Pei Zhang

peizhang@princeton.edu
(609) 986-9966
Department of Electrical Engineering
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ, 08544

My Resume

I am working with Professor Margaret Martonosi on my PhD thesis: “Dynamic Management of Sparse Mobile Systems with Intermittent Connectivity”. I am currently working on collaborative localization methods for sparse and intermittently connected networks. I am developing a method for intermittently connected mobile nodes in a heterogeneous system to collaboratively estimate location based on encounters with nodes possessing different hardware common in ubiquitous computing. I also developed on a simple but effective method that budget node energy so each mobile node would hit a targeted system lifetime. I am also participating in the Sarana project, which is a Resource and Space Aware Computing Architecture for Dynamic Networks. Previously, I have been the lead designer of the ZebraNet nodes, which was deployed in Kenya during 2004 and 2005. I am also responsible for parts of the firmware as well as the middleware that is currently used in ZebraNet. I am very interested in tackling challenges relating to ubiquitous computing and mobile systems, developing collaborative methods that takes advantage of both software and hardware techniques.

Publications:

Yong Wang and Pei Zhang and Ting Liu and Chris Sadler and Margaret Martonosi. "Movement Data Traces from Princeton ZebraNet Deployments". CRAWDAD Database. http://crawdad.cs.dartmouth.edu/. 2007.
Trevor Pering, Pei Zhang, Rohit Chaudhri, Yaw Anokwa and Roy Want. "The PSI Board: Realizing a Phone-Centric Body Sensor Network". 4th International Workshop on Wearable and Implantable Body Sensor Networks (BSN2007). Mar, 2007.
Pei Zhang, Christopher Sadler and Margaret Martonosi. "Middleware for Long-term Deployment of Delay-tolerant Sensor Networks". The first International Workshop on Middleware for Sensor Networks (MidSens'06). Nov, 2006.
Pei Zhang, and Margaret Martonosi. "Energy Adaptation Techniques to Optimize Data Delivery in Store-and-Forward Sensor Networks". The Fourth ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems. Nov, 2006.
Pei Zhang, Chris Sadler, Ting Liu, Ilya Fischhoff, Margaret Martonosi, Stephen A. Lyon, Daniel I. Rubenstein, "Habitat Monitoring with ZebraNet: Design and Experiences", book chapter in "Wireless Sensor Networks: A Systems Perspective", N. Bulusu and S. Jha (editors), Artech House, 2005.
Pei Zhang, Christopher Sadler, Steve Lyon, and Margaret Martonosi. "Hardware Design Experiences in ZebraNet", The Second ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems. Nov, 2004.
Ting Liu, Christopher Sadler, Pei Zhang, and Margaret Martonosi. "Implementing Software on Resource-Constrained Mobile Sensors: Experiences with Impala and ZebraNet", Mobisys 2004. The Second International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications, and Services. June, 2004.

Awards:

Sep, 2007 Wu Prize for excellence. Awarded by the School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS) of Princeton University for upper-year graduate students who have performed at the highest level of courses, research and teaching.
Sep, 2005 ELE302, Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, by the School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS) of Princeton University
May, 2005 ELE302, Co-winner of the Global Photonics Energy Corporation’s (GPEC) Edith and Martin B. Stein Solar Energy Innovation Award.
Aug, 2003- Pei Zhang, and Margaret Martonosi. "The ZebraNet Hardware Design" Winner of ACM/IEEE International Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design 2003, 3rd International Low Power Design Contest, ISLPED 2003.
Jun, 2002 received Bachelor of Science degree with Honors from California Institute of Technologies.
Jun, 2000- "Named Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship" by Caltech.
Jun, 1999- "Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship" by Caltech.

ZebraNet Deployment:

Jun-July, 2005- Sweetwaters Game Reserve, Kenya.
Jan, 2004- Mpala Center, Kenya. You can see the trip photos and some of the things we did here.