[ My Google Scholar page with links to publications ]
Journal Publications
- A. Arora, et al. A Line in the Sand: A Wireless Sensor Network for Target Detection, Classification, Tracking. Computer Networks (Elsevier) Volume 46, Issue 5, December 2004, pages 605-634.
- M. Demirbas, A. Arora, and M. Gouda. Pursuer - Evader Tracking in Sensor Networks. Sensor Network Operations, chp.9, IEEE Press, May 2006.(project page)
- A. Arora, S. S. Kulkarni, and M. Demirbas. Resettable Vector Clocks. Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, Volume 66, Issue 2, February 2006, Pages 221-237
- M. Demirbas, A. Arora, V. Mittal, V. Kulathumani. A Fault-Local Self -Stabilizing Clustering Service for Wireless Ad Hoc Networks. IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, Special Issue -Localized Communication and Topology Protocols for Ad Hoc Networks, Volume 17, Issue 9, September 2006, Pages 912-923.
- K. Akkaya, M. Demirbas, and S. Aygun. The Impact of Data Aggregation on the Performance of Wireless Sensor Networks. Journal of Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, 8(2):171-193, 2008.
- M. Demirbas, X. Lu, P. Singla. An In-Network Querying Framework for Wireless Sensor Networks. IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, 99(1), 2008.
- M. Demirbas, A. Arora, V. Kulathumani. A Lightweight Querying Service for Wireless Sensor Networks. Theoretical Computer Science Journal, Elsevier, 410(6-7): 500-513, 2009.
- G. Chockler, M. Demirbas, S. Gilbert, N. Lynch, C. Newport, and T. Nolte. Consensus and collision detectors in wireless ad hoc networks. Distributed Computing (Springer), 21(1): 55--84, 2008.
- V. Kulathumani, A. Arora, M. Demirbas, M. Sridharan. Trail: A Distance-Sensitive Network Service for Distributed Object Tracking. ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks (TOSN), 5(2): 1--40, 2009.
- TK. Lee, C. Qiao, M. Demirbas, J. Xu. ABC: A Simple Geographic Forwarding Scheme Capable of Bypassing Routing Holes in Sensor Networks. Ad Hoc Networks, Elsevier, 8(4), 361-377, 2010.
- X. Lu, M. Demirbas. A Lightweight Soft-State Tracking Framework for Dense Mobile Ad Hoc Networks. To appear at the Elsevier Pervasive and Mobile Computing Journal.
- M. A. Bayir, M. Demirbas, N. Eagle. Discovering SpatioTemporal Mobility Profiles of Cellphone Users. To appear at the Elsevier Pervasive and Mobile Computing Journal, Special Issue on Human Behaviour in Ubiquitous Environments.
- M. A. Bayir, M. Demirbas, A. Cosar. A Web Based Personalized Mobility Service for Smartphone Applications. To appear at The Computer Journal.
- SK Yoon, O. Soysal, M. Demirbas, C. Qiao. Coordinated Locomotion and Monitoring using Autonomous Mobile Sensor Nodes. To appear at the IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems.
- TK. Lee, C. Qiao, M. Demirbas, J. Xu. ABC-MC: A New Multi-Channel Geographic Forwarding Scheme for Wireless Sensor Networks. To appear at Ad Hoc Networks, Elsevier.
- X. Lu, M. Demirbas. Model-based Tracking for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks. To appear at the International Journal Network Protocols and Algorithms.
- Z. Can, M. Demirbas. A survey on in-network querying and tracking services for wireless sensor networks. Under submission.
Conference Publications
- O. Soysal, B. I. Aydin, M. Demirbas. Optimistic Concurrency Control for multihop sensor networks IWCMC, pages 89-94, 2011.
- M. Demirbas, Z. Can. Investigation of querying techniques for federated sensor networks IWCMC, pages 2034-2039, 2011.
- O. Soysal, S. Ayyorgun, M. Demirbas. PowerNap: An Energy Efficient MAC Layer for Random Routing in Wireless Sensor Networks. IEEE SECON, 2011.
- M. Demirbas, S. Tasci, H. Gunes, A. Rudra. Singlehop Collaborative Feedback Primitives for Threshold Querying in Wireless Sensor Networks. 25th IEEE International Parallel & Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS), 2011. (Acceptance rate=20%)
- M. Arumugam, M. Demirbas, S. Kulkarni. Slow is Fast for Wireless Sensor Networks in the presence of Message Losses. 12th International Symposium on Stabilization, Safety, and Security of Distributed Systems (SSS), 2010.
- M.A. Bayir and M. Demirbas. PRO: A Profile Based Routing Algorithm for Pocket Switched Networks. IEEE Global Communications Conference (Globecom), 2010.
- O. Soysal, M. Demirbas. Data Spider: A Resilient Mobile Basestation Protocol for Efficient Data Collection in Wireless Sensor Networks. The 6th IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems (DCOSS), 2010.
- M. Demirbas, M.A. Bayir, C.G. Akcora, Y. Yilmaz, H. Ferhatosmanoglu. Crowd-sourced Sensing and Collaboration Using Twitter. 11th IEEE International Symposium on a World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks (WoWMoM), 2010.
- X. Lu, M. Demirbas, C. Qiao. A Holistic Solution to the Pursuer Evader Tracking Problem. Proceedings of the 28th IEEE International Symposium on Reliable Distributed Systems (SRDS), pages:179--188, 2009.
- M. A. Bayir, M. Demirbas, A. Cosar. TRACK ME! A Web Based Location Tracking and Analysis System for Smart Phone Users. The 24th International Symposium on Computer and Information Sciences (ISCIS), pages:117--122, 2009.
- M. A. Bayir, M. Demirbas. Discovering Spatiotemporal Mobility Profiles of Cellphone Users. WOWMOM 2009.
- R. Sudhaakar, A. Sanzgiri, M. Demirbas, C. Qiao. A Plant and Play Wireless Sensor Network System for Gate Monitoring. WOWMOM 2009.
- M. Demirbas, A. Arora. An Application of Specification-Based Design of Self-stabilization to Tracking in Wireless Sensor Networks. SSS 2008: pages 203-217.
- X. Lu, M. Demirbas. A Lightweight Tracking Framework for Mobile Ad~Hoc Networks. MASS 2008.
- TK. Lee, C. Qiao, M. Demirbas, J. Xu. ABC: A Novel Integrated MAC and Routing Protocol for Wireless Ad Hoc Networks. ICCCN 2008.
- SK Yoon, O. Soysal, M. Demirbas, C. Qiao. Coordinated Locomotion of Mobile Sensor Networks. Fifth Annual IEEE Communications Society Conference on Sensor, Mesh and Ad Hoc Communications and Networks (SECON), June 2008.
- M. Demirbas, O. Soysal, M. Hussain. Transact: A Transactional Programming Framework for Wireless Sensor/Actor Networks. IEEE/ACM International Conference on Information Processing in Sensor Networks (IPSN), 295--306, April 2008. (acceptance rate $<$ 20\%)
- M. Demirbas, O. Soysal, M. Hussain. Singlehop Collaborative Feedback Primitives for Wireless Sensor Networks. Infocom miniconference 2008. (Infocom acceptance rate is 29% overall including miniconference.)
- M. Demirbas, O. Soysal, and A. S. Tosun. Data Salmon: A Greedy Mobile Basestation Protocol for Efficient Data Collection in Wireless Sensor Networks. IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems (DCOSS) June 2007.
- M. Demirbas and X. Lu. Distributed Quad Trees for Efficient Querying in Wireless Sensor Networks. IEEE International Conference on Communication (ICC), June 2007.
- V. Kulathumani, A. Arora, M. Demirbas, and M. Sridharan. Trail: A Distance Sensitive Network Protocol For Distributed Object Tracking. European conference on Wireless Sensor Networks (EWSN), Jan 2007. (acceptance rate = 13%)
- M. Demirbas, A. Arora, and V. Kulathumani. Glance: A Lightweight Querying Service for Wireless Sensor Networks. OPODIS'06, pages 242-257, December 2006. (acceptance rate = 13%)
- M. Demirbas and M. Hussain. A MAC Layer Protocol for Priority-based Reliable Multicast in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks. Broadband Wireless Networking Symposium (BroadNets), Oct 2006.
- G. Chockler, M. Demirbas, S. Gilbert, C. Newport, and T. Nolte. Consensus and Collision Detectors in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks. PODC, pages 197-206, 2005.(acceptance rate=23%)
- M. Demirbas, A. Arora, T. Nolte, and N. Lynch. A Hierarchy-based Fault-local Stabilizing Algorithm for Tracking in Sensor Networks. 8th International Conference on Principles of Distributed Systems (OPODIS), France, December 2004.
- M. Demirbas, A. Arora, V. Mittal, and V. Kulathumani. Design and Analysis of a Fast Local Clustering Service for Wireless Sensor Networks. Broadband Wireless Networking Symposium (Broad Nets), San Jose, 2004.
- M. Demirbas and H. Ferhatosmanoglu. Peer-to-Peer Spatial Queries in Sensor Networks. The Third IEEE International Conference on Peer -to- Peer Computing, Sweden, September 2003.
- M. Demirbas, A. Arora, and M. Gouda. A Pursuer-Evader Game for Sensor Networks. The Sixth Symposium on Self - Stabilizing Systems, San Francisco, June 2003.
- P. A. G. Sivilotti and M. Demirbas. Introducing Middle School Girls to Fault Tolerant Computing. Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE), Feb 2003.
- M. Demirbas and A. Arora . Convergence Refinement Best paper at International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS), pages 589--597, July 2002. (acceptance rate=18%)
- A. Arora, M. Demirbas, and S. S. Kulkarni. Graybox Stabilization International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks (ICDSN), pages 389--400, July 2001. (acceptance rate=35%)
- A. Arora, S. S. Kulkarni, and M. Demirbas Resettable Vector Clocks ACM Symposium on Principles of Distributed Computing (PODC), pages 269-278, July 2000. (acceptance rate=27%)
Other Publications
- M. Demirbas, S. Tasci, S. Kulkarni. Maestro: A cloud computing framework with automated locking. Workshop on Management of Cloud Systems, 2012.
- M. F. Bulut, Y. S. Yilmaz, M. Demirbas. Crowdsourcing Location-based Queries. IEEE Workshop on Pervasive Collaboration and Social Networking (PerCol), (in conjunction with IEEE PERCOM), 2011.
- J. Aspnes, E. Blais, M. Demirbas, R. O'Donnell, A. Rudra, S. Uurtamo. k+ Decision Trees. International Workshop on Algorithms for Sensor Systems, Wireless Ad Hoc Networks and Autonomous Mobile Entities, 2010
- C. G. Akcora, M. A. Bayir, M. Demirbas, H. Ferhatosmanoglu. Identifying Breakpoints in Public Opinion. Workshop on Social Media Analytics 2010, [Held in conjunction with The 16th ACM SIGKDD International Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (KDD 2010)]
- B. Sriram, D. Fuhry, E. Demir, H. Ferhatosmanoglu, M. Demirbas. Short Text Classification in Twitter to Improve Information Filtering. 33rd ACM SIGIR Conference 2010.
- M. Demirbas, C. Rudra, A. Rudra, M. A. Bayir. iMap: Indirect measurement of air pollution with cellphones. PerCOM 2009: 537–542.
- M. Demirbas, S. Balachandran. RoBcast: A Singlehop Reliable Broadcast Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks The Sixth International Workshop on Assurance in Distributed Systems and Networks (ADSN2007).
- M. Demirbas. A Transactional Framework for Programming Wireless Sensor/Actor Networks. Future Trends of Distributed Computing Systems (FTDCS), March 2007.
- T. Herman and M. Demirbas. Position paper: High-Confidence Software Platforms for Cyber-Physical Systems High-Confidence Software Platforms for Cyber-Physical Systems (HCSP-CPS) Workshop, November 2006.
- M. Demirbas and M. Hussain. A MAC Layer Protocol for Priority-based Reliable Broadcast in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks IEEE International Symposium on a World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks (WOWMOM), Buffalo, NY, pages 447-449, June 2006.
- M. Demirbas and Y.W. Song. An RSSI-based Scheme for Sybil Attack Detection in Wireless Sensor Networks. Advanced EXPerimental activities ON WIRELESS networks and systems (EXPONWIRELESS) Workshop (as part of WOWMOM 2006), Buffalo, NY, pages 564-570, June 2006.
- M. Demirbas, K.Y. Chow, and C.S. Wan INSIGHT: Internet-Sensor Integration for Habitat Monitoring Advanced EXPerimental activities ON WIRELESS networks and systems (EXPONWIRELESS) Workshop (as part of WOWMOM 2006), Buffalo, NY, pages 553-558, June 2006.
- G. Chockler, M. Demirbas, S. Gilbert, and C. Newport.A Middleware Framework for Robust Applications in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks Forty-third Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, September 2005.
- G. Chockler, M. Demirbas, S. Gilbert, N. Lynch, C. Newport, and T. Nolte. Reconciling the Theory and Practice of (Un)Reliable Wireless Broadcast International Workshop on Assurance in Distributed Systems and Networks, pages 42--48, June 2005.
- M. Demirbas, A. Arora, T. Nolte, and N. Lynch. Brief announcement: STALK: A Self-Stabilizing Hierarchical Tracking Service for Sensor Networks ACM Symposium on Principles of Distributed Computing (PODC), page 378, July 2004.
- M. Demirbas, A. Arora, and V. Mittal. FLOC: A Fast Local Clustering Service for Wireless Sensor Networks Workshop on Dependability Issues in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks and Sensor Networks (DIWANS/DSN), pages, June 2004.
Presentations
This is not a complete list. I try to update this occasionally.
- Crowdsourced Sensing and Collaboration using Twitter 2010.
- Transact: A Transactional Programming Framework for Wireless Sensor/Actor Networks ACM/IEEE Infocom, April 2008.
- Distributed Quad Trees for Efficient Querying in Wireless Sensor Networks IEEE International Conference on Communication (ICC), June 2007.
- Robcast: A Singlehop Reliable Broadcast Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks The Sixth International Workshop on Assurance in Distributed Systems and Networks, June 2007.
- Data Salmon: A Greedy Mobile Basestation Protocol for Efficient Data Collection in Wireless Sensor Networks DCOSS, June 2007.
- A Transactional Framework for Programming Wireless Sensor/Actor Networks FTDCS, March 2007.
- Wireless Sensor Networks for Monitoring of Next Generation Buildings US Japan Workshop on Next Generation Buildings.
- Glance: A Lightweight Querying Service for Wireless Sensor Networks OPODIS, December 2006.
- A MAC Layer Protocol for Priority-based Reliable Multicast in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks. Broadnets, Oct 2006.
- Short research overview Sept 2006.
- Insight: Internet-Sensor Integration for Habitat Monitoring WoWMoM, EXPONWIRELESS, June 2006.
- An RSSI-based Scheme for Sybil Attack Detection in Wireless Sensor Networks WoWMoM, EXPONWIRELESS, June 2006.
- Scalable Tracking & Querying for Wireless Sensor Networks Bilkent and METU universities, Ankara, Turkey, May 2006.
- Consensus and Collision Detectors in Wireless Sensor Networks
- Peer-to-peer Spatial Queries in Sensor Networks Linkopings, Sweden, September 2003.
- A toy tracking demo that uses sensor networks June 2002.
- Convergence Refinements , Vienna, Austria, July 2002.
- Graybox Stabilization Goteburg, Sweeden, July 2001.
- A survey of Rely-Guarantee Approaches in Compositional Verification
- Optimal Termination Detection on Rings