Kannan Srinivasan
39939 Stevenson Common, Apt 1012
Fremont, CA – 94538
1(650)704-7277
kannan.srinivasan@austin.utexas.edu
http://sing.stanford.edu/srikank
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Wireless Networking, Low Power Wireless Systems, Communication
Systems, Smartgrids and Wireless Security.
EDUCATION
Oct ’10-Present
Sep ’05-Sep ’10
Aug ’00-Aug ’02
Aug ’96-Jun ’00
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Texas at Austin, TX.
Mentor: Prof. Sriram Vishwanath.
PhD Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
Advisor: Prof. Philip Levis.
Thesis: Towards a Wireless Lexicon.
MS Electrical & Computer Engineering, Oklahoma State University,
Stillwater, OK.
Advisor: Prof. Jong-Moon Chung.
Thesis: Protocol Development and Performance Analysis of WIP and
WMPL Wireless Networking Technologies.
BS Electronics & Communications Engineering, University of Madras,
Chennai, INDIA.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Sep ’05-Sep ’10
Jan ’03-Sep ’05
Aug ’02-Dec ’02
Jun ’02-Aug ’02
Aug ’00-Aug ’02
Nov ’99-Jan ’00
May ’98-Jun ’98
Research Assistant, Stanford Information Networks Group, Stanford
University.
Research Officer, National Research Council of Canada, Wireless
Systems Group, Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Electrical/Wireless Engineer, TechTrol Inc., Pawnee, OK.
Summer Intern, TechTrol Inc., Pawnee, OK.
Research Assistant, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK.
Engineering Intern, Bharat Electronics Ltd., Chennai, India.
Intern, Electronics Corporation of TamilNadu (ELCOT), Chennai,
India.
AWARDS
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Best Paper Award, MobiCom 2010.
Best Demo Award, MobiCom 2010.
Stanford University Electrical Engineering Departmental Fellowship, 2005.
Presidential Award, Oklahoma State University, 2000.
PUBLICATIONS
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Kannan Srinivasan, Mayank Jain, Jung Il Choi, Tahir Azim, Edward S Kim, Philip
Levis and Bhaskar Krishnamachari, “The κ-Factor: Inferring Protocol Performance
using Inter-Link Reception Correlation,” In the Proceedings of the 16th Annual
International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking (Mobicom 2010).
Acceptance rate: 14% (33/233). (Best Paper Award)
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Kannan Srinivasan (Co-Primary Author), Jung Il Choi (Co-Primary Author),
Mayank Jain (Co-Primary Author), Philip Levis and Sachin Katti, “Achieving
Single Channel, Full Duplex Wireless Communication,” In the Proceedings of the
16th Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking
(Mobicom 2010). Acceptance rate: 14% (33/233). (Best Demo Award)
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Kannan Srinivasan, Maria A. Kazandjieva, Saatvik Agarwal, and Philip Levis, “The
β-factor: Measuring Wireless Link Burstiness,” In the Proceedings of the 6th ACM
Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (SenSys 2008). Acceptance
rate: 16% (25/153).
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Megan Wachs, Jung Il Choi, Jung Woo Lee, Kannan Srinivasan, Zhe Chen, Mayank
Jain and Philip Levis, “Visibility: A New Metric for Protocol Design,” In the
Proceedings of the 5th ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems
(SenSys 2007). Acceptance rate: 17% (25/149).
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Kannan Srinivasan, Prabal Dutta, Arsalan Tavakoli, and Philip Levis, “Some
Implications of Low-Power Wireless to IP Routing,” In the Proceedings of the 5th
Workshop on Hot Topics in Networks (HotNets V), 2006. Acceptance rate: 20%
(23/114).
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Kannan Srinivasan, and Philip Levis, “RSSI is Under Appreciated,” In the
Proceedings of the 3rd Workshop on Embedded Networked Sensors (EmNets
2006). Acceptance rate: 34% (18/54).
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Kannan Srinivasan, Moise Ndoh and Kadambari Kaluri, “Advanced Wireless
Networks for Underground Mine Communications,” In the Proceedings of the 1st
International Workshop on Wireless Communications in Underground and
Confined Areas (IWWCUCA 2005).
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Kannan Srinivasan, and Stephen Michell, “State Based Key Hop (SBKH) Protocol,”
In the Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Wireless
Communications (Wireless 2004).
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Kannan Srinivasan, and Stephen Michell, “Performance of State Based Key Hop
(SBKH) Protocol for Security on Wireless Systems,” In the Proceedings of IEEE
Vehicular Technology Conference 2004-Fall (VTC2004-Fall).
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Stephen Michell and Kannan Srinivasan, “State Based Key Hop (SBKH) Protocol: A
Lightweight Security Protocol for Wireless Networks,” In the Proceedings of ACM
Workshop on Performance Evaluation of Wireless Ad Hoc, Sensor, and Ubiquitous
Networks (PE-WASUN 2004).
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Kannan Srinivasan, Hooi-Min Soo, and Jong-Moon Chung, “Performance Analysis
of Wireless MultiProtocol Label Switching (WMPLS),” In the Proceedings of the 15th
International Conference on Wireless Communications (Wireless 2003).
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Sang-Chul Kim, Kannan Srinivasan, and Jong-Moon Chung, “Handover Control
and Analysis of WMPLS Networks,” In the Proceedings of the 45th IEEE
International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS 2002).
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Sang-Chul Kim, Kannan Srinivasan, Mauricio A. Subieta, and Jong-Moon Chung,
“Performance Analysis of WMPLS Signaling and Control in Ad Hoc Networks,” In
the Proceedings of the 45th IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits
and Systems (MWSCAS 2002).
JOURNAL
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Kannan Srinivasan, Prabal Dutta, Arsalan Tavakoli and Philip Levis, “An Empirical
Study of Low Power Wireless,” ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks (TOSN),
Mar. 2010.
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Jong-Moon Chung, Mauricio A. Subieta, and Kannan Srinivasan, “Wireless
MultiProtocol Label Switching (WMPLS),” IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing.
IEEE DRAFT
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Jong-Moon Chung, Kannan Srinivasan and Mauricio A. Subieta, “Wireless
MultiProtocol Label Switching (WMPLS),” The Network Society (http://
tools.ietf.org/id/draft-chung-mpls-wmpls-00.txt).
MAGAZINE
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Jong-Moon Chung, Mauricio A. Subieta and Kannan Srinivasan (Invited Article),
“Analysis of WMPLS Applications and Performance Features,” MPLS World
Magazine, May 2002.
TECHNICAL REPORT
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Kannan Srinivasan (Co-Primary Author), Jung Il Choi (Co-Primary Author),
Mayank Jain (Co-Primary Author), Philip Levis and Sachin Katti, “Achieving
Single Channel, Full Duplex Wireless Communication,” Technical Report
SING-10-00.
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Kannan Srinivasan, Mayank Jain, Jung Il Choi, Tahir Azim, Edward S Kim, Philip
Levis and Bhaskar Krishnamachari, “The κ-Factor: Inferring Protocol Performance
using Inter-Link Reception Correlation,” Technical Report SING-10-01.
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Kannan Srinivasan, Prabal Dutta, Arsalan Tavakoli and Philip Levis, “An Empirical
Study of Low Power Wireless,” Technical Report SING-08-03.
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Maria A. Kazandjieva, Mayank Jain, Kannan Srinivasan and Philip Levis, “PRR Is
Not Enough,” Technical Report SING-08-01.
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Kannan Srinivasan, Maria Kazandjieva, Saatvik Agarwal and Philip Levis, “The βfactor: Improving Bimodal Wireless Networks,” Technical Report SING-07-01.
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Kannan Srinivasan, Prabal Dutta, Arsalan Tavakoli and Philip Levis,
“Understanding the Causes of Packet Delivery Success and Failure in Dense
Wireless Sensor Networks,” Technical Report SING-06-00.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
01/05-04/05
08/01-12/01
Lecturer, ELEC 480: Selected Topics in Networking, Cape Breton
University (CBU), Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada. Gave recitations,
prepared problem sets and exams, and graded exams.
Teaching Assistant, Wireless Communication (Graduate Level
Course), Oklahoma State University. Graded problem sets and held
TA sessions.
01/01-05/01
01/01-05/01
08/00-12/00
Teaching Assistant, Telecommunications Laboratory, Oklahoma
State University. Organized lab material, set up, organized and
supervised lab sessions. Guided graduate students through setting
up ATM, Netbuilder II, Gigabit Extreme switches, CELLPlex 7000,
CoreBuilder 7000, DMS 10, and PBX systems.
Teaching Assistant, FORTRAN Lab, Oklahoma State University.
Supervised lab sessions, guided undergraduate students to
program in FORTRAN and graded exams.
Teaching Assistant, Lego Lab, Oklahoma State University.
Supervised lab sessions, guided undergraduate/graduate students
to program in Interactive C and Java, and graded exams.
MENTORING
Graduate
Undergraduate
Goochul Chung (UT), Saul Duran (UT), Jung Ryu (UT),
Kumar Appaiah (UT), Sirish Kumar Balaga (UT), and
Edward S Kim (Stanford).
Kyle Miller (UT), Atresh Saane (UT), Ang Li (UT), Yves Santos (UT),
Saatvik Agarwal (Stanford), Jonathan Chu (Stanford), and
Juan Batiz-Benet (Stanford).
FUNDING PROPOSALS
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Co-Principal Investigator, Proposal for software-defined radio testbed
equipment, National Instruments (NI).
Principal Investigator, Proposal for power line communication (PLC) medium
voltage (ML) and low voltage (LV) channel characterization for smartgrids, Texas
Instruments (TI) and Aclara.
SELECTED TALKS (Other than conference talks)
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Towards a New Wireless Network Architecture, UT-Austin, May. 2010.
Towards a Wireless Lexicon (Invited), UCSD, Nov. 2009.
Reception Correlation over Space, USC-Stanford Wireless Day, USC, Aug. 2009.
Measuring Wireless Link Burstiness, SysLunch, UC Berkeley, Mar. 2008.
The β-factor: Measuring Wireless Link Burstiness, Guibas Lab Seminar, Stanford
University, Mar. 2008.
RSSI is Under-Appreciated, Guibas Lab Seminar, Stanford University, Feb. 2006.
Sensor Network Protocols: Challenges and Opportunities, Petroleum Applications
of Wireless Systems (PAWS) Workshop, Sydney, Canada, Jun. 2005.
A Lightweight Security Protocol for Wireless Communications (Invited), The
Laboratory for Education and Research on Security Assured Information Systems
(LERSAIS), University of Pittsburgh, Mar. 2004.
Wireless Multi-Protocol Label Switching (WMPLS), NRC-IT and University of New
Brunswick, Fredericton, Canada, May 2003.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
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Technical Program Committee (TPC) Member, IEEE SECON 2011.
External reviewer of IPSN 2007, SIGCOMM 2007, IEEE VTC, ICC 2008.
Reviewer of Transactions on Sensor Networks (ToSN), Transactions on Mobile
Computing (TMC), Transactions on Vehicular Technology (TVT).
Demonstrated the importance of securing wireless networks to general public in
ITExpo 2003.
Student Host for the 45th Midwest Symposium Conference held in Tulsa,
Oklahoma.