Sunday, June 27, 2010
The Economics of Cloud Computing: Live Webcast on ZDNet Highlights Microsoft's Approach
This might be a useful webcast for people interested in keeping up the changes in "cloud computing". If you aren't very familiar with the term, cloud computing refers to
Live Webcast: The Economics of the Cloud
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
12:00 PM ET / 9:00 AM PT / 4:00 PM GMT
http://www.zdnet.com/
"The shift toward cloud services is reaching across application development, deployment and delivery, and impacts virtually every aspect of how people and businesses use technology."
Google Tech Talk: Faculty Summit 2009 - good overview
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Missed the recent 2009 Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces?
I posted about this conference previously, and thought I'd provide links to more information about the people behind this conference. I'd also like to provide more information, such as video demos and links to papers related to this conference.
Invited Speakers
Ken Perlin, Chia Shen, & Bill Buxton
2009 Program
Steering Committee, ITS 2009
Chia Shen, Harvard University, USA
Bruce H. Thomas, University of South Australia, Australia
Sheelagh Carpendale, University of Calgary, Canada
Gerald Morrison, SMART Technologies ULC, Canada
Andy Wilson, Microsoft Research, USA
Sriram Subramanian, Bristol University, UK
Shahram Izadi, Microsoft Research, Cambridge, UK
Program Committee, ITS 2009
Patrick Baudisch
Hasso Plattner Institute Potsdam, Germany
Francois Berard
University of Grenoble, France
Peter Brandl
Media Interaction Lab, Upper Austria University of Applied Sciences, Austria
Andreas Butz
University of Munich, Germany
Francois Coldefy
Orange Labs, France
Morten Fjeld Chalmers
University of Technology, Sweden
Kentaro Fukuchi
University of Electro-Communications, Japan
Tovi Grossman
Autodesk Research, Canada
Mark Hancock
University of Calgary, Canada
Petra Isenberg
University of Calgary, Canada
Yuichi Itoh
Osaka University, Japan
Karrie Karahalios
University of Illinois, USA
Hiro Kato
Osaka University, Japan
Hideki Koike
University of Electro-Communications, Japan
Frank Maurer
University of Calgary, Canada
Max Mühlhäuser
TU Darmstadt, Germany
Christian Muller-Tomfelde
CSIRO-ICT Centre, Australia
Miguel Nacenta
University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Patrick Olivier
Newcastle University, UK
Jun Rekimoto
Sony / University of Tokyo, Japan
Meredith Ringel Morris
Microsoft Research, USA
Daisuke Sakamoto
Tokyo University, Japan
Yoichi Sato
University of Tokyo, Japan
Chia Shen
Harvard University, USA
Masahiro Takatsuka
University of Sydney, Australia
Lucia Terrenghi
Vodafone Group R&D, Germany
Bruce Thomas
University of Southern Australia, Australia
Melanie Tory
University of Victoria, Canada
Edward Tse
SMART Technologies, Canada
Fred Vernier
South-Paris University, France
Andy Wilson
Microsoft Research, USA
Massimo Zancanaro
Bruno Kessler Foundation (formerly ITC), Italy
Saturday, May 2, 2009
The Internet of Things Europe 2009 Conference:- wish I could go!
The Internet of Things Europe 2009 conference - "Emerging Technologies for the Future" - will be held on May 7th and 8th in Brussels at the Sofitel Brussels Europe hotel. Rafi Haladjian, a co-founder of Violet, will be presenting at the conference during the following session on Thursday, May 7th:
Session 2: Innovation and emerging technologies and business models
"This session will explore what emerging innovations, technologies and market trends are being seen now, and which are likely to emerge in the future. What are the research requirements and obstacles in terms of affordability, usability or accessibility that need to be addressed? How will economic, technological and application trends drive the evolution of architectures for the ‘Internet of Things’? What successful business models are already being seen today, and how can these be adapted with future technological developments?"
In a previous post, "The Internet of Things can be Cute: MIR:ROR by Violet", I discussed how RFID is being used in a variety of playful ways to trigger a link to information.The following video from the Violet website explains how MIR:ROR uses little RFID stamps to interact with the Internet and activate things through the MIR:ROR. Each stamp has an e-mail address.
The rabbit in the picture below is called Nabaztag, from Violet, the first Internet-connected Rabbit. He hears, he reads, and he speaks. He can wake you up, give the weather forecast, update you on your friends face-book and twitter status. He can also send music, e-mail messages, and read stories.
The little rabbits have been around for quite a while. Below is an opera composed by Antoine Schmitt and Jean-Jacques Birge, following an idea by Guylaine Monnier:
90 of the rabbits were brought to the performance by their owners, and ten were supplied by Violet.
On a more serious note, here are a few other sessions that I'd be interested in attending at the Internet of Things conference:
Session 5: Privacy, Security & Data Protection
"Although privacy and data protection policy has become increasingly sophisticated since the emergence of the Internet, controversies are likely to accelerate with the new applications likely to be encountered in the Internet of Things. Security issues, particularly surrounding unauthorised access to and unintended disclosure of data are becoming more prevalent. What qualitatively new challenges are presented by the Internet of Things? How can the rights of citizens or businesses in one country be safeguarded on global networks? Whatrights pertain to Things on the Internet of Things?"
Session 6: Service Architecture and Communication
"The range of connectivity options available is bewildering - but the challenges of scalability, interoperability and ensuring return on investment for network operators remain. How will communication needs change as a result of the Internet of Things? What new service architectures will be required to cater for the connectivity demands of emerging devices? How will spectrum rights holders participate in the Internet of Things"
(A similar post is in the Interactive Multimedia Technology blog.)
