Asst. Professor Jakob Eriksson
I grew up in Sweden, got my M.Sc. in CS at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. Wasted a few years on dot-coms, before graduating with a Ph.D. from U.C. Riverside in '06. I then spent a two-year postdoc at MIT. My wife Prof. Devroye is in the ECE department.
Research Interests
My research interests lie primarily in networked computer systems, including wireless network performance, mobile sensing and network security. In the mobile systems area, some of my work includes vehicular WiFi connectivity, and mobile sensing for traffic monitoring and road condition assessment. You can read more about my research projects on my research lab's web.Recent Publications
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- James Biagioni and Jakob Eriksson. Inferring Road Maps from GPS Traces: Survey and Comparative Evaluation. In 91st Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, page to appear, 2012. [ .pdf ]
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- James Biagioni, Tomas Gerlich, Timothy Merrifield, and Jakob Eriksson. EasyTracker: Automatic Transit Tracking, Mapping, and Arrival Time Prediction Using Smartphones. In SenSys, pages 68-81. ACM, 2011. [ .pdf ]
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- Tomas Gerlich, James Biagioni, Timothy Merrifield, and Jakob Eriksson. Demo: Tracking Transit with EasyTracker. In SenSys, pages 401-402. ACM, 2011. [ .pdf ]
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- A.B.M. Musa and Jakob Eriksson. Demo: WiFlow - Real Time Travel Time Estimation Using Wi-Fi Monitors. In SenSys, pages 429-430. ACM, 2011. [ .pdf ]
- [ThiagarajanEtal10]
- Arvind Thiagarajan, James Biagioni, Tomas Gerlich, and Jakob Eriksson. Cooperative Transit Tracking using GPS-enabled Smartphones. In SenSys, pages 85-98. ACM, 2010. [ .pdf ]
Publicity
- TV appearance on ABC7, commenting on snow plow tracking watch clip. Jan 2012.
- Cover story in the Chicago Red-Eye: Track Stars. Jan 2011.
- TV interview in CTA Connections (1 minute into the video). June 2010.
- Article in UIC News Need portable, real-time transit info? There's an app for that. Feb 2010.
My contact info
| Address | Phone | Internet |
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| University of Illinois at Chicago Dept. Computer Science Room 1120 SEO (M/C 152) Chicago, IL 60607 |
Office: (312) 996 0481 Lab: (312) 413 2103 Personal: (312) 77-JAKOB |
Email: jakob@uic.edu Skype: jakob_eriksson |
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