Sixth International Conference on Networked Sensing Systems
June 17 - 19, 2009 // the University Center building // Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA

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Panel

Title:

10 years of networked sensing systems - a look back and an outlook

Moderator:

Michael Beigl, TU Braunschweig
Michael Beigl is professor for Ubiquitous and Distributed Systems at the Carl-Friedrich Gauss Faculty, Technische Universität Carolo-Wilhelima zu Braunschweig. Previously, he was research director of TecO, University of Karlsruhe (2000-2005) and visiting associate professor at Keio University (2005). He obtained both his MSc (1995) and PhD (Dr.-Ing, 2000) from University of Karlsruhe. His research interests include Ubiquitous Computing, wireless sensor systems, mobile and ubiquitous networks, distribution of Ubicomp enabled information via Internet, location models and systems, novel sensor technology and context awareness.

Panelists:

Phil Gibbons, Intel Research / Carnegie Mellon University
Nicolaie L. Fantana, ABB Corporate Research, Ladenburg, Germany
Dr. Fantana received the Dipl. Ing. and 1985 the Dr. Eng. degree in electrical engineering from the Technical University / Polytechnic Institute Timisoara, Romania. He was associate professor at the T. U. Timisoara, visiting scientist at the University of Karlsruhe Germany and since 1992 he is with ABB Corporate Research Germany. His research interests include life cycle evaluation, assessment and analysis of equipment using data from conventional and mobile tools and internet of things technologies for industrial service activities. Dr. N. Fantana is senior member IEEE.
Hideto Iwaoka, Kanazawa Institute of Technology
Hideto Iwaoka received the B.E., M.E., and Dr.Eng. degrees in electrical engineering from Keio University, Japan. He has an almost 35 year background in developing sensor devices and systems; Nuclear Quadrupole Resonance Thermometry, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Photonic Devices, and Micro-Electro-Mechanical-Systems(MEMS), as a researcher in corporate R&D; of Yokogawa Electric Corporation, Tokyo Japan. He is now a professor of Kanazawa Institute of Technology from 2006, and charging to research in networked sensing systems and optical fiber sensing systems.
Yoshito Tobe, Tokyo Denki University
Professor at Tokyo Denki University.
B.E.(1984) and M.E.(1986) in Electrical Engineering from the University of Tokyo.
M.S. (1992) in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University
Ph.D. (2000) in Media and Governance from Keio University Currently, he is leading OSOITE project which aims at collecting and utilizing real-time and real-world data in the urban environment.

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