This book presents state-of-the-art research advances in the field of wireless sensor networks systems and approaches. It provides in-depth study on a number of major topics such as protocols, localization, coverage control, community detection, small world analysis, etc. Multidisciplinary in nature and closely integrating theory and practice, the book will be of interest to all university researchers, telecommunications engineers and graduate students in wireless sensor networks who wish to learn the core principles, methods, algorithms, and applications. It would help readers rapidly grasp major topics of wireless sensor network and their advances.
Senchun Chai received bachelor's degree and master's degree at Beijing Institute of Technology, and PhD at the University of Glamorgan in the United Kingdom. Since September 2010, he has been an associate professor at the School of Automation, Beijing Institute of Technology. Dr. Chai focuses on the field of system engineering, and has in-depth research in the areas of wireless sensor network, multi-agent, and aircraft control. He is a coauthor of about 80 publications in international scientific journals and conference proceedings. Dr. Chai is a senior member of IEEE.
Baihai Zhang received bachelor's degree, master's degree and PhD at Harbin Institute of Technology. He has been a professor in School of Automation, Beijing Institute of Technology, since 2002. Professor Zhang was the associate dean of School of Automation, Chairman of Union of Beijing Institute of Technology. Now he is a deputy director of Academic Journal Center of Beijing Institute of Technology. Professor Zhang presided the project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and published more than 100 academic papers. His current research focuses on wireless sensor network and system engineering. Professor Zhang won the first prize of the Liaoning Province Natural Science Academic Achievement Award in 2014, and the 2016 satellite navigation and positioning science and technology award second prize.
Lingguo Cui received bachelor's degree and master's degree at Shenyang Ligong University, and PhD at Beijing Institute of Technology. She was a visiting scholar in the Department of Computer Information Science and Engineering at the University of Florida in 2011. She has been an associate professor at the School of Automation, Beijing Institute of Technology since 2006. Her current research interests include information security of industrial control system and wireless sensor network. Dr. Cui is a coauthor of about 50 publications in international scientific journals and conference proceedings.
Zhaoyang Wang received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in control theory and control engineering from Beijing Technology and Business University, Beijing, China, in 2013 and 2016. She is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree at Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China. Her research interests include wireless sensor networks, localization methods and environmental monitoring. She serves as a Reviewer of the IEEE journals.
