Dr. MCardei’s CV
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Education

• Ph.D., Computer Science, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, Minnesota, 2003
• M.S., Computer Science, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, Minnesota, 1999
• M.S., Computer Science, Politehnica University of Bucharest, Romania, 1996
• B.S., Computer Science, Politehnica University of Bucharest, Romania, 1995

Honors and Awards

• NSF CAREER Award, 2006.
• Researcher of the Year Award, Florida Atlantic University, 2006-2007.
• 2019 & 2024 FAU Woman Leader in STEM.
• Excellent Paper Award Tsinghua Science and Technology 2019.
• Best Paper Award IEEE IPCCC’2016, IEEE MSN’2014, and IEEE MASS’2005.
• Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, Graduate School, University of Minnesota, 2002-2003.

Grants and Awards

• Equipment Grant: MSC-Mobile Switching Center, GSN-GPRS Support Node, GSM Base Station (1900 MHz) and OMCR, CDMA Base Station (850 MHz) and BSM Server, FAU NSF/IUCRC, co-PI, Jan. 2012 – Dec. 2014.
• Efficient Protocols and Algorithms for Wireless Networks, FAU NSF/IUCRC, co-PI, Feb. 2012 – May 2014.
• Design and Evaluation of Wireless Networks Protocols, FAU Foundation/Tecore Networks, co-PI, Jan. 2012 – May 2014.
• Data Link and Communication Protocols for Underwater Laser Sensor Networks, FAU Division of Research (Seed Grant), co-PI, 2012-2013.
• Campus-2020 project: Campus Driving and Directions Assistant. FAU NSF/IUCRC, investigator, 2012 – 2013.
• NSF CAREER Optimization Problems in Wireless Sensor Network Design and Applications, National Science Foundation (NSF), PI, 06/01/06-01/31/12.
• CISE Instrumentation: Wireless and Sensor Networking Laboratory, National Science Foundation (NSF), PI, 08/15/04-07/31/07.
• Secure Telecommunication Networks, Secure Routing Protocols for Ad Hoc Wireless Networks, DoD Defense-wide RTDE grant, investigator, 09/01/04-08/31/06.
• New Project Development Program, Wireless Sensor Networks Design and Experimentation, Division of Research at FAU, PI, 01/01/06-12/31/06.
• NSF MRI: Acquisition of a NUMA-based Supercluster for High Performance Computing, National Science Foundation, National Science Foundation (NSF), co-PI, 08/01/05-07/31/09.
• Global Information Grid Simulation, DoD Defense-wide RTDE grant, investigator, 01/09/08-01/09/09. Secure Telecommunication Networks, Secure Routing Protocols for Ad Hoc Wireless Networks, DoD Defense-wide RTDE grant, investigator, 09/01/04-08/31/06.