Invitational Workshop on
Opportunistic RF Localization for Next Generation Wireless Devices
Opportunistic RF Localization for Next Generation Wireless Devices
Future Directions, Technologies, Standards and Applications
June 16-17, 2008
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
100 Institute Rd
Worcester, MA, USA
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| Program |
June 16, 2008: Monday
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18:00 - 21:00 |
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June 17, 2008: Tuesday
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9:00 - 9:20 |
Welcome to WPI
Provost John Orr  Opening Remarks Kaveh Pahlavan, General Chair | |
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9:20 - 11:00 |
Executive Panel Moderator: Jeff Rath, Canaccord Adams |
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| PANELISTS: Frank Van Diggelen (Broadcom), Martin J. Feuerstein (Polaris Wireless), Rashidus S. Mia (TruePosition), Ted Morgan (Skyhook Wireless) | ||
| "Hybrid Positioning: GNSS, CellID, WiFi, FM & TV" Frank Van Diggelen – Technical Director of GPS Systems, Broadcom |
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| "Why Consumer Location Requirements are Different ?" Ted Morgan – CEO, Skyhook Wireless |
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| "A Unified Approach to Consistent Location Determination" Rashidus S. Mia – VP of Technology and Chief Scientist, TruePosition Inc |
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| "Satellites Will Suffice ?" Per Enge – Prof. Aeronautics and Astronautics, Director GPS Lab, Stanford University |
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11:00
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BREAK (20 Mins) |
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11:20 - 13:00 |
Technology Panel Moderator: Iftekhar Rahman, Verizon |
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| PANELISTS: Douglas Rowitch (QUALCOMM), Farshid Alizadeh (Skyhook Wireless), Martin J. Feuerstein (Polaris Wireless), Per Enge (Stanford University), Pratap Misra (MITRE), Rashidus S. Mia (TruePosition), Todd Young (Rosum) | ||
| "Urban and Indoor Location using Pattern Matching of Wireless Network Measurements" Martin J. Feuerstein – CTO, Polaris Wireless |
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| "GPS and its Potential Competitors" Pratap Misra – Senior Technical Staff Member, Mitre Corporation |
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| "Hybrid Positioning in CDMA Networks" Douglas Rowitch – Senior Director of Technology, QUALCOMM |
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| "Opportunistic vs Hybrid positioning" Farshid Alizadeh – Chief Scientist , Skyhook Wireless |
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| "Reliable Indoor Location and Timing Using Broadcast TV" Todd Young – Director of Marketing, Rosum |
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13:00
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LUNCH |
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14:20 - 16:00 |
Standardization Panel Moderator: Douglas Rowitch (QUALCOMM) |
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| PANELISTS: Ben Rodilitz (NorBelle), Frank Van Diggelen (Broadcom), Gerardo S. Libunao (Verizon), James Winterbottom (Andrew) | ||
| “Standards and Real World LBS Requirements" Ben Rodilitz – Technical Project Manager, NorBelle |
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| "Standards Status Update" Gerardo S. Libunao – Distinguished MTS, Verizon |
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| "The Internet Location Service Model" James Winterbottom – Senior Product Architect, Andrew Corporation |
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16:00
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BREAK (20 Mins) |
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16:20 - 18:00 |
Users' Panel Moderator: Jed Rice, Skyhook Wireless |
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| PANELISTS: Eric Klopfer (MIT), Guanling Chen (UMASS Lowell), Norman M. Sadeh (Carnegie Mellon University), Arvind Ramadorai (LoJack) | ||
| "Understanding and Capturing People's Privacy Policies in a Friendfinder Application" Norman M. Sadeh – School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University |
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| "Location-Based Educational Mobile Games - Current Designs and Future Opportunities" Eric Klopfer – Director of MIT Teacher Education Program, MIT |
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| "Increasing the Value of Location-based Applications for End Users" Guanling Chen – Professor of Computer Science, UMASS, Lowell |
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| "Recovery vs Location: Challanges and Opportunities" Arvind Ramadorai – VP, Strategic Marketing and Product Management, LoJack Corporation |
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18:00
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CLOSING REMARKS Kaveh Pahlavan, General Chair |
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