Omprakash Gnawali

Associate Professor
Department of Computer Science
University of Houston

odgnawal@central.uh.edu

Office: PGH 230

Mail: Department of Computer Science
3551 Cullen Blvd., Room 501
Houston, TX 77204-3010

Phone: +1 713 743 3356 (email preferred)
Office Hours: By appointment

I do research in the areas of Internet of Things, smart and mobile devices, sensor networks and analysis of data from these and other networks using modern artificial intelligence technologies. I have also served as an expert witness in patent and other cases.

I am looking for outstanding Undergraduate, Masters, and Ph.D. students for research. Typically, I can consider Masters students for funding only after working together for a semester.

Brief bio: Postdoc (Stanford University), Ph.D. (University of Southern California), Masters and Bachelors (Massachusetts Institute of Technology).

List of Publications

Sample research areas and projects

Ultra-wide Band (UWB) location technologies
Collection Tree Protocol
CodeDrip
Routing with Node Mobility in Wireless Networks
Wireless Network Experimentation Methodology
Tenet: Sensor Network Architecture
Smart Eyewear Systems
Mobile Image Webs
Keyword Search in Peer-to-peer Network

I work with a group of student collaborators at the Networked Systems Laboratory. Please visit the lab website to learn about current projects.

Check out Research Diaries to learn about different aspects of planning or doing research.

Teaching

COSC 6321 : Research Methods in Computer Science. F2012 F2013 F2014 F2015 S2017 S2019 S2020 F2021 S2023 S2024
COSC 4397/6397 : Cyber-physical Systems - F2012
COSC 6377 : Computer Networks (graduate) - F2011 F2012 S2014 S2015 F2016 F2017 F2018 S2019 S2020 S2021 S2022 F2023
COSC 4377 : Introduction to Computer Networks (undergraduate) - S2012 S2021 F2022

Some Service Activities

Technical Program Committee: ACM/IEEE IPSN 2012-2017, ACM SenSys 2012, 2016
Chair, TinyOS Network Protocol Working Group, 2007 - 2012
TinyOS 2.1 Tutorial at ACM/IEEE IPSN, April 2009.