Lata Narayanan, Concordia University

Research

autonomous mobile robots evolving networks graph algorithms online and approximation algorithms routing algorithms search social network algorithms trajectories

Latest funding

Efficient algorithms for mobile agents in networks
NSERC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$123,000
Optimizing movement and communication for autonomous mobile entities
NSERC · 2016 · Principal investigator
$156,000
Algorithms for wireless ad hoc and sensors networks
NSERC · 2010 · Principal investigator
$125,000

All 7 grants and awards

Efficient algorithms for mobile agents in networks

Principal investigatorNSERC2022Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Narayanan, Lata

Keywords: autonomous mobile robots; routing algorithms; trajectories; search; online and approximation algorithms; graph algorithms; social network algorithms; evolving networks; transportation by robots

$123,000

Optimizing movement and communication for autonomous mobile entities

Principal investigatorNSERC2016Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Narayanan, Lata

$156,000

Algorithms for wireless ad hoc and sensors networks

Principal investigatorNSERC2010Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Narayanan, Lata

$125,000

Routing, multicasting, and security in networks

Principal investigatorNSERC2004Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Narayanan, Lata

$89,215

Algorithms for communication in wireless networks

Principal investigatorNSERC2002Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Narayanan, Lata

$231,000

Communication in distributed and cellular networks

Principal investigatorNSERC1998Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Narayanan, Lata

$91,300

New strategies for fast interprocessor communication in parallel computers

Principal investigatorNSERC1994Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Narayanan, Lata

$76,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: autonomous mobile robots Dear Professor Narayanan, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on autonomous mobile robots connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Efficient algorithms for mobile agents in networks" (2022), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]