Research Results in Second Year
In the second year (May 2007 - May 2008), the alliance had some changes with some new faculty members from existing institutions added into the program. The research agenda and focus on the projects that were defined during inception were continued. In the second year, the program made several advances in the field of biologically inspired wireless networks. The papers trying to copy biological ideas to design better networks included using a circulation system to design the topology of wireless sensor networks, using the concept of swarming to disseminate and harvest information in vehicular networks, and using the concept of homeostasis to design a new type of network. Other new areas of activity undertaken by the alliance included research in quality of information, policy based security management using the concept of abductive logic, use of threshold cryptography in wireless mobile ad-hoc networks, and development of a cultural network analysis model.
Programmatically, the alliance started bringing out periodic newsletters to announce its findings. The newsletters can be seen on its website.
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