KEYNOTE SPEAKER I

Ubiquitous Sensing

Dr.Balamuralidhar P Head ,TCS Innovation Labs, Bangalore, India Abstract: Ubiquitous sensing applications often involve the sensor based data collection with a large coverage in space in and time. From a return on investment perspective the value of information needs to be attractive with the cost of infrastructure to acquire it. The role of participative sensing and human centric sensing has been widely explored for collecting and analyzing data for use in social science, environmental and health applications. The wide availability of smart phones integrated with variety of sensors is becoming platform for people to document a neighborhood, gather evidence, study behaviors and is accelerating the pace of exploration in new application areas. Many of the current applications involve the monitoring of public spaces involving the participation of citizen in general. Participative surveillance is an application that can bring substantial social benefit. There are many challenges in effectively deploying such applications. It includes the privacy issues, trustworthiness of the data, human factors that affect the quality of sensing, variability of devices, enrolling and motivating participants, and a sustainable business model. Further it should be supported with a sound framework for deployment where the participant has control over data, transparency in data handling and intuitive user interface supporting multi-modal interactions. This presentation will discuss the above aspects with a few illustrative use case scenarios. Biography Balamuralidhar P is heading TCS Innovation Lab at Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (TCS), Bangalore. He has obitained Bachelor of Technology from Kerala University in 1985 and Master of Technology (MTech) from IIT Kanpur in 1987. Major area of research is in applications of Digital Signal processing and Networked Embedded Systems.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER II

SIP AND BYTE – NGN AND COMPUTING

Dr. Subrat Kar,

IIT, New Delhi,

India

Abstract: This Speaker going to talk about SIP and BYTE-NGN and Computing. The Next Generation Network (NGN) is beginning to deliver on its promise of addressing every user requirement whether legacy or otherwise. What is not so well known is that the architecture of the NGN is uniquely supportive of the next generation computing paradigms. This unique coming together of the network and the computer deliver unique advantages to the next generation user. Profile: Dr. Subrat Kar graduated with Honours in Electrical & Electronics Engineering from the Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani in 1987. He holds a Doctoral Degree in Electrical Communication Engineering from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (1991). He has been with the International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste as a Post-Doctoral Fellow (1991-1994). Presently he is a Professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering where he is also the Ram and Sita Sabnani Chair Professor. He was instrumental in establishing and heading (2006-2010) the Bharti School of Telecommunication Technology & Management, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi which, as IIT Delhi’s first ever School, runs M.Tech, MS, MBA and PhD (Engg) and PhD( Mgmt) programs. He also established and headed (2006-2010) the Airtel IITD Centre of Excellence in Telecom (AICET) in IIT Delhi which conducts programs in contract research, distance education, pre-incubation and super-internship programs. His research areas are in optical communication, switching, access technologies, telecom protocols, embedded systems and high speed networks. His research areas are in optical communication, switching, access technologies, telecom protocols, embedded systems and high speed networks. As a member of the Optoelectronics and Optical Communication research group, he works in the area of non-linear optical CDMA networks, free-space optical communication (ground-satellite and inter-satellite) and in ultra-fast optical LSI and fault-tolerant integrated optical switching architectures. His interests also involve formalisms in embedded system design, hardware-software co-design, telecom protocol design and verification tools for telecommunication protocols. He has designed and holds patents in the field of large-scale sensor networks, routing algorithms, macro languages, large scale repository design for sensor data and localization issues in sensor networks.