Sarah Koskie

Associate Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering

Contact Information:

Office Phone: +1 317 278 9043
Office Fax: +1 317 274 4493
Email: skoskie@iupui.edu

Office: Room 164F in the SL Building

Education:

Ph.D. Control Theory, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ (2003)
M.S. Mathematics, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ (1999)
S.B. & S.M. Mechanical Engineering, MIT, Cambridge, MA (1983, 1986)

Research interests:

• Control Theory and Applications
• System Identification
• Fault Detection, Isolation, and Accommodation
• Sensor Fusion
• Transportation Active Safety              ←   TASI won IUPUI Signature Center Funding in January, 2008!
• Modeling, Simulation, and Control Design for
  • Telecommunications
  • Aerospace
  • Materials Processing
  • Molecular Biology
• Game Theory and Applications

Teaching:

Current Semester, Purdue School of Engineering and Technology, IUPUI:

• ECE602 Lumped System Theory (Fall, 2009)
  

Previous Semesters

• Complete Listing

Publications:

S. Koskie and Z. Gajic, "Optimal SIR-Based Power Control Strategies for Wireless CDMA Networks", in International Journal for Information and Systems Sciences, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 204–218, 2007.   pdf

S. Koskie and Z. Gajic, "Signal-To-Interference-Based Power Control for Wireless Networks: A Survey, 1992--2005," in Dynamics of Continuous, Discrete and Impulsive Systems B: Applications and Algorithms, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 187–220, 2006.   pdf

S. Koskie and Z. Gajic, "A Nash Game Algorithm for SIR-Based Power Control in 3G Wireless CDMA Networks," IEEE–ACM Transactions on Networking October, 2005, vol. 13, No. 5, pp. 1017–1026.   pdf

S. Koskie, J. Zapf, "Acceleration of static Nash power control algorithm using Newton iterations,"Dynamics of Continuous, Discrete, and Impulsive Systems B: Applications and Algorithms, 2005, vol. 12-S, pp. 685–690.   pdf

X. Li, S. Koskie, Z. Gajic, "Steffensen iterations for power updates in CDMA wireless networks", Dynamics of Continuous Discrete and Impulsive Systems B: Applications and Algorithms, 2005, vol. 12-S, pp. 691–696.   pdf

S. Koskie, Z. Gajic, "SIR-based Power Control Algorithms for Wireless CDMA Networks: An overview", Dynamics of Continuous Discrete and Impulsive Systems B: Applications and Algorithms, 2003, vol. 10-S, pp. 286–293. pdf

B. Dillon, S. Koskie, "Comparison in simulation of power control algorithms for wireless systems", Dynamics of Continuous Discrete and Impulsive Systems B: Applications and Algorithms, 2003, vol. 10-S, pp. 281–285.

S. Koskie, D. Skataric, and B. Petrovic, "Convergence Proof for Recursive Solution of Linear-Quadratic Nash Games for Quasi-Singularly Perturbed Systems," Dynamics of Continuous, Discrete and Impulsive Systems, Series B: Applications and Algorithms, (invited paper), vol. 9, no. 2, 2002, pp. 317–333.   pdf     Note: The brackets and parentheses missing from the published version are contained in this pdf file which was generated from the same LaTeX file submitted to the journal.

Conference Presentations:

S. M. Rovnyak, S. Koskie, Y. Sheng, V. S. Rajput, and X. Hu, "Laboratory Testing of a Distributed Generator Unintentional Islanding Detection Scheme," Submitted to Proceedings of the IEEE PES General Meeting, Pittsburgh, July 20–24, 2008.

V. S. Rajput, S. M. Rovnyak, S. Koskie, and Y. Sheng, "A Microcontroller-Based Phasor Measurement System with CAN Bus Communication," Submitted Proceedings of the IEEE PES General Meeting, Pittsburgh, July 20–24, 2008.

Y. Sheng, S. M. Rovnyak, V.S. Rajput, and S. Koskie, "Testing an IEEE 1547 Compliant Generator Controller for Response to Abnormal Voltage," Accepted, Proceedings of the IEEE PES General Meeting, Pittsburgh, July 20–24, 2008.

A. Minaz, S. Koskie, Y. Chen. "Energy Management Strategies for Fuel Cell Hybrid Electric Vehicles", Proceedings, International Electric Vehicle Symposium, EVS 23, CD-ROM, Anaheim, California, December 2–5, 2007.

Z. Gajic, S. Koskie, and C. Coumarbatch, "On the Singularly Perturbed Matrix Differential Riccati Equation," CDC-ECC'05, 44th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control and European Control Conference ECC 2005, Seville, Spain, December 14–17, 2005.   pdf

S. Koskie, J. Zapf, "Acceleration of Static Nash Power Control Algorithm using Newton Iterations," DCDIS 4th International Conference on Engineering Applications and Computational Algorithms Guelph, Ontario, Canada, July 27–29, 2005.

X. Li, S. Koskie, Z. Gajic, "Stefenssen Iterations for Power Updates in CDMA Wireless Networks," DCDIS 4th International Conference on Engineering Applications and Computational Algorithms Guelph, Ontario, Canada, July 27–29, 2005.

Z. Gajic, D. Skataric, and S. Koskie, "Optimal SIR-based Power Updates in Wireless CDMA Communication Systems," 43rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Paradise Island, The Bahamas, December 14–17, 2004.   pdf

Z. Gajic and S. Koskie, Workshop S–2 (1/2 day) "Power Control in Wireless Communication Networks," presented Monday, December 8 at the 42nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC 03), Maui, Hawaii, December 9–12, 2003.

Z. Gajic and S. Koskie, "Newton iteration acceleration of the Nash game algorithm for power control in 3G wireless CDMA networks," Performance and Control of Next-Generation Communications Networks, Proceedings of SPIE , vol. 5244, August, 2003, pp. 115–121.   pdf

S. Koskie and Z. Gajic, "Optimal SIR-Based Power Control in 3G Wireless CDMA Networks," American Control Conference, Denver, June 4–6, 2003.   pdf

Z. Gajic and S. Koskie, "SIR-Based Power Control Algorithms Wireless Networks: An Overview," (invited talk) International Conference on Dynamics of Continuous, Discrete and Impulsive Systems, Guelph, Ontario, May 15–18, 2003.

S. Koskie, "Dynamic Nash Games for Power Control in Wireless Networks," (invited talk) International Conference on Dynamics of Continuous, Discrete and Impulsive Systems, Guelph, Ontario, May 15–18, 2003.

S. Koskie, "Distributed SIR-Based Power Control using Nash Game Algorithms in 3G Wireless CDMA Networks," (invited talk) IEEE Princeton Central Jersey Chapter, December, 2002.

S. Koskie, "A Nash Game Algorithm for SIR-Based Power Control in 3G Wireless CDMA Networks," (invited talk) WINLAB Industrial Advisory Board Meeting, Rutgers University, October 9, 2002.

S. Koskie, D. Skataric, B. Petrovic, and Z. Gajic, "Convergence Proof for Recursive Solution of Linear-Quadratic Nash Games for Quasi-Singularly Perturbed Systems," (invited talk) International Conference on Dynamics of Continuous, Discrete and Impulsive Systems, London, Ontario, July 27–31, 2001.

Z. Gajic, S. Koskie, and C. Coumarbatch, "Exact Slow-Fast Decomposition of the Singularly Perturbed Matrix Differential Riccati Equation," International Conference on Dynamics of Continuous, Discrete and Impulsive Systems, London, Ontario, July 27–31, 2001.

S. Koskie, S. C. Shah, and E. S. Russell, "Surface Temperature Control in Plasma Deposition of Metal Matrix Composites," presented at IFAC Workshop on Intelligent Manufacturing Systems, October 1, 1992.   pdf

S. Koskie and E. S. Russell, "Intelligent Plasma Deposition Processing of Metal Matrix Composites," presented at Advanced Aerospace Materials/Processes Conference and Exposition (AeroMat '92), Anaheim, CA, May, 1992.

Edward S. Russell and Sarah Koskie, "Substrate temperature control in ICPD manufacture of metal-matrix composites," presented at the Symposium on Model-based design of materials and processes – Application of mechanics and material models to design and processing, San Diego, CA, March 4-5, 1992, Proceedings of the Symposium, pp. 147–161.   pdf

Technical Reports:

S. Koskie and Z. Gajic, "A Nash Game Algorithm for SIR-Based Power Control in 3G Wireless CDMA Networks," Rutgers Wireless Information Network Laboratory (WINLAB) Technical Report no. 227, January, 2003.   pdf

S. Koskie and Z. Gajic, "Optimal SIR-Based Power Control in 3G Wireless CDMA Networks," Rutgers Wireless Information Network Laboratory (WINLAB) Technical Report no. 229, January, 2003.   pdf

Last modified August 17, 2009.