Maria Gorlatova

Ph.D. Candidate, Electrical Engineering
Columbia University, New York, NY

Current Research Interests: Analyzing and developing communications and networking protocols for wireless ultra low power energy harvesting devices. Advised by Professor Gil Zussman.

Office: 910 CEPSR    
E-mail: mag2206 at columbia dot edu

Brief Bio: Maria received the B.Sc. (summa cum laude) and M.Sc. degrees in Electrical Engineering from University of Ottawa in 2004 and 2006 respectively. In 2006-2008 she worked as a research scientist, specializing in wireless networks' security, at Defence R&D Canada and at Telcordia Technologies Advanced Research. Since 2008 Maria has been a Ph.D. Candidate in Electrical Engineering at Columbia University. Her current research is focused on networking ultra low power energy harvesting devices. She is a recipient of Columbia University Distinguished Presidential Fellowship and Canadian Graduate Scholar (CGS) NSERC Fellowships, and a co-recipient of the 2011 ACM SenSys Best Student Demo Award and the 2011 IEEE Communications Society Award for Outstanding Paper on New Communication Topics. More information about Maria's publications, affiliations, and activities can be found in her full CV.

Recent News and News Highlights

5/07/2012: I am honored to have been awarded the 2012 US Google Anita Borg Scholarship! [ News item ]

3/18/2012: I gave an invited talk about the EnHANTs project at Disney Research Zurich/ETH.

11/08/2011: Our demo received the Best Student Demo Award at the ACM SenSys 2011! [ Demo abstract PDF ] [ Accompanying poster PDF ]  [ Video of the demo ]

4/15/2011: A paper I wrote jointly with the EnHANTs Project PIs won the 2011 IEEE Communications Society Award for Outstanding Paper on New Communication Topics. [ News item ] [ Paper PDF ]

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Selected Honors and Awards

  • Google Anita Borg US Scholarship, 2012
  • Columbia University Presidential Fellowship, 2008-2012
  • Canadian National NSERC CSG PhD Graduate Scholarship, 2008-2010
  • Canadian National NSERC CSG MSc Graduate Scholarship, 2005-2006
  • Ontario MSc Graduate Scholarship, 2005-2006
  • Xerox Canada Inc Scholarship, 2004
  • Finalist, 2011 Microsoft Research Ph.D. Fellowship

Education

2008 - present -- Ph.D. Candidate, Electrical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY

  • M.Phil. Sept. 2011, GPA: 4.0

2005 - 2006 -- M.Sc. Electrical Engineering, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

  • Thesis: Wormhole Attack Detection in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks.

2000 - 2004 -- B.Sc. Electrical Engineering, Summa Cum Laude, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

Industry Research Experience

Research Assistant (Ph.D. Internship), Walt Disney Research Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Jan 2011- May 2011.
Related publications: in IEEE MILCOM'11, IEEE INFOCOM'11 (poster session), IEEE IOFC'11.

Research Scientist, Telcordia Technologies Applied Research, Piscataway, NJ, Nov 2007 - July 2008.
Related publications: in IEEE MILCOM'08.

Research Scientist, Defence Research and Development Canada, Ottawa, ON, May 2004 - May 2007.
Related publications: in IEEE NPSec'05, IEEE MILCOM'06, SecureComm'07, ACS'08.

Publications

Journal Publications

  • [WirelessComm'10] Energy Harvesting Active Networked Tags for Ubiquitous Object Networking, M. Gorlatova, P. Kinget, I. Kymissis, D. Rubenstein, X. Wang, G. Zussman, IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine, Dec. 2010. Winner: 2011 IEEE Communications Society Award for Outstanding Paper on New Communication Topics. [ Paper PDF ] [ bib entry ]

Conference Proceedings: Networking Ultra Low Power Devices

  • [INFOCOM'11] Networking Rechargeable Low-Power Devices: Measurements and Algorithms, M. Gorlatova, A. Wallwater, G. Zussman, in Proc. IEEE INFOCOM'11, Shanghai, China, Apr. 2011 (~16% acceptance rate). [ Paper PDF ] [ bib entry ]
  • [WiOpt'11] Performance Evaluation of Resource Allocation Policies for Energy Harvesting Devices, M. Gorlatova, A. Bernstein, G. Zussman, in Proc. IEEE WiOpt'11, Princeton, NJ, May 2011. [ Paper PDF ] [ bib entry ]
  • [MobiCom'09] Challenge: Ultra-Low-Power Energy-Harvesting Active Networked Tags (EnHANTs), M. Gorlatova, P. Kinget, I. Kymissis, D. Rubenstein, X. Wang, G. Zussman, in Proc. ACM MobiCom'09 (~10% acceptance rate), Beijing, China, Sept. 2009. [ Paper PDF ] [ bib entry ]

Conference Proceedings: Security and Connectivity in Wireless Networks

  • [MILCOM'11] Managing Base Station Location Privacy, M. Gorlatova, R. Aiello, S. Mangold, in Proc. IEEE MILCOM'11, Baltimore, MD, Nov. 2011.
  • [IOFC'11] Managing Location Privacy in Cellular Networks with Femtocell Deployments, M. Gorlatova, R. Aiello, S. Mangold, in Proc. IEEE Workshop on Indoor and Outdoor Femtocells (IOFC'11), Princeton, NJ, May 2011 (co-located with IEEE WiOpt'11).
  • [ASC'08] Providing Effective Security in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks without Affecting Bandwidth or Interoperability, D. Lynch, S. Knight, M. Gorlatova, Y. Lacharite, L. Lamont, R. Liscano, P. Mason, in Proc. ASC'08, Orlando, FL, Dec. 2008.
  • [MILCOM'08] NEDAT: A Toolset to Design and Analyze Future Force Networks, L. Kant, K. Chang, A. McAuley, K. Manousakis, O. Younis, M. Gorlatova, K. Young, C. Graff, in Proc. IEEE MILCOM'08, San Diego, CA, Nov. 2008.
  • [SecureComm'07] Enhancing Frequency-based Wormhole Attack Detection with Novel Jitter Waveforms, M. Gorlatova, M. Kelly, R. Liscano, P. Mason, in Proc. ICST SecureComm'07, Nice, France, Sept. 2007.
  • [MILCOM'06] Detecting Wormhole Attacks in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks through Protocol Breaking and Packet Timing Analysis, M. Gorlatova, P. Mason, M. Wang, L. Lamont, R. Liscano, in Proc. IEEE MILCOM'06, Washington, DC, Oct. 2006.
  • [NPSec'05] An Effective Intrusion Detection Approach for the Optimized Link State Routing (OLSR) Mobile Ad hoc Networking (MANET) Protocol, M. Wang, L. Lamont, P. Mason, M. Gorlatova, in Proc. IEEE Workshop on Secure Network Protocols (NPSec'05), Boston, MA, Nov. 2005 (co-located with IEEE ICNP'05).

Conference Demonstrations and Poster Presentations

  • [SenSys'11demo] Demo: Organic Solar Cell-equipped Energy Harvesting Active Networked Tag (EnHANT) Prototypes, G. Stanje, P. Miller, J. Zhu, A. Smith, O. Winn, R. Margolies, M. Gorlatova, J. Sarik, M. Szczodrak, B. Vigraham, L. Carloni, P. Kinget, I. Kymissis, and G. Zussman, , in Proc. ACM SenSys'11, Seattle, WA, Nov. 2011. Winner: Best Student Demo Award. [ Abstract PDF ] [ bib entry ]
  • [MobiSys'11demo] Demo: Prototyping UWB-Enabled EnHANTs, J. Zhu, G. Stanje, R. Margolies, M. Gorlatova, J. Sarik, Z. Noorbhaiwala, P. Miller, M. Szczodrak, B. Vigraham, L. Carloni, P. Kinget, I. Kymissis, G. Zussman, in Proc. ACM MobiSys'11, June 2011. [ Abstract PDF ]
  • [INFOCOM'11poster] Poster: Networking Smart Toys with ToyTalk and ToyBridge, S. Schmid, M. Gorlatova, D. Giustiniano, V. Vukadinovic, S. Mangold, in Proc. IEEE INFOCOM'11, Shanghai, China, Apr. 2011.
  • [MobiCom'10demo] Demo: Prototyping Energy Harvesting Active Networked Tags: Phase II MICA Mote-based Devices, M. Gorlatova, J. Chen, M. Szczodrak, E. Xu, A. Skolnik, A. Schwartz, Z. Noorbhaiwala,  M. Zapas, L. Carloni, P. Kinget, I. Kymissis, D. Rubenstein, G. Zussman,  ACM MobiCom'10 Demo Session, Chicago, IL, Sept. 2010. [ Abstract PDF ]
  • [SECON'10demo] Demo: Prototyping Energy Harvesting Active Networked Tags with MICA2 Motes, M. Gorlatova, T. Sharma, D. Shrestha, E. Xu, J. Chen, A. Skolnik, D. Piao, P. Kinget, I. Kymissis, D. Rubenstein, G. Zussman, in Proc. IEEE SECON'10, Boston, MA, June 2010. [ Abstract PDF ]

Other Technical Publications

  • [CU-EE'11] Performance Evaluation of Resource Allocation Policies for Energy Harvesting Devices, Columbia University Department of Electrical Engineering Technical Report  M. Gorlatova, A. Bernstein, G. Zussman, Jan. 2010.
  • [CU-EE'10] Networking Rechargeable Low-Power Devices: Measurements and Algorithms, Columbia University Department of Electrical Engineering: Technical Report M. Gorlatova, A. Wallwater, G. Zussman, Dec. 2010.
  • Telcordia Technologies: 3 technical reports.
  • Defence Research and Development Canada: 6 technical reports, 1 contractor report.

Additional Related Experience

Back end Software Developer, Sirius Satellite Radio, New York, NY, June 2007- Sept. 2007
Intranet Web Developer (B.Sc. Internship), Nortel Networks, Ottawa, ON, Sept. 2003 - Dec. 2003
Assistant Patent Examiner (B.Sc. Internship), Canadian Patent Office, Hull, QC, Jan. 2003 - Apr. 2003