Bio

Zerina Kapetanovic is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Stanford University working in the area of low-power wireless communication, sensing, and Internet of Things (IoT) systems. Prior to starting at Stanford, Kapetanovic was a postdoctoral researcher at Microsoft Research in the Networking Research Group and Research for Industry Group.

Kapetanovic's research has been recognized by the Yang Research Award, the Distinguished Dissertation Award from the University of Washington. She also received the Microsoft Research Distinguished Dissertation Grant and was selected to attend the 2020 UC Berkeley Rising Stars in EECS Workshop. Kapetanovic completed her PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Washington in 2022.

Academic Appointments

Honors & Awards

  • Gabilan Fellow, Stanford University (2023)
  • Terman Faculty Fellow, Stanford University (2023)

Professional Education

  • PhD, University of Washington, Electrical Engineering (2022)

Contact

  • Academic
    zerina@stanford.edu
    University - Faculty Department: Electrical Engineering Position: Asst Professor

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2024-25 Courses

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  • Communication by means of modulated Johnson noise PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Kapetanovic, Z., Morales, M., Smith, J. R. 2022; 119 (49): e2201337119

    Abstract

    We present the design of a passive wireless communication method that does not rely on ambient or generated RF sources. Instead, the method modulates the Johnson (thermal) noise of a resistor to transmit information bits wirelessly. By selectively connecting or disconnecting a matched resistor to an antenna, the system can achieve data rates of up to 26 bps and distances of up to 7.3 m. This communication method operates at very low power, similar to that of an RFID tag, with the advantage of not requiring a preexisting RF signal to reflect.

    View details for DOI 10.1073/pnas.2201337119

    View details for Web of Science ID 001016364000002

    View details for PubMedID 36445963

    View details for PubMedCentralID PMC9894108

  • FarmBeats: An IoT Platform for Data-Driven Agriculture Vasisht, D., Kapetanovic, Z., Won, J., Jin, X., Chandra, R., Kapoor, A., Sinha, S. N., Sudarshan, M., Stratman, S., USENIX Assoc USENIX ASSOC. 2017: 515-529

    View details for Web of Science ID 000427296400033

  • Carrier-Free RFID: Using Modulated Noise Communication to Read UHF RFID Tags IEEE JOURNAL OF RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION Garman, S., Saffari, A., Kobuchi, D., Stotland, D., Smith, J. R., Kapetanovic, Z. 2024; 8: 196-205

    View details for DOI 10.1109/JRFID.2024.3379189

    View details for Web of Science ID 001216331700003

  • Cosmic Backscatter: New Ways to Communicate via Modulated Noise Kapetanovic, Z., Garman, S., Stotland, D., Smith, J. R., ACM ASSOC COMPUTING MACHINERY. 2023: 165-171

    View details for DOI 10.1145/3626111.3628203

    View details for Web of Science ID 001124843800022

  • Modulated Noise Communication: Reading UHF RFID tags without a carrier Garman, S., Saffari, A., Kobuchi, D., Smith, J. R., Kapetanovic, Z., IEEE IEEE. 2023: 13-18

    View details for DOI 10.1109/RFID58307.2023.10178464

    View details for Web of Science ID 001035483700003

  • Whisper: IoT in the TV White Space Spectrum Chakraborty, T., Shi, H., Kapetanovic, Z., Priyantha, B., Vasisht, D., Vu, B., Pandit, P., Pillai, P., Chabria, Y., Nelson, A., Daum, M., Chandra, R., USENIX ASSOC USENIX ASSOC. 2022: 401-417

    View details for Web of Science ID 000876762200024

  • Democratizing Data-Driven Agriculture Using Affordable Hardware IEEE MICRO Chandra, R., Swaminathan, M., Chakraborty, T., Ding, J., Kapetanovic, Z., Kumar, P., Vasisht, D. 2022; 42 (1): 69-77

    View details for DOI 10.1109/MM.2021.3134743

    View details for Web of Science ID 000752012500010

  • Low-Cost Aerial Imaging for Small Holder Farmers Jain, A., Kapetanovic, Z., Kumar, A., Swamy, V., Patil, R., Vasisht, D., Sharma, R., Swaminathan, M., Chandra, R., Badam, A., Ranade, G., Sinha, S., Nambi, A. N., Assoc Comp Machinery ASSOC COMPUTING MACHINERY. 2019: 41-51

    View details for DOI 10.1145/3314344.3332485

    View details for Web of Science ID 000503976700005

  • Wireless Quantization Index Modulation: Enabling Communication Through Existing Signals Kapetanovic, Z., Talla, V., Parks, A., Qian, J., Smith, J. R., IEEE IEEE. 2018

    View details for Web of Science ID 000444773200007

  • EXPERIENCES DEPLOYING AN ALWAYS-ON FARM NETWORK GETMOBILE-MOBILE COMPUTING & COMMUNICATIONS REVIEW Kapetanovic, Z., Vasisht, D., Won, J., Chandra, R., Kimball, M. 2017; 21 (2): 16-21

    View details for DOI 10.1145/3131214.3131220

    View details for Web of Science ID 000416305100004

  • WISPCam: An RF-Powered Smart Camera for Machine Vision Applications Naderiparizi, S., Kapetanovic, Z., Smith, J. R., ACM ASSOC COMPUTING MACHINERY. 2016: 19-22

    View details for DOI 10.1145/2996884.2996888

    View details for Web of Science ID 000392303700004

  • WISPCam: A Battery-Free RFID Camera Naderiparizi, S., Parks, A. N., Kapetanovic, Z., Ransford, B., Smith, J. R., IEEE IEEE. 2015: 166-173

    View details for Web of Science ID 000370662400023

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