Research Interest

My research interest includes routing in wireless ad hoc networks. My current work focuses on evaluating performance of routing protocols in vehicular ad hoc network (VANETs) and on developing a new routing protocol to be used in an urban environment.

Education

• Ph.D. student in Electrical and Computer Engineering (08/07 - Present)
  Carnegie Mellon University, USA.
  Advisor: Prof. Ozan Tonguz

• M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering (05/06)
  Carnegie Mellon University, USA.

• B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering (05/06)
  Carnegie Mellon University, USA.
  Minor: Economics and Mathematics GPA: 3.95/4.00

Publications

Journal

• O.K. Tonguz, W. Viriyasitavat, and F. Bai, "Modeling Urban Traffic: A Cellular Automata Approach,” IEEE Communications Magazine, Special Issue on Automotive Network Series, May 2009.
• W. Viriyasitavat, O.K. Tonguz, and F. Bai, "Network Connecitivity of Mission Critical Urban Vehicular Networks," IEEE Journal on Selected Areas of Communications, Special Issue on Mission Critical Networking, 2010, Submitted

Conference

• W. Viriyasitavat, O.K. Tonguz, and F. Bai, "Network Connectivity of VANETs in Urban Areas,", IEEE Communications Society Conference on Sensor, Mesh, and Ad Hoc Communications and Networks (SECON), Rome, Italy, June 2009.

• H-M Tsai, W. Viriyasitavat, O.K. Tonguz, C. Saraydar, T. Talty, and A. Macdonald. "Feasibility of In-car Wireless Sensor Networks: A Statistical Evaluation", IEEE Communications Society Conference on Sensor, Mesh, and Ad Hoc Communications and Networks (SECON), San Diego, CA, June 2007.

Experiences

• Department of Computer Science, Mahidol University, Thailand (06/06-06/07)
  Lecturer
  

• National Electronnics and Computers Technology Center (NECTEC), Thailand (06/04-08/04)
  Summer Intern
  

• Carnegie Mellon University
  Peer Tutor, Academic Development (08/04-05/06)
  
  Teaching Assistant, Electrical and Computer Engineering Depertment (01/04-05/04, 01/05-05/05)

  Consultant on Thai translation project (08/03-07/04)
  
  Lab Assistant in Habermann computing classroom (08/03-12/03)

• Sudipan.net (08/03-08/05)
  Webmaster and columnist
  

Honors and Activities

• Eta Kappa Nu Honor Society (05/06 - Present)
  
• Thai Government’s Scholarship (06/01-05/06)
  
• University and Department Honors upon Graduation (05/06)
  
• Senior Leadership Award (05/06)
  
• Dean’s List: Fall'02, Spring'03, Spring'04, Fall'04, Spring'05, Fall'05, Spring'06
  
• Secretary of Thai Student Association at CMU (SIAM) (2004)
  
• Gold Medalist, Thailand National Mathematical Olympiad (2001)
  
  
  

Last updated: July 24, 2007