Mobile Systems Laboratory

Department of Computer Science | University of Iowa

About the group

The Mobile Systems Laboratory (MSL) is the research group of Associate Professor Octav Chipara in the Computer Science Department at University of Iowa. Our work brings together techniques from systems, networking, and software engineering to build reliable and efficient wearable IoT systems. The core of our research involves the design of programming abstractions, middleware services, and communication protocols that require predictable performance. The central theme of my work is that in order to harness the power of these systems, we must provide developers with better tools to simplify the development and analyze the performance of wearable IoT systems.

Research Projects

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News

08/20/2022: Accepted to serve on the ICCPS 2023 TPC
06/21/2022: Our paper "Audio-Based Cough Detection in Clinic Waiting Rooms" received the Best Student Paper Award.
03/21/2022: Our paper "Audio-Based Cough Detection in Clinic Waiting Rooms" will appear at ICHI 2022.
01/03/2022: Accepted to serve on the IWQOS 2022 TPC
09/30/2021: Our paper "From Schedules to Programs --- Reimagining Networking Infrastructure for Future Cyber-Physical Systems" will apper at NSYSS 2021.
09/30/2021: Our paper "Personalizing Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids using Pairwise Comparisons" will accepted at CHASE 2021.
09/09/2021: Accepted to serve on the DCOSS 2022 TPC
05/01/2021: Accepted to serve on the ICCPS 2022 TPC
05/01/2021: Accepted to serve on the CHASE 2021 TPC
04/13/2021: Our paper "Recorp: Receiver-Oriented Policies for Industrial Wireless Networks" was accepted at Transactions on Sensor Networks
02/26/2021: Our "REU Site: Computing for Health and Well-being" was awarded. If you're an undergraduate, we would love for you to apply.
02/26/2021: Our paper "The Influence of Forced Social Isolation on the Auditory Ecology and Psychosocial Functions of Listeners With Cochlear Implants During COVID-19 Mitigation Efforts." was published in Ear and Hearing.
02/19/2021: Accepted to serve on the IWQOS 2021 TPC
11/25/2020: Accepted to serve on the SECON 2021 TPC
11/25/2020: Accepted to serve on the ICDCS 2021 TPC
07/25/2020: Accepted to serve on the EWSN 2021 TPC
07/25/2020: Accepted to serve as the Work-in-Progress Co-Chair of PerCom 2021
07/22/2020: Our paper "Common Configurations of Real-Ear Aided Response Targets Prescribed by NAL-NL2 for Older Adults With Mild-to-Moderate Hearing Loss" was published in AJA.
07/22/2020: Our paper "Recorp: Receiver-Oriented Policies for Industrial Wireless Networks" was presented at IoTDI.
02/26/2020: Our paper "Test-retest reliability of ecological momentary assessment in audiology research" was accepted for publication in JAAA.
12/27/2019: Indoor particulate matter from smoker homes induces bacterial growth, biofilm formation and impairs airway antimicrobial activity. A pilot study will be published in Frontiers in Public Health, section Environmental Health.
11/22/2019: Ryan Brummet has successfully defented his thesis. Congratulations!
10/28/2019: Submitted paper to IoTDI 2020.
10/03/2019: Submitted "Do listening environment characteristics change in one location over time?" to IJA.
09/23/2019: Our RERC proposal has been awarded
08/28/2019: Accepted to serve on the IoTDI 2020 TPC
08/28/2019: Accepted to serve on the MSN 2019 TPC
07/25/2019: Serving on the programming committee of EWSN 2020
07/24/2019: Serving as TPC Co-Chair of RTCSA 2019
07/25/2019: Serving as TPC Vice-Chair for PerCom 2020
07/24/2019: Serving as Co-Track Chair for MASS 2019

Publications

Funding

Our research is generously supported by National Science Foundation (NSF) and National Institutes of Health (NIH). Additional information about support is provided for each project.