{"653459":{"#nid":"653459","#data":{"type":"event","title":"PhD Proposal by  Nivedita Arora","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETitle\u003C\/strong\u003E: Self-Sustaining Wireless Interactive Surfaces\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003EDate\u003C\/strong\u003E: Monday, December 13, 2021\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETime\u003C\/strong\u003E: 2:30 PM - 5:30 PM EST\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELocation (Remote via Zoom)\u003C\/strong\u003E:\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/northeastern.zoom.us\/j\/4043881358\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/northeastern.zoom.us\/j\/4043881358\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENivedita Arora\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPh.D. Student in Computer Science\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Interactive Computing\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECommittee:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Gregory D. Abowd (Co-Advisor), Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Northeastern University, USA\u0026nbsp; and School of Interactive Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Thad E. Starner (Co-Advisor), School of Interactive Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Sauvik Das, School of Interactive Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Hyunjoo Oh, School of Interactive Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Josiah Hester, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Northwestern University, USA\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Joseph A. Paradiso, Media Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThesis Statement:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;Self-sustaining inexpensive interactive surfaces can support wireless communication of speech, movement, and touch interactions with feedback in indoor scenarios.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003EAbstract:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECurrent computational augmentation of our environment requires a bulky power-intensive expensive add-on IoT device. To get rid of these add-ons, I build maintenance-free, inexpensive, easy-to-deploy interactive surfaces. I take three system design choices into account - power, form factor, and cost. The interactive surfaces have simple circuitry that can self-sustain themselves to wirelessly collect, interpret and respond to a wide variety of human interactions e.g., talking, touching, swiping.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis work will introduce three projects with iteratively increasing computational capability. First, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/dl.acm.org\/doi\/abs\/10.1145\/3214263\u0022\u003ESATURN\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;is a self-powered paper microphone based on a triboelectric generator made from inexpensive everyday materials like paper and plastic. Next, leveraging extremely simple circuitry \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/dl.acm.org\/doi\/abs\/10.1145\/3266037.3266108\u0022\u003EZEUSSS\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;I add wireless speech communication capability to a single SATURN microphone. Furthermore, this work demonstrates the simultaneous communication with multiple \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/dl.acm.org\/doi\/abs\/10.1145\/3472749.3474823\u0022\u003EMARS\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;by enabling nano-power multiple-channel wireless communication\u0026nbsp;capabilities for direction, identity, speech, and touch sensing. Finally, this work proposes a method for adding output in the form of a self-sustained feedback display powered by the human body.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe material device, circuit, and system innovations in this thesis pave a way forward for a world where computation can be truly woven into everyday physical objects and surfaces.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":": Self-Sustaining Wireless Interactive Surfaces"}],"uid":"27707","created_gmt":"2021-12-07 16:09:59","changed_gmt":"2021-12-07 16:09:59","author":"Tatianna Richardson","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2021-12-13T14:30:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2021-12-13T16:30:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2021-12-13T16:30:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2021-12-13 19:30:00","gmt_time_end":"2021-12-13 21:30:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2021-12-13 21:30:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"221981","name":"Graduate Studies"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"100811","name":"Phd Defense"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1788","name":"Other\/Miscellaneous"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}