Keynote Speakers


I. Analog joint Multiple Description Coding to Exploit Channel Diversity

Pedro_Crespo   Prof.-Dr. Pedro M. Crespo
Head of the Electronics and Communications Dept., CEIT, San Sebastian, Spain
Professor at Tecnun, University of Navarra, San Sebastian, Spain


Biography

Pedro M. Crespo (S'80-M'84-SM'91) was born in Barcelona, Spain. He received the engineering degree in telecommunications from Universidad Polit\'ecnica de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, in 1978 and the M.Sc. degree in applied mathematics and Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, in 1983 and 1984, respectively. From September 1984 to April 1991, he was a member of the technical staff in the Signal Processing Research group, Bell Communications Research, Morristown, NJ, where he worked in the areas of digital communication and signal processing. He actively contributed in the definition and development of the first prototypes of xDSL (Digital Subscriber Lines transceivers). From May 1991 to August 1999, he was a District Manager at Telefonica Investigacion y Desarrollo, Madrid, Spain. From 1999 to 2002, he was the Technical Director of the Spanish telecommunication operator Jazztel. Currently, he is the head of the Electronics and Communications Department, CEIT, San Sebasti\'an, Spain. He is also a Full Professor at Tecnun, University of Navarra, San Sebastian, Spain. Dr. Crespo is a Recipient of the Bell Communication Research Award of excellence. He holds seven patents in the areas of digital subscriber lines and wireless communications. His research interests include the general areas of digital communications, signal processing and information theory.

 

II. From WLAN coverage area estimates to indoor positioning
Robert_Piche   Prof.-Dr. Robert Piche
Professor at Tampere University of Technology, Tampere, Finland

Biography

Robert Piché is professor of mathematics at the Tampere University of Technology in Finland. He develops models and algorithms for applications including electromagnetic field computations, hydraulic power machine simulation, optical filter design, structural vibration control, financial derivative pricing, and positioning. He is the head of the Personal Positioning Algorithms research group.

 

Invited Speakers


I. Vehicle-2-Business Communication
Marc_Brogle   Dr. Marc Brogle
Senior Researcher at SAP Research, Zürich, Switzerland

Biography

 Dr. Marc Brogle is a Senior Researcher at SAP Research in Zürich, Switzerland. Marc is responsible for the area of “Intelligent Transport Systems” (ITS) identifying new research topics and relevant trends as well as acquiring new research opportunities. He is the project lead at SAP for the EU FP7 STREP “ELVIRE” focusing on research facilitating better ICT support for drivers of electrical vehicles, the EU FP7 IP “DRIVE C2X” fostering Vehicle-to-Business (V2B) communication, and the EU FP7 IP “GEYSERS” researching the next generation of cloud computing with enhanced optical network support. His current research interests cover V2B communication and related business models, future trends and solutions in the electric mobility domain, as well as Infrastructure/Software/Platform as a Service (IaaS, SaaS, PaaS). He regularly serves as co-chair, reviewer and expert for scientific conferences and is also a member of the ERCIM eMobility working group. In 2009, he received the “Communications Software Award” from the KuVS subchapter of the German Informatics society. Marc has been performing research on networking related topics for many years and has profound knowledge in network and system design as well as in developing distributed applications and systems. He holds a PhD and Master degree in Computer Science from the University of Bern, Switzerland.

 

II. Flocks of phones: a next opportunity for wireless sensing
Paul_Havinga   Prof.-Dr. Paul J.M. Havinga
Professor at University of Twente in the Netherlands

Biography

Paul J.M. Havinga is full professor and chair of the Pervasive Systems research group at the Computer Science department at the University of Twente in the Netherlands. He received his PhD at the University of Twente on the thesis entitled "Mobile Multimedia Systems" in 2000, and was awarded with the 'DOW Dissertation Energy Award' for this work. He has a broad background in various aspects of communication systems: on wireless communication, on chip-area network architectures for handheld devices, on ATM network switching, mobile multimedia systems, QoS over wireless networks, reconfigurable computing, and on interconnection architectures for multiprocessor systems. His research themes have focused on wireless sensor networks, large-scale distributed systems, and energy-efficient wireless communication.