Currently, we are experiencing a technological shift, which is expected to change the way
we program and interact with the world. Cloud computing and mobile computing are two …

Many new" networkable" devices, which constitute the Internet of Things, are low energy and
lightweight. These devices must devote most of their available energy and computation to …

Transiently powered computing devices such as RFID tags, kinetic energy harvesters, and
smart cards typically rely on programs that complete a task under tight time constraints …

Recently, adopting mobile energy chargers to replenish the energy supply of sensor nodes
in wireless sensor networks has gained increasing attention from the research community …

Recent advances in energy harvesting materials and ultra-low-power communications will
soon enable the realization of networks composed of energy harvesting devices. These …

Situational awareness (SA) is critical to mobilizing a rapid, efficient, and effective response
to disasters. Limited by time and resources, response agencies must make decisions about …

Advances in micro-electronics and miniaturized mechanical systems are redefining the
scope and extent of the energy constraints found in battery-operated wireless sensor …

In this paper, we show how to achieve close-to-optimal utility performance in energy
harvesting networks with only finite capacity energy storage devices. In these networks …

Numerous energy harvesting wireless devices that will serve as building blocks for the
Internet of Things (IoT) are currently under development. However, there is still only limited …

Motivated by recent developments in wireless sensor networks (WSNs), we present several
efficient clustering algorithms for maximizing the lifetime of WSNs, ie, the duration till a …