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Plenary Sessions
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Keynote: Enabling the Wireless
Internet - Myths and Challenges
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Prof. Lajos Hanzo,
University of Southampton, U.K. |
| Sunday 25
November, 2007 (09:30-10:30) |
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Abstract:
Commencing with a brief historical
perspective on the creation of both the Internet and wireless
communications, a range of challenges related to the Wireless
Internet are addressed. It is demonstrated, how 'point, shoot &
share-style' video communications may result in the
'world-wide-wait' owing to the potentially excessive offered
teletraffic, especially owing to the wireless bottle-neck, which
has to obey the Shannonian lessons.
A substantial capacity extension is
offered by the employment of sophisticated source and channel
coding as well as smart antennas, which will be elaborated on with
specific reference to next-generation wireless enabling
techniques. Clearly, further quantum leaps are required, in order
to avert the threat of the 'world-wide-wait' in the emerging
wireless Internet.
For further related information
please visit:
http://www-mobile.ecs.soton.ac.uk/newcomms/?q=people/lh
Biography of
Presenter:
Lajos Hanzo (FREng, FIEEE,
FIET, DSc) received his first-class Master degree in
electronics in 1976, his PhD in 1983 and his Doctor of Sciences
(DSc) degree in 2004. During his 30-year career in
telecommunications he co-authored 15 Wiley/IEEE books, in excess
of 700 papers and has held various research and academic posts in
Hungary , Germany and the UK. Since 1986 he has been with the
School of Electronics and Computer Science, University of
Southampton in the UK, where he holds an established chair and
directs wireless communications research. He is an enthusiastic
supporter of industrial and academic liaison and in his capacity
as an IEEE Distinguished Lecturer of both the Communications
Society (ComSoc) and the Vehicular Technology Society (VTS) he
lectures globally both for industry and academia. He is an elected
Governor of both the IEEE ComSoc and of the VTS. Prof. Hanzo is a
fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng), a fellow of
the Institute of Engineering and Technology (FIET), and a fellow
of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (FIEEE).
He was TPC Chair of numerous conferences, such as the IEEE
WCNC’2006, ISSSTA’2006, the IEE 3G and Beyond conferences.
For further information on research in progress and associated
publications please refer to
http://www-mobile.ecs.soton.ac.uk
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Keynote: Video Does Not Equal Data -
How to Transport Pictures
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Prof. David Bull,
University of Bristol, UK |
| Monday 26
November, 2007 (09:30-10:30) |
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Abstract:
The convergence of
telecommunications, information processing and multimedia is of
strategic importance worldwide and will enable both businesses and
citizens to have access to extensive on-line communication,
security and entertainment services. Future services will need to
be delivered at a range of bit rates, dependent on network and
channel characteristics, platform type, application and material
content. End to end provision of multimedia information across
network components of varying capability and performance will
therefore impose the need for coding regimes which are scalable
and inherently robust to loss and error, while maintaining data
security.
This lecture will focus on the
delivery of real time video. It will emphasise the differences
between compressed video and other forms of data, explaining why
errors occur, how they propagate and will describe a range of
techniques for mitigating their effects. These will include
various forms of redundancy, video adaptive mode selection, the
use of feedback, cross layer mapping and error concealment. The
above issues will be explored in the context of emerging wireless
IP communication networks and video coding systems.
Biography of
Presenter:
David Bull (FIET,
CEng) is Professor of Signal Processing and Head of the Signal
Processing Research Group at the University of Bristol. He is also
Deputy Director of the Centre for Communications Research. Prof.
Bull is is also co-founder and Chairman of ProVision Communication
Technologies Ltd., a company which specialises in wireless video
transmission and which was spun out of the University in 2001.
Prior to his current appointments he
has been a Systems Engineer at Rolls Royce and a Lecturer at
Cardiff University. He has also acted as an independent consultant
to numerous organisations in the fields of video coding and signal
analysis.
A past director of the DTI Virtual
Centre of Excellence in Digital Broadcasting and Multimedia
Technology, he has contributed to UK Government strategy through
membership of the UK Foresight Panel and the UK Defence Scientific
Advisory Council. From 2003 to 2005 he also sat on the Science and
Technology Board of the UK Defence Technology Centre in Data and
Information Fusion.
David Bull has worked widely in the
fields of 1 and 2-D signal processing. He has won two IEE Premium
awards for this work and has published numerous patents. His
current activities are focused on the problems of image and video
communications for both low bit rate wireless, internet and
broadcast applications. In particular he has developed novel error
resilient video coding and transport methods for wireless H.264.
He has contributed to EU projects WINHOME, TRUST, SCOUT, MEDIANET,
WCAM and ASTRALS and has published approximately 500 papers,
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Panel Discussion: Current and
Future Trends in Signal Processing and Communications Research
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Panel of Experts |
| Tuesday 27
November, 2007 (09:30-10:30) |
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Abstract:
In this session a panel of experts
will discuss current and future trends in signal processing and
communication research.
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