. QNX Software (ORSSP #R6139), QNX Momentics for Automation Research,
December 2002$26,085
5. Rational Rose Development Company Award (ORSSP #O3566), Rational Rose Software,
September2002,$148,550
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