Conference Papers and Journals


  1. Self-Supervised Contrastive Learning for Camera-to-Radar Knowledge Distillation.
    Wenpeng Wang*, Brad Campbell, and Sirajum Munir. In proc. of the IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing in Smart Systems and the Internet of Things (DCOSS-IoT 2024), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, April 29 – May 1, 2024.

  2. CarFi: Rider Side Localization using Wi-Fi CSI.
    Sirajum Munir, Hongkai Chen*, Shiwei Fang*, Mahathir Monjur, Shan Lin, and Shahriar Nirjon. In proc. of the IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-Hoc and Smart Systems (MASS 2023), Toronto, Canada, September 25-27, 2023.

  3. Active learning for abnormal lung sound data curation and detection in asthma.
    Shabnam Gaffarzadegan, Luca Bondi, Ho-Hsiang Wu, Sirajum Munir, Kelly Shields, Samarjit Das, Joseph Aracri. In proc. of the INTERSPEECH , Dublin, Ireland, August 20-24, 2023.

  4. Exploring mmWave Radar and Camera Fusion for High-Resolution and Long-Range Depth Imaging.
    Akarsh Prabhakara, Diana Zhang, Chao Li, Sirajum Munir, Aswin Sankaranarayanan, Anthony Rowe, Swarun Kumar. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), October, 2022.

  5. RFCam: Uncertainty-aware Fusion of Camera and Wi-Fi for Real-time Human Identification with Mobile Devices.
    Hongkai Chen*, Sirajum Munir, and Shan Lin. Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies , Volume 6, Issue 2, Article No. 47, pp 1–29, July, 2022.

  6. Application-driven Privacy-preserving Data Publishing with Correlated Attributes.
    Aria Rezaei, Chaowei Xiao, Jie Gao, Bo Li, and Sirajum Munir. In proc. of the International Conference on Embedded Wireless Systems and Networks (EWSN) , Delft, The Netherlands, February 17-19, 2021. (Best Paper Award)

  7. A Review of Cognitive Assistants for Healthcare: Trends, Prospects, and Future Directions.
    Sarah Masud Preum, Sirajum Munir, Meiyi Ma, Mohammad Samin Yasar, David J. Stone, Ronald Williams, Homa Alemzadeh, and John A. Stankovic. Accepted at ACM Computing Surveys , 2020.

  8. EyeFi: Fast Human Identification Through Vision and WiFi-based Trajectory Matching.
    Shiwei Fang*, Tamzeed Islam*, Sirajum Munir, and Shahriar Nirjon. In proc. of the 16th IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems (DCOSS) , Marina Del Rey, LA, California, June 15-17, 2020. [pdf] [ppt] [video] [Dataset]

  9. Leveraging Fine-Grained Occupancy Estimation Patterns for Effective HVAC Control.
    Yukun Yuan, Kin Sum Liu*, Sirajum Munir, Jonathan Francis, Charles Shelton, and Shan Lin. In proc. of the 5th ACM/IEEE Conference on Internet of Things Design and Implementation (IoTDI) , Sydney, Australia, April 21-24, 2020.

  10. OccuTherm: Occupant Thermal Comfort Inference using Body Shape Information.
    Jonathan Francis, Matias Quintana, Nadine von Frankenberg, Sirajum Munir, and Mario Berges. In proc. of the 6th ACM International Conference on Systems for Energy-Efficient Built Environments, Cities, and Transportation (BuildSys) , Columbia, New York, November 13-14, 2019. (Best Paper Award Finalist)

  11. Reliable Communication and Latency Bound Generation in Wireless Cyber-Physical Systems.
    Sirajum Munir, Hao-Tsung Yang, Shan Lin, S. M. Shahriar Nirjon, Chen Lin, Enamul Hoque, John A. Stankovic, and Kamin Whitehouse. ACM Transactions on Cyber-Physical Systems, 2019. [pdf]

  12. ODDS: Real-Time Object Detection using Depth Sensors on Embedded GPUs.
    Niluthpol Chowdhury Mithun*, Sirajum Munir, Karen Guo, and Charles Shelton. In proc. of the 17th ACM/IEEE Conference on Information Processing in Sensor Networks (IPSN) , Porto, Portugal, April 11-13, 2018. [pdf] [ppt] [video]

  13. Data-driven Thermal Model Inference with ARMAX, in Smart Environments, based on Normalized Mutual Information.
    Zhanhong Jiang, Jonathan Francis, Anit Kumar Sahu, Sirajum Munir, Charles Shelton, Anthony Rowe, and Mario Berges. In proc. of the American Control Conference (ACC) , Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, June 27-29, 2018.

  14. Real-Time Fine Grained Occupancy Estimation using Depth Sensors on ARM Embedded Platforms.
    Sirajum Munir, Ripudaman Singh Arora*, Craig Hesling*, Juncheng Li, Jonathan Francis, Charles Shelton, Christopher Martin, Anthony Rowe, and Mario Berges. In proc. of the 23rd IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS) , Pittsburgh, USA, April 18-21, 2017. [pdf] [ppt] [video]

  15. Measuring People-Flow Through Doorways using Easy-to-Install IR Array Sensors.
    Hessam Mohammadmoradi*, Sirajum Munir, Omprakash Gnawali, and Charles Shelton. In proc. of the IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems (DCOSS) , Ottawa, Canada, June 5-7, 2017. [pdf] [video]

  16. Reliable Stream Scheduling with Minimum Latency for Wireless Sensor Networks.
    Hao Tsung Yang, Kin Sum Liu*, Jie Gao, Shan Lin, Sirajum Munir, Kamin Whitehouse, and John Stankovic. In proc. of the IEEE International Conference on Sensing, Communication and Networking (SECON) , San Diego, California, USA, June 12-14, 2017.

  17. Taxi Dispatch With Real-Time Sensing Data in Metropolitan Areas: A Receding Horizon Control Approach.
    Fei Miao, Shuo Han, Shan Lin, John A. Stankovic, Desheng Zhang, Sirajum Munir, Hua Huang, Tian He, and George J. Pappas. In IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 2016, Invited Paper.

  18. Taxi-Passenger-Demand Modeling Based on Big Data from a Roving Sensor Network.
    Desheng Zhang, Tian He, Shan Lin, Sirajum Munir, and John A. Stankovic. IEEE Transactions on Big Data, 2016.

  19. EyePhy: Detecting Dependencies in Cyber-Physical System Apps due to Human-in-the-Loop.
    Sirajum Munir, Mohsin Y. Ahmed, and John A. Stankovic. In Proc. of the 12th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Computing, Networking and Services (MobiQuitous '15). Coimbra, Portugal, July 22–24, 2015. [pdf]

  20. Taxi Dispatch with Real-Time Sensing Data in Metropolitan Areas - a Receding Horizon Control Approach.
    Fei Miao, Shan Lin, Sirajum Munir, John A. Stankovic, Hua Huang, Desheng Zhang, Tian He, and George J. Pappas. In Proc. of the 6th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Cyber-Physical Systems (ICCPS '15). Seattle, Washington, USA, April 14-16, 2015. (Best Paper Award Finalist)

  21. Online Cruising Mile Reduction for Large-Scale Taxicab Networks.
    Desheng Zhang, Tian He, Shan Lin, Sirajum Munir, and John A. Stankovic. IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems (TPDS), 2015.

  22. FailureSense: Detecting Sensor Failure using Electrical Appliances in the Home.
    Sirajum Munir and John A. Stankovic. In Proc. of the 11th IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad hoc and Sensor Systems (IEEE MASS '14). Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, October 28-30, 2014. [pdf]

  23. Dmodel: Online Taxicab Demand Model from Big Sensor Data in a Roving Sensor Network.
    Desheng Zhang, Tian He, Shan Lin, Sirajum Munir, and John A. Stankovic. In Proceedings of the 3rd IEEE International Congress on Big Data. Anchorage, Alaska, USA, June 27 - July 2, 2014. [pdf] (Acceptance Rate: 19%)

  24. DepSys: Dependency Aware Integration of Cyber-Physical Systems for Smart Homes.
    Sirajum Munir and John A. Stankovic. In Proc. of the 5th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Cyber-Physical Systems (ICCPS '14). Berlin, Germany, April 14-17, 2014. [pdf] (Best Paper Award Finalist)

  25. Reducing Energy Waste for Computers by Human-in-the-Loop Control.
    Sirajum Munir, John A. Stankovic, Chieh-Jan Mike Liang, and Shan Lin. To appear in IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing (TETC), 2013. [pdf]

  26. Cyber Physical System Challenges for Human-in-the-Loop Control.
    Sirajum Munir, John Stankovic, Chien-Jan Mike Liang, and Shan Lin. In Proc. of the 8th International Workshop on Feedback Computing, in conjunction with USENIX, San Jose, California, June, 2013. [pdf]

  27. Addressing Burstiness for Reliable Communication and Latency Bound Generation in Wireless Sensor Networks.
    Sirajum Munir, Shan Lin, Enamul Hoque, S. M. Shahriar Nirjon, John Stankovic, and Kamin Whitehouse. In Proc. of the 9th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Information Processing in Sensor Networks (IPSN '10). Stockholm, Sweden, April 12-16, 2010. [pdf] (Acceptance Rate: 17%) (Citation Count: 119)

  28. ACN: An Associative Classifier with Negative Rules.
    Gourab Kundu, Md. Monirul Islam, Sirajum Munir, Md. Faizul Bari. In Proc. of the 11th IEEE International Conference on Computational Science and Engineering, São Paulo, Brazil, July 16-18, 2008. [pdf]

  29. A Novel Algorithm for Associative Classification.
    Gourab Kundu, Sirajum Munir, Md. Faizul Bari, Md. Monirul Islam, and K. Murase. In Proc. of the 14th International Conference on Neural Information Processing, Kitakyushu, Japan, November 13-16, 2007. [pdf]

*Authors are my research interns at Bosch Research

Posters, Demos, and Datasets


  1. Demo Abstract: Fusing Wi-Fi and Camera for Fast Motion Tracking and Person Identification.
    Shiwei Fang, Sirajum Munir, and Shahriar Nirjon. In proc. of the 18th ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (SenSys), Yokohama, Japan, November 16-19, 2020.

  2. Dataset: Person Tracking and Identification using Cameras and Wi-Fi Channel State Information (CSI) from Smartphones.
    Shiwei Fang, Sirajum Munir, and Shahriar Nirjon. In proc. of the International Workshop on Data Acquisition To Analysis (DATA) in conjunction with 18th ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (SenSys), Yokohama, Japan, November 16, 2020.

  3. Dataset: Inferring Thermal Comfort using Body Shape Information Utilizing Depth Sensors.
    Sirajum Munir, Jonathan Francis, Matias Quintana, Nadine von Frankenberg, and Mario Berges. In proc. of the International Workshop on Data Acquisition To Analysis (DATA) in conjunction with 17th ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (SenSys) , Columbia, New York, November 10, 2019.

  4. Dataset: Occupancy Detection, Tracking, and Estimation Using a Vertically Mounted Depth Sensor.
    Fabricio Flores, Sirajum Munir, Matias Quintana, Anand Krishnan Prakash, and Mario Berges. In proc. of the International Workshop on Data Acquisition To Analysis (DATA) in conjunction with 17th ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (SenSys) , Columbia, New York, November 10, 2019.

  5. Understanding Occupancy Patterns in a Commercial Space.
    Kin Sum Liu*, Sirajum Munir, Shan Lin and Charles Shelton. IEEE Technical Committee on Cyber-Physical Systems, Volume 3, Issue 1, February 01, 2018. [pdf]

  6. Demo: FORK: Fine grained Occupancy estimatoR using Kinect on ARM Embedded Platforms.
    Sirajum Munir, Le Tran, Jonathan Francis, Charles Shelton, Ripudaman Singh Arora*, Craig Hesling*, Matias Quintana, Anand Krishnan Prakash, Anthony Rowe, and Mario Berges. In proc. of the 4th ACM International Conference on Systems for Energy-Efficient Built Environments (BuildSys) , Delft, Netherlands, November 8-9, 2017. [pdf]

  7. Poster: COD: A Dataset of Commercial Building Occupancy Traces.
    Kin Sum Liu*, Elvin Vindel Pinto, Sirajum Munir, Jonathan Francis, Charles Shelton, Mario Berges, and Shan Lin. 2017. In proc. of the 4th ACM International Conference on Systems for Energy-Efficient Built Environments (BuildSys) , Delft, Netherlands, November 8-9, 2017. [pdf]

  8. Poster Abstract: Long Term Occupancy Estimation in a Commercial Space: An Empirical Study.
    Kin Sum Liu*, Sirajum Munir, Shan Lin, Jonathan Francis, and Charles Shelton. In proc. of the 16th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Information Processing in Sensor Networks (IPSN) , Pittsburgh, USA, April 18-21, 2017.

  9. Poster Abstract: Context Intelligence in Pervasive Environments.
    Jonathan Francis, Alessandro Oltramari, Sirajum Munir, Charles Shelton, and Anthony Rowe. In proc. of the ACM/IEEE International Conference on Internet-of-Things Design and Implementation (IoTDI) , Pittsburgh, USA, April 18-21, 2017.

  10. Poster Abstract: On Human Behavioral Patterns in Elevator Usages.
    Chieh-Jan Mike Liang, Jun Tang, Li Zhang, Feng Zhao, Sirajum Munir, and John A. Stankovic. In Proc. of the 5th ACM Workshop On Embedded Systems For Energy-Efficient Buildings (BuildSys '13). Rome, Italy, November 13-14, 2013. [pdf]

*Authors are my research interns at Bosch Research

Patents


  1. A System and Method of Fusing Wireless and Visual Features for Robust Robot State Estimation.
    Sandeep Reddy Baddam, Sirajum Munir, Jonathan Francis, Sushanta Rakshit, Martin Coors, Samarjit Das, and Vivek Jain. Patent Application No: US 18/401,272. Filing date: 12/29/2023.

  2. A System and Method for Learning Sensor Measurement Uncertainty.
    Sandeep Reddy Baddam, Jonathan Francis, Sirajum Munir, Sushanta Rakshit, Martin Coors, Samarjit Das, Vivek Jain. Patent Application No: US 18/401,248. Filing date: 12/29/2023.

  3. A System and Method for Optimal Control Strategies of a Mobile Robot under Sensor Uncertainties.
    Sandeep Reddy Baddam, Jonathan Francis, Sirajum Munir, Sushanta Rakshit, Martin Coors, Samarjit Das, Vivek Jain. Patent Application No: 18/401,254. Filing date: 12/29/2023.

  4. Systems and Methods for Camera-to-Radar Knowledge Distillation.
    Wenpeng Wang and Sirajum Munir. Patent Application No: US 18/351,816. Filing date: 07/13/2023.

  5. System and method for monitoring fluid accumulation in an organ.
    Sirajum Munir, Wenpeng Wang, Samarjit Das, and Shabnam Gaffarzadegan. Patent Application No: US 18/222,159. Filing date: 07/14/2023.

  6. Active learning on biological sounds for determining presence of medical condition.
    Shabnam Gaffarzadegan, Samarjit Das, Luca Bondi, Ho-Hsiang Wu, and Sirajum Munir. Patent Application No: US 18/372,934. Filing date: 09/26/2023.

  7. System and Method for Travel Time Estimation in Real-Time.
    Sirajum Munir. Patent Application No: US 18/055,610. Filing date: 11/15/2022.

  8. Systems and Methods for Monitoring Machine Health.
    Sirajum Munir and Samarjit Das. Patent Application No: US 17/970,178. Filing date: 10/20/2022.

  9. Vehicle Road Side Identification of a Target via Differential Amplitude RF Signals.
    Sirajum Munir and Hongkai Chen. Patent Application No: US 17/876,260. Filing date: 07/28/2022.

  10. Vehicle Road Side Localization of a Target via Unwrapped Differential Phase RF Signals.
    Sirajum Munir and Hongkai Chen. Patent Application No: US 17/876,264. Filing date: 07/28/2022.

  11. Vehicle To Target Range Finder via RF Power.
    Sirajum Munir, Shiwei Fang, Yunze Zeng, and Vivek Jain. Patent Application No: US 17/876,256. Filing date: 07/28/2022.

  12. Remotely Activated Mobile Device Beacon.
    Sirajum Munir. Patent Application No: US 17/876,269. Filing date: 07/28/2022.

  13. Mobile Device Range Finder via RF Power.
    Sirajum Munir, Shiwei Fang, Yunze Zeng, and Vivek Jain. Patent Application No: US 17/876,277. Filing date: 07/28/2022.

  14. System And Method of Capturing Physiological Anomalies Utilizing a Vehicle Seat.
    Sirajum Munir And Samarjit Das. Patent Application No. US 17/853,354. Filing Date: 06/29/2022.

  15. Apparatus, Method and System for Person Detection and Identification Utilizing Wireless Signals and Images.
    Shan Lin, Hongkai Chen, and Sirajum Munir. Patent Application No: US 17/728,543. Filing date: 04/25/2022.

  16. A System and Method for Multimodal Neuro-symbolic Scene Understanding.
    Jonathan Francis, Alessandro Oltramari, Charles Shelton, and Sirajum Munir. Patent Application No: US 17/186,640. Filing date: 02/26/2021.

  17. Systems and Methods for Assisting Drivers and Riders to Locate Each Other.
    Sirajum Munir, Vivek Jain, and Samarjit Das. Patent Application No: US 17/135,290. Filing date: 12/28/2020.

  18. Systems and Methods for Detecting Symptoms of Occupant Illness for Shared Mobility Applications.
    Sirajum Munir, Samarjit Das, Yunze Zeng, Vivek Jain. Patent Application No: US 17/078,235. Filing date: 10/23/2020.

  19. HVAC Control using Fine-grained Occupancy Pattern Estimation.
    Shan Lin and Sirajum Munir. Patent Application No: US 16/850,860. Filing date: 04/16/2020.

  20. Occupant Thermal Comfort Inference Using Body Shape Information.
    Jonathan Francis, Sirajum Munir, and Matias Alberto Quintana Rosales. Patent Application No: US 16/681,131. Filing date: 11/12/2019.

  21. An Apparatus and Method for Person Detection, Tracking, and Identification Utilizing Wireless Signals and Images.
    Sirajum Munir, Vivek Jain, and Samarjit Das. Patent Application No: US 16/525,069. Filing date: 07/29/2019. [GRANTED!]

  22. Apparatus for Person Identification and Motion Direction Estimation.
    Sirajum Munir. Patent Application No: US 16/393,534. Filing date: 04/24/2019. [GRANTED!]

  23. System and Method for Operating Physical Entities Based On a Virtual Representation of the Physical Entities.
    Sirajum Munir and Samarjit Das. Patent Application No: 16/280,583. Filing date: 02/20/2019. [GRANTED!]

  24. Access Control System Including Occupancy Estimation.
    Sirajum Munir. Patent Application No: 16/251707. Filing date: 01/18/2019. [GRANTED!]

  25. Occupancy Sensing System for Personalized Desk Reservation.
    Sirajum Munir, Charles Shelton, and Hope Arenas. U.S. Patent Application No: 62/689,510. Filing date: 06/25/2018.

  26. Occupancy Sensing System for Custodial Services Management.
    Sirajum Munir and Charles Shelton. U.S. Patent Application No: 62/689,484. Filing date: 06/25/2018. [GRANTED!]

  27. Real-Time Object Detection using Depth Sensors.
    Niluthpol Chowdhury Mithun, Sirajum Munir, and Charles Shelton. Patent Application No: US 62/633,202. Filing date: 02/21/2018. [GRANTED!]

  28. Measuring People-Flow Through Doorways Using Easy-to-Install IR Array Sensors.
    Sirajum Munir, SeyyedHessamAldin Mohammadmoradi, Omprakash Gnawali, and Charles Shelton. Patent Application No: 62/515,147. Filing date: 06/05/2017. [GRANTED!]

  29. RBGD Sensing Based Object Detection System and Method Thereof.
    Sirajum Munir, Jonathan Francis, and Charles Shelton. Patent Application No: 62/438,215. Filing date: 12/22/2016.

  30. Depth Sensing based System for Detecting, Tracking, Estimating, and Identifying Occupancy in Real-Time.
    Sirajum Munir, Jonathan Francis, and Charles Shelton. Patent Application No: US 62/271,529. Filing date: 12/28/2015.

PhD Thesis


  • Integration of Cyber-Physical Systems for Smart Homes. [pdf]
    Sirajum Munir. Department of Computer Science, University of Virginia, 12/02/2014.