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Christopher Gill

Assistant Professor Of Computer Science & Engineering (http://news-info.wustl.edu/sb/page/normal/606.html)

Gill received his doctorate from Washington University. He is widely published and holds research interests in real-time, fault-tolerant, secure, and embedded middleware hybrid static/dynamic resource management, adaptive and reflective distributed systems, distributed object computing, real-time ...


Expertise: middleware, cybersecurity, changing environments, real-time behavior

Direct contact: (314) 935-7538 / cdgill@wustl.edu

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First test

Study: Wireless sensors limit earthquake damage (http://news-info.wustl.edu/tips/page/normal/8961.html)

April 16, 2007 --
Shirley Dyke (left) and Pengcheng Wang adjust wireless sensors onto a model laboratory building in Dyke's laboratory.
Shirley Dyke (left) and Pengcheng Wang adjust wireless sensors onto a model laboratory building in Dyke's laboratory.
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An earthquake engineer at Washington University in St. Louis has successfully performed the first test of wireless sensors in the simulated structural control of a model laboratory building. Shirley J. Dyke, Ph.D., the Edward C. Dicke Professor of Civil Engineering and director of the Washington University Structural Control and Earthquake Engineering Laboratory, combined the wireless sensors with special controls called magnetorheological dampers to limit damage from a simulated earthquake load. More... (http://news-info.wustl.edu/tips/page/normal/8961.html)


Cloning agents

Software agents now in touch via network sensors (http://news-info.wustl.edu/tips/page/normal/8048.html)

Nov. 9, 2006 --
Aristo, the Washington University robot, uses sensor networks to avoid simulated "fire" - red cups - while navigating near "safe" areas,which are blue cups.
Aristo, the Washington University robot, uses sensor networks to avoid simulated "fire" - red cups - while navigating near "safe" areas,which are blue cups.
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Agent 007 is a mighty versatile fellow, but he would have to take backseat to agents being trained at Washington University in St. Louis. Computer scientist engineers here are using wireless sensor networks that employ software agents that so far have been able to navigate a robot safely through a simulated fire and spot a simulated fire by seeking out heat. Once the agent locates the fire, it clones itself - try that, James Bond -- creating a ring of software around the fire. A "fireman" can then communicate with this multifaceted agent through a personal digital assistant (PDA) and learn where the fire is and how intense it is. Should the fire expand, the agents clone again and maintain the ring - an entirely different "ring of fire." More... (http://news-info.wustl.edu/tips/page/normal/8048.html)


Uncovering truth in a democratic society

Robert Kerrey to deliver Stein Lecture in Ethics (http://news-info.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/4653.html)

Feb. 1, 2005 --
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Robert Kerrey, current president of New School University, 9-11 Commissioner, and former U.S. senator from Nebraska will deliver the Stein Lecture in Ethics as part of the Assembly Series at 4 p.m. Feb. 8 in Graham Chapel. His talk, "Uncovering the Truth in a Democratic Society," will focus on his work with the 9-11 Commission.



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U.S. to Deploy Proven Technology on Borders
NPR - Morning Edition

Sept. 22, 2006 -- The Department of Homeland Security today awards a multi-billion dollar contract to beef up border security. The anticipated winner is Boeing. Despite the aerospace giant's background, Boeing's border security plan is less high tech than you might expect.
WUSTL computer science professor Robert Pless comments on surveillance technology. He is assistant director of WUSTL's Center for Security Technologies.



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