RLE Investigator Profile Video Series: Vincent W.S. Chan

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:17:53 GMT

Chan discusses research and education in his group.

Meet 2011 TR35 Winner Bhaskar Krishnamachar

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 05:00:00 GMT

Krishnamachari describes his work at EmTech 2011: Smarter wireless networks University of Southern California By creating smarter wireless networks that can handle mobile devices and interference more efficiently than today's Wi-Fi and cellular

MIT SECURE Wireless: How Mac Users Can Connect

Fri, 26 Aug 2011 21:07:19 GMT

This demo shows how to configure the MIT SECURE wireless network on a laptop running Mac OS X. For setup instructions on a range of devices, see "How to connect to MIT SECURE wireless" in Hermes (http://kb.mit.edu/confluence/x/6oN2).

RLE Investigator Profile Video Series: Gregory W. Wornell

Mon, 22 Aug 2011 18:37:18 GMT

Professor Gregory W. Wornell of MIT discusses research and education in his group, and the intellectual challenges facing engineers at the frontiers of information encoding, extraction, and manipulation.

MITEF-NYC: What's Next for U.S. Wireless Broadband?

Sun, 26 Jun 2011 23:05:17 GMT

Wireless broadband technology is evolving rapidly, presenting significant growth opportunities over the next few years. The FCC recently announced plans to bring broadband to 100 million American homes by 2020, with mobile broadband playing an integral role. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act have awarded over $7.2 billion to broadband projects. While broadband will be available across the US soon, other countries already have nationwide coverage with plans to upgrade from 1-10 Mega-bits per second (Mbps) to lightning-fast 100 Mbps services within five years. What are the benefits, challenges, and opportunities presented by these changes?

MITEF-NYC: The Future of the Mobile App Store

Sun, 26 Jun 2011 21:25:10 GMT

How will the App store impact the future landscape of technology development and commerce? With the advent of the iPhone, Andriod, Blackberry and the move to mobile computing it is becoming clear the real power is within the mobile application marketplace. The Apple App store for example has become the dominant marketplace for mobile software innovation and is vying for more control with the newly arrived iPad platform.

Open Payment, A New Approach to Public Transportation Fare Collection

Tue, 19 Oct 2010 04:00:00 GMT

10/19/2010 4:00 PM 4"237George Kocur, Senior Lecturer CEEDescription: Soon, a ticket to ride won't require paper coupons, tokens, human vendors, or even Boston's CharlieCard. Urban transit is abandoning a century old payment system for sophisticated digital payment technology, saysGeorge Kocur. Kocur has been toiling for a decade on technology and methods that will enable transit industry operations to become more intelligent and efficient. He notes that many cities have already acquired an assortment of improvements -- smartphone apps, and GPS networks to keep transport on time, for instance. But these are often expensive proprietary services and products offered by a hodgepodge of vendors. Kocur makes the argument for developing non"proprietary systems, especially around fare payment, which could be utilized by multiple transit authorities, reducing costs over time. He describes the evolution of a "generic e"collection technology framework," based on a standardized, 'contactless' payment card used in many stores. This card, bearing valid credit after an online or phone transaction, can serve riders as a monthly pass, or even a single trip ticket. It's also very fast. In New York City tests, the e"collection card managed a transaction with a server via fiber optic network in 200"300 milliseconds on subway rides, and 400"800 milliseconds on that city's buses (wireless data moves a tad slower). In contrast, Boston's CharlieCard has a built"in chip that calculates the cost of the trip and debits it from the card, consuming valuable seconds. Kocur is also working on a "fare engine" that maps "a set of card taps into a set of journey segments," and groups these segments into trips, and trips into fares. Complex algorithms come into play, and the end result would permit riders real"time options on both journey"routing and fares. This software is flexible enough to work in London, New York and other cities, optimizing for each system's travel network. To accommodate riders without bank credit, researchers are coming up with options including ATMs that accept cash to credit a fare card. Kocur ultimately envisions piecing together "components that could be shared across transit systems," perhaps even a single card accepted at transit agencies around the world. He hopes to demonstrate that "we no longer need something specific to each agency that's expensive and difficult." This would mean public transportation leaders talking to each other, as well as to banks and credit card companies. "It's just about change in the transit industry, using technology as a lever," he concludes. About the Speaker(s): George Kocur has spent much of his professional life developing software systems for telephony and transportation. His current research involves public transportation operations and planning, fare collection and ticketing, and logistics and supply chain. His courses involve software development, databases and networks, and and computer algorithms. Kocur received an S.B. in Mechanical Engineering and an S.M. in Civil Engineering from MIT, and a Ph.D. in Public Policy and Management from Carnegie"Mellon University. Host(s): School of Engineering, Transportation@MIT

Re-Engineering Buildings: Innovations in Building Technology

Fri, 01 Oct 2010 04:00:00 GMT

10/01/2010 11:00 AM e14"633Tony Ciochetti, Chairman, MIT Center for Real Estate; John Ochsendorf, Associate Professor, Department of Architecture; Alex (Sandy) Pentland, PhD '82, Toshiba Professor of Media Arts and Sciences, and Director of Human Dynamics Research, MIT Media Lab; Sarah Slaughter, 82, SM'87, PhD 91, Associate Director for Buildings & Infrastructure, MIT Energy InitiativeDescription: The built environment consumes a very large share of the nation's energy, and so offers rich opportunities for reducing our overall carbon footprint. MIT researchers share innovations that could soon radically alter the energy profile, as well as form and function, of buildings. Their work may prove invaluable to those in the real estate or construction industries seeking not just efficiency, but a good investment. Pumping gas into a car, we can get a good sense of its energy costs, says John Ochsendorf. But when it comes to buildings, which are huge capital investments, "we have practically no literacy" around energy performance. Now we are entering a "new frontier," says Ochsendorf, as pressure builds to achieve substantial, swift reductions in energy consumption. He is helping to develop new metrics for measuring the amount of energy a building uses over its entire lifespan, from construction through many years of occupancy. Ochsendorf maps the material and energy flow involved in producing a can of Coke, from the extraction of minerals for aluminum smelting, to the French beets used in its sugar syrup, and suggests that this level of detail should be available for our buildings as well. This means "lifecycle assessment with rigorous benchmarking of building performance," down to the CO2 emissions per square foot. Ochsendorf is working with concrete and cement manufacturers to help them achieve steep reductions quickly, and to design buildings that use local waste material such as clay, and operate with zero net energy use. The value of buildings derives from their capacity to "protect and enhance the health, safety and well"being of occupants and communities," says Sarah Slaughter. There are measurable benefits, too: Acoustically quiet classrooms improve student retention, and reinforced buildings can withstand hurricanes and earthquakes. Slaughter is interested in using "low impact development" for healthy, resilient buildings. She takes a "system of systems" approach, examining first the interaction of systems within a building. Could use of rainwater capture, for instance, decrease the need for non"potable water, or could "daylight harvesting" permit the downsizing of artificial lighting? Slaughter next considers the building's connections to the larger environment, including its neighborhood and region. She sees a "value"added chain" that ultimately includes municipalities and state and federal agencies. By targeting the right links in the chain, one can achieve both performance enhancement and cost efficiencies. This leads to "clearly demonstrable bottom"line benefits -- less than a year payback for some upgrades" as well as improved buildings that "allow people to complete their organizational missions more effectively." Alex (Sandy) Pentland hopes to make buildings more productive and efficient, but focuses on people rather than structures. He has devised methods for mapping human activities, following cellphone and other wireless signals. For example, Pentland can track face to face meetings taking place in an organization, and troubleshoot areas of low"productivity. He describes changing the time for coffee breaks in a Bank of America call center, and saving that business $15 million. He has detailed how "tribes" of people move about in cities, and can make astonishingly accurate predictions about where and when these groups go to eat and the kinds of things they buy. Real estate developers could look at transportation patterns, for instance, and build stores in places convenient to a target group. These tools are powerful enough to reveal socioeconomic patterns, such as crime rates, disease and even life expectancy among different groups. Data mapping, believes Pentland, will prove increasingly useful to many institutions, although it presents some perils around privacy issues. About the Speaker(s): Tony Ciochetti leads the Center for Real Estate's mission to improve the global built environment through industry relevant research and to promote more informed professional practice. Prior to his appointment at MIT, Ciochetti was the Director of the Center for Real Estate Development and a Professor of Finance at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. Ciochetti is also a visiting Professor in the Department of Land Economy at Cambridge University in England. His teaching areas of expertise include Commercial Real Estate Development and Real Estate Finance. He has created or taught courses in these areas at MIT, the University of Pennsylvania, Cambridge University, the University of Wisconsin"Madison, Indiana University, and the University of North Carolina"Chapel Hill. Ciochetti's research interests lie in two broad areas: commercial mortgage credit risk and the role of real estate within pension plan portfolios. His work has appeared in leading scholarly journals, including Real Estate Economics, and the Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, among others. Ciochetti is currently the President of the Real Estate Research Institute, where he is also an academic fellow, and serves on the Board of Directors of Real Estate Economics. Ciochetti received his B.A. in Finance from the University of Oregon, and both his M.S. and Ph.D. in Real Estate and Urban Land Economics from the University of Wisconsin"Madison. Host(s): School of Architecture and Planning, MIT Center for Real Estate

Controlling a motor with the mind

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 12:30:22 GMT

Actually, the wrist and forearm. The packaged force pad controller is shown commanding the "Double DEC'er" wireless-enabled BLDC motor controller, each driving a custom miniature hub motor.

XBee Direct Wireless I/O Passing

Wed, 23 Jun 2010 08:27:05 GMT

A Digi International Series 1 XBee 2.4GHz radio module has the ability to directly pass through digital and analog I/O lines. Simple (transparent packet-based digital) radio links for controlling actuators and sensors can be made with no external microcontrollers in the loop. In this video, the transmission of 1 analog (via PWM) and 1 digital pin between two XBees. Details on how to configure your radios in http://www.etotheipiplusone.net/?p=748

LuminAR

Wed, 09 Jun 2010 03:23:57 GMT

LuminAR reinvents the traditional incandescent bulb and desk lamp, evolving them into a new category of robotic, digital information devices.

The Future of Civic Engagement in a Broadband"Enabled World

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

03/01/2010 4:00 PM Wong AuditoriumEugene J. Huang, Government Operations Director, National Broadband Task Force, Federal Communications CommissionDescription: The digital revolution that brought us Facebook, Twitter and YouTube could help revive participatory democracy in the U.S., says Eugene J. Huang. He unveils the FCC's plan for providing broadband access to every American, and describes how its recommendations could spur more open government and greater civic engagement. Huang is leading an FCC taskforce developing a plan to provide every American with high quality broadband internet capability. Mandated by the Recovery Act, $7.6 billion will soon flow to deploy infrastructure throughout the U.S., by cable, wireless, or satellite; to ensure affordable access for all; and to address a group of national priorities. Huang describes the process of fact"gathering, analysis and recommendation development as the "most open and transparent" in the FCC's history, involving public workshops, and the use of social media and blogs to encourage citizen input. This process in many ways has come to shape the larger goals of the broadband plan. As Huang says, at the end of months of data collection and public discussion, "we came to an obvious conclusionthat civic engagement is the lifeblood of our democracy," and that the broadband plan should play a major role in creating a more informed and engaged citizenry. Vast numbers of Americans are already online, talking, debating and viewing -- an astonishing 120 million people watch more than 10 billion videos monthly. So Huang, his taskforce, and citizen participants began envisioning ways that universal, high"speed digital communication and interactivity could work for the public sector. They ended up with five recommendations: building a more open and transparent government, by making all government and judicial records freely available online, and streaming government meetings and hearings; helping public media such as PBS and NPR expand beyond their broadcast models in providing news content, and removing copyright obstacles to sharing historic materials, ultimately leading to a national digital archive; deploying social media in all government agencies; recruiting technological innovators into government, engaging citizen experts from the private sector and starting an innovation corps; and bringing the election process into the digital age, eliminating mistakes in voter registration, standardizing the process across states, and enabling military personnel overseas to cast ballots electronically. While these measures will require a commitment across all levels of government, Huang feels sure they will lead to a transformation that can "renew democracy in a broadband enabled 21st century." About the Speaker(s): Eugene J. Huang is helping to craft the "national purposes" section of the National Broadband Plan, with a specific focus on the topics of government operations and civic engagement. From 2006 to 2009, Huang served at the US Department of the Treasury. He covered a wide range of international economic and finance issues with a special responsibility for U.S. bilateral relations with China. Previously, Huang was a Visiting Scholar at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research at Stanford University. From 2002 to 2006, he served the Commonwealth of Virginia as the Secretary of Technology and previously as the Deputy Secretary of Technology. Huang was responsible for managing the state's award winning information technology reform initiative, fostered the development of advanced broadband communications, and facilitated the growth of emerging technology industries throughout Virginia. Huang graduated magna cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania, with a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School, a B.S. in Electrical Engineering, and a M.S. in Telecommunications Engineering. He received a Thouron Award from the University of Pennsylvania and studied at St. John's College, Oxford University, where he received a M.Phil., with distinction, in Economic History. Huang is a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies. Host(s): School of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences, Center for Future Civic Media

Network-Driven Transportation

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

11/03/2009 4:00 PM 32"124Li"Shiuan Peh, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer ScienceDescription: Today, cell phones are a menace to safe driving, as they distract operators who should otherwise focus on the road. Tomorrow, cell phones could actually improve our driving, and help drivers avoid traffic congestion, use the road system more effectively, and manage the parking supply. Li"Shiuan Peh says that the key to these services are future mobile devices that will have the computer power equivalent to today's large servers in data centers. Combined with rapid advances in wireless networking, these mobile devices will be harnessed to provide new apps, like next generation transportation programs. We currently use the Internet and Wi"Fi or 3G and then run our programs in the cloud on heavyweight servers. Peh says that an opposite case is likely to emerge, with a move towards collaborative computing, using mobile devices and localized cell phones to replace the heavyweight servers. She envisions a time when advanced cell phones will be "stitched together" to run a single piece or information or a program. Peh says this grassroots type of computing will appeal to the general public, "the sociology" of users, who like to be involved in transportation activities. Behind this collaborative computing, engineers are fine"tuning a sophisticated mesh"network of communications. One of the key protocols for the mesh network is for dedicated short"range communications (DSRC). It is vital for mobile applications, like accident prevention, because it is micro"seconds faster than current standards. DSRC will have very high local coverage, provide faster and more complete transmissions than existing cell towers, and, in particular, be able to overcome the coverage issues of tunnels and dead"spots. Moore's Law scaling would predict that the computing power needed to advance DSRC applications would be more powerful and more efficient that what we know today. Location resident services are quite demanding from a communications point of view. Engineers must design around the fact that the phones must be able to hand"off information and exchange it with each other, since the handsets/cars will move in and out of a cordon. Peh notes that existing intelligent vehicle programs in the United States, Europe, and Singapore are using elements of mesh communications today, and that collaborative computing will become the better solution. Mesh computing can also have very local and practical applications. Stitching cell phones, cameras, and databases together could provide a real"time tool for Amber Alerts, and help solve problems that require geographic sensing, such as locating missing children. Similar sets of technologies could be stitched together to reduce congestion and fuel use as they guide drivers to open parking spots. Host(s): School of Engineering, Transportation@MIT

Improving Your Commute

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Hari Balakrishnan describes three challenges that need to be met in using data to help commuters-pedestrians, bicyclists, drivers-reduce the time (and fuel) spent stuck in traffic.

RLE Investigator Profile Video Series: Muriel Medard

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:10:44 GMT

Professor Muriel Medard of MIT discusses research and education in her group, and the intellectual challenges facing engineers at the frontiers of communications, networks, and coding.

Dov Andelman, Mobile Wireless Group, Intel Israel, April 21, 2009

Fri, 22 May 2009 16:12:49 GMT

Mobile WiMAX 4G, a.k.a. IEEE 802.16 is a cellular, IP based broadband wireless access network enabling mobile internet devices and applications, currently in early stage of worldwide deployment. The talk includes an introduction of the technology, an overview of main PHY and MAC properties, and a discussion of WiMAX evolution with respect to other mobile broadband networks. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WiMAX

Irwin Jacobs: School of Engineering Distinguished Lecture, 2009

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:22:06 GMT

On Feb. 19th, 2009, Dr. Irwin Jacobs '57 '59, co-founder and CEO of Qualcomm, gave the inaugural talk for the School of Engineering Distinguished Lecture Series.

Dr. Jacobs discusses how he got where he is now, some things he learned along the way and the past, current and new technologies his companies have and are working on to take the world into new areas of wireless communications.

Read more about the event on the School of Engineering website here.

Sponsored in part by MIT MTL.

From Information Theory Courses at MIT to Providing Chips and Technology for a World with Four Billion Cellular Subscribers: Memories and a Look Ahead

Thu, 19 Feb 2009 05:00:00 GMT

02/19/2009 4:30 PM 10"250Dr. Irwin Mark Jacobs, SM '57 PhD '59, Chairman, Qualcomm, Inc.Description: Cellphone and mobile communication aficionados (not to mention the rest of us) appreciate that our favorite tech gadgets increasingly resemble props from Star Trek. A shout out then to Irwin Jacobs and Qualcomm, the company perhaps most responsible for such astonishing gear. In his talk, Jacobs narrates his journey from MIT, as a faculty member in the early 60s, to California and his initial entrepreneurial venture, Linkabit. Jacobs and other MIT talent applied information theory to projects for NASA and JPL, including coding for deep space probes, and processor designs. Before Jacobs moved on, Linkabit had come up with the idea for satellites that enabled live data communications between headquarters and retail stores for both Wal"Mart and 7"11. The company's designs led to the direct broadcast satellite systems for XM and Direct TV. Its digital scrambling system fed digital technology into TV transmissions. The even bigger story for Jacobs (and the world) involves his next venture, Qualcomm (for Quality Communications), launched in 1985. This fruitful collaboration among MIT and Linkabit graduates launched the wireless telecommunications revolution. Qualcomm first gave the trucking industry OmniTRACS, a satellite"based commercial mobile system, and then dreamed up a technology for wireless and data devices -- Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) -- that has revolutionized business and personal communications. Qualcomm made it possible for a multitude of users to share a confined spectrum space, and then for high speed data to fit comfortably alongside voice applications. There are four billion mobile subscribers around the world, says Jacobs, of which 100 million users get voice plus data. Even in these dire economic times, new subscribers are growing, and he predicts six billion subscribers by 2013. Qualcomm's hard at work optimizing how data and voice share transmissions, making new applications possible (and affordable) worldwide. The goal: wireless broadband connectivity for all, and to each his or her own Smartphone or Kindle. As cellphones proliferate and merge with mobile computing, we'll be able to keep tabs on each other via GPS, says Jacobs. He believes phones "will quickly replace credit cards, even replace money." He sees particular opportunities in telemedicine, where phones armed with sensors can transmit patient information to specialists in hospitals, who then zip back treatment recommendations. Jacobs takes pride in Qualcomm's efforts to leverage wireless cellphone tech for social benefits: helping Indonesian women in business ventures; bringing farmers and fishermen a way of determining market prices for their goods without a middle man; and bringing in 3G phones for kids without computer capability in China. About the Speaker(s): Irwin Mark Jacobs pioneered the development and commercialization of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) digital wireless technology. He served as chief executive officer of Qualcomm until July 2005. Jacobs previously served as co"founder, president, CEO and chairman of LINKABIT Corporation, directing its growth from a few part"time employees in 1969 to more than 1,400 employees in 1985 and first introduction of Ku"band Very Small Aperture Earth Terminals (VSATs), commercial TDMA wireless phones, and the VideoCipher satellite"to"home TV system. LINKABIT merged with M/A"COM in August 1980. More than 35 San Diego telecommunications companies, including Qualcomm, trace their roots back to LINKABIT. From 1959 to 1966, Jacobs was an assistant/associate professor of electrical engineering at MIT. From 1966 to 1972 he served as a professor of computer science and engineering at the University of California, San Diego. At MIT, Dr. Jacobs co"authored a basic textbook on digital communications entitled, Principles of Communication Engineering. Jacobs has received numerous honors, including the National Medal of Technology Award in 1994 -- the highest award bestowed by the president of the United States for extraordinary achievements in the commercialization of technology, or the development of human resources that foster technology. He earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering in 1956 from Cornell University and his SM and Ph.D in electrical engineering from MIT. Host(s): School of Engineering, School of Engineering

MIT Physics Demo -- Telegraph Transmitter

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:56:01 GMT

A solenoid enclosed in another solenoid is connected to a 12 volt battery. Also contained in the circuit is an iron contact switch connected to a spring arm, with a gap on one side of it. When the circuit is closed, the inner solenoid attracts the iron switch across the small gap. This breaks the circuit, making the switch move back to its original position, which closes the circuit again. Thus, the switch moves back and forth quickly, causing oscillations of high voltage in the outer solenoid. This high voltage causes sparks to jump the large gap between the ends of the outer solenoid.

These sparks cause electromagnetic radiation, which is how telegraphs were originally transmitted wirelessly. Morse code can be transmitted by opening and closing the power source.

This specific transmitter was made by the Marconi company, and is very much like the telegraph machine that would have been used on the Titanic. Read more about spark gap transmitters here.

CrackBerrys: Exploring the Social Implications of Wireless Email Devices

Sat, 09 Jun 2007 04:00:00 GMT

06/09/2007 10:00 AM JoAnne Yates, Sloan Distinguished Professor of ManagementDescription: Fast-moving managers are finding that their most cherished high-tech gadget may actually be their worst enemy. JoAnne Yates reviews recent research into the evolving, dysfunctional affair between human and Blackberry. An in-depth glimpse at one company, complete with 48-hour Blackberry email logs and spouse interviews reveals a number of paradoxes, according to Yates. Key among them is the reported passion many users feel for a device that can connect them to their work 24/7, a device that can send alerts every few minutes that something needs to be dealt with. Yates and her colleagues looked at this firm,which had racked up four years of Blackberry usage, and found some typical patterns: People checked for messages quite frequently , but tended to respond in batches, and not immediately (unless the need was urgent). Blackberrys were used at weekend soccer games, at the symphony, and in one unhappy home, where a spouse didn't enjoy its pervasive presence, -in a bathroom with the door closed." Yates found a number of contradictory responses among Blackberry jockeys: Users felt both controlled by the constant flood of messages, and in control via their power to not respond when 'messaged.' There's also the -stress paradox," where Blackberry users stay in constant contact so as to -not miss something that's blowing up," but over time find it impossible ever to disengage from the device, even on vacation. Spouses found their partners distracted and sometimes disabled by the ever-present Blackberry (some mentioned waking up at 3 a.m. to find their partners checking for messages). In sum, says Yates, interaction with Blackberrys cuts users off from the real outside world of families and non-work activities. And, says Yates, while the Blackberry may facilitate workplace efficiency and autonomy, it -shifts expectations of availability." When everyone in a firm keeps a Blackberry as constant companion, the temptation to send messages during evening and other downtime hours grows. There is -escalating commitment and dependence on the Blackberry, a spiral of expectations and feeling constantly on call." The work day simply has no end. Yates' recommended antidote to the stress, addiction and disengagement that can accompany Blackberry use is for individuals and organizations to put the Blackberry in its place. Establish rules all must follow, such as outlawing Blackberrys during meetings and eliminating 3 a.m. emails. -If you're an insomniac, do email, but batch and hold, send them at 7 a.m.," suggests Yates. About the Speaker(s): JoAnne Yates examines communication and information as they shape and are shaped by technologies and policies over time. Her research encompasses both historical and contemporary organizations, with a focus on changing communication and information technologies and the related work practices. Her current historical work focuses on the life insurance industry's adoption and use of information technology in the twentieth century. She is also part of a team of five Sloan faculty with a multi-year NSF grant to study the social and economic implications of Internet technologies. In this work, she collaborates with Wanda Orlikowski and other researchers on in-depth studies of how specific groups and organizations use communication and information technologies, and how that use shapes their work, communication, and temporal practices.Host(s): Sloan School of Management, MIT Sloan School of Management

Seamless Transitions

Tue, 27 Apr 2004 04:00:00 GMT

04/27/2004 5:00 PM Wong AuditoriumPadmasree Warrior, Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer,; Motorola IncorporatedDescription: In a time when the boundaries between home, work, car, and plane are blurring, Motorola is exploring ways to enable people to have seamless transitions from one venue to another. These include applications like being able to continue to hear the news story that you began listening to in your car, and picking it up immediately upon entering your house (your house is "smart" enough to know what you want to hear) to more complex ways to enable your work environment and your personal media to be with you even while attending a conference. Warrior describes how thousands of Motorola engineers are trying to create a transparent network so that individuals can take their music, video, pictures ---virtually any kind of data with them -- wherever they go. "Mobile devices have become the remote control for life. Let us do things we have not thought about before," says Warrior. For 75 years, Motorola has specialized in what Warrior describes as "preemptive innovation." This means not just enabling new ways to communicate (for example, creating the two-way radio and cell phone), but giving customers new reasons to communicate. Within technological view are cars that can download information about a driver's preferences, from seat height to mirror settings, and homes that can broadcast a favorite radio show from room to room, so the listener misses nothing. About the Speaker(s): Padmasree Warrior has worked at Motorola since 1984. She currently leads a global team of 4,600 technologists, guiding creative research from innovation through the first stages of marketing. She also serves as a technology advisor to the office of the chairman and to the board's technology and design steering committee. Before assuming her current role in January 2003, Warrior was corporate vice president and general manager of Motorola's energy systems group. Warrior was corporate vice president and chief technology officer for Motorola's Semiconductor Products Sector. She was appointed vice president in 1999 and was elected a corporate officer in 2000. Warrior received an M.S. degree in chemical engineering from Cornell University, and a B.S. degree in chemical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in New Delhi, India. Warrior served on the Texas Governor's Council for Digital Economy, and is a member of the Texas Higher Education Board review panel. She was one of six women nationwide selected to receive the "Women Elevating Science and Technology" award from Working Woman magazine in 2001. She also is a director of Ferro Corporation. Host(s): Vice President Resource Development, Industrial Liaison ProgramTape #: T18602

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