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MANIKANDEN BALAKRISHNAN
Klipsch School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, NMSU
Email:
mabalakr@nmsu.edu
Education
Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering,
NMSU, July 2007
Dissertation: Adaptive Topology Configurations for Energy efficiency in Distributed Sensor Networks
M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering,
NMSU, December 2003
Thesis:
Queueing Analysis of DCHF and Token-Passing MAC protocols with Varying Turnaround Time
B.E. Electronics and Communication,
University of Madras, June 2001
Experience
Research Assistant Professor, NMSU, 4/1/2010 – Present
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Houston, 10/1/2007 – 3/31/2010
WiMedia MAC Development Intern, Staccato Communications, Inc., San Diego, 02/13/2006 – 07/31/2007
Courses Taught
Advanced Computer Networks
Data Network Analysis
Advanced Object-Oriented Programming
Introduction to C++ Programming
Impact of Modern Technology on Society
Publications
M. Balakrishnan, et al., “Channel Preemptive EDCA for Emergency Medium Access in Distributed Wireless Networks”, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, Vol. 8, Issue 12, December 2009
D. Benhaddou, M. Balakrishnan, X. Yuan, J Chen, M Rungta, R Barton, H Yang, “Wireless Sensor Networks in Space Applications: Network Architecture and Protocol Enhancements”, Sensors & Transducers journal, Vol.7, Special Issue, October 2009 (listed in top 25 most downloaded articles in October 2009)
M. Balakrishnan et al., “CP-EDCA Analysis under Realistic Wireless Channel Conditions”, Proceedings of Military Communications Conference, IEEE, October 2009
B. Quach, M. Balakrishnan, D. Benhaddou, X. Yuan, “Implementation of Integrated Wireless Health Monitoring Network”, ACM WiMD, New Orleans, LA, May 2009
J. Jaquez, D. Valencia, M. Balakrishnan, E. Johnson, H. Huang, “Implementation of TEAN-Sleep for Wireless Sensor Networks”, Proceedings of Military Communications Conference, IEEE, October 2009
D. Benhaddou, M. Balakrishnan, X. Yuan, “Wireless Sensor Networks in Space Applications,” NSTI Nanotech Conference and Expo 2009, Houston, TX, May 2009
M. Balakrishnan et al., “Service Preemptions for Guaranteed Emergency Medium Access in Wireless Sensor Networks” Proceedings of Military Communications Conference, IEEE, San Diego, November 2008
D. Benhaddou, M. Balakrishnan, X. Yuan, “Remote Healthcare Monitoring System Architecture using Sensor Networks,” IEEE Region 5 Conference 2008
S. Bagga, X. Yuan, M. Balakrishnan, D. Benhaddou, “DS-MAC for Wireless Medical Information Systems”, Proceedings of Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference, IEEE, Vancouver, Canada, August 2008
M. Balakrishnan and Larry Taylor, "Time Synchronization of New Devices in Adhoc Multimedia Networks," Proceedings of CCNC 2007, IEEE, Las Vegas, Jan 2007.
R. Aiello, Larry Taylor and M. Balakrishnan, "Ultra High Performance Ultra-Wideband Networks," Proceedings of ICUWB 2007, IEEE, Singapore, September 2007.
M. Balakrishnan and E.E. Johnson, "TEAN-Sleep for Distributed Sensor Networks: Introduction and Alpha-Metrics Analysis ," Proceedings of MILCOM 2007, IEEE, Orlando, October 2007.
M. Balakrishnan and E.E. Johnson, "Fuzzy Diffusion Analysis ," Proceedings of MILCOM 2006, IEEE, Washington DC, October 2006.
M. Balakrishnan and E.E. Johnson, "Fuzzy Diffusion for Distributed Sensor Networks," Proceedings of MILCOM 2005, IEEE, Atlantic City, October 2005.
M. Balakrishnan, S. Ramakrishnan and H. Huang, "Energy-Aware Sensor MAC Protocols," Proceedings of International Telemetering Conference, San Diego, October 2004.
S. Ramakrishnan, H. Huang, J. Mullen and M. Balakrishnan, "Impact of Sleep in a Wireless Sensor MAC Protocol," Proceedings of Vehicular Technology Conference, IEEE, Los Angeles, September 2004.
E.E.Johnson, M.Balakrishnan and Z.Tang "Performance of Routing Protocols in HF Wireless Networks," Proceedings of MILCOM 2005, IEEE, Atlantic City, October 2005.
E.E.Johnson, Z. Tang and M.Balakrishnan "Token
Relay with Optimistic Joining," Proceedings of MILCOM 2005, IEEE, Atlantic City, October 2005.
M.Balakrishnan and E.E.Johnson, "Queueing Analysis of DCHF and HF Token Protocol with Varying Turnaround Time," Proceedings of MILCOM 2004, IEEE, Monterey, October 2004.
E.E. Johnson, Z. Tang, M. Balakrishnan, H. Zhang and S. Sreepuram, "Routing in HF Ad-Hoc WANs," Proceedings of MILCOM 2004, IEEE, Monterey, October 2004.
E.E. Johnson, G. Anaya, Z. Tang, M. Balakrishnan, H. Zhang and S. Sreepuram,"Performance of the HF Token Protocol," Proceedings of MILCOM 2004, IEEE, Monterey, October 2004.
E.E. Johnson, M.Balakrishnan and Z.Tang, "Impact of TurnAround Time on Wireless MAC Protocols," Proceedings of MILCOM 2003, IEEE, Boston, October 2003.
E.E. Johnson, M.Balakrishnan, Z.Tang, J.Rubio, H.Zhang and S.Sreepuram "Robust Token Management for Unreliable Networks," Proceedings of MILCOM 2003, IEEE, Boston, October 2003.
Research Interests
Wireless and Sensor networks
Energy Efficiency, QoS, cross-layer optimization
MAC/Network protocols
Performance modeling, Embedded programming