Workshop Program
The Workshop is a one day event featuring case studies and research contributions that provide insight into issues related to real-world pervasive computing. It will take place on May 7th 2006 at the Pervasive 2006 conference in Dublin, Ireland.
We published a summary of the workshop in the IEEE Pervasive Computing Magazine, please see: Schmidt, A., Spiekermann, S., Gershman, A., and Michahelles, F. 2006. Real-World Challenges of Pervasive Computing. IEEE Pervasive Computing 5, 3 (Jul. 2006), 91-93 or http://csdl.computer.org/comp/mags/pc/2006/03/b3091.pdf
Preliminary Timetable
| 09:00-09:15 | Welcome and introduction |
| 09:15-10:15 | Session: RFID
Identification of Industrial Paper Reels with Passive UHF RFID by Leena Ukkonen, Lauri Sydänheimo and Markku Kivikoski (Tampere University of Technology, Finland) An RFID-based Tracking System for Laboratory Mice in a Semi Natural Environment by Mareike Kritzler, Lars Lewejohann, Antonio Krüger, Martin Raubal, Norbert Sachser (University of Münster, Germany) RFID-Sensor Fusion: An experience at clinical sessions by Bravo, J., Hervás, R., Chavira, G. & Nava, S. Castilla-La Mancha (Castilla-La Mancha University, Spain) RFID Enabled Awareness of Participant's Context in eMeetings by Michael Crawford, Fintan Fairmichael, Kevin O'Riordan, Aaron Quigley, Michael Roche and Stephen Tapley (IBM Software Group and University College Dublin, Ireland) |
| 10:15-10:45 | Session: RFID tagging - killer applications needed? An RFID Tag in Every Ski - Item-Level Tagging in the Ski Industry by Christian Flörkemeier, Florian Michahelles, Mikko Lehtonen, Steve Hinske (ETH Zürich, Switzerland) Plenary
discussion on drivers for RFID - "the killer application" vs. "a set of many applications" |
| 10:45-11:00 | Break |
| 11:00-12:30 | Panel/Plenary: industry perspective on RFID 2 short introductory presentations (10 minutes each) Panelists: RFID: An Introduction and the Realities by Joseph Tobolski (Accenture Technology Labs, US) The promise of RFID by Christian Roediger (SAP AG, Germany) |
| 12:30-14:00 | Lunch break |
| 14:00-14:30 | Session: sensor networks OpenFactory: Enabling Situated Task Support in Industrial Environments by Scott W. Kurth, Andrew Fano & Chad Cumby (Accenture Technology Labs, US) Coupling Enterprise Systems with Wireless Sensor Nodes: Analysis, Implementation, Experiences and Guidelines by Christian Decker, Patrik Spiess, Luciana Moreira sa de Souza, Michael Beigl, Zoltan Nochta (University of Karlsruhe and SAP Research, Germany) (10 minutes talk, 5 minutes Q&A) |
| 14:30-15:30 | Session: activity detection and surveillance Toward Spatial Queries for Spatial Surveillance Tasks by Christopher R. Wren and Yuri A. Ivanov (Mitsubishi Electronic Research Lab, US) Human Activity Inference via physical sensing in support of Industrial Equipment Maintenance by Michael J. McGrath, Joe M. Butler Adam Rea and Stephen Hughes (IT Research, Intel Ireland; Intel Research Seattle, US; SAMH Engineering, Ireland) Using Bayesian Reasoning From Sensor Network for Indoor Surveillance by Valery A. Petrushin, Gang Wei, Rayid Ghani, Anatole V. Gershman (Accenture Technology Labs, US) Towards understanding and modeling individual behavior and group dynamics by Michele Bezzi, Robin Groenevelt (Accenture Technology Labs, France) |
| 15:30-15:45 | Break |
| 15:45-16:30 | Break out group discussions (hot issues in applied pervasive computing, RFID, sensor networks) |
| 16:30-17:00 | Towards a road map for apply pervasive research, conclusions, wrap-up |
| from 19:30 | Workshop dinner |
The event is supposed to be a meeting point for industry players and researcher to discuss ideas. This is why we
leave extended room for discussion that will be inspired by presentations.
The goal of this workshop is to bring together industry representatives (real-world pervasive technology practitioners) and researchers (pervasive technology visionaries) to exchange and discuss the many ways taken by practitioners and researchers to bridge the gap between practical hurdles and academic research of pervasive technology. Practitioners are asked to report on the projects they completed (or are about to complete), the practical challenges they faced and the ways in which they succeeded to meet them. This exchange of insights, experiences and implementable tips are to benefit both, industry peers as well as researchers who work in this field.