[PDF]

TAMMARA MASSEY

Wireless Health Institute
Computer Science Department
University of California, Los Angeles 
EMAIL: tmassey [at] cs.ucla.edu
WEB: http://www.cs.ucla.edu/~tmassey

INTERESTS

     Embedded Systems with an emphasis in Health Informatics

 

EDUCATION

        Ph.D. Candidate, Computer Science

        Expected Graduation Date: Jun 2009

        Tentative Dissertation Title: Techniques for Mobile Health Information Systems and Mobile Systems Security

        University of California, Los Angeles   

  

        Masters of Science, Computer Science                             

        Graduation Date: May 2004

        Master’s Project:  Message Ferry Architecture Design & Implementation

        Georgia Institute of Technology 

  

        Bachelor of Science, Computer Science 

        Graduation Date: May 2002 (Magna Cum Laude)

        Minor: Spanish (Universidad de Cantabria, Study Abroad)     

        University of  North Carolina, Wilmington   

  

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE 

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES.
Institute Affiliations :
WHI (Wireless Health Institute)
Project Affiliations:
MOSS (Modeling and Optimization for Systems Security).
                               WESTS (Wireless Embedded medical SysTemS).
                               CustoMed (Customizable Medical Monitoring Device).
* Use of cost benefit analysis techniques to analyze mobile technology in healthcare institutions and statistical techniques to analyze variance in healthcare data.
* Constructing non-parametric statistical techniques for modeling of a mobile body sensor network and estimating interarrival time.
* Developing continuous optimization and statistical modeling techniques for hardware malware detection and biometric authentication.
* Participated in multi-disciplinary project between four departments (Computer Science, Urology, Electrical Engineering, and Bioengineering) where I evaluated power management techniques for in-vivo pressure sensors. 
* Wrote 75% of Microsoft proposal to fund WESTS project (additional information in grants / gifts).

JOHN HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LAB.
Project Affiliations:
(AID-N) Advanced Health and Disaster Aid Network.
* Used participatory design techniques used to develop a mobile lightweight medical triage system.
* Efficiently triaged, tracked, & transported real-time patient information over an ad-hoc network.

GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY.
Project Affiliations:
Message Ferry (Master’s Project).
* Developed power efficiency techniques for sensor enabled embedded systems in an ad-hoc delay tolerant network.

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

        Hardware Lead of the Advanced Health and Disaster Aid Network (AID-N), 2006

        John Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory—APL ( Laurel , MD)  

* Managed three people; programmed, designed, and tested the integration of a wireless mesh network application with a localization application; also ensured the accurate functionality of EKG, blood cuff, and pulse-ox sensors in embedded devices.

 

        Wireless MESH Networking Lab Intern, 2005

       Intel--Communications Technology Group / CTG ( Portland , OR ) 

* Configured, tested, & programmed a mesh network of data & VoIP validating a proof of concept (PoC) of a 802.11s mesh network in the Wireless Networking Lab;

 

        Wireless Networking Intern/Researcher, 2004 

        Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory – LLNL (Livermore, CA)

 * Programmed in C an Ultra-Wideband Wireless Token Ring simulation to analyze the effect of mobility & the number of nodes on throughput & researched the needs of security in wireless networks at LLNL.

 

        Simulation and Verification Intern/Researcher, 2002, 2003 

        Jet Propulsion Laboratory--JPL Section 345 (Pasadena, CA)  

 * Developed a visualization to convey spatial relationships, to scale with different applications, to promote efficient searching, & to provide remote access for the NASA Formation Flying Simulation.

 

        Information Technology Intern, 2001

        TalkingNets, Inc. ( Wilmington , NC)

 * Assisted with the development, documentation, & testing of Internet Protocol phones and developed customized maps and reports of the network in OpenView.

 

Radiation Test Lab Technician Intern, 2000

Jet Propulsion Laboratory –JPL Section 512 ( Pasadena, CA ) 

* Tested electronic parts for performance characteristics after radiation exposure and maintained radiation test reports and data on the Online JPL Radiation Effects Database.

 

TECHNICAL SUMMARY        

        Languages  C, C++, Java, NesC   

      Operating Systems - Linux, Solaris, Windows  

      Embedded Hardware -  Mica2 Motes, iPAQ, SmartBadge  

 

JOURNALS AND BOOK CHAPTERS       

[JB8] Foad Dabiri, Tammara Massey, Hyduke Noshadi, C.K. Lin, Robert Tan, Jacob Schmidt, and Majid Sarrafzadeh, ”A Telehealth Architecture for Networked Embedded Systems: A Case Study in In-Vivo Health Monitoring.” IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine (IEEE Trans. TITB), in Press. 

[JB7] Foad Dabiri, Ani Nahapetian, Tammara Massey, Miodrag Potkonjak, and Majid Sarrafzadeh, ”Soft Error-Aware Power Optimization using Gate Sizing.” IEEE Transactions on Computer Aided Design (IEEE Trans. TCAD), Vol 27, No. 10, Oct. 2008. 

[JB6] Tia Gao, Tammara Massey, Leo Selavo, David Crawford, Bor-rong Chen, Konrad Lorincz, Victor Shnayder, Logan Hauenstein, Foad Dabiri, James Jeng, Arjun Chanmugam, David White, Majid Sarrafzadeh, and Matt Welsh. "The Advanced Health and Disaster Aid Network: A Light-weight Wireless Medical System for Triage."  IEEE Transactions on  Biomedical Circuits and Systems (IEEE TBCAS), Vol. 1, No. 3, pp. 203-216. Sept 2007.

[JB5] Tammara Massey, Foad Dabiri, Roozbeh Jafari, Hyduke Noshadi, Philip Brisk, and Majid Sarrafzadeh. " Reconfigurable Embedded Medical Systems." In Handbook of Research on Distributed Medical Informatics and E-Health. Edited by Athina A. Lazakidou and Konstantinos M. Siassiakos.  Information Science Reference. Anticipated publication date: June 2008.

[JB4] Robert Tan, Timothy McClure, C.K. Lin, David Jea, Foad Dabiri, Tammara Massey, Majid Sarrafzadeh, Mani Srivastiva, C. Montemagno, Peter Schulam, and Jacob Schmidt.  ”Development of a Fully Implantable Wireless Pressure Monitoring System.” Biomedical Microdevices (Biomed Microdevices), 2008.

[JB3] Foad Dabiri, Roozbeh Jafari, Tammara Massey, Ani Nahapetian, and Majid Sarrafzadeh . "Light-weight Embedded Systems." In Digital Design and Fabrication ( Computer Engineering Handbook), Edited by Vojin Oklobdzija, Taylor & Francis/CRC Press, 2007.

[JBs2] Tammara Massey, Miodrag Potkonjak, Majid Sarrafzadeh. "Experimental Analysis of a Mobile Health Information System for Mood Disorders".    IEEE Trans. Information Technology in Biomedicine, Special Issue on Affective and Pervasive Computing for Healthcare, Submitted Nov08. 

[JBs1] Tammara Massey, Gustavo Marfia, Riccardo Tomasi, Foad Dabiri, William Bishop, and Giovanni Pau. "Reconfiguration in Mobile Health Information Systems".   IEEE Trans. Information Technology in Biomedicine, Special Issue on Wireless Health, Submitted Oct08.

 

           

ALL REFEREED PUBLICATIONS   

[C15] Yousra Alkabani, Tammara Massey, Farinaz Koushanfar, and Miodrag Potkonjak.  "Input Vector Control for Post-silicon Leakage Current Minimization in the Presence of Manufacturing Variability." Design Automation Conference (DAC 2008).  Anaheim, California.  June 2008.  [Acceptance rate: 23%].

[C14] Daeki Cho, SeungHoon Lee, Alexander Chang, Tammara Massey, Chia Wei Chang, Min-Hsieh Tsai, Majid Sarrafzadeh, and Mario Gerla.  "Opportunistic Medical Monitoring Using Bluetooth P2P Networks. The 2nd International Workshop on Autonomic and Opportunistic Communications (AOC 2008) in conjunction with IEEE Symposium on a World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks (WoWMoM 2008).  Newport Beach, California.  June 2008.

[C13] Tammara Massey, Rahul Kapur, Foad Dabiri, Linh Nam Vu, and Majid Sarrafzadeh.  "Localization Using Low Resolution Optical Sensors." The 4th IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-Hoc and Sensor Systems (MASS 2007).  Pisa, Italy.  October 2007.  [Acceptance rate: 25%].

[C12]  Tia Gao, Tammara Massey, and Leo Selavo, Matt Welsh, Majid Sarrafzadeh. "Participatory User Centered Design Techniques for a Large Scale, Ad-Hoc Health Information System."  1st International Workshop on Systems and Networking Support for Healthcare and Assisted Living Environments (HealthNet 2007) in conjunction with Mobile Systems, Applications, and Services (MobiSys 2007).  Puerto Rico. June 2007 [Acceptance rate: 24%].

[C11] Tammara Massey, Philip Brisk, Foad Dabiri, and Majid Sarrafzadeh. "Delay Aware, Reconfigurable Security for Embedded Systems." Second International Conference on Body Area Networks  (BodyNets 2007). Florence, Italy. June 2007.

[C10]  Foad Dabiri, Hyduke Noshadi, Hagop Hagopian, Tammara Massey, and Majid Sarrafzadeh. "Light-weight Medical BodyNets." Second International Conference on Body Area Networks  (BodyNets 2007). Florence, Italy. June 2007.

[C9] Tammara Massey, Foad Dabiri, Roozbeh Jafari, Hyduke Noshadi, Philip Brisk, and Majid Sarrafzadeh.  "Towards Reconfigurable Embedded Medical Systems."  Workshop on High Confidence Medical Devices, Software, and Systems (HCMDSS) and Medical Device Plug-and-Play Interoperability (MD PnP).  Boston, MA.  June 2007.

[C8] Ani Nahepetian, Sabah Chaundry, Foad Dabiri, Tammara Massey, Hyduke Noshadi, and Majid Sarrafzadeh. "Wireless Body Sensor Enhanced Tracking for Extended In-Home Care."  Workshop on Wireless Sensor Networks for HealthCare (WSNHC 2007) in conjunction with International Conference on Networked Sensing Systems (INSS 2007). Braunschweig, Germany.  June 2007.

[C7] C.K. Lin, David Jea,  Foad Dabiri, Tammara Massey, Robert Tan, Majid Sarrafzadeh, Mani  Srivastava, PG Schulam, Jacob Schmidt and CD Montemagno. " The Development of an In-vivo Active Pressure Monitoring System." The 4th International Workshop on Body Sensor Networks (BSN 2007).  Aachen, Germany.  March  2007.

[C6] Tammara Massey, Tia Gao, Matt Welsh, Jonathan Sharp, and Majid Sarrafzadeh.  "The Design of a Decentralized Electronic Triage System." American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA 2006). Washington , DC , November 2006. [Acceptance Rate: 41%]  

[C5] Majid Sarrafzadeh, Foad Dabiri, Roozbeh Jafari, Tammara Massey, and Ani Nahapetian. "Low Power Light-weight Embedded Systems." Tutorial at International Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design (ISLPED 2006).    Tegernsee , Germany , October 2006.

[C4] Tia Gao, Tammara Massey, Will Bishop, Daniel Bernstein, Leo Selavo, Alex Alm, David White, and Majid Sarrafzadeh. " Integration of Triage and Biomedical Devices for Continuous, Real-Time, Automated Patient Monitoring". 3rd IEEE-EMBS International Summer School and Symposium on Medical Devices and Biosensors (ISSS-MDBS 2006).   Boston ,  MA  . September 2006.  

[C3] Tammara Massey, Tia Gao, Daniel Bernstein, Azmat Husain, David Crawford, David White , Leo Selavo, and Majid Sarrafzadeh.  "Pervasive Triage: Towards Ubiquitous, Real-time Monitoring of Vital Signs for Pre-hospital Applications. The 5th International Workshop on Ubiquitous Computing for Pervasive Healthcare Applications in conjunction with UbiComp'06 (UbiHealth'06).  Irvine,  CA September 2006. 

[Cs2] Tammara Massey and Miodrag Potkonjak.  "Techniques for Nondestructive Malware Hardware Diagnosis." Design Automation Conference (DAC 2009). Submitted Nov08.

[Cs1] Tammara Massey and Miodrag Potkonjak.  "Hardware Alteration Detection Using Coordinated Experimental Organization, Statistical Modeling, and Continuous Optimization." Dependable Systems and Networks (DSN 2009). Submitted Dec08.

 

RESEARCH AND TRAVEL GRANTS / GIFTS

    [G4] HealthNet: Networking the WESTs (Wireless Embedded medical SysTems).

           Primary Investigators: Mario Gerla, Majid Sarrafzadeh

           Source of Support: Microsoft, Inc. (gift)

           Amount Awarded: $100,000.00 

           Contribution: Wrote 75% of Proposal.

    [G3]UCLA Curriculum Development Based on Body LANs and Health Monitoring Applications.

          Primary Investigators: M. Gerla, M. Sarrafzadeh.

          Source of Support: Microsoft, Inc. (gift).

          Amount Award: $60,000.00.

          Contribution: Development and pricing of equipment for curriculum.

   [G2]Combining the Strength of Delay Tolerant Networks with Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks for the Interplanetary Network.

          Primary Investigator: T. Massey.

          Source of Support: NASA.

          Amount Award: $6,000.

          Contribution: Wrote 100% of proposal.

    [G1]A Simulation of a Ultra-Wideband Radios in a Sensor Network.

          Primary Investigator: T. Massey.

          Source of Support: NASA.

          Amount Awarded: $6,000.

          Contribution: Wrote 100% of proposal.

 

HONORS AND AWARDS            

          University of California Office of the President Fellowship

          Ford Dissertation Fellowship

          Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholar

          Intel Fellowship

          Departmental Award to attend Grace Hopper Women in Computing Conference

          Graduate Degree for Minorities in Eng. & Science (GEM) Masters & PhD Fellowship

          NASA Harriet G. Jenkins Pre-doctoral Fellowship

          National Science Foundation Fellowship, Honorable Mentioned

          Verizon Scholarship

          Georgia Tech Women Forum Scholarship

          “Making a Difference” Award

          Outstanding Student of the Year, College of Arts and Sciences

          Upperman Scholarship (undergraduate tuition and housing)

 

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS        

          IEEE (Institute of Electronic and Electrical Engineers), Member, 2004-2007

          AMIA (American Medical Informatics Association), Member, 2006-2007

          NSBE (National Society of Black Engineers), Member, 1999, 2005-2007

          SWE (Society of Women Engineers), Member, 2004-2007