Sirisha Medidi
Assistant Professor
 

School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Washington State University
Pullman, WA 99164-2752

Phone: (509) 335-2343       Fax: (509) 335-3818
Email:  smedidi@eecs.wsu.edu
Office:  EME 57
 
Research Interests:

 

Courses:

  • CptS/EE: 555 Computer Communication Networks

  • CptS 559: Mobile Computing in Wireless Networks

  • CptS 317: Formal Languages and Automata

  • CptS/EE 455: Introduction to Computer Networks

  • CptS 456/556: Secure Wireless Networks

 

  
Grants:

  • Faculty Seed Grant, Washington State University, “Malicious node Detection in Mobile Ad-hoc Networks,” Amount: $9,000, May 2005- August 2004.

  • Catalyzing the Future Initiative, Washington State University, “Network of Sensor Systems,” (PI, with Muralidhar Medidi) Amount: $4,000. May 2006 – August 2007.

  • NSF, “CRI: Research in Secure Wireless Ad Hoc Networking and Sensor Networking (CNS-0454416),”PIs: Sirisha Medidi and Muralidhar Medidi. Amount: $134,030. June 2005 – July 2008. Supplemental REU funding: $6,000. 
  • NSF, “SGER: Energy-Efficient FPGA Security Mechanisms for Large-Scale Sensor Networks (ECS-0646215),” PIs: Sirisha Medidi and Jose Delgado-Frias. Amount: $50,000. August 2006 – August 2008.
  • NSF, “Development and Implementation of an Intensive Short Course, Seminar, and Mentoring for Undergraduates to Research in Engineering (DUE-0633678),” PIs: David Bahr, Brian Lamb, Michael Wolcox, Sirisha Medidi and David Field. Amount: $148,981.  April 2007—December 2008.

     

     

 

  
Graduates:

  • Richard L. Griswold, M.S. in Computer Science, May 2003. (Thesis: Malicious Node Detection in Wireless Ad hoc Networks). Currently leading the Cyber Security group at Pacific Northwest National Labs, Richland, WA.

  • Mathew E. Whitehead, M.S. in Computer Science, December 2003. (Thesis: Enhanced Return Routability for Mobile IPv6 Networks). Currently at Indiana University working towards his Ph.D.

  • Knuth Helge-Vik, M.S. in Computer Science, May 2004. (Thesis: Quality of Service Routing in Mobile Ad-hoc Networks; Spring 2004). Currently with University of Oslo, Norway as Research Associate & working towards his Ph.D.

  • Sireesh Gavini, M.S. in Computer Science, December 2004. (Thesis: Detection of Packet Dropping Faults in Ad-hoc Networks; December 2004). Currently with Schweitzer Engineering Labs, Pullman, WA.

  • Jin Ding, PhD in Computer Science, May 2006. (Dissertation: Communication Protocols for Wireless Ad-Hoc and Sensor Networks). Currently with BroadCom, San Jose.

  • Hongxun Liu, PhD in Computer Science August 2007. (Dissertation: Hardware/Software solutions to improve security in ad-hoc networks). 

  • Peter Cappetto, M.S. in Computer Science, May 2007. (Thesis: Secure Routing in Wireless Networks).

 

 
Current Graduate Students:

  • Jiang Wang, PhD in Computer Science, 2005 – to date. (Dissertation: Secure and QoS-Aware Routing in Ad-hoc Networks; Tentative graduation date: May 2009).

  • Sireesh Gavini, PhD in Computer Science, August 2006 – to date. (Dissertation: Reliable Data Transport in Sensor Networks; Tentative graduation date: May 2010).

  • Lynsey Compton-Drake, M.S. in Computer Engineering, August 2006 – to date. (Dissertation: Energy-Efficient Software/Hardware Solutions to Improve security in Sensor Networks; Tentative graduation date: May 2008).

 

 

Recent Conference Committees:

         Program Committee Member:

  • IEEE International Conference on Communication (ICC) 2008

  • IEEE/IFIP Conference on Networking 2007, 2008

  • IEEE International Conference on Networking (ICON) 2006, 2007