Recent Advances in Wireless Sensor Networks and Ubiquitous Computing

Speaker:	Dr. Feng Zhao
		Microsoft Research

Title:		"Recent Advances in Wireless Sensor Networks and
		 Ubiquitous Computing"

Date:		Friday, 9 June 2006

Time:		3:00pm - 4:00pm

Venue:		Lecture Theatre F
		(Leung Yat Sing Lecture Theatre, near lift nos. 25/26)
		HKUST


ABSTRACT:

I will describe recent work in organizing and programming heterogeneous
networks of embedded (sensing) devices that can range from RFID, motes to
cell phones. I will also talk about algorithmic and systems research that
enable these devices to easily publish data on the web, and users to query
the (live) information for ubiquitous interaction with the physical
environment. Systems that implement these functionalities will be
detailed.



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Biography:

Feng Zhao (http://research.microsoft.com/~zhao) is a Principal Researcher
at Microsoft Research, where he manages the Networked Embedded Computing
Group. He received his PhD in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
from MIT and has taught at Stanford University and Ohio State. Dr. Zhao
was a Principal Scientist at Xerox PARC and directed PARC's sensor network
research effort. He serves as the founding Editor-In-Chief of ACM
Transactions on Sensor Networks, and has authored or co-authored more than
100 technical papers and books, including a recent book published by
Morgan Kaufmann - Wireless Sensor Networks: An information processing
approach. He has received a number of awards, including Sloan Fellowship,
NSF NYI award and ONR YI award, and his work has been featured in news
media such as BBC World News, Business Week, and Technology Review.