Computer Networks
My research interests are in the area of computer networks with a special focus on wireless networks and mobile systems.
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Pushing the Range Limits of Commercial Passive RFIDs Jingxian Wang, Junbo Zhang, Rajarshi Saha, Haojian Jin, Swarun Kumar, NSDI 2019
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Revisiting Software Defined Radios in the IoT Era Revathy Narayanan, Swarun Kumar, HotNets 2018
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Poster: Maintaining UAV Stability using Low-Power WANs Akshay Gadre, Revathy Narayanan, Swarun Kumar, MobiCom 2018 (Posters)
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WiSh: Towards a Wireless Shape-aware World Haojian Jin, Jingxian Wang, Zhijian Yang, Swarun Kumar, Jason Hong, MobiSys 2018
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Charm: Exploiting Geographical Diversity Through Coherent Combining in Low-Power Wide-Area Networks Adwait Dongare, Revathy Narayanan, Akshay Gadre, Artur Balanuta, Anh Luong, Swarun Kumar, Bob Iannucci, Anthony Rowe, IPSN 2018 (Best Paper Award)
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A Deep Learning Approach to IoT Authentication Rajshekhar Das, Akshay Gadre, Shanghang Zhang, Swarun Kumar and Jose Moura, ICC 2018
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Towards Wearable Everyday Body-Frame Tracking Haojian Jin, Zhijian Yang, Swarun Kumar, and Jason Hong, IMWUT 2017 (UbiComp 2018)
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Empowering Low-Power Wide Area Networks in Urban Settings Rashad Eletreby, Diana Zhang, Swarun Kumar, and Osman Yagan, SIGCOMM 2017, Los Angeles, California
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Eliminating Channel Feedback in Next-Generation Cellular Networks Deepak Vasisht, Swarun Kumar, Hariharan Rahul and Dina Katabi, SIGCOMM 2016, Brazil (Best Paper Award)
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Decimeter-Level Localization with a Single WiFi Access Point, Deepak Vasisht, Swarun Kumar and Dina Katabi, NSDI 2016, Santa Clara, California (To Appear)
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Guaranteeing Spoof-Resilient Multi-Robot Networks, Stephanie Gil (Co-primary), Swarun Kumar (Co-primary), Mark Mazumder, Dina Katabi and Daniela Rus, RSS 2015, Rome, Italy (Invited to AURO for Extended Publication)
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Accurate Indoor Localization with Zero Startup Cost, Swarun Kumar, Stephanie Gil, Dina Katabi and Daniela Rus, ACM MOBICOM 2014, Maui HI
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LTE Radio Analytics Made Easy and Accessible, Swarun Kumar, Ezzeldin Hamed, Dina Katabi, and Li Erran Li, ACM SIGCOMM 2014,Chicago IL [PAPER]
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Adaptive Communication in Multi-Robot Systems Using Directionality of Signal Strength, Stephanie Gil, Swarun Kumar, Dina Katabi and Daniela Rus, International Symposium on Robotics Research (ISRR) 2013.
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Bringing Cross-Layer MIMO to Today's Wireless LANs, Swarun Kumar, Diego Cifuentes, Shyamnath Gollakota, and Dina Katabi, ACM SIGCOMM 2013, Hong Kong [PAPER][SLIDES]
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Interference Alignment by Motion, Fadel Adib (Co-primary), Swarun Kumar (Co-primary), Omid Aryan, Shyamnath Gollakota, and Dina Katabi, ACM MOBICOM 2013, Miami, Florida [PAPER][SLIDES]
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CarSpeak: A Content-Centric Network for Autonomous Driving, Swarun Kumar, Lixin Shi, Stephanie Gil, Nabeel Ahmed, Dina Katabi, and Daniela Rus, ACM SIGCOMM 2012, Helsinki, Finland [PAPER][SLIDES]
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MegaMIMO: Scaling Wireless Capacity with User Demands, Hariharan Rahul, Swarun Kumar, and Dina Katabi, ACM SIGCOMM 2012, Helsinki, Finland [PAPER]
- A Cloud-Assisted Design for Autonomous Driving, Swarun Kumar, Shyamnath Gollakota, Dina Katabi, MCC Workshop 2012 (SIGCOMM), Helsinki, Finland [PAPER][SLIDES]
JOURNAL PAPERS
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Adaptive Communication in Multi-Robot Systems Using
Directionality of Signal Strength, Stephanie Gil, Swarun Kumar,
Dina Katabi and Daniela Rus, IJRR 2015 (to appear)
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JMB: Scaling Wireless Capacity with User Demands, Hariharan
Rahul, Swarun Kumar, and Dina Katabi,
CACM Research Highlights, July 2014
[LINK]
THESIS
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Pushing the Limits of Wireless Networks, Swarun Kumar, Ph.D
Thesis, MIT 2015 (George M. Sprowls Outsanding Thesis Award)
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A Content-Centric Network for Autonomous Driving, Swarun Kumar,
Masters Thesis, MIT
2012 [LINK],
Computer Security
My undergraduate research at IIT Madras was focussed on designing digital signatures.
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Forcing out a confession: Threshold Discernible Ring Signatures, Swarun Kumar, Shivank Agrawal, Ramarathnam Venkatesan, Satya Lokam, C. Pandu Rangan, SECRYPT 2010, Athens, Greece. (Best Paper Award Winner)
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Attribute Based Signatures for bounded multi-level threshold circuits, Swarun Kumar, Shivank Agawal, Subha Balarama and C. Pandu Rangan, EUROPKI 2010, Athens, Greece.
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Sanitizable signatures with strong transparency in the standard model, Shivank Agrawal, Swarun Kumar, Amjed Shareef and Pandu Rangan C., INSCRYPT 2009, Beijing, China.
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Pushing the Limits of Wireless Networks, Swarun Kumar, Ph.D
Thesis, MIT 2015 (George M. Sprowls Outsanding Thesis Award)
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A Content-Centric Network for Autonomous Driving, Swarun Kumar,
Masters Thesis, MIT
2012 [LINK],
Computer Security
My undergraduate research at IIT Madras was focussed on designing digital signatures.
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Forcing out a confession: Threshold Discernible Ring Signatures, Swarun Kumar, Shivank Agrawal, Ramarathnam Venkatesan, Satya Lokam, C. Pandu Rangan, SECRYPT 2010, Athens, Greece. (Best Paper Award Winner)
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Attribute Based Signatures for bounded multi-level threshold circuits, Swarun Kumar, Shivank Agawal, Subha Balarama and C. Pandu Rangan, EUROPKI 2010, Athens, Greece.
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Sanitizable signatures with strong transparency in the standard model, Shivank Agrawal, Swarun Kumar, Amjed Shareef and Pandu Rangan C., INSCRYPT 2009, Beijing, China.