Keynote Speakers

1st Keynote Talk of RTCSA 2005 (Day 1) and
IEEE Computer Society Distinguished Visitors Program Lecture

Date: August 17th 2005
Time: 9:00am - 10:00am
Venue: Grand Ball Room, Langham Hotel, Tsim Sha Tsui.

Title

Issues and Challenges in Creating Context-Aware Embedded Ubiquitous Applications (pdf)

Abstract

In ubiquitous computing environment, many embedded computers, sensors, devices, and networks are connected for creating context-aware embedded ubiquitous applications. We have been building smart rooms and smart furniture to develop such context-aware ubiquitous applications. The smart furniture is equipped with embedded networked computers, I/0 devices and sensors, and it can provide various services in open public and/or private space. By simply placing the smart furniture in a space, we can instantaneously converts the legacy non-smart space into a smart space where location-based context-aware services, service roaming, personalized services and access to the Internet are provided.

In this talk, we will discuss the issues and challenges in creating context-aware embedded ubiquitous applications with smart furniture. We first introduce four types of smart furniture; a pole type, a lamp type, a mirror type, and a message board type. Then, the smart furniture middleware and various issues in the context-aware ubiquitous applications such as a Personalized Message Board System, a Secure Library System, an Environmental Monitor System, and a Mobile TV-phone System are described. Finally, we summarize the issues and challenges in providing context-awareness, adaptability, time and space coordination, and privacy negotiation in embedded ubiquitous applications.

Biography

Hideyuki Tokuda, Ph.D. in Computer Science

Hideyuki Tokuda received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from Keio University, Japan in 1975 and 1977, respectively; a Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from the University of Waterloo in 1983. He joined the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University in 1983, and is an Adjunct Associate Professor from 1994. In 1990, he joined the Faculty of Environmental Information at Keio University and is a professor since 1996. He was an Executive Vice President and CIO of Keio University between 1997 and 2001. He is currently a Dean of the Graduate School of Media and Governance and a Professor in the Faculty of Environmental Information, Keio University, Japan.

His research interests include ubiquitous computing systems, distributed real-time operating systems, multimedia systems, embedded systems, information appliances, sensor networks, smart furniture and smart spaces. He has created many distributed operating systems and software tools such as Real-Time Mach, the ARTS Kernel, Shoshin, Scheduler 1-2-3, and ARM (Advanced Real-Time Monitor). Because of his research contribution, he was awarded the Motorola Foundation Award, the IBM Faculty Award, and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Award and the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communication Award in Japan.

He is a member of the IEEE, ACM, IPSJ, IEICE, and the Japan Society for Software Science and Technology (JSSST). He is currently a general chair of UbiComp2005, a chair of IEICE's SIG on Network Robots, an advisor of IPSJ's SIG on Ubiquitous Computing Systems, a general chair of the Network Robot Forum and a technical chair of the Ubiquitous Networking Forum respectively.


2nd Keynote Talk of RTCSA 2005 (Day 3)

Date: August 19th 2005
Time: 9:00am - 10:00am
Venue: Grand Ball Room, Langham Hotel, Tsim Sha Tsui.

Title

Opening the era of personal services at home and everywhere (ppt)

Abstract

This address looked at the way the era of personal services at home and everywhere. The home platform provides the means to exchange audiovisual content between user terminals and home equipments. The “Extended Home Platform” includes the back yard, the garage, the car and starts to encompass the town, the hotel...etc. Home and personal devices building unified personal environment which provide secure and personalised services through interoperability networks. This presentation will talk about the concept of digital home and digital life, the evolution of ubiquitous services and the trend of ICT products development.

Biography

Ching-Chi Hsu, Ph.D. in Electric Engineering

Ching-Chi Hsu received a Ph.D. degree in Electric Engineering from National Taiwan University in 1982. He spent many years on the faculty of Computer Science at National Taiwan University and was the professor and the chairman of the department. During that period, Dr. Hsu performed research on distributed systems, mobile computing and wireless networks. In 2002, Dr. Hsu was promoted as the president of Kai Nan University.

Starting from February 2004, Dr. Hsu has been the executive vice president of the Institute for Information Industry of Taiwan, which provides the innovative R&D, software technologies and interoperability standards for Taiwan ICT industry and also serves as a think tank on ICT policy to the government and industries on fostering development of the ICT industry. Dr. Hsu is mainly in charge of accelerating the growth of information industry in the whole nation.