1. UbiComp 2003: Sensors in Seattle.
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Russell, Daniel M. and Baker, Mary
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CONFERENCES & conventions ,UBIQUITOUS computing ,DISTRIBUTED computing ,EMBEDDED computer systems - Abstract
The article presents information on the UbiComp 2003: The Fifth International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing from October 12-15, 2003 in Seattle, Washington. At the conference, the University of Washington showed their work on developing particle systems for location tracking. The key idea is that particle systems can model hypotheses about location simultaneously. The National Center for Supercomputing Applications demonstrated its IntelliBadge system, which identifies and locates people at a conference. Cambridge University in Cambridge, England, has extended the technique of having computers in a room communicate via an audio channel. The Cambridge researchers described schemes for secure transmission, overlaying data atop music. Intel created several displays in various places throughout the conference space. The displays came in three types, the first was augmented floor microphones, then, at one of the coffee tables, the images of attendees appeared on a nearby large display and lastly, Intel implemented a social connectedness display based on the RFID tags and profiles of attendees. The key trend at the conference seem to be the widespread adoption of RFID tags, the broadening incursion of data-transmitting devices in the field and the widespread attempts to build commonplace sensor networks that really can feed interesting data for analysis.
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- 2004
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