Fault-Tolerant Remote Sensing Data Dissemination for Climate and Sustainability

This doctoral project at ENAC focuses on designing fault-tolerant data dissemination protocols for drone swarms to improve environmental monitoring in remote ecosystems. The research addresses critical challenges in distributed systems, such as intermittent communication, network partitions, and energy constraints, to enable adaptive sensing data collection. The project aims to survey existing techniques, design novel protocols tailored to specific ecosystems, and validate findings through a proof-of-concept. It combines expertise in computer science, algorithms, and environmental science to advance climate change research and sustainability efforts.

• Design and implement novel fault-tolerant data dissemination protocols for drone swarms to ensure reliable environmental data collection.
• Survey and evaluate existing dissemination techniques for environmental monitoring, focusing on performance and adaptability.
• Develop adaptive protocols tailored to specific ecosystems, addressing challenges like intermittent communication and network partitions.
• Conduct experiments and simulations to validate the proposed protocols using a proof-of-concept implementation.
• Collaborate with environmental scientists to ensure protocols meet real-world monitoring requirements.
• Publish research findings in peer-reviewed journals and present results at international conferences.