Contact Information
Office
Olsson Hall
Room 228-8
Mailing Address
Timothy W. Hnat
Department of Computer Science
School of Engineering, University of Virginia
151 Engineer's Way, P.O. Box 400740
Charlottesville, VA 22904-4740
Email
hnat@cs.virginia.edu
Fax
434.982.2214
Background
I am a second year graduate student at the University of Virginia working towards a Ph.D. My bachelor and master degrees are in Computer Engineering and Computer Science from the University of Louisville.
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Interests
My interests are in Wireless Sensor Networks
Outside of school, I enjoy ballroom dancing, tennis, soccer, and many other sports. My musical hobbies include playing the piano and handbells.
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Research
I am involved with the Wireless Sensor Network group here at UVA. My advisor is Kamin Whitehouse. My current research is with pattern recognition and event detection and can be used with a range of devices from a single mote to a whole network with a powerful computing backend. The techniques can be used on a single mote, a stargate, or even the backend computing system.
I helped design and build a 48 node wireless testbed (VineLab) to facilitate our research.
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Projects
Sieve is a data analysis tool to facilitate
the analysis and processing of sensor networks data streams. It
provides tunable parameters that allow the developer to quickly
design classifiers. More...
The wireless testbed provides researchers a ready to use platform on which to develop and test sensor network applications. It is composed of 50 Tmote Sky nodes placed throughout Olsson Hall
More...
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Courses
Current Courses
Prior Courses
- CS651 - From Sensors to Scientists (Fall 2007)
- CS656 - Operating Systems (Spring 2007)
- CS661 - Algorithms (Spring 2007)
- CS851 - Sensor Networks (Spring 2007)
- CS651 - From Sensors to Scientists (Fall 2006)
- CS654 - Computer Architecture (Fall 2006)
- CS660 - Theory of Computation (Fall 2006)
- CS696 - Graduate Student Orientation (Fall 2006)
Teaching Assistant
- CS216 - Program and Data Representation (Spring 2007)
- CS457 - Computer Networks (Spring 2007)
- CS333 - Computer Architecture (Fall 2006)
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Publications and Presentations
Under Submission
- Timothy Hnat and Kamin Whitehouse.Sieve: Simple Event Classification for Wireless Sensor Networks.
Journal Publications
- S. Braun, W. P. Hnat, T. W. Hnat, and H. L. Legan. Taking the Guesswork out of Mandibular Symphyseal Distraction Osteogenesis. American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics. Volume 119(2). Pages 121-126. 2001.
- S. Braun, W. P. Hnat, B. Kusnoto, and T. W. Hnat. A New Accurate Approach to the Anterior Ratio with Clinical Applications. Part 1: A Computer Program. American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics. Volume 115(4). Pages 368-372. 1999.
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Professional Activities - Memberships
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Honor Societies
Tau Beta Pi
Upsilon Pi Epsilon
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