People in PermaSense
Quick links: [ TEAM ] [ CONTRIBUTORS ] [ PAST MEMBERS ]Since its start in 2006, more than 15 people have actively contributed to PermaSense. This page provides a brief overview of who PermaSense is and how we can be contacted.
TEAM
- Phone: +41 44 632 70 32My research interests are centered around wireless and embedded systems - with a focus on applied or "hands-on" topics at the intersection of hard- and software systems. I have been active in designing low-power wireless systems long before specialized conferences on (wireless) sensor networks have come to existence and so many fellow researchers have taken up this thread. Most recently I am very much interested in design, test and validation methodology for wireless networked embedded systems. PermaSense is an optimal project to test drive our technology research on a real and challenging application - and it allows me to bring my knowledge as a certified alpine guide to the team as well.
- Phone: +41 44 635 51 46Much of my research is focused on spatial patterns and changes of the mountain cryosphere permafrost, snow and glaciers. At diverse scales, this requires a combination of modeling and measurements, either for the investigation of specific processes or for the validation of comprehensive simulation systems. In such difficult environmental conditions, specialized measurement systems are a key to successful research. I greatly enjoy working in a team combining geo-science and engineering, and the unexpected questions, small frustrations and ultimately new ideas and insights that result.
- Phone: +41 44 635 52 08I joined PermaSense in an attempt to combine my interest in mathematics with the passion for mountains. My PhD research is directed towards the validation of permafrost models. Model validation is an integral part of any computational simulation and helps to improve the interpretation of the respective data. I particularly enjoy the contact and the exchange of ideas with scientists from different fields.
- Phone:+41 44 635 51 88My PhD project in PermaSense links my curiosity for geophysical and environmental questions and the passion for mountains. In my research I'll use the gathered PermaSense data to analyse advective heat transport and ice formation processes in high alpine bedrock. From my perspective, PermaSense is not only the connection from physical processes taking place in a hardly accessible environment and my office at University Zurich. It is also a connection between different research disciplines with their own approaches, languages and backgrounds. This transdisciplinarity requires extra efforts - a possible outcome is presented here.
- Phone: +41 44 632 70 41When I joined the PermaSense project in October 2008, the field site on the Matterhorn had just been brought up a several weeks ago. Within my PhD project in PermaSense, I'm concerned with the design and validation of new hardware/software architectures that are suitable for the future plans of PermaSense. I really enjoy the interdisciplinary character of the project as well as working on a concrete application.
- MSc Roman LimPhone: +41 44 63 27358Nowadays, there are not many real applications for wireless
sensor networks. Permasense is one of the projects, where these networks
really bring substantial advantages. In the project, I am responsible
for the software that runs on the sensor nodes.
- Phone: +41 61 267 0547I've been a part of the PermaSense project since its very start in Feb 2006 as a joint work between Computer Science Dept @ UniBas and Geographic Dept @ UniZur. I was involved in creating an initial system architecture, defining basic functional principles, sw/hw development. During the first 2 years we built several prototypes of the system and made a number of test deployments in Jungfraujoch and Matterhorn. This gave our group a very good view of the technology and the application domain which now is helping me in writing a PhD thesis. The main focus of my work can be outlined as follows: reliable data and code propogation in intermittently connected WSNs. This includes the following research topics (but not limited to):* code optimization/compression* mobile code* dynamically configurable VMs* FEC
- Phone: +41-44-6327031The research interests of Lothar Thiele include models, methods and software tools for the design of embedded systems and embedded software. Recently, there has been lots of interest in massively distributed electronic systems such as sensor networks. PermaSense is a great application which allows to test and deploy some of the conceptual and theoretical results that have been developed in the recent years. Besides the hard work that is necessary to build complete systems that are able to function reliably under harsh environmental conditions, we take much pleasure in the cooperation with environmental sciences.
- Phone: +41 61 267 05 57
- MSc Mustafa YücelPhone: +41 44 432 04 93As engineering staff I am currently responsible for the implementation of the BaseStation component inside the sensor data harvesting system. Its interesting to work with people from another science background and I like the multidisciplinary token that comes with it: on one side the electrical and computer science area with the tiny hardware, low-power communication systems, and embedded software; on the other side the geoscience area with the sensor technology, modelling techniques and the trips to the mountains of Switzerland.
CONTRIBUTORS
- Prof. Karl Aberer
- Dr. Daniel Vonder MühllManaging Director - SystemsX.ch: The Swiss Initiative in Systems BiologyPhone: +41 44 632 78 88
- BSc Vanessa Wirzweb master
PAST MEMBERS
- Tonio GsellStefan KronigMichel Mueller
- Josua HunzikerLooking out for a suitable student project I stumbled over PermaSense rather by hazard. Immediately being fascinated by the technical challenges of making reliable measurements under harsh environmental circumstances and getting insight into an interdisciplinary research project I joined the team and still continued contributing after having finished the initial project. I especially like the thought of making state-of-the-art technology work under extreme conditions and enabling scientists of a totally different background to gather the data they need in a new and very promising way.
- Phone: +41 44 632 70 29mailto: christian@plesslweb.chSandro SchoenbornPhone: +41 061 267 05 48