Secure Distributed Detection in Wireless Sensor Networks via Encryption of Sensor Decisions
Venkata Sriram, Siddhardh Nadendla, Sri Chandrasekharendra, Saraswathi Viswa · 2009
ii Acknowledgements I am delighted to express my sincere gratitude to my major advisor, Dr. Morteza Naraghi-Pour for his exemplary support and guidance for my intellectual progress. He taught me how to approach a problem and inspired me how to be patient in dark times when progress is slow and overcome all the hurdles on the way towards my Masters degree. His role as a major professor was not just restricted to technical advice and has been mentoring me in developing social relations in academia. I would like to thank my committee members, Dr. Xue-Bin Liang and Dr. Guoxiang Gu for their kind support. I also deeply appreciate Dr. Shaungqing Wei, Dr. Xue-Bin Liang, Dr. Robert Lipton (Department of Mathematics) and Dr. Hsiao-Chun Wu whom I am associated with in my classroom courses. I also thank Dr. Vaidyanathan and Dr. Richardson (Dept. of Mathematics) for their valuable suggestions in my course-plan. Furthermore, I thank the Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering for supporting me financially from my first day in LSU, making me concentrate on my research without any deviations. My deepest gratitude goes to my parents for moulding me as who I am. They patted my back whenever I made a right decision and protected me from the consequences of my wrong decisions. I would also like to thank all my relatives and friends for giving me a wonderful experience during my stay here in LSU. They boosted me with all the energy I need to pursue research, esp. when I was dull and gloomy. This certainly will prove to be a great starting point for me in my research...