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Keynote Speakers

Doug Zuckerman, Telcordia Technologies, USA

Title: to be provided

Abstract. Modern web-based tools are providing new ways for us to move technology on the often times long trek from research to use, and global collaboration is the key to "shaping technology - the next generation." On line, community-centric services such as Second Life, LinkedIn, YouTube and Zude are enabling collaboration on a global scale, supplanting yesterday's "stove pipe" aradigm of uncoordinated, independent research with a "holistic" paradigm of collaboration for using technology to solve's grand challenges. Such challenges involve our global environment, health care, sustainable infrastructure and disaster managemenent. A significant example is the IEEE's collaboration on GEOSS, the Global Earth Observation System of Systems. Other examples are Future Boston as "science city" and a new joint IEEE-United Nations Foundation enterprise: the Humanitarian Technology Challenge.

Biography. Douglas N. Zuckerman [S'67-M'77 -SM-'86- F'96] received his B.S., M.S. and Eng.Sc.D degrees in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University in 1969, 1971 and 1976, and is an IEEE Fellow. His over 36 years of experience, mainly at Bell Labs and Telcordia Technologies, span the operations, management and engineering of emerging networks and services. He is currently ComSoc's VP Society Relations. For over 20 years, Doug's innovative, energetic leadership across ComSoc's technical committees, conferences, publications, chapters and Society governance has maintained focus on member interests worldwide, especially making relevant technical information widely and quickly available on line and in conferences, and encouraging more member interaction in the technical committees. In the several key positions he has held on the Board of Governors, he motivated and led organizational changes that more directly addressed the needs of members and chapters. He co-founded technical committees on Network Operations & Management and Enterprise Networking, as well as the IEEE Network Operations & Management Symposium (NOMS). Doug also serves on the important IEEE Products/Services Committee and the GLOBECOM/ICC Management/Strategy Committee. His sustained contributions were recognized through the Society's Donald McLellan Meritorious Service Award, its Conference Achievement Award, the Salah Aidarous Memorial Award in Network Management and the IEEE Third Millennium Medal. Doug is also an amateur radio operator with call sign W2XD.

Vincenzo Piuri, Professor in Computer Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

Title: Biometrics and privacy

Abstract. Biometrics is increasingly used for authentication and identification purposes in a broad variety of institutional and commercial systems, such as egovernment, ebanking and ecommerce applications. Privacy issues are often present with the adoption of biometric techniques mostly regarding the protection of the biometrics templates. Recent results showed that generating a unique identifier by combining biometric traits making it impossible to recover the original biometric features (thus preserving the privacy of the biometric traits) is feasible. The talk focuses on the protection of the user's privacy dealing with biometric systems, it presents some of the most advanced techniques available up to date, and it provides an overview on future trends.

Biography. Vincenzo Piuri obtained the Ph.D. in Computer Engineering in 1989, at Politecnico di Milano, Italy. He was Associate Professor in Operating Systems at Politecnico di Milano (1992-2000) and Visiting Professor at the University of Texas at Austin (during the summers from 1993 to 1999). Since October 2000 he is Full Professor in Computer Engineering at the University of Milano, Italy. He is the Director of the Advanced Research Center on Evolutionary Knowledge for Design Innovation by High-Performance Computing, University of Milan, Italy. His research interests include neural networks architectures, theory, and industrial applications; distributed and parallel computing systems; application-specific processing architectures, digital signal processing architectures, and computer arithmetic; and fault tolerance; biometrics and security. Original results have been published in more than 150 papers in book chapters, international journals, and proceedings of international conferences. He is Fellow Member of the IEEE and member of ACM, INNS, AEIT. He was Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and the IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement. He was Vice President for Publications of the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society and Vice President for Members Activities of the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society. He is the 2005 President-Elect of the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society. In the IEEE I&M Society he was founding co-chair of the Technical Committee on Emerging Technologies, the Technical Committee on Intelligent Measurement Systems, and the Technical Committee on Security and Contraband Detection; in the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society he is founding co-chair of the Working Group on Homeland Security del Technical Committee on Computational Intelligent System Applications. In 2003 he received the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society Technical Award for his contributions to the advancement of computational intelligence theory and practice in measurement systems and industrial applications.

Yong Jin Park, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea

Title: Future Internet and Activities in Asia

Abstract. to be provided

Biography. Yong-Jin Park received his B.E., M.E. and Ph.D. degrees, all in Electronic Engineering from Waseda University in 1969, 1971 and 1978, respectively. In 1978, he joined Hanyang University, Seoul, where he is presently a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He visited the Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, as a visiting Associate Professor from 1983 to 1984. He also visited Computing Laboratory, University of Kent, Canterbury, England from 1990 to 1991 as a research fellow. He was the President of Open Systems Interconnection Association, from 1991 to 1992, the Chairman of IEEE Seoul Section from 1999 to 2000, the Director of Secretariat of APAN (Asia Pacific Advanced Network) during 1999 � 2003, Secretary of IEEE Region 10 during 2002-2003, and President of KISS (Korea Information Science Society) in 2003. In addition, he was an invited Professor at Chuo University, Tokyo, in 1998 and has been a Visiting Professor at Waseda University, Tokyo, since 1999. Currently he is the Director-Elect of IEEE Region 10, Director of the Board of Advanced Network Forum, Korea, and Representative of Korea Section, IEICE. His main research interests are computer networking and mobile/ubiquitous computing.

Byeong Gi Lee, Professor, School of Electrical Engineering, National University, Seoul, Korea

Title: Mobile WiMAX System -- Design, Deployment and Features.

Abstract. to be provided

Biography. Byeong Gi Lee received the BS degree from Seoul National University and the Ph.D. degree from UCLA, and then worked for Granger Associates, Santa Clara, and AT&T Bell Laboratories, North Andover, before joining the faculty of Seoul National University in 1986, where he served as the Director of the Institute of New Media and Communications and the Vice Chancellor for Research. Dr. Lee was the founding chair of the Joint Conference of Communications and Information (JCCI), the steering committee chair of the Asia Pacific Conference on Communications (APCC), and the founding committee chair of the Accreditation Board for Engineering Education of Korea (ABEEK). He served as the TPC Chair of IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC) 2005 and as the President of Korea Society of Engineering Education (KSEE). He served as the Editor (in chief) of the IEEE Global Communications Newsletter, an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on CSVT, and the founding Associate Editor-in-Chief and the Editor-in- Chief of the Journal of Communications and Networks (JCN). He served for the IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc) as the Director of Membership Programs Development, the Director of Asia Pacific Region, the Director of Magazines, a Member-at-Large to the Board of Governors, and the Vice President for Membership Development. He also served as the President of Korea Institute of Communication Sciences (KICS), a Vice President of the ABEEK, a member of Presidential Advisory Council on Science and Technology, and a member of Presidential Advisory Committee for Policy Planning. He currently serves as the Vice President for Member Relations of IEEE ComSoc and a member of Policy Committee of the Ministry of Justice. He is the founder and the first President of the Citizens' Coalition for Scientific Society (CCSS), a non-government organization for the advancement of science and technology in Korea. Dr. Lee is a co-author of Broadband Telecommunication Technology, 1st & 2nd editions, (Artech House), Scrambling Techniques for Digital Transmission (Springer Verlag), Scrambling Techniques for CDMA Communications (Kluwer), and Integrated Broadband Networks (Artech House). He holds seven U.S. patents with four more patents pending. His current fields of interest include broadband networks, wireless networks, communication systems, and signal processing. He received the 1984 Myril B. Reed Best Paper Award, Exceptional Contribution Awards of AT&T Bell Laboratories, a Distinguished Achievement Award of KICS, the 2001 National Academy of Science (of Korea) Award, and the 2005 Kyung-am Academic Award. He is a Member of the National Academy of Engineering of Korea, a Member of Sigma Xi, and a Fellow of the IEEE.

Mr. Than-Trong Phuc, Country Manager Intel Vietnam

Title: tbc.

Abstract. to be provided

Biography. An Intel veteran of 20 years, Mr. Phuc started with Intel in Santa Clara in 1986 as a Market Development Engineer, responsible for developing Intel business in the CAD/CAM market. His effort led to the formation of the Software Modeling Group in 1988, where Mr. Phuc served as a Technical Marketing Manager, working closely with Intel OEM customers to validate their products on the Intel architectural platform. In 1991, Phuc joined the Software Marketing Group as Marketing Manager to help software vendors develop and market their solutions on Intel�s processors. Phuc remained with the group�late-- became the Intel Architecture Lab (IAL), until 1996 when he joined the Corporate Demo Group as a Technical Marketing Manager to provide technology support and demonstrations for top Intel Executives as they traveled around the world to promote Intel's technologies. In this position, he gained valuable exposure to the development and deployment of technologies worldwide. He also played a key role to help launch the Intel Pentium® II and Pentium® III processors in several countries. In January 2000, Phuc moved to Vietnam as Country Manager for Intel Vietnam, where he currently leads the development of Intel business to become one of the fastest growing countries for Intel worldwide. In 2002, he added Cambodia and Laos to his area of responsibility. Working closely with the local governments and key players in the IT industry, Phuc has successfully developed and implemented several initiatives to increase the adoption of information and communication technologies in business, consumer, government, and education. He also played a key role in the process that led to Intel's Feb 2006 $605M (increased later to $1Billion) investment to build a chip A/T facility in Ho Chi Minh City. Phuc was born in Saigon, Vietnam and migrated to the US in 1975. He graduated from the University of California at Davis in 1985 with a BS Degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences.

Mr. Carter Emmart, AMNH

Title: A Networked 3D Atlas of the Universe between Researchers, Planetariums and Classrooms across the World.

Abstract. The American Museum of Natural History AMNH) is collaborating between Linkoping University (LiU) of Sweden and the Swedish company SCISS, AB in creating an interactive networked system to visualize the universe across all scales. The basis of this project, called the Digital Universe (DU), began at AMNH in 1998 as a merger of all known astronomical catalogs with distance information (http://haydenplanetarium.org/universe/). A series of internships began in 2002 with LiU enabling fully continuous camera translation across the true scale range of the universe represented by the DU and associated graphic tasks in order to properly visualize phenomena as observed in the universe. The company SCISS, grew out of these internships and now supplies the software called Uniview that enables unlimited scale translation, site to site networking and scalable display solutions from single screen to multiple projection high resolution environments such as domes. Recent addition of data streaming for planetary surface data bases has enabled special focus on geo science and related topics. The talk will demonstrate the ability to bring multiple, international users together for distributed lectures from researchers' desks to planetariums and schools everywhere. These presentations can be recorded for educational archival purposes.

Biography. Carter is the Director of Astrovisualization for production and education at the Rose Center for Earth and Space at the American Museum of Natural History. He joined AMNH in 1998 as the Rose Center was constructed to house a rebuilt Hayden Planetarium. Conceived as a model for planetariums of the 21st Century, the new Hayden augmented the traditional dome display of the night sky with high resolution full dome video graphics capable of interactive data visualization. Carter helped lead the team at AMNH that assembled the Digital Universe, a 3D data atlas of the universe across all macro scales, funded by NASA. DU is the foundation of space show creation at AMNH, is featured in live interactive presentations there, and is now licensed to many planetarium vendors. Carter now directs space show production at AMNH with its shows currently playing in 35 major planetariums world wide. He has led major collaborations on space show production with the US National Center for Supercomputing Applications, and the San Diego Supercomputer Center. Starting astronomy courses as a child at the old Hayden Planetarium, Carter grew up in a family of artists and got his BA in geophysics from the University of Colorado, in 1985 where he was also an organizer of the Case for (humans on) Mars Conference series. He has had careers in architectural modeling, spacecraft illustration and data visualization and has worked at NASA Ames Research Center and the National Center for Atmospheric Research prior to joining AMNH. In May, 2006, Carter received an honorary Ph.D. from Linkoping University in Sweden in part for his advising one of their graduate intern programs hosted at AMNH for software development of interactive and networked methods to visualize scientific data continuously across all scales. The future that Carter is working toward is networking planetariums, science centers, and classrooms together with remote specialists in the field to display their results to young eyes across the world.

Jan Rembowski, TELECOM Paristech

Title: Issues in setting up a Masters programme for Information and Communications technologies.

Abstract. TELECOM ParisTech is the Graduate Engineering School for Information and Communication Technologies of ParisTech the Paris Institute of Technology. Founded in 1878 the school has continuously innovated from creating the word �telecommunications� in 1904 to having the biggest ICT incubator in France today. For several years it has been building an MSc programme to add to the existing Master of Engineering (Dipl�me d�Ing�nieur) in order to attract top students from around the world. The presentation will aim to describe the creation of the programme IN Information and Communications Technologies, covering the range of issues which such a programme creates. Besides the academic programmes for each master built in the departments, there are the French National Accreditation processes for Masters, the ParisTech programme for quality assurance for all the Masters of the Engineering colleges to orientate the programmes, but also issues for integrating the incoming students having different cultures and languages and learning skills. The school has now reached a mix of 40% non-French students on its various programmes. A new original on-line programme, PADEN, to help students discover the different methods of teaching in France before their arrival has been created together with other Engineering schools and it will go on-line this year to enable students to better prepare for their future studies as soon as they have enrolled. On arrival a specific integration programme, destined to facilitate the integration of incoming students lasting a month has been tested and modified over several years, and this is followed by scientific courses which are taught in English for one semester alongside intensive French as a foreign language before students join the main tracks in the second semester taught in French. A series of courses in Multi-cultural awareness destined for the academic and administrative staff has also been organised. Finally partnerships with overseas universities aimed at double Master programmes will be described as well as a scholarship programme with industrial partners and the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Biography. Jan Rembowski has French and English double nationality and has been working since 2001 in TELECOM Paristech as International Director and head of the Masters programme. He lectures in Knowledge management, Economic Intelligence and Management of Information Systems in Masters courses. He is one of the co-leaders of the working group on Quality Management and Competences for the Masters of Science for ParisTech, is an Expert for the College of Engineers for Eiffel at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and a past External expert for quality management of BSc at the University of Humberside in United Kingdom. Before the present position he was Director of Research and Teaching of the Department of Information Systems for Management at Reims Management School as well as principal co-ordinator and lecturer on the MBA programme. Prior to that post he worked as a consultant in Geographical Information Systems for Public authorites, Knowledge Management for private companies and was Associate Professor of Multimedia in the University of Artois. He holds three Masters Degrees, the first in Applied Linguistics, the second in Information Systems for Town and Country Planning and the third in Informational Systems and held posts of Director of Department, Lille University, Director of Studies Catholic University of Lille and European Director of a university network for research into GIS as a tool for Regional Planning. He taught specifically in fields of Management, GIS, Town and Country Planning for 18 years in Lille Universities. His works cover research for Public Authorities � Region Nord-Pas-de-Calais, D�partement du Nord, and the local Government of Sicily - on Information Systems for Planning, GIS and Information and Communication Technologies for management.