EU-US Workshop 10 July 2007

EU-US Workshop 10 July 2007

09:00  Introduction

D K Arvind, University of Edinburgh (Co-Chair)
S Shankar Sastry, University of California, Berkeley (Co-Chair)

09:30 INVITED TALK: ERIKA MANN MEP
Chair of the Transatlantic Policy Network and European Internet Foundation

Session 1: Technology Roadmap

10:00  Borivoje Nikolic, University of California, Berkeley
"The Future of Radio Spectrum Sharing"

10:40 Allan Paterson, University of St Andrews
“Energy Storage: The Future of Rechargeable Li-ion Batteries”

11.00 Refreshments

Session 2: Distributed Sensor-Actuator Systems

11:20 Bill Leithead, University of Strathclyde
“Distributed Control System Design”

11:40 Adam Wolisz, Technical University of Berlin
"Experiments with Sensor Networks"

12:00 Bjorn Andersson/Eduardo Tovar, IRP, Polytechnic Institute of Porto
“Computing Aggregated Quantities Efficiently in Large-Scale Dense Sensor
Networks”

12:20  Lunch

13:30 Alkis Konstantellos, European Commission
“FP7 ICT Work Programme and International Co-operation”

Session 2 (Contd.): Distributed Sensor-Actuator Systems

13:50 François Terrier, CEA/Saclay
“Tackling Heterogeneity in Embedded Systems Development”

14:10 Francisco Garcia, Agilent Technologies
“Wireless Convergence: A Test and Measurement Perspective”

14:30 Vic Thomas, Honeywell
"Next Generation Sensor Actuator Systems"

14:50 Yolande Berbers, KU Leuven
"Context-awareness and software development methodologies for Cyber-Physical Systems"

15:10  Refreshments

Session 3: Applications

15:30 Ruzena Bajcsy, University of California, Berkeley
“Monitoring Physical Activities of Elderly for Assisted Living at Home”

15:50 Jeffrey Gunnell, Exxon Mobil
“WSNs in the Refining and Petrochemical Industries”

16:10 Haydn Thompson, Rolls Royce
“Wireless Sensors in Propulsion Systems”

16:30 Walter Stockwell, Crossbow Technology Inc
"WSNs for Precision Agriculture"

16:50 Panel Discussion and Wrap-Up

17:30  Drinks Reception, Old College Foyer

18:30-20:00  Dinner in the Playfair Library