I have graduated and accepted a position as network scientist at BBN Technologies in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

       
Education

• PhD in Computer Science. University of California, Riverside (September 2003 - December 2007)  


• M.Sc. in Computer Science. University of California, Riverside (Septermber 2003 - June 2005)


• B.Sc. in Computer Science. University of Ioannina, Greece (October 1998 - June 2002)

Journal Publications

1. Thanasis Korakis, Gentian Jakllari, Leandros Tassiulas
   "CDR-MAC: A Protocol for Full Exploitation of Directional Antennas in Ad-hoc Wireless Networks"
   IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, Vol. 7, No. 2, February 2008.


2. Gentian Jakllari, Srikanth V. Krishnamurthy, Michalis Faloutsos, Prashant Krishnamurthy and Ozgur Ercetin
   "A Cross-Layer Framework for Exploiting Virtual MISO Links in Mobile Ad hoc Networks"
   IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, Vol. 6, No. 6, June 2007.
   (Selected among the best IEEE Infocom 2006 papers for fast-track publication).


3. Gentian Jakllari, Wenjie Luo and Srikanth V. Krishnamurthy
   "An Integrated Neighbor Discovery and MAC Protocol for Ad Hoc Networks Using Directional Antennas"
   IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications,Vol. 6, No. 3, March 2007.


4. Gentian Jakllari, Srikanth V. Krishnamurthy, Michalis Faloutsos and Prashant Krishnamurthy
   "On Broadcasting with Cooperative Diversity in Multi-hop Wireless Networks "
   IEEE JSAC, Special Issue on Cooperative Communications and Networking,Vol. 25, No. 2, February 2007.

Conference Publications

1. Gentian Jakllari, Stephan Eidenbenz, Nicolas Hengartner, Srikanth V. Krishnamurthy and Michalis Faloutsos
   "Link Positions Matter: A Noncommutative Routing Metric for Wireless Mesh Networks"
   to appear in IEEE INFOCOM 2008, Phoenix, AZ, USA (Acceptance Ratio: 21%)


2. Gentian Jakllari, Stephan Eidenbenz, Nicolas Hengartner, Srikanth V. Krishnamurthy and Michalis Faloutsos
   "Extended Abstract: Revisiting Minimum Cost Reliable Routing in Wireless Mesh Networks"
   Proc. ACM MOBICOM 2007, Montreal, Canada (Acceptance Ratio, regular papers+extended abstracts, 17%)


3. Ece Gelal, Gentian Jakllari, Srikanth V. Krishnamurthy and Neal E. Young
   "An Integrated Scheme for Fully-Directional Neighbor Discovery and Topology Management in Mobile Ad hoc Networks"
   Proc. IEEE MASS 2006, Vancuver, Canada (Acceptance Ratio: 25%)


4. Ece Gelal, Gentian Jakllari, Srikanth V. Krishnamurthy and Neal E. Young
   "Topology Control to Simultaneously Achieve Near-Optimal Node Degree and Low Path Stretch in Ad hoc Networks"
   Proc. IEEE SECON 2006, Reston, VA, USA (Acceptance Ratio: 26%)


5. Gentian Jakllari, Srikanth V. Krishnamurthy, Michalis Faloutsos, Prashant Krishnamurthy and Ozgur Ercetin
   "A Framework for Distributed Spatio-Temporal Communications in Mobile Ad hoc Networks"
   Proc. IEEE INFOCOM 2006, Barcelona, Spain (Acceptance Ratio: 18%)


6. Gentian Jakllari, Srikanth V. Krishnamurthy, Michalis Faloutsos and Prashant Krishnamurthy
   "Power Efficient Broadcasting with Cooperative Diversity in Ad hoc Networks"
   In WPMC 2005 (Invited Paper), Aalborg, Denmark


7. Gentian Jakllari, Wenjie Luo and Srikanth V. Krishnamurthy
   "An Integrated Neighbor Discovery and MAC Protocol for Ad Hoc Networks Using Directional Antennas"
   Proc. IEEE WoWMoM 2005 (Extended Paper), Taormina, Italy (Acceptance Ratio: 10%)


8. Thanasis Korakis, Gentian Jakllari, Leandros Tassiulas
   "A MAC protocol for full exploitation of directional antennas in ad-hoc wireless networks"
   Proc. ACM MOBIHOC 2003, Annapolis, MD, USA (Acceptance Ratio: 15%)

 Miscellaneous

• PhD Thesis Defense
• Grand Canyon & Las Vegas, Spring 2007
• NYC, Fall 2006
• Pictures from Albania, my home country
  
• Greece, Summer 2003
• Friends Homepages
• A Brief History of the Internet