MANA is a research project whose goal is to is to improve scientific data acquisition in polar regions.
The aim of the MANA project is to develop a new generation of data logger adapted to extreme weather conditions, and limited bandwidth that are characteristics of harsh, remote environments. The innovation we propose consists in (a) leveraging wireless sensor networking technology to connect densely deployed sensors to the data logger, and (b) designing an autonomous data logger that controls the quality of the collected data, and that adjusts its sampling strategy to improve the relevance of the collected data while optimizing resource utilization.
Throughout the project, we will conduct field experiments at Zackenberg in North-east Greenland. We expect that, by the end of the project, our data acquisition system will be an integrated unit of the Zackenberg basic monitoring program.
MANA is a collaboration between IT University of Copenhagen, the fresh water biology lab from University of Copenhagen, the school of computer science from Reykjavik University, Arch Rock Corp., and Dan-System Aps.
MANA is funded by the Danish Strategic Research Council (NABIIT Program Commission).
Here is the MANA team at the kickoff meeting - held in Copenhagen in April 2008. From left to right: Wei Hong (Arch Rock), Bjørn Jonsson (RU), Chris Cianci (EPFL), Ole Guldbrandsen (Dan-systems), Luc Bouganim (INRIA), Philippe Bonnet (KU), Kirsten Christoffersen (KU), Ari Jonsson (RU), Marcus Chang (KU).
