Dr. Sajid Hussain Curriculum Vitae Contents

Curriculum VitaeDr.Sajid Hussain,Assistant Professor Jodrey School of Computer ScienceAcadia UniversityWolfville,NS,Canada,B4P2R6 dr.sajid.hussain@ http://cs.acadiau.ca/~shussainContents1Contact Information4 2Professional Objective4 3Summary of Qualifications4 4Academic Qualifications5 5Academic Experience6 6Research Grants and Awards66.1Available Research Funds (6)6.2Past Grants and Funds (7)6.3Submitted Grants (8)6.4Grants in2000-2004,University of Manitoba (8)7Academic Research97.1Significant Research Contributions (10)7.1.1Key Distribution and Management(1;7;11) (10)7.1.2Intelligent and Hierarchical Clusters(3;15;40) (10)7.1.3Uniform Coverage with Minimum Total Energy Consumption(2;14;32;33)107.1.4Energy Efficient Multi-hop routing(17;18) (10)7.2Publication Time-line (11)7.3Co-authors (12)7.3.1Student Supervision (12)7.3.2Order of authors (12)7.3.3Collaboration (13)7.4Research Papers (13)8Professional Presentations18 9Professional Service209.1Guest Editor (20)9.2Reviewer Journals (20)9.3Member Program Committee (21)9.4Reviewer Conferences/Workshops (22)9.5External Grants Committees (22)9.6External Reader-Ph.D.Students (22)9.7Second Reader-Undergraduate Honors Thesis (22)10Summer Schools and Short Courses2310.1Security (23)10.2Sensor Networks (23)10.3Related Topics (24)11Teaching Philosophy25 12Teaching Practices2612.1Teaching Innovation (26)12.2Course revisions (26)12.3New course development and design (26)12.4Preparation of course material (27)12.5Laboratory Teaching (27)12.6Continuing and Distance Education teaching (27)13Professional Development2713.1Acadia University,2006–07 (27)13.2University of Manitoba,2000–2005 (28)14Classroom Teaching2914.1Courses at Acadia University (29)14.2Courses at the University of Manitoba (30)15Supervision3015.1M.Sc.Students (30)15.2Visiting Scholars (31)15.3Undergraduate Coop Students (31)15.4Undergraduate Summer Students (31)15.5Project Course (31)15.6Examining Committee-Ph.D.Students (31)15.7Examining Committee-M.Sc.Students (32)15.8University of Manitoba (32)16Teaching Awards or Nominations32 17Pedagogical Conferences and Seminars32 18Evaluation of Teaching3318.1Average of All Courses (33)18.2Using Total Students Responses (34)19Institutional Services34 20Organization-Conferences/Workshops3520.1In-progress Organization (35)20.2Professional Membership (36)21Running36 22Travel and Leisure36 23Foreign Languages371Contact InformationName Sajid HussainAddress Jodrey School of Computer Science,Acadia University,Wolfville,NS,B4P2R6Phone(902)585-1192Fax(902)585-1067Email dr.sajid.hussain@Website http://cs.acadiau.ca/~shussain2Professional ObjectiveMy professional objective is to keep a balance in research,teaching,and service related activities in order to provide sustainable training for highly qualified personnel.3Summary of QualificationsI am leading a research group in pervasive and ubiquitous computing.My research interests are in sensor networks,databases,distributed systems,artificial intelligence,and software engineering.I investigate energy-efficient data dissemination techniques for sensor network applications such as environmental monitoring,health-care,and petroleum offshore.In three years of Tenure Track Assistant Professor position at Acadia University,my research contributions are as follows:2Book Chapters,5Refereed Journal Papers(including SCI),18Refer-eed Conferences Papers,16Refereed Workshop Papers,5Posters and Demos,and4Presentations (Posters)in Pedagogy.I have received research funds and contracts from National funding organizations such as Nat-ural Sciences and Engineering Research Council(NSERC),National Research Council(NRC),and Nova Scotia Health Research and Foundation(NSHRF).The current available funds are as follows: 1)$45,000–$15,000/year–(2006–09),NSERC Discovery Grant,2)$22,059(2007),NSERC Re-search Tools and Instruments(RTI),and3)$99,588(2007–09),collaborative research contract with Petroleum Applications of Wireless Systems(PAWS)-Cape Breton University(CBU).Further, for past grants,I received$44,703in total for12grants and research contracts,such as NSHRF Research Skills Award,NRC contract and Acadia Research Funds.In all of the above grants,I am the only investigator.My research and professional services are as follows:Guest Editor of5special issues(in-progress),reviewer for9Journals(DE,TVT,SMC-C,Ad Hoc,IJPEDS,Information Fusion),Member Program Committee for21Conferences and Workshops,reviewer for7Conferences and Workshops,reviewer for5external grants committees(NSERC-DG,RTI,SPG),external reader for2Ph.D.dissertations(RMIT,Australia;and Limerick,Ireland).For highly qualified personnel training,I have supervised3M.Sc.Students,2Visiting Scholars (Ph.D.students),2undergraduate coop students,6summer students,3project courses,examining committee of3Ph.D.and2M.Sc.students.Since January2000,I have taught15distinct courses and39lecture sections.My class sizes varied from4students(graduate courses)to120students(introductory and service courses).I have taught courses at all levels:graduate,special topics,and senior year courses;core and electivecourses;introductory and service courses for non-major students;the details are as follows:Wireless Sensor Networks(graduate),Database Implementation,Database Concepts and Usage,Advanced Computer Architecture,Computer Networks,Distributed Computing,Data and Computer Comm-munication,Software Engineering,Operating Systems,Analysis of Algorithms,Object Orientation, Data Structures and Algorithms,Introductory Programming II,Introductory Programming I,Com-puter Usage II(non-major).At Acadia,I have received very good teaching evaluations from my students,average3.9/5.0 for“overall instructor”question for all courses.I am always enthusiastic and available for all of my courses,as shown in my student evaluations:enthusiasm4.6/5.0,approachability4.5/5.0,openness4.6/5.0,availability4.4/5.0,and knowledge4.2/5.0.I have co-organized4workshops and sessions regarding pedagogical training:1)Striking a balance between academic and non-academic commitments,”in Engaged Learning Symposium, Acadia University,Wolfville,March15–16,2007;2)Efficient Academic Writing for Undergraduate Students,in Dalhousie Conference on University Teaching and Learning(DCUTL),Nova Scotia, May2–3,2007;3)Enhanced learning using physical objects in classroom lectures,in the Association of Atlantic Universities(AAU)Teaching Showcase,October2006;and4)Block diagrams to palpable objects,in Dalhousie Conference on University Teaching and Learning(DCUTL),May2006.I actively participate in service related activities.For instance,I have served on the following committees:Senate Research Committee(2006-09),Faculty of Science Scholarships and Awards Committee(2006-09),Hiring Committee-Canadian Research Chair(CRC)Tier2Environment (2007),Executive Member(2006–08)Arthur Irving Academy for Environment,KCIC.In the Jodrey School of Computer Science,I served for the following:Invited Speakers Coordinator(2006–07),IEEE Coordinator(2005–08),Robotics Programming Competition–RPC Coordinator,Ref-eree,Coach,Volunteer,and Workshop organizer.Further,I have co-organized eight(5completed and3in-progress)workshops,special sessions,and tracks in IEEE International Conferences.In summary,in three years of my Tenure Track position,I have shown consistent positive performance in research,teaching,and service related activities.I established a new research group;obtained research grants($200K)from the National funding organizations;published around 50papers in refereed journals,conference,and workshop proceedings;supervised several graduate, undergraduate and visiting scholars;and co-organized8International conferences and workshops. 4Academic QualificationsPh.D.in Electrical Engineering,University of Manitoba,2004Advisor:Dr.Robert D.McLeodDissertation:Performance Evaluation of iSCSI for IP Storage and Transport ProtocolsMaster of Science in Electrical Engineering,KFUPM,Dhahran,K.S.A,1995Advisor:Dr.Gerhard F.BeckhoffThesis:Performance evaluation of runlength limited codesBachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering,UET Lahore,Pakistan,1991Honors Thesis Supervisor:Dr.Tahir IzharTitle:Simulation of Local Area Networks:Ethernet and Token Ring5Academic ExperienceSeptember2005–to-date:Assistant ProfessorJodrey School of Computer Science,Acadia University,Wolfville,Nova Scotia,Canada. July2007–to-date:Adjunct ProfessorFaculty of Computer Science,Dalhousie University,Halifax,Nova Scotia,Canada. September2004–August2005:Instructor IIComputer Science Department,University of Manitoba,Winnipeg,Manitoba,Canada. August2000–August2004:Instructor IComputer Science Department,University of Manitoba,Winnipeg,Manitoba,Canada.6Research Grants and Awards6.1Available Research FundsAmount Year Source$45,0002006–09Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council(NSERC)Discovery Grant,Middleware for Wireless Sensor Networks.Ireceived the grant in myfirst year at Acadia and I am the onlyinvestigator.$22,0592007NSERC Research Tools and Instruments(RTI).The grant isused to purchase ZigBee compliant sensors for my research inenergy efficient data dissemination in sensor networks.I am theonly investigator.$99,5882007–09Collaborative research contract with Petroleum Applications ofWireless Systems(PAWS)-Cape Breton University(CBU),Energy-Efficient Multi-hop Communication for Data Dissemi-nation in Wireless Sensor Networks.I am the only investigator.6.2Past Grants and FundsAmount Year Source$3,4332007Audio Stream over Sensor Networks,Nova Scotia/Summer Em-ployment(Coop)$2,0002007Nova Scotia Health Research Foundation(NSHRF)Capacity Research Award$3,1002007National Research Council(NRC)Contract,IRAP Program, Remote Power Transmission via Fibre-optic Cable$12,0002006Research Contract-National Research Council,Middleware Database Management Framework for Wireless Sensor Net-works$2,0002006Nova Scotia Health Research Foundation(NSHRF)Capacity Research Award$1,2532006Summer student job,Human Resources and Skills Development Canada(HRSDC),Internet Developer:Web-based applicationfor Wireless Sensor Networks$1,2532006Summer student job,Human Resources and Skills Development Canada(HRSDC),Computer Programmer:Energy-efficientRouting for Sensor Networks$2,2642006University Research Fund(Article25.55),Energy-efficient Data Acquisition Techniques to Monitor Environmental Conditions ofa Building$9002006Professional Development Fund(Article25.10),Participation in Summer School for Wireless Sensor Networks,Ottawa $5,0002005Equipment Grant to purchase sensors,40TmoteSky sensors and 4TmoteConnect Ethernet Gateways$1,5002005Department Equipment funds to purchase sensors$10,0002005Faculty of Science Startup funds6.3Submitted GrantsAmount Year Source$59,0002007–08Stream Cipher and Mutual Authentication for RFID,NSERCIdea to Innovation(I2I)Grant,Investigators:Stephane Lemieux(PI),Sajid Hussain and JeffHooper(submitted).The totalaward will be$123,327,where my share would be$59,000;thedetails are as follows:$32,000for a post-doc fellow,$12,000fora graduate student,and$15,000in equipment including4handheld RFID readers and various RFID tags.Note:The grant isnot yet approved;however,due to industrial support,Certicomand others,most likely the grant will be approved(notificationis in November2007).6.4Grants in2000-2004,University of ManitobaAmount Year Source$2,0002004Computer Science Department,University of Manitoba,for par-ticipation in IEEE Conference on Data Engineering(ICDE),Boston,April2004and International Conference on Very LargeData Bases(VLDB),Toronto$5,0002000Startup funds7Academic ResearchWireless sensor networks(WSNs)are used for various applications such as environmental monitor-ing,security,military,industry automation,and health-care.In addition to typical monitoring such as temperature,light,motion,and humidity,these wireless sensor nodes can process and store some data.Due to limited battery life,the sensor nodes must use intelligent energy-efficient routing and data dissemination techniques;otherwise,the batteries could be drained in only a few days.My research deals with the development and tuning of energy-efficient routing and communica-tion protocols for sensor network applications.I investigate network lifetime,connectivity,coverage, reliability,and robustness for various applications such as environmental monitoring,smart homes, and petroleum offshore.Moreover,I am interested in security,databases,mobility,and web services for sensor networks.The simulation models are verified and validated using prototype sensor net-work deployments.We use open-source real-time embedded operating system,TinyOS,for software development and sensor motes are obtained from Crossbow and Moteiv corporations.A few of my short term objectives are as follows:•Web-based sensor network testbed:Develop a web application for sensor network testbed.Remote users will be able to submit their tasks(programs).The application provides the scheduler,user management,and data visualization tools.The testbed is designed for het-erogeneous hardware and platforms.Further,protocols at different layers can be chosen to investigate cross-layer optimization.•Security issues forflat and hierarchical sensor networks.We investigate keys generation,dis-tribution,revocation and management schemes.The proposed schemes are implemented in resource constraint sensor nodes in TinyOS,and also simulated for performance evaluation.Further,we investigate data security issues while considering energy efficient data dissemina-tion.•Intelligent Routing in Lossy Environments:Investigate the maximum lifetime problem while considering radio irregularity in actual WSN deployments.The investigation includes:1) delaying thefirst node death using intelligent techniques;2)balancing energy consumption in spanning tree construction by considering both sender and receiver node residual energies;and3)using energy and reliability metrics to forward data over an unreliable link.•Monitoring and management of congestive heart failure(CHF)patients:develop software monitoring and management tools for CHF patients,minimal monitoring,closer monitoring, closer monitoring and evaluation for intervention,aggressive monitoring and preparation for intervention,fine tune management based on etiologies,ischemic cardiomyopathy,diabetic cardiomyopathy,and alcoholic cardiomyopathy.In my prior work,at the University of Manitoba,I analyzed the iSCSI and transport protocols for IP Storage,which involved tuning and performance analysis of transport protocols for storage area networks.7.1Significant Research Contributions7.1.1Key Distribution and Management(1;7;11)We propose a key management scheme based on random key pre-distribution for heterogeneous wireless sensor networks(HSNs).To address storage overhead problem in the constraint sensor nodes,we incorporate a key generation process,where instead of generating a large pool of random keys,a key pool is represented by a small number of generation keys.For a given generation key and a publicly known seed value,a keyed-hash function generates a key chain;these key chains collectively make a key pool.As dynamic network topology is native to WSNs,the proposed scheme allows dynamic addition and removal of nodes.This work also reports the implementation and the performance of the proposed scheme on Crossbow’s MicaZ motes running TinyOS.We evaluate the computation and storage costs of keyed-hash algorithms for key chain generation.My visiting PhD student,Firdous Kausar,is working on this project.The work is partially supported by Pakistan’s Higher Education Commission Scholarship and Grant.7.1.2Intelligent and Hierarchical Clusters(3;15;40)In this work,we propose an energy-efficient hierarchical cluster-based routing(HCR)protocol where nodes self-organize into clusters and each cluster is managed by a set of associates called the head-set. Using round-robin technique,each head-set member acts a cluster head(CH).Further,the energy-efficient clusters are retained for a longer period of time;the energy-efficient clusters are identified using heuristics-based techniques.Moreover,a Genetic Algorithm(GA)is used to generate energy efficient hierarchical clusters.My graduate student,Abdul Matin,worked on this project and the work was partially supported by my NSERC Discovery Grant and NRC contract.7.1.3Uniform Coverage with Minimum Total Energy Consumption(2;14;32;33) This work demonstrates how network lifetime can be extended by reducing the total energy con-sumption in each round of data gathering.The nodes are allowed to deplete their resources in order to increase the overall sensing lifetime.However,coverage could be compromised in the case of sparse networks.The connectivity is maintained by the addition of non-sensing nodes,which are uniformly deployed in the sensor network.The schedules are created using variations of spanning tree algorithms.I hired Mr.Rahman using NSERC Discovery Grant and Acadia Research Award to work on this project.7.1.4Energy Efficient Multi-hop routing(17;18)We use an energy efficient spanning tree based multi-hop routing,EESR,in a homogeneous network that maximizes the network lifetime.Given the location of the sensor nodes and base station, EESR generates a sequence of routing paths with appropriate number of rounds that maximize the lifetime of the system.The routing decisions are based on both receiver and transmitter energy resources.Further,asymmetric channels and variable packet reception rate are also considered in routing metrics.Our simulation results show that our proposed technique outperforms some of the previous methods to maximize network lifetime.My graduate student,Obidul Islam,is working on this project.The work is partially supported by my NSERC Discovery Grant.7.2Publication Time-lineIn2006,I published6conference papers and8workshop papers;the journal paper is not counted because the work was done prior to2005.In thefirst year the publication was of medium quality because I was very busy due to teaching of2new courses and writing several grant applications.In 2007,however,I focused on high quality submissions and published4journal papers,12conference papers,and7workshop papers,as well as2book chapters.As shown in my2007performance,in future,I will focus on high quality journal papers and major conferences.Contribution2004200520062007TotalBook Chapters00022Refereed Journal Papers00145Refereed Conferences Papers1061219Refereed Workshop Papers018716Posters and Demos11316Pedagogy00224Dissertation1---1Year Total322028537.3Co-authorsThe details of my co-authors for my contributions are given below:7.3.1Student SupervisionMost of my contributions are the outcome of the supervision of my students;the details are as follows:Matin,A.W.(MSc Student)-144110 Islam,O.(MSc Student)-15219Jaman,G.(MSc Examining Committee)--1--1Kausar,F.(Visit.Scholar,PhD Student)1122-6Erdogan,S.Z.(Visit.Scholar,PhD Student)-102-3Rahman,M.A.(Summer Undergrad)-13329Mallinson,M.(Summer Undergrad)--1113Drane,P.(Summer Coop)---1-1Peters,R.(Summer Coop)--1--1Schofield,N.(Contract Job)---112Ahmed,S.(Course Project)---112DeWolf,T.(Course Project)--1--1Gaudette,L.(Course Project)--1--1Li,H.(Course Project)--1--1Lu,S.(Course Project)--1--17.3.2Order of authorsIn most of my contributions,I work actively with my students and colleagues.The overall order of authors(or presenters)in all of my contributions is as follows:Contributions Order of author24I am thefirst author.23My student is thefirst author.3I am the second author and my student is not thefirst author.2I am the third author.1I am the fourth author.53Total contributions7.3.3CollaborationI collaborate with other colleagues from Computer Science as well as other disciplines.In my current and past projects,I have worked with the following colleagues:Colleague Book Ch.Journal Conf.WS.Poster Pedagogy TotalClarke,N.-----22Dar,Sadia M.---1--1Dar,Saira M.1-----1Eskicioglu,R.---11-2Gauthier,C.-A.----1-1Islam,M.R.--11--2Kim,T.---1--1Leiter,M.-----11Masood,A.1122--6McLeod,R.D.-11--2Park,J.H.-113--5Shakshuki,E.--33-17Wilson,B.-----11Yang,L.T.-1----1Zhang,H.--1---17.4Research PapersReferencesPapers in Refereed Journals[1] F.Kausar,S.Hussain,L.T.Yang,and A.Masood,“Scalable and efficient key managementfor heterogeneous sensor networks,”Journal of Supercomupting(Springer),SCI(E),27pages (accepted).[2]S.Hussain and M.A.Rahman,“Energy efficient data dissemination for uniform coverage inwireless sensor networks,”Journal of Interconnection Networks(JOIN),12pages(accepted).[3]S.Hussain,A.W.Matin,and O.Islam,“Genetic algorithm for hierarchical wireless sensornetworks,”Journal of Networks(JNW),vol.2,no.7,2007,11pages(press).[4]S.Hussain,S.Z.Erdogan,and J.H.Park,“Intelligent web application for smart homeenvironment,”Special Issue:Intelligent Systems and Smart Homes(IS2H)of Information Systems Frontiers-Springer,SCI(E),18pages(accepted).[5]R.D.McLeod,S.Hussain,S.Huang,and skowski,“Communication issues within HPCgrids,”International Journal of High Performance Computing and Networking,vol.4,no.5-6, pp.248–255,2006.Book Chapters[6]S.Hussain and S.M.Dar,“Monitoring and management of congestive heart failure patients,”Mobile Telemedicine:A Computing and Networking Perspective(Hardcover)by Yang Xiao(Au-thor),Hui Chen(Author).TF-ARBCH,February15,2008,16pages(press).[7] F.Kausar,A.Masood,and S.Hussain,“An authenticated key management scheme for hier-archical wireless sensor networks,”Recent Advances in Communication Systems and Electrical Engineering(CSEE).Springer,2007,15pages(press).Papers in Refereed Conference Proceedings[8] F.Kausar,S.Hussain,J.H.Park,and A.Masood,“Secure group communication with self-healing and rekeying in wireless sensor networks,”in Proceedings of the3rd International Con-ference on Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Networks(MSN).Springer LNCS,December2007,13 pages(75/302,25%acceptance ratio).[9]M.Mallinson,S.Hussain,and J.H.Park,“Investigating wireless sensor network lifetimeusing a realistic radio communication model,”in Proceedings of the International Conference on Future Generation Communication and Networking(FGCN-07).IEEE Computer Society, December2007,5pages.[10]O.Islam,S.Hussain,and H.Zhang,“Genetic algorithm for data aggregation trees in wirelesssensor networks,”in Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Intelligent Environ-ments(IE).IEEE Computer Society,September2007,5pages.[11]S.Hussain,F.Kausar,and A.Masood,“An efficient key distribution scheme for heteroge-neous sensor networks,”in Proceedings of the ACM International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference(IWCMC).ACM,August2007,5pages.[12]G.Jaman and S.Hussain,“Structural monitoring using wireless sensors and controller areanetwork,”in Proceedings of the Fifth IEEE/ACM International Conference on Communication Networks and Services Research(CNSR).IEEE Communication Society,May2007,pp.26–34.[13]M.A.Rahman and S.Hussain,“Energy efficient data routing in wireless sensor network:Amixed approach,”in Proceedings of the Fifth IEEE/ACM International Conference on Com-munication Networks and Services Research(CNSR).IEEE Communication Society,May 2007,pp.71–75.[14]——,“Uniformity and efficiency of a wireless sensor network’s coverage,”in Proceedings of theIEEE21st International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications (AINA).IEEE Computer Society,May2007,pp.506–510,(134/444,29%acceptance ratio).[15]S.Hussain,O.Islam and A.W.Matin,“Genetic algorithm for energy efficient clusters inwireless sensor networks,”in Proceedings of the4th International Conference on Information Technology:New Generations(ITNG).IEEE Computer Society,April2007,pp.147–154.[16]R.Peters,O.Islam,and S.Hussain,“A quick and energy efficient algorithm to maximizelifetime of wireless sensor networks,”in Proceedings of the4th International Conference on Information Technology:New Generations(ITNG).IEEE Computer Society,April2007,pp.874–875.[17]S.Hussain and O.Islam,“An energy efficient spanning tree based multi-hop routing in wire-less sensor networks,”in Proceedings of the IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference(WCNC).IEEE Communication Society,March2007,pp.4383–4388.[18]O.Islam and S.Hussain,“Effect of layers on simulation of wireless sensor networks,”inProceedings of the Third International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Communications (ICWMC).IEEE Computer Society,March2007,5pages.[19]M.A.Rahman and S.Hussain,“Optimizing a data routing protocol’s influence on communica-tion connectivity,”in Proceedings of the4th IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference,(CCNC).IEEE Communication Society,January2007,pp.599–603.[20]S.Hussain and A.W.Matin,“Base station assisted hierarchical cluster-based routing,”in Pro-ceedings of the International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Communications(ICWMC).IEEE Computer Society,July2006,9pages.[21]S.Hussain and L.M.Gaudette,“Quality of coverage of a wireless sensor network using energyefficient routing with genetic algorithms,”in Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Recent Advances in Soft Computing(RASC),July2006,6pages.[22]S.Hussain,T.DeWolf,H.Li,and S.Lu,“Simulation of energy efficient data dissemination inwireless sensor networks,”in Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Intelligent Environments(IE).IET,July2006,5pages.[23]M.S.Zaman,M.R.Islam,E.Shakshuki,and S.Hussain,“Measurement of petroleum reservoirdata using wireless sensor networks,”in Proceedings of the36th International Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering(CIE).IEEE Computer Society,June2006.[24]S.Hussain,E.Shakshuki,A.W.Matin,and A.R.Matin,“Collaborative agents for datadissemination in wireless sensor networks,”in Proceedings of the20th International Symposium on High Performance Computing Systems and Applications(HPCS).IEEE Computer Society, May2006,pp.101–107.[25]E.Shakshuki,S.Hussain,A.W.Matin,and A.R.Matin,“Agent-based peer-to-peer layeredarchitecture for data transfer in wireless sensor networks,”in Proceedings of the IEEE Interna-tional Conference on Granular Computing(GrC).IEEE Computational Intelligence Society, May2006,pp.490–493.[26]S.Hussain,D.Zhang,and R.D.McLeod,“iSCSI simulation for the Internet applications,”inProceedings of the International Conference on Internet Computing.IEEE Computer Society, 2004,pp.285–289.Papers in Refereed Workshop Proceedings[27] F.Kausar,S.Hussain,T.Kim,and A.Masood,“Attack-resilient random key distributionscheme for distributed sensor networks,”in Proceedings of the2nd International Workshop on Trustworthiness,Reliability and services in Ubiquitous and Sensor neTworks(TRUST).Springer LNCS,December2007.[28] F.Kausar,S.Hussain,J.H.Park,and A.Masood,“A key distribution scheme preventingcollusion attacks in heterogeneous sensor networks,”in Proceedings of the The Third Interna-tional Symposium on Security in Ubiquitous Computing(SecUbiq).Springer LNCS,December 2007.[29]S.Z.Erdogan,S.Hussain,and J.H.Park,“Intelligent monitoring using wireless sensor net-works,”in Proceedings of the3rd IFIP International Symposium on Network Centric Ubiquitous Systems(NCUS).Springer LNCS,December2007.[30]M.Mallinson,P.Drane,and S.Hussain,“Discrete radio power level consumption model inwireless sensor networks,”in Workshop Proceedings of the4th IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Systems(MASS).IEEE Computer Society,October2007,6 pages.[31]S.Erdogan and S.Hussain,“Using received signal strength variation for energy efficient datadissemination in wireless sensor networks,”in Workshop Proceedings of18th International Conference on Database and Expert Systems Applications(DEXA).IEEE Computer Society, September2007,5pages.[32]M.A.Rahman and S.Hussain,“Energy efficient query processing in wireless sensor network,”in Workshop Proceedings of the IEEE21st International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications(AINA).IEEE Computer Society,May2007,pp.696–700. [33]M.A.Rahman and S.Hussain,“Effective caching in wireless sensor network,”in WorkshopProceedings of the IEEE21st International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications(AINA).IEEE Computer Society,May2007,pp.43–47.[34]O.Islam and S.Hussain,“An intelligent multi-hop routing for wireless sensor networks,”inWorkshop Proceedings of the IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology,(IAT).IEEE Computer Society,December2006,pp.239–242.[35]M.A.Rahman,O.Islam,and S.Hussain,“MITECRO:a protocol for sensor networks to MIn-imize Total Energy consumption during each ROund of sensed data gathering,”in Workshop Proceedings of the3rd IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Systems (MASS).IEEE Computer Society,October2006,pp.598–603.[36]E.Shakshuki,S.Hussain,A.R.Matin,and A.W.Matin,“P2P multi-agent data transfer andaggregation in wireless sensor networks,”in Workshop Proceedings of the3rd IEEE Interna-tional Conference on Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Systems(MASS).IEEE Computer Society, October2006,pp.645–649.。