Summary

Accomplished entrepreneur, inventor, system architect/developer, and author in Smart Grid, Internet of Things, and Wireless Sensor Networks. Lead architect and developer of Cisco’s award-winning Field Area Network solution. Built some of the world's first and largest IP-based, low-power mesh networks for Smart Grid, Defense, and Environmental Monitoring. Editor and co-author of leading standards and co-inventor of 9 issued and 87 pending US patents that extend the Internet architecture to deeply embedded networks. Currently focused on building a network infrastructure based on open standards for Smart Grid and Smart Cities applications. Extensive experience in network architectures, protocols, and algorithms for large-scale and resource-constrained embedded networks.

What's New?

• [04/02/2013] ZigBee’s IPv6-Compatible Spec Goes Live
• [01/08/2013] Vint Cerf’s futuristic wine cellar — and what it means for you
• [12/10/2012] Tomorrow Starts Here: The Internet of Everything
• [09/26/2012] John Chambers speaks about the Internet of Everything
• [09/19/2012] Elster Joins Cisco’s IPv6 Smart Grid Train
• [04/18/2012] Cisco Doubles Down on Smart Grid
• [03/26/2012] IETF Publishes RFCs for Routing Over Low-Power and Lossy Networks
• [10/12/2011] Cisco’s All-IP Smart Meter Domination Plan

Selected Press

(Full List)

• Vint Cerf’s futuristic wine cellar — and what it means for you
  Ars Technica, January 8, 2013.
• Cisco Doubles Down on Smart Grid
  SmartGridNews, April 18, 2012.
• Cisco’s All-IP Smart Meter Domination Plan
  Greentech Media, October 12, 2011.
• It’s Official: The Future of the Smart Grid Is IP
  GigaOM, September 7, 2010.
• Cisco buys wireless sensor outfit Arch Rock in smart-grid push
  CNET, September 2, 2010.
• Arch Rock Unveils Internet Standards-Based Wireless Mesh Platform for Smart Grids
  TMCnet, June 18, 2010.
• Arch Rock Earns IPv6 Forum's 'IPv6 Ready Phase 2' Designation
  Embedded.com, July 17, 2009.
• 6LoWPAN Goes Where ZigBee Can't
  ECNmag.com, March 10, 2009.
• First IP-Powered Wireless Sensor Network Debuts
  Government Technology, October 30, 2006.

Standards Specifications

1. RFC 4944: Transmission of IPv6 Packets over IEEE 802.15.4 Networks
   Gabriel Montenegro, Nandakishore Kushalnagar, Jonathan Hui, and David Culler.
2. RFC 6206: The Trickle Algorithm
   Philip Levis, Thomas Clausen, Jonathan Hui, Omprakash Gnawali, and JeongGil Ko.
3. RFC 6282: Compression Format for IPv6 Datagrams over IEEE 802.15.4-Based Networks
   Jonathan Hui and Pascal Thubert.
4. RFC 6550: RPL: IPv6 Routing Protocol for Low-Power and Lossy Networks
   Tim Winter, Pascal Thubert, Anders Brandt, Jonathan Hui, Richard Kelsey, Philip Levis, Kris Pister, Rene Struik, JP Vasseur, and Roger Alexander.
5. RFC 6553: The RPL Option for Carrying RPL Information in Data-Plane Datagrams
   Jonathan Hui and JP Vasseur.
6. RFC 6554: An IPv6 Routing Header for Source Routes with RPL
   Jonathan Hui, JP Vasseur, Vishwas Manral, and David Culler.

Selected Publications

(Full List)

1. IPv6 in Low-Power Wireless Networks
   Jonathan W. Hui and David E. Culler. In Proceedings of the IEEE, vol. 98, no. 11, pp. 1865-1878, November, 2010.
   [BibTex]
2. IP is Dead, Long Live IP for Wireless Sensor Networks
   Jonathan W. Hui and David E. Culler. In Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (Raleigh, North Carolina, USA, November 05 - 07, 2008). SenSys '08. ACM, New York, NY.
   [Slides] [BibTex]
3. 6LoWPAN: Extending IP to Low-Power, Wireless Personal Area Networks
   Jonathan W. Hui and David E. Culler. IEEE Internet Computing, vol. 12, no. 4, pp. 37-45, Jul/Aug, 2008.
   [BibTex]

Education

1. University of California at Berkeley, 2008
   Ph.D. in Computer Science
   Cumulative GPA: 4.00/4.00
   Coursework
2. University of California at Berkeley, 2005
   M.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
   Cumulative GPA: 4.00/4.00
   Coursework
3. Carnegie Mellon University, 2003
   B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering with a minor in Computer Science
   Cumulative GPA: 3.93/4.00
   Coursework