SAINT2005 is pleased to announce the following two Keynotes.

Keynote #1 : Feb.2 (Wed) 9:45-11:00

Exploring Global R&D Collaboration toward the Advanced Internet Applications
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Dr. Tomonori Aoyama
Professor,
Graduate School of Information Science and Technology,
The University of Tokyo, Japan

Abstract :

Internet has been always evolved besed on the introduction of new technologies into global R&D testbed. In other words, the initiative of technological evolution by the R&D community and the R&D collaboration in a global scale is critical for the deployment of new technologies and applications. Internet system is composed by three layres, i.e., transporting platform, middleware and applications. We have initiated JGN (Japan Gigabit Network) in 1998, and have proceeded it into the second stage, called as JGN2, since April of 2004. Clearly, in JGN2, we are aming to promote the contribution for global R&D collaboration toward the advanced Internet applications. It must include all of key technolgies in all three layers. Espacially, we are focusing on optical networking technology (such as GLIF; Global Lambda Integrated Facility), ubiquitous computing and ultra-broadband applications (such as ultra-high-definition digital contents delivery). In this presentation, our R&D agenda and snapshots of each layer in the JGN2, being focused on the exploration of global collaboration, will be discussed.

Keynote #2 : Feb.3 (Thu) 9:00-10:30

Putting things in context - The next challenge in mobile computing
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Dr.-Ing. Andreas Reuter
Professor,
Scientific Director,
European Media Laboratory GmbH,
Heidelberg, Germany

Abstract :

It was clear from the beginning that mobile computing would be different from the traditional desk-top paradigm. But only now that we have deployed and evaluated a number of device types on a larger scale do we come to appreciate the magnitude of difference between those worlds. Mobile computing devices - when used in a mobile setting - are not used as general-purpose computing devices the way a desk-top PC or a laptop in the office would be used. Rather, they are used to support humans (in some cases even automatic mobile systems) in performing application-specific tasks, be it navigation, exploration, maintenance, communication, entertainment, just to mention a few. Those tasks heavily depend on context that reflects (in a very general sense) the interaction between the mobile device and its user. Some determinants of this type of "context" are: location, route traveled to current location, history of interactions, topic of recent interactions, interest profile of user, time of day, weather conditions, noise level in the environment, date-specific dependencies, membership (even transient) in some kind of community (e.g. travel group), and many more. As opposed to classical compute environments, the context does not have to be established by the user by way of formulating the requests; rather the mobile system has to keep track of the context and its changes automatically - to the maximum degree possible. The talk will explore a number of important context categories and discuss the techniques for automatically recognizing and maintaining them. Of course, the problem in full generality is AI complete, but it will be instructive to understand what can be done with current technology and which challenges will lay ahead.