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Volker Turau

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Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Volker Turau
Room 4.088, building E
Schwarzenbergstraße 95
21073 Hamburg
phone+49 40 42878 - 3530
fax+49 40 42878 - 2581
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I am professor at Hamburg Universtity of Technology since October 2002 and head of the Institute of Telematics since October 2008.

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Books

Algorithmische Graphentheorie - 3., revised edition
Oldenbourg, 2009, ISBN 978-3-486-59057-9

Erdős number

My Erdős number is 4.

Teaching

Publications

Stefan Unterschütz, Andreas Weigel and Volker Turau. Cross-Platform Protocol Development Based on OMNeT++. In Proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on OMNeT++ (OMNeT++'12), March 2012. Desenzano, Italy. To be published.
[BibTeX]
@InProceedings{Telematik_UT_2012_CometOS, author = {Stefan Unterschütz and Andreas Weigel and Volker Turau}, title = {Cross-Platform Protocol Development Based on OMNeT++}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on OMNeT++ (OMNeT++'12)}, day = {23}, month = mar, year = 2012, location = {Desenzano, Italy}, }
Christian Renner and Volker Turau. Policies for Predictive Energy Management with Supercapacitors. In Proceedings of the 8th IEEE International Workshop on Sensor Networks and Systems for Pervasive Computing (PerSeNS'12), March 2012. Lugano, Switzerland. To be published.
[BibTeX] [Abstract]
@InProceedings{Telematik_RT_2012_Epol, author = {Christian Renner and Volker Turau}, title = {Policies for Predictive Energy Management with Supercapacitors}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 8th IEEE International Workshop on Sensor Networks and Systems for Pervasive Computing (PerSeNS'12)}, day = {19-23}, month = mar, year = 2012, location = {Lugano, Switzerland}, }
Abstract: This paper presents an algorithm to dynamically determine the maximum supported uniform demand for energy of sensor nodes powered by energy harvesters using supercapacitors as energy buffers. Knowledge about the maximum uniform consumption is required to adapt the sensor node's duty cycle or task schedule to achieve uniform, utility-maximizing, and depletion-safe operation. Our algorithm makes use of a supercapacitors' relationship between state-of-charge and voltage, is particularly designed to handle the non-linear system model, and is lightweight enough to run on low-power sensor node hardware. We define three energy policies, evaluate their performance using a real-world solar-harvesting trace, and analyze the influence of the supercapacitor's capacity and errors of the energy forecast.
Christian Renner and Volker Turau. Poster Abstract: Energy Assessment in Praxis. In Adjunct Proceedings of the 9th European Conference on Wireless Sensor Networks (EWSN'12), February 2012. Trento, Italy. To be published.
[BibTeX] [Abstract]
@InProceedings{Telematik_RT_2012_EnergyAssessment, author = {Christian Renner and Volker Turau}, title = {Poster Abstract: Energy Assessment in Praxis}, booktitle = {Adjunct Proceedings of the 9th European Conference on Wireless Sensor Networks (EWSN'12)}, day = {15-17}, month = feb, year = 2012, location = {Trento, Italy}, }
Abstract: Combining energy harvesting with energy-aware scheduling enables perpetually operating sensor networks. Practical realization yet requires precise holistic online energy assessment. The building blocks are available, but the analysis of their interaction has been neglected. To close the gap, we evaluate the joint performance of energy assessment components. Our experiments substantiate that holistic energy assessment is feasible and that small configuration errors are tolerable.

The complete list of publications is available separately.