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UNDERWATER WIFI WILL HAVE A HUGE IMPACT - WITH AN ARMENIAN IN THE TEAM
20:42, November 5, 2013
Recently the global and tech media have been reporting about the
unprecedented success of "The Internet Underwater" project which is
implemented by a Buffalo University team, which is lead and directed
by Professor Tommaso Melodia. "The Internet Underwater" project has
developed an underwater wireless network, which unlike normal wi-fi,
uses sound waves instead of radio waves. If the project succeeds
it can have many benefits such as to detect tsunamis, offshore oil
and natural gas exploration, surveillance, pollution monitoring and
other ocean activities. During his interview Professor Melodia said:
"A submerged wireless network will give us an unprecedented ability to
collect and analyze data from our oceans in real time". This project
can give thousands of possibilities to make improvements in different
areas, it can even be used in monitoring fish and marine mammals.
"Making the information obtained by this system available to anyone
with a smartphone or computer, especially when a tsunami or other type
of disaster occurs, could help save lives", added Professor Melodia.
This is really a good news, but one of the most interesting parts of
this story is that one of Professor Melodia's leading team member is
Hovhannes Kulhandjian, a young and talented Armenian, born in Gyumri,
Armenia. iTechnology.am was proud to connect to Hovhannes and to
bring his story for our readers.
Hovhannes was born in Gyumri, the second largest city of Armenia. In
the year of disastrous earthquake he had to move to Georgia, then
when civil war started he moved to Egypt.
"Despite living most of my life outside my home country, thanks
to my parents, who always used Armenian at home, we have preserved
our precious mother tongue and our Armenian culture. In addition to
that, being involved in Armenian activities overseas has helped us to
preserve our roots and heritage.", says Hovhannes. After completing
his secondary education he entered American university at Cairo. "We
Armenians around the world do value higher education and strive by all
means to support those students that cannot afford it. I would like to
mention that I am grateful to a number of Armenian scholarship funds.
Without their support I would not have been able to pursue my
professional ambitions.", tells Hovhannes also indicating his family's
influence on his career and educational ambitions.
After graduating with high honors from American University at
Cairo, Hovhannes was accepted in in the Ph.D. program in Electrical
Engineering at the University at Buffalo (UB), The State University
of New York (SUNY), specializing in Digital Signal Processing and
Wireless Networking. Currently Hovhannes is working towards my Ph.D.
degree in the Wireless Networks and Embedded Systems (WiNES) Laboratory
at University of Buffalo under the guidance of Prof.
Tommaso Melodia: "My research interests are in Underwater Acoustic
Wireless Sensor Networks. I am working on several projects that include
The Internet underwater, analog network coding for underwater acoustic
sensor networks, reconfigurable underwater acoustic networking testbed
design and secure underwater acoustic communications", tells Hovhannes.
The recent achievement of the team was the test carried out at at Lake
Erie, near Buffalo. The research team dropped two 18kg sensors into
the water and then were able to use a laptop to transmit information
to them.
The new framework will solve that problem by transmitting data
from existing and planned underwater sensor networks to laptops,
smartphones, and other wireless devices in real time. "The Wi-Fi
radio signal transmits to the buoy, which converts it into acoustic
waves for the underwater sensors. It's also bidirectional. Basically,
you talk to them and they talk to you.",- said Hovannes Kulhandjian.
In the future, the team hopes the sensors could be used to help
detect and solve environmental issues. The team is going to present
the project during a conference to be held in Taiwan next month.
Follow iTechnology.am to learn more on "Internet Underwater" project
and on the achievements of Hovhannes.
Photos by: Douglas Levere
http://www.itechnology.am
http://hetq.am/eng/news/30486/underwater-wifi-will-have-a-huge-impact-%E2%80%93-with-an-armenian-in-the-team.html
20:42, November 5, 2013
Recently the global and tech media have been reporting about the
unprecedented success of "The Internet Underwater" project which is
implemented by a Buffalo University team, which is lead and directed
by Professor Tommaso Melodia. "The Internet Underwater" project has
developed an underwater wireless network, which unlike normal wi-fi,
uses sound waves instead of radio waves. If the project succeeds
it can have many benefits such as to detect tsunamis, offshore oil
and natural gas exploration, surveillance, pollution monitoring and
other ocean activities. During his interview Professor Melodia said:
"A submerged wireless network will give us an unprecedented ability to
collect and analyze data from our oceans in real time". This project
can give thousands of possibilities to make improvements in different
areas, it can even be used in monitoring fish and marine mammals.
"Making the information obtained by this system available to anyone
with a smartphone or computer, especially when a tsunami or other type
of disaster occurs, could help save lives", added Professor Melodia.
This is really a good news, but one of the most interesting parts of
this story is that one of Professor Melodia's leading team member is
Hovhannes Kulhandjian, a young and talented Armenian, born in Gyumri,
Armenia. iTechnology.am was proud to connect to Hovhannes and to
bring his story for our readers.
Hovhannes was born in Gyumri, the second largest city of Armenia. In
the year of disastrous earthquake he had to move to Georgia, then
when civil war started he moved to Egypt.
"Despite living most of my life outside my home country, thanks
to my parents, who always used Armenian at home, we have preserved
our precious mother tongue and our Armenian culture. In addition to
that, being involved in Armenian activities overseas has helped us to
preserve our roots and heritage.", says Hovhannes. After completing
his secondary education he entered American university at Cairo. "We
Armenians around the world do value higher education and strive by all
means to support those students that cannot afford it. I would like to
mention that I am grateful to a number of Armenian scholarship funds.
Without their support I would not have been able to pursue my
professional ambitions.", tells Hovhannes also indicating his family's
influence on his career and educational ambitions.
After graduating with high honors from American University at
Cairo, Hovhannes was accepted in in the Ph.D. program in Electrical
Engineering at the University at Buffalo (UB), The State University
of New York (SUNY), specializing in Digital Signal Processing and
Wireless Networking. Currently Hovhannes is working towards my Ph.D.
degree in the Wireless Networks and Embedded Systems (WiNES) Laboratory
at University of Buffalo under the guidance of Prof.
Tommaso Melodia: "My research interests are in Underwater Acoustic
Wireless Sensor Networks. I am working on several projects that include
The Internet underwater, analog network coding for underwater acoustic
sensor networks, reconfigurable underwater acoustic networking testbed
design and secure underwater acoustic communications", tells Hovhannes.
The recent achievement of the team was the test carried out at at Lake
Erie, near Buffalo. The research team dropped two 18kg sensors into
the water and then were able to use a laptop to transmit information
to them.
The new framework will solve that problem by transmitting data
from existing and planned underwater sensor networks to laptops,
smartphones, and other wireless devices in real time. "The Wi-Fi
radio signal transmits to the buoy, which converts it into acoustic
waves for the underwater sensors. It's also bidirectional. Basically,
you talk to them and they talk to you.",- said Hovannes Kulhandjian.
In the future, the team hopes the sensors could be used to help
detect and solve environmental issues. The team is going to present
the project during a conference to be held in Taiwan next month.
Follow iTechnology.am to learn more on "Internet Underwater" project
and on the achievements of Hovhannes.
Photos by: Douglas Levere
http://www.itechnology.am
http://hetq.am/eng/news/30486/underwater-wifi-will-have-a-huge-impact-%E2%80%93-with-an-armenian-in-the-team.html