Research
My future research efforts will focus on the following topics:
Utilizing Biometric Data to Enhance Network Security on Body Area Sensor Networks
(BASNs)
The security requirements for wireless BASNs are stringent, because of the sensitive
medical data that is being exchanged between sensors. Traditional security paradigms
used for conventional wireless networks have been found to be unsuitable for wireless
BASNs, because of the extreme resource constraints of these networks. The integration
of biometric traits into the mechanism for secure communication has been proposed
as means of providing a more energy efficient method for network security for wireless
BASNs. Research in this area will investigate novel coding schemes and the suitability
of non-ECG based biometric traits for sensors that are not equipped to capture ECG
data.
This study will investigate which cooperative and active learning strategies will result in improved academic performance of students and which online technologies will be most effective in implementing these strategies.
