[CSENews] Fwd: CSE Lecture Series, Dr. Tracy Camp, Friday, 10:20am in 1279 Anthony Hall

[Teresa Isela VanderSloot]

*2010-2011 CSE Lecture Series* <http://www.cse.msu.edu/index.php?Pg=129>

**Title:******MANET Simulation Studies: The Incredibles**

**Dr. Tracy Camp, Dept. Computer Science, Colorado School of Mines**

Date:**   February 18, 2011**
Time: **10:20 am**
Room:**1279 Anthony Hall**

**Abstract:**
Simulation is the research tool of choice for a majority of the mobile 
ad hoc network (MANET) community; however, while the use of simulation 
has increased, the credibility of the simulation results has decreased. 
To determine the state of MANET simulation studies, we surveyed the 
proceedings of a top conference in the MANET area: the ACM International 
Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing (MobiHoc). From our 
survey, we found significant shortfalls. Choosing an appropriate 
simulation scenario to study the performance of a MANET routing protocol 
is an important process. For example, routing will not be properly 
evaluated when a simulation scenario with a low average hop count or a 
large degree of network partitioning is used. In this talk, I will (1) 
present the results of our MobiHoc survey, (2) summarize common 
simulation study pitfalls found in our survey, and (3) discuss tools 
that we have created to aid the development of more rigorous simulation 
studies. While this work focuses on the MANET field, the takeaway 
message in regards to credible simulation is applicable to other 
computing fields. Lastly, I will briefly highlight past successes, 
current research challenges, and future directions of my research group.

**Biography:**
Tracy Camp completed two years of graduate work at Michigan State 
University (M.S. 1989), before moving to the College of William and Mary 
for her Ph.D. She is currently a Full Professor of computer science at 
the Colorado School of Mines. She is the Founder and Director of the 
Toilers (http://toilers.mines.edu), an active ad hoc networks research 
group. Dr. Camp has received 19 grants from the National Science 
Foundation, including a prestigious NSF CAREER award. This funding has 
produced 12 software packages that have been requested from (and shared 
with) more than 2000 researchers in 73 countries. Dr. Camp is currently 
an ACM Distinguished Lecturer, an IEEE Senior Member, and an ACM 
Distinguished Scientist. Dr. Camp is involved in both ACM-W and CRA-W 
(where she co-chairs CRA-W's Distributed REU program), and she was 
honored to be the General Chair of the 2010 Grace Hopper Celebration of 
Women in Computing.

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