Grid Computing Seminar Series for the Layman

Grid is Good : Unleashing Grid Computing to Power Business,
Education & Life

Sensors Sensors Everywhere : A Peek into the Next IT Revolution

Dr. Lim Hock Beng
Program Director, Intelligent Systems Center, NTU

10 November 2006 (Friday)
1900 hours @ National Library Board
Visitors' Briefing Room, Level 1
100 Victoria Street
Singapore 188064

Abstract

Recent advances in technology have created a new class of small, low-cost, low-power, and intelligent sensor devices with sensing, computation, and wireless communication capabilities. In the future, such intelligent sensor devices may be extensively embedded into our living environment.

Wireless sensor networks and sensor Grids are exciting emerging technologies with great potential to revolutionize many segments of the economy and our life. In this talk, I will introduce the concept of wireless sensor networks and outline some of their important applications. I will also explain the concept of sensor Grids, which extend the Grid computing paradigm to the sharing of sensor resources in wireless sensor networks. Finally, I will discuss the relevance of wireless sensor networks and sensor Grids to the future IT landscape in Singapore.

Biodata

Dr. Lim Hock Beng is program director of the Intelligent Systems Centre at Nanyang Technological University. He received his BS in Computer Engineering, MS in Electrical Engineering, and PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and an MS in Management Science and Engineering from Stanford University. His research interests include sensor networks and Grids, parallel and distributed computing, wireless and mobile networks, embedded systems, computer architecture, performance evaluation, and information security.

Registration
Admission is Free. All are Welcome.
Please register a place by 1500 hours on 9 November 2006 at seminars@ngp.org.sg

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