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`Curriculum Vitæ
`Phone: 206-685-2094
`Fax:
`206-543-2969
`Email:
`jrs / cs . uw . edu
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`Computer Science & Engineering
`Office Number 556
`Paul G. Allen Center for Computer Science & Engineering
`Box 352350
`Seattle, WA 98195
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`EDUCATIONAL HISTORY
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`Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
`PhD, Media Arts and Sciences
`1999
`Electric Field Imaging
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`Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
`MS, Media Arts and Sciences
`1995
`Toward Electric Field Tomography
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`University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
`MA, Natural Sciences (Physics and Theoretical Physics)
`1997
`Information Processing in Fraunhoffer Diffraction: A Case Study in the Physics of Information
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`Williams College, Williamstown, MA
`BA, Magna Cum Laude, Computer Science, Philosophy
`1991
`Evolving Dynamical Systems with the Genetic Algorithm
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`EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
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`University of Washington
`Seattle, WA
`Associate Professor (with tenure)
`Department of Computer Science and Engineering & Electrical Engineering, 6/14 – Present
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`University of Washington
`Seattle, WA
`Associate Professor without tenure (tenure track)
`Department of Computer Science and Engineering & Electrical Engineering, 2/11 – 6/14
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`Intel Research Seattle
`Seattle, WA
`Principal Engineer, 4/08 – 1/11
`Senior Research Scientist, 7/05 - 4/08
`Research Scientist, 7/04 – 7/05
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`TPK 2003
`Wintek v. TPK Touch Solutions
`IPR2013-00568
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`Tiax LLC (formerly Arthur D. Little)
`Cambridge, MA
`Senior Technologist, 1/04 – 7/04
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`Escher Group LTD.
`Cambridge, MA
`Chief Scientist & Director, Escher Labs, 4/01 – 12/03
`Vice President & Director, Escher Labs, 4/00 – 4/01
`Founding Director, Escher Labs 11/98 – 4/00
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`Other Research Experience
`Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, NM & Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM. Research
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`student, 6/92-9/92, 7/93-8/93. Created Lattice Gas Automata model of polymer dynamics, with
`application to origin of life studies.
` Yale University, New Haven, CT. NECUSE Undergraduate research fellow in department of
`Computer Science, 6/89 - 8/89. Implemented multigrid method for fast modeling of Hopfield Neural
`Networks; implemented 3d visualization code.
`SMALL Geometry Research Group, Williams College, Williamstown, MA. 6/88 – 8/88.
`Undergraduate researcher. Worked on Art Gallery theorems in computational geometry; wrote
`interactive graph editor.
`School for Field Studies, Marine Biology program, St. John, USVI. Student. 9/86 – 12/86. Devised
`and tested underwater method for experimental measurement of fractal dimension of coral.
` NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY. Graphics Programmer for Global
`Climate Modeling project, 6/85-8/85. Wrote visualization software for output of global climate
`model.
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`AWARDS AND HONORS
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`Best Paper Awards
`Best Paper, “Sifting Through the Airwaves: Efficient and Scalable Multiband RF Harvesting,” IEEE
`RFID, April 2014
`Honorable Mention award, for “Wirelessly Powered Bistable Display Tags,” Ubicomp September
`2013.
`Best Paper, “Ambient Backscatter: Wireless Communication Out of Thin Air,” SIGCOMM, August
`2013.
`Finalist (one of two) for best paper, for “Hybrid Analog-Digital Backscatter: A New Approach for
`Battery-Free Sensing,” IEEE RFID, April 2013.
`Best student paper award, for “Hybrid Analog-Digital Backscatter Platform for High Data Rate,
`Battery-Free Sensing,” WiSNet 2013, January 2013.
`Best Paper award, for “An Ultra-Low-Power Human Body Motion Sensor Using Static Electric
`Field Sensing,” Ubicomp 2012, September 2012.
`Nominated for best paper, for “Optical Localization of Passive UHF RFID Tags with Integrated
`LEDs” at IEEE RFID 2012, April 2012.
`Sezai Innovation Award, for "Promise of unrestricted mobility and freedom with wireless powering
`of a Ventricular Assist Device (VAD)," at the 19th congress of the International Society of Rotary
`Blood Pumps, Louisville, KY September 8th to 10th, 2011.
`Willem Kolff/Donald B. Olsen Award, for most promising research in the development of artificial
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`hearts, for paper “Innovative Free-Range Resonant Electrical Energy Delivery System (Free‐D
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`System) for a Ventricular Assist Device Using Wireless Power,” presented at American Society for
`Artificial Internal Organs (ASAIO), June 2011.
`Best Paper, “A Capacitive Touch Interface for Passive RFID Tags,” May 2009, IEEE RFID 2009
`Best Demo, “RFID Sensor Networks with the Intel WISP,” Nov. 2008, Sensys 08
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`General awards
`Allen Distinguished Investigator, for grant proposal “A brain-computer interface to re-animate the
`limbs following spinal injury: Development of a Brain-Computer-Spinal Interface (BCSI)”
`Madrona Prize, for “Ambient Backscatter,” awarded to research project with most commercial
`potential at UW CSE Industrial Affiliates Day 2013.
`First Prize, UW Inventor of the Year Poster Contest, for FREE-D, 2013.
`Senior Member, IEEE. January 2013.
`CIF Postdoctoral Fellow Supervision award, 2010-2011, CRA/CCC
`Motorola Fellow, 1995 – 1997, MIT Media Laboratory
`Herchel Smith Scholar, 1991 – 1993, Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge
`Phi Beta Kappa, 1991,Williams College
`Sigma Xi, 1991, Williams College
`NECUSE summer research fellowship, 1989, Yale University
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`Intel awards
`Divisional Recognition Award, Q4 2009, Intel Labs,
`“For rapid resolution of key technical challenges to mobile platform intercept of WREL
`technology leading to JPF definition with PCCG”
`Divisional Recognition Award, Q2 2009, Intel Labs,
`“For a team effort on the WISP Challenge that exceeded expectations
`in creating a thriving WISP Community”
`Special Intel Employee Retention Award, Oct. 2008
`Divisional Recognition Award, Q4 2008, Corporate Technology Group
`“For delivering first-rate results on aggressive and risky targets to provide
`three captivating IR technology demonstrations for Justin’s stage demos at
`IDF”
`Divisional Recognition Award, Q3 2008, Corporate Technology Group,
`“For leading the formation of a new Personal Robotics community by
`organizing the inaugural Workshop on Personal Robotics, thereby establishing
`Intel as a leader in this important emerging field”
`Divisional Recognition Award, Q3 2008, Corporate Technology Group
`“For innovation in wireless power with a circuit-based theory that enabled the
`transmission of 21 watts over 2 feet at 70% efficiency”
`Divisional Recognition Award, Q4 2007, Corporate Technology Group
`“For role modeling customer orientation in developing the first Phase Change
`Memory prototype that could be read, written, and powered wirelessly with no
`external antenna”
`Divisional Recognition Award, Q2 2007, Corporate Technology Group
`“For developing a wireless read-write capability for flash memory that led to joint pathfinding
`with FMG and could lead to wireless capabilities for our future PCM products”
`Best Poster, June 2007, Intel Research Symposium,
`Award for “Electric Field Pretouch for Robotic Grasping”
`Best Short Talk, Dec. 2006, Intel Fellows Mini-Conference on Power
`Award for short talk “RF Power Harvesting for Power Efficiency”
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`AFFILIATIONS AND OTHER APPOINTMENTS
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`Affiliate Associate Professor, Computer Science & Engineering and Electrical Engineering, University of
`Washington, 7/10-2/11
`Affiliate Assistant Professor, Computer Science & Engineering and Electrical Engineering, University of
`Washington, 6/06 – 7/10 (CSE), 7/05 – 7/10 (EE)
`Graduate Faculty Member, University of Washington, 7/08 – 7/13
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`PUBLICATIONS
`Citations: Total Citations: 3734. H-index: 30. i10-index: 62. Source: Google Scholar (5/11/2014).
`Citation statistics include all publications, including patents and non-refereed articles. Statistics also
`include self-citations. Citations listed when 10 or more. Source: Google Scholar (9/16/2013).
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`Co-Author Key
`1: Graduate students under my supervision
`2: Postdoctoral scholars under my supervision
`3: Undergraduate students under my supervision
`4: Graduate student interns under my supervision (mostly at Intel)
`5: Employees under my supervision
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`Refereed archival journal publications
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`Energy transmission and power sources for mechanical circulatory support devices to achieve
`total implantability, JX Wang, JR Smith, P Bonde The Annals of thoracic surgery, Vol 97, Issue
`4, pp. 1467-1474, Feb 2014.
`Innovative Free-Range Resonant Electrical Energy Delivery System (FREE-D System) for a
`Ventricular Assist Device Using Wireless Power, Benjamin H. Waters1, Joshua R. Smith, Pramod
`Bonde, ASAIO Journal Vol. 60, No. 1, pp. 31-37.
`The Emergence of RF-Powered Computing, S. Gollakota, M. Reynolds, J.R. Smith, D. Wetherall,
`IEEE Computer, Vol. 47, No. 1, pp. 32-39.
`J4. Enabling Seamless Wireless Power Delivery in Dynamic Environments, Alanson P. Sample2,
`Benjamin H. Waters1, Scott Wisdom, Joshua R. Smith, (Invited) Proceedings of the IEEE, Vol
`101, Issue 6, pp. 1343-1358, June 2013.
`J5. Evaluation of Wireless Resonant Power Transfer Systems with Human Electromagnetic
`Exposure Limits, Andreas Christ, Mark G. Douglas, John Roman, Emily B. Cooper, Alanson P.
`Sample1, Benjamin H. Waters1, Joshua R. Smith, Niels Kuster, IEEE Transactions on
`Electromagnetic Compatibility, Vol. 55, Issue 2, pp. 265-275. April 2013.
`Physical Human Interactive Guidance: Identifying Grasping Principles From Human-
`Planned Grasps, Ravi Balasubramanian2, Ling Xu4, Peter Brook3, Joshua R. Smith, Yoky
`Matsuoka, IEEE Transactions on Robotics (T-RO), Vol. 28 No. 4, pp. 899-910, Aug. 2012.
`Powering a Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) with the Free-range Resonant Electrical
`Energy Delivery (FREE-D) System, B. H. Waters1, A. P. Sample1, P. Bonde, J.R. Smith.
`(Invited) Proceedings of the IEEE, vol. 100, No. 1, pp. 138-149, January 2012. Citations: 14
`J8. Toward Total Implantability Using Free-Range Resonant Electrical Energy Delivery
`System: Achieving Untethered Ventricular Assist Device Operation Over Large Distances,
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`Benjamin Waters1, Alanson Sample1, Joshua Smith, and Pramod Bonde, Cardiology Clinics,
`Volume 29, Number 4, pp. 609-625. November 2011.
`J9. Wireless strain measurement for structural testing and health monitoring of carbon fiber
`composites, Federico Gasco, Paolo Feraboli, Jeff Braun1, Joshua Smith, Patrick Stickler, Luciano
`DeOto, Composites: Part A 42, pp. 1263–1274, 2011. Citations: 10
`J10. Analysis, Experimental Results, and Range Adaptation of Magnetically Coupled Resonators
`for Wireless Power Transfer, Alanson P. Sample1, David T. Meyer3, Joshua R. Smith, IEEE
`Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Vol. 58, No. 2, pp 544-554, Feb 2011. Citations: 204
`J11. RFID: From Supply Chains to Sensor Nets, S. Roy, V. Jandhyala, J.R. Smith, D.J. Wetherall,
`B.P. Otis, R. Chakraborty, M. Buettner1, D.J. Yeager1, Y.-C. Ko, A.P. Sample1, Proceedings of
`the IEEE, vol.98, no.9, pp.1583-1592, Sept. 2010. Citations: 25
`J12. NeuralWISP: A Wirelessly Powered Neural Interface with 1-m Range, Daniel J. Yeager1,
`Jeremy Holleman, Richa Prasad, Joshua R. Smith, and Brian Otis, IEEE Transactions on
`Biomedical Circuits and SystemsVolume 3, Issue 6, pp. 379-387, Oct 2009. Citations: 26
`J13. Design of an RFID-Based Battery-Free Programmable Sensing Platform. A.P. Sample1, D.J.
`Yeager1, P.S. Powledge, A.V. Mamishev, J.R. Smith. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and
`Measurement, Vol. 57, No. 11, Nov. 2008, pp. 2608-2615. Citations: 211
`J14. RFID MAC Performance Evaluation Based on ISO/IEC 18000-6 Type C. You-Chang Ko,
`Sumit Roy, Joshua R. Smith, Hyong-Woo Lee, and Choong-Ho Cho, IEEE Communications
`Letters, Vol. 12, No. 6, June 2008. Citations: 18
`J15. Energy scavenging for inductively coupled passive RFID systems. B. Jiang4, J. R. Smith, M.
`Philipose, S. Roy, K. Sundara-Rajan4, and A. Mamishev. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation
`and Measurement, February 2007, Vol. 56, No. 1, pp. 118-125. Citations: 103
`J16. RFID-Based Techniques for Human Activity Detection. Joshua R. Smith, Kenneth P. Fishkin,
`Bing Jiang4, Alexander Mamishev, Matthai Philipose, Adam Rea, Sumit Roy, Kishore Sundara-
`Rajan4. Communications of the ACM, v48, no. 9, Sep 2005, pp. 39-44. Citations: 135
`J17. Battery-Free Wireless Identification and Sensing. Matthai Philipose, Joshua R. Smith, Bing
`Jiang4, Kishore Sundara-Rajan4, Alexander Mamishev, Sumit Roy. IEEE Pervasive Computing,
`Vol. 4, No. 1, January-March 2005, pp. 37-45. Citations: 147
`Imperceptible Sensory Channels. Joshua R. Smith, (Invited) IEEE Computer, Vol. 37, No. 6,
`pp. 84-85, June 2004.
`J19. Code Division Multiplexing of a Sensor Channel: A Software Implementation. Joshua R.
`Smith, Christopher Salthouse3, and Neil Gershenfeld. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in
`Communications, Vol. 17, No. 4, April 1999, pp 725-731.
`J20. Distributing Identity. Joshua R. Smith. IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 1,
`March 1999, pp 49-56. Citations: 18
`J21. Electric Field Sensing for Graphical Interfaces. Joshua R. Smith, Tom White, Christopher
`Dodge, David Allport, Joseph Paradiso, and Neil Gershenfeld. Computer Graphics and
`Applications, Vol. 18, No. 3, 1998, pp 54-61. Citations: 87
`J22. Field Mice: Extracting Hand Geometry From Electric Field Measurements. Joshua R. Smith.
`IBM Systems Journal, Vol. 35, No. 3&4, 1996, pp 587-608. Citations: 82
`J23. Lattice Polymer Automata Steen Rasmussen and Joshua R. Smith. Berichte der
`BunsenGesellschaft fur Physikalische Chemie 98, No. 9., pp. 1185-1193. 1994, pp 1185-1193.
`Citations: 23
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`Conference proceedings and other non-journal articles
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`C1. A Battery-free Object Localization and Motion Sensing Platform, Yi Zhao1, Anthony Lamarca,
`Joshua R. Smith, to appear, Ubicomp 2014.
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`C2. Powering Wireless Sensor Nodes with Ambient Temperature Changes, Chen Zhao, Sam Yisrael,
`Joshua R. Smith, Shwetak Patel, to appear, Ubicomp 2014.
`C3. Sifting Through the Airwaves: Efficient and Scalable Multiband RF Harvesting, Aaron Parks1,
`Joshua R. Smith, IEEE RFID 2014. Winner, Best Paper Award.
`C4. Wirelessly Powered Bistable Display Tags, Artem Dementyev1, Aaron N. Parks1, Jeremy
`Gummeson, Deepak Ganesan, Joshua R. Smith, Alanson P. Sample2, Ubicomp 2013. Honorable
`Mention Award.
`C5. Ambient Backscatter: Wireless Communication out of Thin Air, Vincent Liu, Aaron Parks1,
`Vamsi Talla1, Shyam Gollakota, David Wetherall, Joshua R. Smith, SIGCOMM 2013. Winner,
`Best Paper Award.
`C6. Hybrid Analog-Digital Backscatter: A New Approach for Battery-Free Sensing, Vamsi
`Talla1 and Joshua R. Smith, Proceedings of IEEE RFID, Orlando, Florida, April 2013. Finalist
`(one of two) for best paper award.
`C7. A Wearable UHF RFID-Based EEG System, Artem Dementyev1 and Joshua R. Smith,
`Proceedings of IEEE RFID, Orlando, Florida, April 2013.
`C8. A battery-free RFID-based indoor acoustic localization platform, Yi Zhao1 and Joshua R.
`Smith, Proceedings of IEEE RFID, Orlando, Florida, April 2013.
`C9. A Unified Framework for Grasping and Shape Acquisition Via Pretouch Sensing, Liang-
`Ting Jiang1, Joshua R. Smith, Proceedings of ICRA 2013, Karlsruhe Germany, May 6-10, 2013.
`C10. Hybrid Analog-Digital Backscatter Platform for High Data Rate, Battery-Free Sensing,
`Vamsi Talla1, Michael Buettner1, David Wetherall and Joshua R. Smith. IEEE Topical
`Conference on Wireless Sensors and Sensor Networks (WiSNet 2013), January 20-23, 2013.
`Winner, best student paper award.
`C11. Design Considerations for Asymmetric Magnetically Coupled Resonators used in Wireless
`Power Transfer Applications, Gunbok Lee1, Benjamin H. Waters1, Chen Shi3, Wee Sang Park,
`Joshua R. Smith, 2013 IEEE Topical Conference on Biomedical Wireless Technologies,
`Networks & Sensing Systems (BioWireleSS 2013).
`C12. A Wireless Sensing Platform Utilizing Ambient RF Energy, Aaron Parks1, Alanson Sample2,
`Yi Zhao1, Joshua R. Smith. IEEE Topical Conference on Wireless Sensors and Sensor Networks
`(WiSNet 2013), January 20-23, 2013.
`C13. Power consumption analysis of Bluetooth Low Energy, ZigBee, and ANT sensor nodes in
`cyclic sleep scenario, Artem Dementyev1, Stuart Taylor, Joshua R. Smith, Steven Hodges. IEEE
`Topical Conference on Wireless Sensors and Sensor Networks (RWW 2013), to appear.
`C14. Towards falls prevention: a wearable wireless and battery-less sensing and automatic
`identification tag for real time monitoring of human movements, Damith Ranasinghe,
`Roberto Luis Shinmoto Torres, Alanson P. Sample2, Joshua R. Smith, Keith Hill, and Renuka
`Visvanathan. 34th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and
`Biology Society (EMBC 2012), San Diego, 2012.
`C15. An Ultra-Low-Power Human Body Motion Sensor Using Static Electric Field Sensing, Gabe
`Cohn, Tien-Jui Lee, Sidhant Gupta, Dan Morris, Josh Smith, Matt Reynolds, Desney Tan,
`Shwetak Patel. Ubicomp 2012, Pittsburgh, PA. Winner of best paper award.
`C16. Adaptive Impedance Matching for Magnetically Coupled Resonators, Benjamin H. Waters1,
`Alanson P. Sample2, Joshua R. Smith. Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium (h
`2012), pp. 694-701. Moscow, Russia, 19-23 August 2012.
`C17. Biologically Inspired Grasp Planning Using Only Orthogonal Approach Angles, Eric
`Rombokas, Peter Brook3, Joshua R. Smith, Yoky Matsuoka, Proceedings of the 4th IEEE
`RAS/EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics
`(BioRob2012), Rome Italy, June 24-27,2012.
`C18. Seashell Effect Pretouch Sensing for Robotic Grasping, Liang-Ting Jiang1, Joshua R. Smith,
`Proceedings of ICRA 2012, St. Paul, MN, USA, May 14-18, 2012.
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`C19. Interactive Singulation of Objects from a Pile, Lillian Chang2, Joshua R. Smith, Dieter Fox,
`Proceedings of ICRA 2012, St. Paul, MN, USA, May 14-18, 2012. Citations: 14
`C20. Automatic Extraction of Command Hierarchies for Adaptive Brain-Robot Interfacing,
`Matthew Bryan, Griffin Nicoll3, Vibinash Thomas3, Mike Chung, Joshua R. Smith, Rajesh P. N.
`Rao, Proceedings of ICRA 2012, St. Paul, MN, USA, May 14-118, 2012.
`C21. Optical Localization of Passive UHF RFID Tags with Integrated LEDs, Alanson Sample1,
`Craig Macomber3, Liang-Ting Jiang1, Joshua R. Smith, Proceedings of the 2012 IEEE RFID
`Conference, April 3-5, 2012. Nominated for best paper award.
`C22. Towards Hierarchical Brain-Computer Interfaces for Humanoid Robot Control, Matthew
`Bryan, Joshua Green, Mike Chung, Joshua Smith, Rajesh Rao, Reinhold Scherer, Humanoids
`2011, 11th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, Bled, Slovenia, October
`26th - 28th, 2011
`C23. Photovoltaic Enhanced UHF RFID Tag Antennas for Dual Purpose Energy Harvesting,
`Alanson P. Sample1, Jeffrey Braun1, Aaron N. Parks3, Joshua R. Smith, IEEE RFID 2011.
`C24. Wireless Power for Ventricular Assist Devices: Innovation with the Free-Range Resonant
`Electrical Energy Delivery System (FREE-D) for Mechanical Circulatory Assist, Pramod
`Bonde, Alanson Sample1, Benjamin Waters1, Emily Cooper, Yoshiya Toyoda, Robert Kormos,
`Joshua R. Smith. Proceedings 91st Annual Scientific Meeting of American Association of
`Thoracic Surgeons, Philadelphia, May 7-11, 2011
`C25. Promise of unrestricted mobility and freedom with wireless powering of a Ventricular
`Assist Device (VAD), B. Waters1, A. Sample1, J. Smith, P. Bonde, 19th congress of the
`International Society of Rotary Blood Pumps, Louisville, KY September 8th to 10th, 2011.
`Winner of the Sezai Innovation Award.
`C26. Innovative Free-range Resonant Electrical Energy Delivery System (FREE-D system) for a
`Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) using wireless power, Joshua R. Smith, Alanson Sample1,
`Benjamin Waters1, Yoshiya Toyoda, Robert Kormos, Pramod Bonde. Proceedings 31st Annual
`Scientific meeting of the American Society for Artificial Internal Organs (ASAIO), Washington,
`DC, June 10-12, 2011. Winner of ASAIO Willem J. Kolff / Don B Olsen Award.
`C27. Gambit: An Autonomous Chess-Playing Manipulator, Cynthia Matuszek, Brian Mayton3,
`Roberto Aimi, Lifeng Bo, Marc Peter Deisenroth, Robert Chu, Michael Kung, Joshua R. Smith,
`Dieter Fox, Proceedings of ICRA, Shanghai, China, May 9-13, 2011.
`C28. Numerical Electromagnetic Analysis of Human Exposure for Wireless Power Transfer
`Systems, Andreas Christ, Mark G. Douglas, John Roman, Emily B. Cooper, Alanson P. Sample1,
`Joshua R. Smith, Niels Kuster. Proceedings of the Tenth International Congress of the European
`Bioelectromagnetics Association (EBEA 2011), Rome, Italy Feb 21-24, 2011.
`C29. Robot, Feed Thyself: Plugging In to Unmodified Electrical Outlets by Sensing Emitted AC
`Electric Fields. Brian Mayton3, Louis LeGrand5, Joshua R. Smith. Proceedings of ICRA May
`2010.
`C30. Human-Guided Grasp Measures Improve Grasp Robustness on Physical Robot. Ravi
`Balasubramanian2, Ling Xu4, Peter Brook3, Joshua R. Smith, Yoky Matsuoka. Proceedings of
`ICRA May 2010. Citations: 27
`C31. An Electric Field Pretouch System for Grasping and Co-Manipulation. Brian Mayton3, Louis
`LeGrand5, Joshua R. Smith. Proceedings of ICRA, May 2010. Citations: 15
`C32. A Spotlight on Security and Privacy Risks with Future Household Robots: Attacks and
`Lessons, Tamara Denning, Cynthia Matuszek, Karl Koscher, Joshua R. Smith, Tadayoshi Kohno.
`In the Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp
`2009). Citations: 27
`C33. A Capacitive Touch Interface for Passive RFID Tags, Alanson Sample1, Daniel Yeager1,
`Joshua R. Smith, 2009 IEEE International Conference on RFID (IEEE RFID 2009), April 27-28,
`2009. Winner of Best Paper award Citations: 25
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`C34. Experimental Results with two Wireless Power Transfer Systems, Alanson Sample1, Joshua
`R. Smith, 2009 IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium (RawCon 2009). January 18-22, 2009.
`Citations: 86
`C35. NeuralWISP: An Energy-Harvesting Wireless Neural Interface with 1-m Range, Jeremy
`Holleman, Dan Yeager1, Richa Prasad, Joshua R. Smith, and Brian Otis, IEEE Biomedical
`Circuits and Systems Conference (BioCAS 2008), November 20-22, 2008. Citations: 20
`C36. RFID Sensor Networks with the Intel WISP. Michael Buettner1, Ben Greenstein, Richa Prasad,
`Alanson Sample1, Joshua R. Smith, Daniel Yeager1, David Wetherall. 6th ACM Conference on
`Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (Sensys 2008), November 5-7 2008. Winner of Best
`Demo award. Citations: 20
`C37. RFIDs and Secret Handshakes: Defending Against Ghost-and-Leech Attacks and
`Unauthorized Reads with Context-Aware Communications, Alexei Czeskis, Karl Koscher,
`Joshua R. Smith, Tadayoshi Kohno. 15th ACM Conference on Computer and Communications
`Security, October 27-31, 2008. Citations: 51
`C38. Revisiting Smart Dust with RFID Sensor Networks Michael Buettner1, Ben Greenstein,
`Alanson Sample1, Joshua R. Smith, David Wetherall. Seventh ACM Workshop on Hot Topics in
`Networks (HotNets-VII), Alberta, Canada, Oct 6-7 2008. Citations: 73
`C39. Electric Field Servoing for Robotic Manipulation, Ryan Wistort3, Joshua R. Smith.
`Proceedings of IEEE/RSJ 2008 International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems
`(IROS 2008). Citations: 15
`C40. Wirelessly-Charged UHF Tags for Sensor Data Collection, Daniel Yeager1, Richa Prasad,
`David Wetherall, Pauline Powledge5, Joshua Smith. IEEE International Conference on RFID
`2008. Citations: 64
`C41. An Enhanced RFID Multiple Access Protocol for Fast Inventory. You-Chang Ko, Sumit Roy,
`Joshua R. Smith, Hyung-Woo Lee, Choong-Ho Cho. Proc. IEEE Globecom 2007.
`C42. Electric Field Imaging Pretouch for Robotic Graspers. Joshua R. Smith, Eric Garcia4, Ryan
`Wistort3, Ganesh Krishnamoorthy4. Proceedings of IEEE/RSJ 2007 International Conference on
`Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2007). Citations: 13
`C43. Maximalist cryptography and computation on the WISP UHF RFID tag. Hee-Jin Chae,
`Daniel J. Yeager1, Joshua R. Smith, Kevin Fu. In Proceedings of the Conference on RFID
`Security, July 2007. Citations: 57
`C44. Design of a Passively-Powered, Programmable Sensing Platform for UHF RFID Systems.
`Alanson P. Sample1, Daniel J. Yeager1, Pauline S. Powledge5, and Joshua R. Smith. Proceedings
`IEEE RFID 2007, March 26-28, 2007, Gaylord, Texas, USA. Citations: 74
`C45. A wirelessly powered platform for sensing and computation. Joshua R. Smith, Alanson
`Sample1, Pauline Powledge5, Alexander Mamishev, Sumit Roy. Proceedings of Ubicomp 2006:
`8th International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing. Orange Country, CA, USA, September
`17-21 2006, pp. 495-506. Citations: 84
`C46. Energy Harvesting in RFID Systems Alanson P. Sample1, Daniel J. Yeager1, Joshua R. Smith,
`Pauline S. Powledge5, Alexander V. Mamishev. International Conference on Actual Problems of
`Electron Devices Engineering (APEDE), Saratov, Russia, September 2006.
`C47. Sensor Applications in RFID Technology Daniel J. Yeager1, Alanson P. Sample1, Joshua R.
`Smith, Pauline S. Powledge5, Alexander V. Mamishev. International Conference on Actual
`Problems of Electron Devices Engineering (APEDE), Saratov, Russia, September 2006.
`C48. ID Modulation: Embedding Sensor Data in an RFID Timeseries. Joshua R. Smith, Bing
`Jiang4, Sumit Roy, Matthai Philipose, Kishore Sundara-Rajan4, Alexander Mamishev.
`Proceedings of the Information Hiding Workshop 2005, LNCS 3727, pp 234-246. Citations: 19
`C49. Energy Scavenging for Inductively Coupled Passive RFID Systems. Bing Jiang4, Sumit Roy,
`Kishore Sundara-Rajan4, Matthai Philipose, Joshua R. Smith, and Alexander V. Mamishev.
`Proceedings of the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, Ottawa,
`Canada, May 17-19 2005, pp. 984-989. Citations: 37
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`C50. FiberFingerprint Identification. Eric Metois5, Paul M. Yarin5, Noah Salzman5, and Joshua R.
`Smith. Proceedings of the Third Workshop on Automatic Identification, Tarrytown, NY, March
`2002, pp. 147-154. Citations: 24
`C51. Developments in Steganography. Joshua R. Smith and Christopher Dodge5. Proceedings of
`Information Hiding: Third International Workshop, Dresden, Germany, September/October 1999.
`Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes in Computer Science Vol. 1768, pp. 77-87. Citations: 28
`C52. Microstructure-Based Indicia. Joshua R. Smith and Andrew V. Sutherland. Proceedings of the
`Second Workshop on Automatic Identification Advanced Technologies, Morristown, NJ, October
`1999, pp 79-83. Citations: 13
`C53. Stealth Barcodes. Joshua R. Smith and Barrett Comiskey3. Proceedings of the First Workshop on
`Automatic Identification Advanced Technologies, Stony Brook, N.Y., November 1997.
`C54. Distributed Protocols for ID Assignment. Joshua R. Smith. Proceedings of the First Workshop
`on Automatic Identification Advanced Technologies, Stony Brook, N.Y., November 1997.
`C55. Modulation and Information Hiding in Images. Joshua R. Smith and Barrett O. Comiskey3.
`Presented at the Workshop on Information Hiding, Isaac Newton Institute, University of
`Cambridge, UK, May 1996; Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes in Computer Science Vol. 1174, pp
`207-226. Citations: 301
`C56. Applying Electric Field Sensing to Human-Computer Interfaces Tom Zimmerman, Joshua R.
`Smith, Joe Paradiso, David Allport, and Neil Gershenfeld. Proceedings of the ACM Conference
`on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI-95), May 1995. Citations: 162
`C57. Evolving Models of Dynamical Systems with a Genetic Algorithm. Joshua R. Smith and
`Donald House. Proceedings of IEE Colloquium on Genetic Algorithms for Control and Systems
`Engineering, London, April 1992. IEE Digest 1992/106.
`C58. Designing Biomorphs with an Interactive Genetic Algorithm. Joshua R. Smith. Proceedings
`of the Fourth International Conference on Genetic Algorithms, San Diego, June 1991. Interactive
`evolution code from this paper is open source and downloadable via menu option in Ubuntu
`Linux. Citations: 90
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`Parts of books (chapters in edited books)
`H1. Physical human interactive guidance: Identifying grasping principles from human-planned grasps,
`R. Balasubramanian, L. Xu, PD Brook, JR Smith, Y Matsuoka, in The Human Hand as an
`Inspiration for Robot Hand Development, Balasubramanian and Santos Eds, Springer 2014.
`H2. WISP: A Passively Powered UHF RFID Tag with Sensing and Computation, D.J. Yeager1,
`A.P. Sample1, J.R. Smith, in S.A. Ahson, M. Ilyas Ed., “RFID Handbook: Applications,
`Technology, Security, and Privacy,” CRC Press, March 2008. Citations: 30
`H3. Development of Sensing and Computing Enhanced Passive RFID tags Using the Wireless
`Identification and Sensing Platform, A.P. Sample1, D.J. Yeager1, M. Buettner1, J.R. Smith,
`Development and Implementation of RFID Technology, Christina Turcu, Ed. , pp. 127-144,
`InTech, January 2009.
`H4. Range Scaling of Wirelessly Powered Sensor Systems, Joshua R. Smith, in Wirelessly Powered
`Sensor Networks and Computational RFID, Joshua R. Smith, Ed., Springer SBM, New York,
`February 2013.
`H5. History of the WISP Program, Joshua R. Smith, in Wirelessly Powered Sensor Networks and
`Computational RFID, Joshua R. Smith, Ed., Springer SBM, New York, February 2013.
`H6. The Wireless Identification and Sensing Platform, Alanson P. Sample1, Joshua R. Smith, in
`Wirelessly Powered Sensor Networks and Computational RFID, Joshua R. Smith, Ed., Springer
`SBM, New York, February 2013.
`H7. Maximalist Cryptography and Computation on the WISP UHF RFID Tag, Hee-Jin Chae,
`Mastooreh Salajegheh, Daniel J. Yeager1, Joshua R. Smith, and Kevin Fu, in Wirelessly Powered
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`Sensor Networks and Computational RFID, Joshua R. Smith, Ed., Springer SBM, New York,
`February 2013.
`H8. Wireless Ambient Radio Power, Alanson P. Sample1, Aaron N. Parks1, Scott Southwood3,
`Joshua R. Smith, in Wirelessly Powered Sensor Networks and Computational RFID, Joshua R.
`Smith, Ed., Springer SBM, New York, February 2013.
`H9. A Portable Transmitter for Wirelessly Powering a Ventricular Assist Device Using the Free-
`Range Resonant Electrical Energy Delivery (FREE-D) System, Benjamin H. Waters1, Jordan
`T. Reed3, Kara R. Kagi3, Alanson P. Sample2, Pramod Bonde, and Joshua R. Smith, in Wirelessly
`Powered Sensor Networks and Computational RFID, Joshua R. Smith, Ed., Springer SBM, New
`York, February 2013.
`H10. RFID-Vox: A Tribute to Leon Theremin, Pavel V. Nikitin, Aaron Parks1, and Joshua R. Smith,
`in Wirelessly Powered Sensor Networks and Computational RFID, Joshua R. Smith, Ed.,
`Springer SBM, New York, February 2013.
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`Books edited
`B1. Wirelessly Powered Sensor Networks and Computational RFID, Joshua R. Smith (Ed.), Springer
`SBM, February 2013.
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`U.S. Patents awarded
`Patent number
`and date * denotes
`issued
`*US 8,643,475---
`2/4/2014
`
`P24
`
`Title
`
`Inventors
`
`Assignee
`
`Citations
`
`Radio frequency identification secret
`handshakes
`
`P23
`
`*US 8,527,284--
`9/3/2013
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`System for personal mail piece
`tracking and tracing from multiple
`sources by user identifier
`
`P22
`
`P21
`
`P20
`
`P19
`
`P18
`
`P17
`
`P16
`
`P15
`
`P14
`
`P13
`
`P12
`
`P11
`
`P10
`
`P9
`
`P8
`
`*US 8,502,650 –
`8/6/2013
`
`Temporary non-responsive state for
`RFID tags
`
`*US 8,446,045 –
`5/21/2013
`
`Flat, asymmetric, and E-field
`confined wireless power transfer
`apparatus and method thereof
`
`*US 8,299,652 –
`10/30/2012
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`Wireless power transfer apparatus
`and method thereof
`
`*US 8,222,996 –
`7/17/2012
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`*US 8,149,120 –
`4/3/2012
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`*US7,956,725 –
`6/7/2011
`*US7,825,776 –
`11/2/2010
`*US7,646,214 --
`1/12/10
`*US7,633,025 ---
`12/15/09
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`*US7,411,505 ---
`8/12/08
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`*US7,336,184 ---
`2/26/08
`*US7251347 ---
`7/31/07
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`*US7035428 ---
`4/25/06
`*US6584214 ---
`6/24/03
`
`*USD450759 ---
`11/20/01
`
`Radio frequency identification tags
`adapted for localization and state
`indication
`Temporary non-responsive state for
`RFID tags
`
`RFID tag with accelerometer
`
`Device configuration with RFID
`
`Power harvesting signal line
`termination
`Inertial switch using fully released
`and enclosed conductive contact
`bridge
`Switch status and RFID tag
`
`Inertially controlled switch and RFID
`tag
`System and method for
`authentication of a workpiece using
`three dimensional shape recovery
`Workpiece authentication based
`upon one or more workpiece images
`Identification and verification using
`complex, three-dimensional
`structural features
`Postal indicia for an envelope
`
`Tadayoshi Kohno,
`Alexei Czeskis,
`Karl Koscher,
`Joshua R Smith
`Joshua R. Smith,
`Paul M. Yarin,
`Michael J.
`Murphy, Andrew
`V. Sutherland, Eric
`Metois
`Joshua D.
`Posamentier,
`Joshua R. Smith
`Joshua R. Smith,
`Alanson P.
`Sample, Emily B.
`Cooper
`Alanson P.
`Sample, Joshua
`R. Smith
`Joshua R. Smith,
`Daniel Yeager, Ali
`Rahimi
`Joshua D.
`Posamentier,
`Joshua R. Smith
`Joshua R. Smith
`
`Joshua R. Smith
`and Dirk Haehnel
`Joshua R. Smith
`
`Joshua R. Smith,
`Kishore Sundara-
`Rajan
`Joshua R. Smith,
`Anthony Lamarca,
`Matthai Philipose
`Joshua R. Smith,
`Matthai Philipos