Marco Antonio
Zúñiga Zamalloa

 I received my PhD in Electrical Engineering on December 2006 from the University of Southern California (USC). From December 2006 to March 2008, I was a member of the research staff at Xerox. From April 2008 to November 2010, I was a Researcher Associate and Adjunct Lecturer at the Digital Enterprise Research Institute, National University of Ireland, Galway (DERI). Since December 2010, I am a Senior Researcher at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany (NES).

E-Mail: marco [dot] zuniga [at] uni-due [dot] de


Education
Research

Broadly, my research interests are on wireless networks, mobile computing and cyber physical systems, with a current focus on wireless sensor networks.


Publications

Journal
  1. N. Baccour, A. Koubaa, L. Mottola, M. Zuniga, H. Youssef, C. Boano, and M. Alves, "Radio Link Quality Estimation in Wireless Sensor Networks: a Survey", [pdf], ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks (TOSN), accepted for publication, 2012.
  2. M. Zuniga, C. Avin, and B. Krishnamachari, "Using Heterogeneity to Enhance Random Walk-based Queries", [pdf], SPRINGER Journal of Signal Processing Systems, Volume 57, Issue 3, 2009.
  3. F. Ariaei, M. Lou, E. Jonckheere, B. Krishnamachari and M. Zuniga, "Curvature of Indoor Sensor Network: Clustering Coefficient", [pdf], EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, vol. 2008.
  4. J. Ahn, S. Kapadia, S. Pattem, A. Sridharan, M. Zuniga, J. Jun, C. Avin and B. Krishnamachari, "Empirical Evaluation of Querying Mechanisms for Unstructured Wireless Sensor Networks", [pdf], ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review, Volume 38, Issue 3, July 2008.
  5. M. Zuniga, K. Seada, B. Krishnamachari and A. Helmy, "Efficient Geographic Routing over Lossy Links in Wireless Sensor Networks", [pdf], ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks (TOSN), Volume 4, Issue 3, May 2008.
  6. M. Zuniga and B. Krishnamachari, "An Analysis of Unreliability and Asymmetry in Low-Power Wireless Links", [pdf], ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks (TOSN), Volume 3, Issue 2, June 2007.
  7. M. Zuniga and B. Krishnamachari, "Optimal Transmission Radius for Flooding in Large Scale Sensor Networks", [pdf], SPRINGER Journal of Cluster Computing, Vol. 8, no. 2-3, pp. 167-178, July 2005.
Conference
  1. S. Wagner, M. Handte, M. Zuniga and P. Marron, "Optimal Tag Placement for Indoor Localization", IEEE PERCOM 2012, Lugano, Switzerland, March 2012. [accepted for presentation]
  2. F. Fabbri, M. Zuniga, D. Puccinelli and P. Marron, "On The Optimal Blacklisting Threshold for Link Selection in Wireless Sensor Networks", EWSN 2012, Trento, Italy, February 2012. [accepted for presentation]
  3. H. Fotouhi, M. Zuniga, M. Alves, A. Koubaa and P. Marron, "Smart-HOP: A Reliable Handoff Mechanism for Mobile Wireless Sensor Networks", EWSN 2012, Trento, Italy, February 2012. [accepted for presentation]
  4. M. Zuniga, I. Irzynska, J. Hauer, T. Voigt, C. Boano, K. Roemer, "Link Quality Ranking: Getting the Best out of Unreliable Links", [pdf], IEEE DCOSS, Barcelona, Spain, June 2011.
  5. C. Boano, T. Voigt, C. Noda, K. Roemer, M. Zuniga, "Augmenting Sensornet Testbeds with Realistic and Controlled Interference Generation", [pdf], IEEE/ACM IPSN [SPOTS Track, Best Paper Nominee], Chicago, USA, April 2011.
  6. G. Trajcevski, O. Ghica, M. Zuniga, R. Schubotz, P. Scheuermann, M. Hauswirth, "Improving the Energy Balance of Field-based Routing in Wireless Sensor Networks", [pdf], IEEE GLOBECOM, Miami, USA, December 2010.
  7. C. Boano, M. Zuniga, T. Voigt, A. Willig, and K. Romer, "The Triangle Metric: Fast Link Quality Estimation for Mobile Wireless Sensor Networks", [pdf], [Invited paper], IEEE ICCCN, Zurich, Switzerland, August 2010.
  8. M. Zuniga, C. Avin and M. Hauswirth, "Querying Dynamic Wireless Sensor Networks with Non-Revisiting Random Walks", [pdf], EWSN 2010, Coimbra, Portugal, February 2010.
  9. C. Boano, T. Voigt, N. Tsiftes, L. Mottola, K. Roemer, M. Zuniga, "Making Sensornet MAC Protocols Robust Against Interference", [pdf], EWSN 2010, Coimbra, Portugal, February 2010.
  10. M. Zuniga, M. Hauswirth and Y. Yang, "Statistical Properties of the Delivery Rate for Single-Sink and Multiple-Sink Sensor Networks", [pdf], ADHOC-NOW, Murcia, September 2009.
  11. N. Baccour, A. Koubaa, M. B. Jamaa, H. Youssef, M. Zuniga and M. Alves, "A Comparative Simulation Study of Link Quality Estimators in Wireless Sensor Networks", [pdf], IEEE MASCOTS, London, September 2009.
  12. M. Zuniga and M. Hauswirth, "Hansel: Distributed Localization in Passive RFID Environments", [pdf], IEEE SECON, Rome, June 2009.
  13. K. Seada, M. Zuniga, B. Krishnamachari and A. Helmy, "Energy-Efficient Forwarding Strategies for Geographic Routing in Lossy Wireless Sensor Networks", [pdf], ACM SENSYS 2004, Baltimore, MD, November 2004.
  14. M. Zuniga and B. Krishnamachari, "Analyzing the Transitional Region in Low Power Wireless Links", [pdf], IEEE SECON, Santa Clara, CA, October 2004.
Workshop
  1. P. Marron, D. Minder and M. Zuniga, "Research Challenges for Cooperating Objects", [invited paper], 3rd International Workshop on Pervasive Computing in Embedded Systems (PECES), with UBICOMM, Lisbon, Portugal, November 2011.
  2. M. Osterloh, M. Zuniga and M. Hauswirth, "Enhancing Indoor Localization with Proximity Information", [pdf], The 3rd annual GSN workshop, Davos, Switzerland, July 2010.
  3. C. Boano, Z. He, Y. Li, T. Voigt, M. Zuniga and A. Willig, "Controllable Radio Interference for Experimental and Testing Purposes in Wireless Sensor Networks", [pdf], IEEE SensApp, with IEEE LCN, Zurich, October 2009.
  4. J. Ahn, S. Kapadia, S. Pattem, A. Sridharan, M. Zuniga, J. Jun, C. Avin and B. Krishnamachari, "Empirical Evaluation of Querying Mechanisms for Unstructured Wireless Sensor Networks", [pdf], 1st International Workshop on WSN Deployments, with IEEE DCOSS, New Mexico, June 2007.
  5. J. Caffrey, R. Govindan, E. Johnson, B. Krishnamachari, S. Masri, G. Sukhatme, K. Chintalapudi, K. Dantu, S. Rangwala, A. Sridharan, N. Xu, M. Zuniga, "Networked Sensing for Structural Health Monitoring", [pdf], International Workshop on Structural Control, New York, June, 2004.
  6. M. Zuniga and B. Krishnamachari, "Optimal Transmission Radius for Flooding in Large Scale Sensor Networks", [pdf], IEEE Workshop on Mobile and Wireless Networks, with IEEE ICDCS, Rhode Island, May 2003.
Demo
  1. G. Trajcevski, O. Ghica, M. Zuniga, R. Schubotz, P. Scheuermann, M. Hauswirth, "Large-Scale Simulation of (Improved) Field Based Routing in Wireless Sensor Networks with SIDnet-SWANS", IEEE GLOBECOM, Miami, USA, December 2010.
  2. C. Boano, K. Romer, Z. He, T. Voigt, M. Zuniga and A. Willig, "Generation of Controllable Radio Interference for Protocol Testing in Wireless Sensor Networks", [pdf], ACM Sensys, Berkeley, November 2009.
Poster
  1. C. Boano, K. Roemer, T. Voigt, M. Zuniga, "Agreement for Wireless Sensor Networks under External Interference", EWSN 2012, Trento, Italy, February 2012. [accepted for presentation]
  2. H. Fotouhi, M. Alves, A. Koubaa and M. Zuniga, "smart-HOP: A Reliable Handoff Procedure for Supporting Mobility in Wireless Sensor Networks", EWSN 2011, Bonn, Germany, February 2011.
  3. M. Zuniga and B. Krishnamachari, "Exploring the Predictability of Network Metrics in the Presence of Unreliable Wireless Links", [pdf], ACM SenSys, Maryland, November 2004.
Technical Reports
  1. A. Sridharan, M. Zuniga and B. Krishnamachari, "Integrating Environment and Network Simulators", [pdf], USC CS Department, Technical Report-04-836, 2005.
  2. M. Zuniga and B. Krishnamachari, "Integrating Future Large Scale Sensor Networks with the Internet", [pdf], USC CS Department, Technical Report CS 03-792, 2003.
Theses
  1. Marco Zuniga, "Realistic Modeling of Wireless Communication Graphs for the Design of Efficient Sensor Network Routing Protocols", PhD Thesis, USC, 2006.
  2. Marco Zuniga, "Design and Implementation of a Test Chamber for Refrigerators Under the Peruvian Law of Power Efficiency", Professional Diploma Thesis, PUCP, 1999.

Professional Activities

Technical Program Committee Memberships

  • Third International Workshop on Networks of Cooperating Objects (CONET) 2012.
  • International Workshop on the Impact of Human Mobility in Pervasive Systems and Applications (PerMoby) 2012.
  • Workshop on Real-Time Wireless Networking for Industrial Applications (RealWiN) 2012.
  • Euromicro Conference on Digital System Design (DSD), 2012.
  • The International Workshop on Cooperative Robots and Sensor Networks (RoboSense), 2012.
  • Sixth International Conference on Intelligent Sensors, Sensor Networks and Information Processing (ISSNIP), 2011.
  • [Demo Board] IEEE Local Computer Networks Conference (LCN), 2011.
  • IEEE International Symposium on Network Computing and Applications (NCA), 2011.
  • Second International Conference on Ambient Systems, Networks and Technologies (ANT), 2011.
  • Second International Workshop on Networks of Cooperating Objects (CONET), 2011.
  • Euromicro Conference on Digital System Design - WSN Session (DSD), 2011.
  • IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS), 2010.
  • International Conference on Parallel and distributed Systems (ICPADS), 2010.
  • [Track Co-Chair] IEEE International Conference on Sensor Networks, Ubiquitous, and Trustworthy Computing (SUTC), 2010.
  • [General Co-Chair] First International Workshop on Networks of Cooperating Objects (CONET), 2010.
  • Australasian Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference (ATNAC), 2010.
  • Sixth International Conference on Intelligent Sensors, Sensor Networks and Information Processing (ISSNIP), 2010.
  • IEEE Communications Society Conference on Sensor, Mesh and Ad Hoc Communications and Networks (SECON), 2009.
  • [Publicity Co-Chair] The First International School on Cyber-Physical and Sensor Networks (SensorNets), 2009.
  • IEEE Global Internet Symposium (GI), 2009.
  • Fifth International Conference on Intelligent Sensors, Sensor Networks and Information Processing (ISSNIP), 2009.
  • IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC), 2008.
  • IEEE Global Internet Symposium (GI), 2008.
  • IEEE International Conference on Sensor Networks, Ubiquitous, and Trustworthy Computing (SUTC), 2008.
  • International Workshop on Performance Control in Wireless Sensor Networks (PWSN), 2007.
  • [Publicity Co-Chair] IEEE WirelessCom Symposium of Wireless Sensor Networks, 2005.

    • Reviewer For

  • ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks
  • IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing
  • IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
  • IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics
  • Elsevier (Computer Networks)
  • Springer (Wireless Networks)
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