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11 - Computer Science and Informatics
University of Edinburgh
Differential forms for target tracking and aggregate queries in distributed networks
<06> Originality: First to use differential forms for network information processing. It describes a simple method to keep track of mobile objects in a network, at high efficiency, privacy and robustness.
Significance: MOBICOM10, Acceptance-Rate:14.2%. Journal version: IEEE/ACM TON IF: 2.051. The method is very general and expected to be useful in processing many types of location datasets and streaming data. Further work and grant proposals are in progress.
Rigour: Based on the concrete notion of discrete exterior calculus adapted to distributed algorithms. Properties have rigorous analytic proofs, and verified in simulations.