Title: Putting Theory to Practice in Wireless Sensor Networks

Someone once quipped "In theory, theory and practice are the same. But
in practice they're different." I will argue that in the area of
wireless sensor networks, given their resource constraints and diverse
challenges, it is crucial to bridge the gap between the two.

I will describe results from some ongoing studies that span the wide
spectrum between deep theory and experimental research. These include:
a fundamental theoretical result showing that all monotone properties
in geometric random graphs exhibit sharp phase transition thresholds;
analytical explanations of empirical observations on wireless link
characteristics;  an analysis of the impact of spatial correlations on
joint  routing and compression showing the existence of near optimal
clusters; design and analysis of the ACQUIRE active querying
technique; techniques for delay efficient scheduling; and the design
of Ecolocation --- a novel sequence decoding algorithm for RF-only
localization.