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Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering



Fourth UBC-IEEE Workshop on
Future Communications Systems


"Navigating an Uncertain World Using
Communications Technology"


will be held on

Friday, 13th March 2009, 8:30 am - 4:00 pm

Kaiser Building, Rooms 2020 and 2030

  
For registration, please send your name, title, affiliation, and IEEE membership number (if you are a member) to ubcworkshop2009@gmail.com

For more information, please contact
Prof. Vincent Wong, vincentw@ece.ubc.ca


IEEE Joint Communications Chapter - Vancouver

 

8:00- 8:30 am

Registration



Plenary Session
Kaiser  2020/2030   (Chair: Prof. Vincent Wong)


8:30 - 8:40 am

 
Welcoming Remarks

Prof. Andre Ivanov
Head, ECE

Prof. Nimal Rajapakse
Director, ICICS


8:40 - 8:50 am
Overview of Industry Sponsored Communications Research Projects at UBC
Prof. Victor Leung

8:50 - 9:30 am   
Importance of Universities and Colleges in Industry and Research; what is unique about the Nokia Canada approach, and what others can learn
Brad Lowe (Nokia)



9:30 - 10:10 am Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) and Intelligent Transportation System (ITS)
Chair: Prof. Vincent Wong

Active RFID in Healthcare and Industrial Applications
Zahir Abji (Guard RFID Solutions)

Applications of Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) and Vehicle Infrastructure Integration (VII)
Thomas Kwan, PEng (Transport Canada)



10:10 - 10:40 am

Coffee Break

10:40 - 11:20 am
Sensors and Sensor Networks
Chair: Prof. Victor Leung

TPMS - an Intelligent Tire Technology

Terry Lee (TRL Microwave Technology Inc.)

Pacific Ocean Shelf Tracking Project

Erin Rechisky (Kintama Research, UBC PhD Student)


11:20 am - 12:00 pm
Multimedia Communications
Chair: Prof. Jane Wang

A Simple Multi-Factor Authentication Protocol
Darko Kirovski (Microsoft Research)

The Future of IPTV - Internet as a Video Delivery Mechanism
Shahrzad Rafati (CEO of BroadbandTV)




12:00 - 1:00 pm


 
Lunch

Poster session


1:00 - 2:20 pm
Wireless Communications and Localization
Chair: Prof. Lutz Lampe

Localization in Wireless Networks
Prof. Xiaodai Dong (University of Victoria)

Practical UWB for Wireless Sensor Networks - Design and Implementation Challenges
Vlad Goldenberg (Wireless 2000)


An Overview of LTE for 4G Wireless Communications
Dr. Chris Snow (Research In Motion)

Target Tracking with RFID tags and Wireless Sensor Networks
Anand Oka (PhD student, UBC)



2:20 - 2:40 pm


Coffee Break

2:40 - 4:00 pm


Wireless Local Area Networks and Channel Modeling
Chair: Prof. David Michelson

The Enabling Technologies of Wireless Local Area Network Communications
Eric Ho (ROQ Design & Consulting Inc.)

Cognitive Wireless Local Area Network over Optical Fibres: System Concepts and Research Issues
Haoming Li (PhD Student, UBC)

An Energy Use Monitoring Device based on the ZigBee Smart Energy Protocol
Jon Hallam (Energy Aware Technologies)

How to Plan and Execute a Successful Wireless Propagation Measurement Campaign
Prof. David Michelson (UBC)





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  Last updated: 10th March 2009

  Comments?  Suggestions?
  Please contact Vincent Wong, vincentw@ece.ubc.ca