[UCI-Calit2] TWO Upcoming ResCUE Seminar Series Lectures

Anna Lynn SPITZER ASPITZER at uci.edu
Fri Sep 30 12:08:17 PDT 2005


Lecture #1

 

Title:                             Context is King - or How Context
Influences Multimedia Engineering

 

Speaker:                       Dr. Susanne Boll, assistant professor for
multimedia and Internet-technologies, 

Department of Computing Science, University of Oldenburg, Germany

 

Time:                            Refreshments at 10:45 a.m.; lecture to
follow

 

Date:                            Monday, Oct. 3, 2005

 

Location:                       Calit2 Building, Room 3008

 

Abstract:                       Context today is understood to
characterize the situation of a potentially mobile user. The aspects and
consequences of the availability of context along with media data have
recently gained much attention in the multimedia research community.
Among some examples, we present the needs of context-aware multimedia
applications and the potential context brings into the processing stages
from creation to usage of multimedia content. In our point of view,
context influences all phases along the source-to-sink chain from
acquisition, enhancement, storage and delivery to the usage of mobile
multimedia content. Along a specific application example, the talk
presents an architecture for a context-aware acquisition, enhancement,
delivery and presentation in the domain of digital photographs.
Combining content, context and domain knowledge, we enhance the digital
photographs with metadata as grounds for an easier selection, authoring
and composition of photos for next-generation digital photo services.

 

Bio:                              Susanne Boll is Assistant Professor
for Multimedia and Internet-Technologies, Department of Computing
Science at the University of Oldenburg, Germany. Since 2002, she has
been a member of the Oldenburg Research and Development Institute for
Information Technology Tools and Systems (OFFIS) where she is heading
the Mobile Multimedia research theme. In 2001, Boll received her
doctorate with distinction at the Technical University of Vienna,
Austria,.She received her undergraduate degree with distinction in
computer science at the Technical University of Darmstadt, 

Germany, in 1996.

 

The focus of her research interests are the development of user-centered
(mobile) multimedia applications and systems. Boll's research projects
include a framework for personalized multimedia content generation, the
development of a mobile platform for context-ware mobile applications,
and multimodal mobile user interfaces.

 

Boll is an active member of SIGMM of the ACM and GI, and also a member
of IEEE Computer Society.            

 

Additional Information:    Contact: Quent Cassen, (949) 824-1741 or
cassen at uci.edu

Faculty Sponsor: Professor Ramesh Jain

 

 

Lecture #2     

 

Title:                             Disaster Prediction Response and
Recovery (DisPRR) - Australia coming to the RESCUE  

 

Speaker:                       Dr. J. Chris Scott, director, Queensland
Laboratory National ICT Australia

 

Time:                            Refreshments at 1:45 p.m.; talk to
follow

 

Date:                            Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2005

 

Location:                       Calit2 Building, Room 2006

 

Abstract:                       In 2004 the Queensland State Government,
in collaboration with National ICT Australia (NICTA), established a
collaborative R&D Centre to operate under the general area of
"Safeguarding Australia."  A key project developed within this theme is
Disaster Prediction, Response and Recovery (DisPRR).

 

The project has been developed by NICTA and its three partner
Universities (Griffith University, Queensland University of Technology,
and Queensland University) in consultation with several State Government
agencies including Police, Emergency Services, Office of Premier and
Cabinet, and Public Works.  Also involved are several commercial
organizations including SMEs and Multi-Nationals.

 

This talk will provide background to the establishment of the Centre
(located in Brisbane, Australia), the DisPRR project, its objectives and
details of its technical components.  These objectives address key ICT
operational requirements of both natural and man made disaster
prediction, and the associated response and recovery processes.  Like
RESCUE, this project was established before the recent natural disasters
in the U.S. and Indian Ocean, and the London bombings.  These recent
events provide a unique opportunity to drive the project in a way that
will ensure valuable outcomes in the future.

 

The DisPRR project has five technical elements including:

                                    Smart sensors; Information and Human
Understanding; Modeling and Agents; Trusted Systems; and Secure and
Autonomic Networks.

An overview of these five areas will be provided with an emphasis on
Smart Sensors.

 

Bio:                              Dr Chris Scott received his bachelor's
degree in electrical engineering from the University of Queensland in
1972.  Between 1972 and 1975, he was employed as an R&D engineer with an
Australian SME designing laser systems. In 1978 he was awarded a PhD
from the City University in London, UK for his work on the pulse-length
dependence of optical damage in electro-optic materials.

            

In 2000 he joined Australian Photonics Pty.Ltd as general manager, where
he was responsible for managing stakeholder relationships and
commercialization from the Australian Photonics CRC. He was involved in
several start-up companies and their capital raisings, and he
established and managed the $3.3M Defence project on optical signal
processing for radar applications.

 

In January 2005 Scott joined NICTA as director of the Queensland
Laboratory.

 

Additional Information:    Contact: Quent Cassen, (949) 824-1741 or
cassen at uci.edu

Faculty Sponsor: Professor Sharad Mehrotra

 

 

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