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Sameera Poduri’s research lies at the intersection of wireless sensor networks and mobile robotics, with a focus on how distributed systems can self-organize to achieve robust connectivity. Her most influential work introduces the concept of **Neighbor-Every-Theta (NET) graphs** for topology control, a novel approach that uses local geometric information to guarantee network connectivity. By ensuring each node has at least one neighbor in every angular sector of its communication range, Poduri proved that for angles less than π, the resulting graph maintains an edge-connectivity of at least floor(2π/θ)—a powerful result for designing resilient sensor networks, even with irregular communication ranges. This work has garnered **55 citations**, underscoring its impact on the field. Poduri is also recognized for pioneering the problem of **coalescence** in mobile robot networks, where isolated robots must independently search for peers to form a single connected network. Her analysis of worst-case coalescence times and latency, published in multiple papers with over 80 combined citations, provides foundational theory for multi-robot systems operating without prior knowledge. Additionally, her work on **compressive sensing** for mobile robot missions demonstrates how sparse sampling strategies can efficiently reconstruct environmental fields, advancing autonomous spatial monitoring.