Programming Language Support for Sensor Networks

In this project, we design new language abstractions in better support of sensor network programming. Sensor network has received wide attention from both academia and industry in recent years. As a somewhat entertaining testament, a recent special issue of TIME magazine (“WHAT’S NEXT”, Fall 2003) has singled out sensor network as one of the few technologies ready to bring revolution to the high-tech world. The fast growth of sensor networks demands good support for the design of sensor network applications. However, as a new computing infrastructure, sensor network carries some traits strikingly different from traditional networks, and they put forward new requirements and challenges in the realm of software design.