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2015 ICCE-TW Keynote Speech

<Keynote I>
Consumer Electronics in the age of the Internet
 
Bob Frankston

Prof. Bob Frankston

Fellow of the IEEE, ACM

Abstract:

Consumer Electronics has long been about connected things going back to the days of radio and television and to component Hi-Fi systems. The Internet and, more to the point, the Internet of Things represents a fundamental shift from creating value in hardware to creating value using software. This fundamental shift challenges industries and public policies. Value is created outside of networks using generic hardware and computing. Systems design is also changing as we shift from designing whole systems to building devices that have constantly shifting relationships. In this talk I will share my half century of experience in the midst of this transformation and look ahead to how to design systems for a connected world.

Bio:

Bob Frankston is a fellow of the IEEE, ACM and the Computer History Museum. He is on the Board of Governors of the IEEE CE Society and writes the Bits versus Electrons column in the IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine. He has Master’s and Engineer’s degrees from MIT in EE and CS. His career has been devoted to empowering people to take advantage of computing and connectivity. He wrote the first electronic spreadsheet, VisiCalc. At Microsoft he was instrumental in connecting home users with the rest of the Internet.

 

<Keynote II>
Tactics Analysis on NBA Broadcast Videos
 
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Prof. Mark Liao

Distinguished Research Fellow, 
Institute of Information Science, Academia Sinica, Taiwan.

Abstract:

Basketball video analysis has many commercial applications and has attracted great attention in recent years. With the assistance of advanced object-detection and tracking techniques developed in the past few years, efficient and effective player tracking and identification have become a reality. Under these circumstances, to develop a fully automatic basketball video analysis system that can analyze the interaction among players or the scoring process becomes possible. An automatic basketball video analysis system has many potential applications. For example, it can provide better services by automatically generating some video segments that highlight star players. In addition, the coaching staff of a team can employ such techniques to calculate the statistics of players, to analyze the strength and weakness of competitors, and to review the team itself.  In this keynote speech, I will introduce the developed system in details.

Bio:

Mark Liao received his Ph.D degree in electrical engineering from Northwestern University in 1990. In July 1991, he joined the Institute of Information Science, Academia Sinica, Taiwan and currently, is a Distinguished Research Fellow. He has worked in the fields of multimedia signal processing, image processing, computer vision, pattern recognition, video forensics, and multimedia protection for more than 25 years.  During 2009-2011, he was the Division Chair of the computer science and information engineering division II, National Science Council of Taiwan. He is jointly appointed as a Professor of the Computer Science and Information Engineering Department of National Chiao-Tung University and the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science of National Cheng Kung University. During 2009-2012, he was jointly appointed as the Multimedia Information Chair Professor of National Chung Hsing University. Since August 2010, he has been appointed as an Adjunct Chair Professor of Chung Yuan Christian University.  Since August 2014, he has been appointed as an Honorary Chair Professor of National Sun Yat-sen University.  He received the Young Investigators' Award from Academia Sinica in 1998; the Distinguished Research Award from the National Science Council of Taiwan in 2003, 2010 and 2013; the National Invention Award of Taiwan in 2004; the Distinguished Scholar Research Project Award from National Science Council of Taiwan in 2008; and the Academia Sinica Investigator Award in 2010. His professional activities include: Co-Chair, 2004 International Conference on Multimedia and Exposition (ICME); Technical Co-chair, 2007 ICME; General Co-Chair, 17th International Conference on Multimedia Modeling; President, Image Processing and Pattern Recognition Society of Taiwan (2006-08); Editorial Board Member, IEEE Signal Processing Magazine (2010-13); Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Image Processing (2009-13), IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security (2009-12) and IEEE Transactions on Multimedia (1998-2001).  He has been a Fellow of the IEEE since 2013 for contributions to image and video forensics and security. Currently, he also serves as IEEE Signal Processing Society Region 10 Director (Asia-Pacific Region).

 

<Keynote III>
Manageability Challenge for Internet of Things
 
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Dr. Yen-Kuang Chen

Principal Engineer
Intel Corporation

Associate Director
Intel-NTU Connected Context Computing Center

Abstract:

The advances in sensing, communication, and computing technologies enable a paradigm shift where more and more devices can be connected together to improve our lives. For example, a wristband can monitor the amount of our daily exercise so as to ensure we have healthy lifestyle. The wristband can be further used as a personal identification device so that we can easily access the information on our cellular phone and computer. The wristband can also be used to change the environment, e.g., room temperature, depends on our personal comfort and our physiologic conditions, even before we arrive at a certain location. Our lives will be significantly improve when every devices around us is efficiently sensing the data, effectively communicating with one another, collaboratively computing the context, and taking the best actions for us.  This paradigm shift is often known as Internet of Things (IoT).  Nonetheless, there is a manageability challenge when we want a large-scale heterogeneous IoT devices to work together.  This talk will discuss the manageability challenge in IoT. In particular, I will share my person experience with more than 50 connected devices at my home.

Bio:

Dr. Yen-Kuang Chen is a Principal Engineer at Intel Corporation, and Associate Director of Intel-NTU Connected Context Computing Center. His research areas span from emerging applications that can utilize the true potential of internet of things to computer architecture that can embrace emerging applications. He has 40+ US patents, 20+ pending patent applications, and 85+ technical publications.  He is one of the key contributors to Supplemental Streaming SIMD Extension 3 and Advanced Vector Extension in Intel microprocessors. He has served as a program committee member of 50+ international conferences on Internet of Things, multimedia, video communication, image processing, VLSI circuits and systems, parallel processing, and software optimization. He is a steering committee member of IEEE Internet of Things Journal, the chair of Internet of Things special interest group of IEEE Signal Processing Society, the Deputy Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Journal on Emerging and Selected Topics in Circuits and Systems. He received his Ph.D. degree from Princeton University and is an IEEE Fellow.

 

<Keynote IV>
How Consumer Electronics is Impacting Change in Healthcare
 
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Dr. Stefan Mozar

Fellow of the IEEE

Abstract:

Developments in the Consumer Electronics Industry have helped reduce the costs of consumer devices, and have helped improve the reliability of these products. Rapid changes in consumer electronics result in rapid developments of new applications of consumer devices. This adaptability of consumer devices is finding rapid applications in the health care industry. This talk will show how healthcare is providing new opportunities for the CE industry, in a diverse range of applications. These include fitness, nutrition, sleep, exercise, sports, monitoring of health parameters, and many other applications.

Bio:

Stefan Mozar obtained all his engineering degrees from the University of New South Wales (UNSW), in Sydney, Australia. He spent most of his career in R&D labs, but he also worked as an academic for a number of Asian, Australian, and British Universities. Currently he is the CEO of a Sydney based Technology Company, and an Adjunct Professor at Guangdong University of Technology, in China. He has expertise in TV Receiver design, Human interface design, Large Signal Design, and designing products that are reliable, and robust.  He worked on four continents, and has worked on projects that won about 30 international design awards. He also received various other awards form the IEEE and other organisations. His work resulted in patents, and published work. He started and chaired a number of international conferences.  He is the immediate past president of the IEEE Consumer Electronics Society, and a Distinguished Lecturer for the CE Society. He is a Fellow of the IEEE, and of the Institution of Engineers, Australia. He is a registered professional engineer in Australia.

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