Apoorva Jindal

Brief Bio

I completed my B.Tech. in Electrical Engineering from IIT Kanpur in 2002, after whch I worked for Atrenta Pvt Ltd, a start-up in CAD-VLSI based in Noida. I then completed my Master's and PhD from the University of Southern California in May 2009. I used to work in the Networked Systems Performance and Design Lab with Prof. Konstantinos Psounis. I am currently working as a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the University of Michigan with Prof. Mingyan Liu. My research primarily focusses on protocol design and performance analysis of wireless multi-hop networks.

Research Projects

I have worked on a variety of research projects varying from theoretical works on deriving fundamental performance limits and modeling to pure systems like implementing rate control schemes for wireless mesh networks and developing location based services for cellphones.

Dissertation - Random Access is Good Enough to Build Wireless Multi-Hop Networks. We formally show that it is possible to achieve the same degree of performance with IEEE 802.11 in multi-hop networks as the state-of-the-art approximations to optimal scheduling.
Contention-Aware Performance Analysis of Mobility-Assisted Routing Schemes for Delay Tolerant Networks. We derive expressions for the expected delay of different routing schemes proposed for Delay Tolerant Networks, and use the analysis to answer several pertinent questions.
Modeling spatially-correlated sensor network data. We propose a Markovian model to capture spatial correlation in sensor network data, and verify it using real traces. Download Tools
Building Location-based Services for Cellphones while Respecting User Privacy. Unlike prior works to maintain privacy which tradeoff privacy and application quality, we explored an orthogonal tradeoff between privacy and resource usage.
Structure of the Mobile Web. We perform a statistical analysis of Mobile Web Data to understand its structural properties.

Vita etc

Curriculum Vitæ/Résumé: PDF

Publications

Journal:

Sumit Rangwala, Apoorva Jindal, Ki-Young Jang, Konstantinos Psounis, and Ramesh Govindan: Neighborhood-centric congestion control for multi-hop wireless mesh networks , accepted pending revisions at IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking.
Apoorva Jindal and Konstantinos Psounis: Achievable Rate Region of Wireless Multi-hop Networks with 802.11 Scheduling , IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, 17(4), 1118-1131, August 2009. (extended version)
Apoorva Jindal and Konstantinos Psounis: Contention-Aware Performance Analysis of Mobility-Assisted Routing , IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 8(2), 145-161, February 2009. (CENG-2007-9)
Thrasyvoulos Spyropoulos, Apoorva Jindal, and Konstantinos Psounis: An Analytical Study of Fundamental Mobility Properties for Encounter-based Protocols , International Journal of Autonomous and Adaptive Communications Systems, March 2008.
Apoorva Jindal and Konstantinos Psounis: Modeling Spatially Correlated Data in Sensor Networks, ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks, 2(4), 466-499, November 2006.

Conferences:

Sumit Rangwala, Apoorva Jindal, Ki-Young Jang, Konstantinos Psounis, and Ramesh Govindan: Understanding Congestion Control in Multi-hop Wireless Mesh Networks, In the Proceedings of ACM MOBICOM, September 2008.
Apoorva Jindal, Chris Crutchfied, Samir Goel, Ravi Jain and Ravi Kolluri: The Mobile Web is Structurally Different, In the Proceedings of the 11th IEEE Global Internet Symposium, 2008.
Apoorva Jindal and Konstantinos Psounis: Achievable Rate Region and Optimality of Multi-hop Wireless 802.11-Scheduled Networks, In the Proceedings of Information Theory and Applications Workshop (ITA), 2008.
Apoorva Jindal and Konstantinos Psounis: Contention-Aware Analysis of Routing Schemes for Mobile Opportunistic Networks, In the Proceedings of ACM Mobisys Workshop on Mobile Opportunistic Networking (MobiOpp), 2007.
Apoorva Jindal and Konstantinos Psounis: Fundamental Mobility Properties for Realistic Performance Analysis of Intermittently Connected Mobile Networks, In the Proceedings of IEEE PerCom Workshop on Intermittently Connected Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (ICMAN), 2007. (The full technical report)
Apoorva Jindal and Konstantinos Psounis: Optimizing Multi-Copy Routing Schemes for Resource Constrained Intermittently Connected Mobile Networks , In the Conference Record of Fortieth Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, October 2006.
Apoorva Jindal and Konstantinos Psounis: Performance Analysis of Epidemic Routing under Contention , In the Proceedings of IWCMC'06, July 2006. (The full technical report)
Apoorva Jindal and Konstantinos Psounis: Modeling spatially-correlated data of sensor networks with irregular topologies, In the Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Sensor and Ad hoc Communications and Networks (SECON'05), Santa Clara, CA, September 2005.
Apoorva Jindal and Konstantinos Psounis: Modeling spatially-correlated sensor network data, In the Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Sensor and Ad hoc Communications and Networks (SECON'04), Santa Clara, CA, October 2004.
Apoorva Jindal and Konstantinos Psounis: A clustering method that uses lossy aggregation of data, Extended Abstract in the Proceedings of ACM Sensys 2004, Baltimore, MD, November 2004.
Kartikeya Mehrotra , Apoorva Jindal and A.K.Chaturvedi: A novel sceme for capacity enhancement in DS-CDMA systems, In Proceedings of WNCG Symposium 2003 at University of Texas Austin

Technical Report:

Apoorva Jindal and Konstantinos Psounis: A Simulation Study of IEEE 802.11 with Optimal Rate Control in Multi-hop Topologies , CENG-2009-8.

Teaching

Teaching Assistant for

Fall 2004, Spring 2005, Fall 2005
EE465: Probabilistic methods in computer systems modeling.
Summer 2005
EE450: Introduction to Computer Networks.
Spring 2006
EE650: Advanced Topics in Computer Networks: Applications of Optimization Theory in Wired and Wireless Networks.

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	Brief Bio	I completed my B.Tech. in Electrical Engineering from IIT Kanpur in 2002, after whch I worked for Atrenta Pvt Ltd, a start-up in CAD-VLSI based in Noida. I then completed my Master's and PhD from the University of Southern California in May 2009. I used to work in the Networked Systems Performance and Design Lab with Prof. Konstantinos Psounis. I am currently working as a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the University of Michigan with Prof. Mingyan Liu. My research primarily focusses on protocol design and performance analysis of wireless multi-hop networks.
	Research Projects	I have worked on a variety of research projects varying from theoretical works on deriving fundamental performance limits and modeling to pure systems like implementing rate control schemes for wireless mesh networks and developing location based services for cellphones. Dissertation - Random Access is Good Enough to Build Wireless Multi-Hop Networks. We formally show that it is possible to achieve the same degree of performance with IEEE 802.11 in multi-hop networks as the state-of-the-art approximations to optimal scheduling. Contention-Aware Performance Analysis of Mobility-Assisted Routing Schemes for Delay Tolerant Networks. We derive expressions for the expected delay of different routing schemes proposed for Delay Tolerant Networks, and use the analysis to answer several pertinent questions. Modeling spatially-correlated sensor network data. We propose a Markovian model to capture spatial correlation in sensor network data, and verify it using real traces. Download Tools Building Location-based Services for Cellphones while Respecting User Privacy. Unlike prior works to maintain privacy which tradeoff privacy and application quality, we explored an orthogonal tradeoff between privacy and resource usage. Structure of the Mobile Web. We perform a statistical analysis of Mobile Web Data to understand its structural properties.
	Vita etc	Curriculum Vitæ/Résumé: PDF
	Publications	Journal: Sumit Rangwala, Apoorva Jindal, Ki-Young Jang, Konstantinos Psounis, and Ramesh Govindan: Neighborhood-centric congestion control for multi-hop wireless mesh networks , accepted pending revisions at IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking. Apoorva Jindal and Konstantinos Psounis: Achievable Rate Region of Wireless Multi-hop Networks with 802.11 Scheduling , IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, 17(4), 1118-1131, August 2009. (extended version) Apoorva Jindal and Konstantinos Psounis: Contention-Aware Performance Analysis of Mobility-Assisted Routing , IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 8(2), 145-161, February 2009. (CENG-2007-9) Thrasyvoulos Spyropoulos, Apoorva Jindal, and Konstantinos Psounis: An Analytical Study of Fundamental Mobility Properties for Encounter-based Protocols , International Journal of Autonomous and Adaptive Communications Systems, March 2008. Apoorva Jindal and Konstantinos Psounis: Modeling Spatially Correlated Data in Sensor Networks, ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks, 2(4), 466-499, November 2006. Conferences: Sumit Rangwala, Apoorva Jindal, Ki-Young Jang, Konstantinos Psounis, and Ramesh Govindan: Understanding Congestion Control in Multi-hop Wireless Mesh Networks, In the Proceedings of ACM MOBICOM, September 2008. Apoorva Jindal, Chris Crutchfied, Samir Goel, Ravi Jain and Ravi Kolluri: The Mobile Web is Structurally Different, In the Proceedings of the 11th IEEE Global Internet Symposium, 2008. Apoorva Jindal and Konstantinos Psounis: Achievable Rate Region and Optimality of Multi-hop Wireless 802.11-Scheduled Networks, In the Proceedings of Information Theory and Applications Workshop (ITA), 2008. Apoorva Jindal and Konstantinos Psounis: Contention-Aware Analysis of Routing Schemes for Mobile Opportunistic Networks, In the Proceedings of ACM Mobisys Workshop on Mobile Opportunistic Networking (MobiOpp), 2007. Apoorva Jindal and Konstantinos Psounis: Fundamental Mobility Properties for Realistic Performance Analysis of Intermittently Connected Mobile Networks, In the Proceedings of IEEE PerCom Workshop on Intermittently Connected Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (ICMAN), 2007. (The full technical report) Apoorva Jindal and Konstantinos Psounis: Optimizing Multi-Copy Routing Schemes for Resource Constrained Intermittently Connected Mobile Networks , In the Conference Record of Fortieth Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, October 2006. Apoorva Jindal and Konstantinos Psounis: Performance Analysis of Epidemic Routing under Contention , In the Proceedings of IWCMC'06, July 2006. (The full technical report) Apoorva Jindal and Konstantinos Psounis: Modeling spatially-correlated data of sensor networks with irregular topologies, In the Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Sensor and Ad hoc Communications and Networks (SECON'05), Santa Clara, CA, September 2005. Apoorva Jindal and Konstantinos Psounis: Modeling spatially-correlated sensor network data, In the Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Sensor and Ad hoc Communications and Networks (SECON'04), Santa Clara, CA, October 2004. Apoorva Jindal and Konstantinos Psounis: A clustering method that uses lossy aggregation of data, Extended Abstract in the Proceedings of ACM Sensys 2004, Baltimore, MD, November 2004. Kartikeya Mehrotra , Apoorva Jindal and A.K.Chaturvedi: A novel sceme for capacity enhancement in DS-CDMA systems, In Proceedings of WNCG Symposium 2003 at University of Texas Austin Technical Report: Apoorva Jindal and Konstantinos Psounis: A Simulation Study of IEEE 802.11 with Optimal Rate Control in Multi-hop Topologies , CENG-2009-8.
	Teaching	Teaching Assistant for Fall 2004, Spring 2005, Fall 2005 EE465: Probabilistic methods in computer systems modeling. Summer 2005 EE450: Introduction to Computer Networks. Spring 2006 EE650: Advanced Topics in Computer Networks: Applications of Optimization Theory in Wired and Wireless Networks.