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Kay Römer is affiliated with Graz University of Technology in Austria. The primary fields of study in their research are Computer Science and Engineering, with a focus on subfields such as Computer Networks and Communications, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering, and Artificial Intelligence.

The main topics covered in Kay Römer's work include:

  • Wireless Networks and Protocols
  • Cooperative Communication and Network Coding
  • Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
  • Indoor and Outdoor Localization Technologies
  • Advanced Wireless Network Optimization
  • Energy Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks
  • IoT and Edge/Fog Computing

Recent publications by Kay Römer illustrate a range of research interests and contributions in networking and sensor technologies. These include:

  • "JamLab: augmenting sensornet testbeds with realistic and controlled interference generation" (2022), published in Publications (Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts, and Design)
  • "Improving the Timeliness of Bluetooth Low Energy in Dynamic RF Environments" (2020), published in ACM Transactions on Internet of Things
  • "Understanding Concurrent Transmissions: The Impact of Carrier Frequency Offset and RF Interference on Physical Layer Performance" (2023), published in ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks
  • "Degradation Detection in a Redundant Sensor Architecture" (2022), published in Sensors
  • "Semantic-Service Provisioning for the Internet of Things" (2024), published in Technische Universität Berlin - Universitätsbibliothek

Their frequent coauthors include Carlo Alberto Boano, Markus Schuß, Michael Baddeley, Antonio Escobar-Molero, and Ye Liu, reflecting collaborative work primarily in wireless communications and sensor network research.

Kay Römer's contributions are often published in venues such as arXiv (Cornell University), ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Publications (Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts, and Design), and ACM Transactions on Internet of Things.

Best Publications

  • The design space of wireless sensor networks

    K. Romer;F. Mattern

  • Wireless sensor networks: a new regime for time synchronization

    Jeremy Elson;Kay Römer

  • Time synchronization in ad hoc networks

    Kay Römer

  • SPITFIRE: toward a semantic web of things

    D. Pfisterer;K. Romer;D. Bimschas;O. Kleine

  • Middleware challenges for wireless sensor networks

    Kay Römer;Oliver Kasten;Friedemann Mattern

  • Smart identification frameworks for ubiquitous computing applications

    Kay Römer;Thomas Schoch;Friedemann Mattern;Thomas Dübendorfer

  • Time Synchronization and Calibration in Wireless Sensor Networks

    Kay Uwe Römer;Philipp Blum;Lennart Meier

  • An Adaptive Strategy for Quality-Based Data Reduction in Wireless Sensor Networks

    Silvia Santini;Kay Uwe Römer

  • An Experimental Evaluation of the Reliability of LoRa Long-Range Low-Power Wireless Communication

    Marco Cattani;Carlo Alberto Boano;Kay Uwe Römer

  • Algorithms for generic role assignment in wireless sensor networks

    Christian Frank;Kay Römer

  • The Lighthouse Location System for Smart Dust

    Kay Römer

  • A real-time search engine for the Web of Things

    Benedikt Ostermaier;Kay Romer;Friedemann Mattern;Michael Fahrmair

  • Prototyping Wireless Sensor Network Applications with BTnodes

    Jan Beutel;Oliver Kasten;Friedemann Mattern;Kay Uwe Römer

  • JamLab: Augmenting sensornet testbeds with realistic and controlled interference generation

    Carlo Alberto Boano;Thiemo Voigt;Claro Noda;Kay Romer

  • Medium access control issues in sensor networks

    Muneeb Ali;Umar Saif;Adam Dunkels;Thiemo Voigt

  • The Triangle Metric: Fast Link Quality Estimation for Mobile Wireless Sensor Networks

    Carlo Alberto Boano;Marco Antonio Zuniga;Thiemo Voigt;Andreas Willig

  • Smart Playing Cards: A Ubiquitous Computing Game

    Kay Römer;Svetlana Domnitcheva

  • Real-Time Search for Real-World Entities: A Survey

    Kay Römer;Benedikt Ostermaier;Friedemann Mattern;Michael Fahrmair

  • Secure Wireless Automotive Software Updates Using Blockchains: A Proof of Concept

    Marco Steger;Ali Dorri;Salil S. Kanhere;Kay Römer

  • Programming Paradigms and Middleware for Sensor Networks

    Kay Uwe Römer

  • The Triangle Metric: Fast Link Quality Estimationfor Mobile Wireless Sensor Networks (Invited Paper)

    Carlo Alberto Boano;Marco Zuniga;Thiemo Voigt;Andreas Willig

Frequent Co-Authors

Gian Pietro Picco
Gian Pietro Picco University of Trento
Florian Daniel
Florian Daniel Polytechnic University of Milan
Stamatis Karnouskos
Stamatis Karnouskos Systems, Applications & Products in Data Processing (Germany)
Koen Langendoen
Koen Langendoen Delft University of Technology
Utz Roedig
Utz Roedig University College Cork
Fabio Casati
Fabio Casati University of Trento
Luca Mottola
Luca Mottola Polytechnic University of Milan
Klaus Witrisal
Klaus Witrisal Graz University of Technology
Mário Alves
Mário Alves Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto

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