PatrickLanigan.org

My main research interest is in the area of embedded systems. In the past, I have worked on authenticated data dissemination for sensor networks. My current focus is on failure diagnosis and prognosis in embedded distributed systems, particularly automotive.

Publications

• Tradeoffs in Configuring Secure Data Dissemination in Sensor Networks: An Empirical Outlook
  Patrick E. Lanigan, Rajeev Gandhi, Priya Narasimhan. Technical Report CMU-CyLab-07-006. Electrical & Computer Engineering Department, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (May 2007) [source code]
• Trinetra: Assistive Technologies for Grocery Shopping for the Blind
  Patrick E. Lanigan, Aaron M. Paulos, Andrew W. Williams, Dan Rossia, Priya Narasimhan. International IEEE-BAIS Symposium on Research on Assistive Technologies (RAT ‘07). Dayton, OH (April 2007)
• Secure Network Reprogramming for Sensor Networks
  Patrick E. Lanigan. Masters thesis. Information Networking Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (May 2006) [slides]
• Trinetra: Assistive Technologies for the Blind
  Patrick E. Lanigan, Aaron M. Paulos, Andrew W. Williams, Priya Narasimhan. Technical Report CMU-CyLab-06-006. Electrical & Computer Engineering Department, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (May 2006)
• Sluice: Secure Dissemination of Code Updates in Sensor Networks
  Patrick E. Lanigan, Rajeev Gandhi, Priya Narasimhan. The 26th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS ‘06). Lisbon, Portugal (July 2006) [slides] [source code]
• Poster Abstract: Secure Dissemination of Code Updates in Sensor Networks
  Patrick E. Lanigan, Rajeev Gandhi, Priya Narasimhan. The 3rd ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (SenSys ‘05), pp 278 - 279. San Diego, CA (November 2005) [poster]
• Disseminating Code Updates in Sensor Networks: Survey of Protocols and Security Issues
  Patrick E. Lanigan, Rajeev Gandhi, Priya Narasimhan. Technical Report CMU-ISRI-05-122. Electrical & Computer Engineering Department, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (October 2005)
• Dynamic Rate-Selection for Extending the Lifetime of Energy-Constrained Networks
  Nevine AbouGhazaleh, Patrick E. Lanigan, Sameh Gobriel, Daniel Mossé, Rami Melhem. IEEE International Conference on Performance, Computing, and Communications (IPCCC ‘04), pp 553 - 558. Phoenix, Arizona (April 2004)

Presentations

• Strategies for Secure Data Dissemination in Wireless Sensor Networks
  Patrick E. Lanigan, CenSCIR Graduate Student Collaboration Series, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (January 31, 2007)

Projects

• Trinetra - Assitive technology for the blind.