Design Assistant

Department of Computer Science

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Crepaldi Riccardo

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rcrepal2@illinois.edu201 N. Goodwin, Urbana, IL 61801

http://mobius.cs.uiuc.edu/people/crepaldi

Phone #: (+1) 914-***-****

Student Member of IEEE and IEEE Communication Society

Phone #: (+39) 349-***-****

Education

Current: PhD student at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Major Area: Systems and Networking

Advisor: Robin H. Kravets

Academic grade: Master's degree Telecommunication Engineering a t University of Padova,

Italy April 2006

Advisor:

Michele ZorziResearch Interests

My research focuses primarily on the design of efficient algorithms for wireless mobile

ad-hoc networks. Embedded sensors in

mobile devices such as cars and smart phones present new opportunities to collect

location-specific data about an environment.

This data can be used for a great number of real-time applications. A major challenge is

efficiently collecting, storing and sharing

the data. I am interested in understanding the tradeoffs between energy consumption,

network load and storage in the design of a

fully distributed ad-hoc solution to this problem. In particular, I am interesting in

understanding the benefits of designing location-

aware protocols.

Research Experience

Graduate Research Assistant - University of Illinois (Aug 2007present)

Design and implementation of a failure-robust service discovery protocol for the

management of ubiquitous computing systems

with applications in healthcare and smart environments. Design and evaluation of Pirrus,

a replication system that provides reliable

in-network data storage over unreliable wireless sensors using probabilistic models for

failure prediction. Design and evaluatio n of

TotalSense, a system that provides effective data detection in WSNs. TotalSense enables

the use of all available information in the

decision process by aggregating samples and assigning weights based on their quality.

Design and evaluation of an energy

efficient MAC protocols for Wireless Sensor Networks. Design and evaluation of a location-

based data overlay for disruption-

tolerant networks. Currently working on the design and deployment of a campus-wide multi-

interface vehicular network testbed

equipped with 802.11(g and n) radios, on-board sensors, GPS and mobile phones, to

experiment a variety of sensing applications

and DTN protocols in a real-world deployment.

Research Intern - HP Labs (August 2009 -- December 2011)

Experimental study on the performances and the limits of the 802.11n technology, with the

ultimate goal of understanding if the

MIMO feature can help achieving the demands of Voyager, a joint project between HP a

joint venture between HP and the oil

company Shell, in its very unique deployment scenario.

Research Intern - University of Padova (May 2009 -- August 2009)

Improvement and Implementation of a stable version of SYNAPSE, a network programming

application for Sensor Networks based

on Fountain Codes. Experimental evaluation of the protocol in a real multi -hop scenario.

Research Intern - IBM Research (May 2008 -- August 2008)

Deployment of a full-scale, remotely managed testbed to support implementation and

performance evaluation of SEAIT, a wireless

sensor network solution that provides real-time visibility and health monitoring to the

railroad system. Integration of a remote

network programming protocol on the testbed and execution of several experiments.

Research Scientist - Consorzio Ferrara Ricerche (Italy) (May 2006 -- July 2007)

Wireless Sensor Network testbed design, deployment and maintenance. Development of

software management tools. Design,

implementation and performance evaluation of localization algorithms, routing protocol

for WSNs and data dissemination protoc ols

using fountain codes. Implementation (HW and SW) of a prototype of a healthcare

provisioning architecture (Meditrina).

Teaching Experience

Teaching Assistant (SP 2010: UIUC CS 241 Systems Programming)

Teaching Assistant (SP 2010: UIUC CS 438 Communication Networks)

Industry Experience

Instructor - Eureka s.n.c. Padova (Italy)

200 hours of teaching experience on Office Automation application, for private and

industries (Banca Antonveneta, Air Liquide

Spa, Veneto Agricoltura - Reg.Veneto)

Developer Network Administrator - Crepaldi Giannino & c. s.n.c, Italy (Nov.2002, May

2006

)

Software developer, developing a database and labeling system, and other automated

procedures.

Design and deployment of the company Intranet and network administration.

Publications (

Communications Society

Conference on Sensor, Mesh, and Ad Hoc Communications and Networks (SECON) 2008

? Riccardo Crepaldi, Albert F Harris III, Rob Kooper, Robin Kravets, Gaia Maselli, Chiara

Petrioli, and Michele Zorzi, Managing

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Heterogeneous Sensors and Actuators in Ubiquitous Computing Environments, 1 ACM Workshop

on Sensor Actor

Networks (SANET) 2007

2

? Riccardo Crepaldi, Albert F Harris III, Andrea Zanella, and Michele Zorzi, SignetLab :

a modular management architecture for

wireless sensor networks, Tyrrhenian International Workshop on Digital Communications

(TIWDC) 2007

? Riccardo Crepaldi, Simone Friso, Albert F. Harris III, Michele Mastrogiovanni, Chiara

Petrioli, Michele Rossi, Andrea Zanella, and

Michele Zorzi, SignetLab: The design, deployment, and analysis of SignetLab: a sensor

network testbed and interacti ve

management tool, Tridentcom 2007

? Riccardo Crepaldi, Paolo Casari, Andrea Zanella, and Michele Zorzi, Testbed

implementation and refinement of a range

based localization algorithm for wireless sensor networks, IEE Mobility conference 2006

Programming Languages and Technical Skills

OSs: Linux, MacOS, DOS, Windows

Programming Lang.: JAVA C nesC C++ Pascal Visual Basic MATLAB Assembly

Most scripting languages

Simulation Tools: MATLAB ns 2 TOSSIM

Hardware: Design of discrete electronic circuits (mostly based on the PIC family

microcontrollers) and PCB layout.

Spoken Languages

Italian (Native) - English (Fluent,TOEFL Score: 111/120) French (Reading skill: good,

Writing Speaking: elementary)

Awards and Honors

Ray Ozzie Ph.D. fellowship from Dept. of Computer Science at UIUC (Fall 2007 Spring

2008)References

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