18th ACM MSWiM 2015

In addition to scientific papers, the MSWiM 2015 program includes distinguished Keynote Speakers.

Title: VANET Services, Autonomous Vehicles and the Mobile Cloud Dr. Mario Gerla Professor at University of California Los Angeles, USA

Abstract: As vehicles will soon become network connected, new vehicle applications are emerging, from navigation safety to location aware content distribution, urban surveillance and intelligent transport. Autonomous vehicles stand out as important players, with plenty of sensors, memory and processing power. The richness of on-board resources and the diversity of applications set the Vehicular ad Hoc Network (VANET) apart from conventional MANETs and introduce new challenges in the services they provide. First, it becomes apparent that safe navigation in a future with autonomous car platoons, say, will demand efficient, low latency V2V. Moreover, other applications (eg, surveillance, traffic management, etc) will require a degree of coordination not possible with the conventional Internet Cloud. To this end, low latency cooperation can be best supported by a Mobile Computing Cloud (MCC), where vehicles use V2V to propagate computation results, share resources and provide mobile services. This talk will revisit VANET applications and will propose a Vehicular Cloud platform along with representative mobile service examples.

Short Bio: Dr. Mario Gerla is a Professor in the Computer Science Dept at UCLA. He holds an Engineering degree from Politecnico di Milano, Italy and the Ph.D. degree from UCLA. At UCLA, he was part of the team that developed the early ARPANET protocols under the guidance of Prof. Leonard Kleinrock. He joined the UCLA Faculty in 1976. At UCLA he has designed network protocols including ad hoc wireless clustering, multicast (ODMRP and CODECast) and Internet transport (TCP Westwood). He has lead the ONR MINUTEMAN project, designing the next generation scalable airborne Internet for tactical and homeland defense scenarios. His team is developing a Campus Vehicular Testbed. Parallel research activities are wireless medical monitoring using smart phones and cognitive radios in urban environments. He is active in the organization of conferences and workshops, including MedHocNet and WONS. He serves on the IEEE TON Scientific Advisory Board. He became IEEE Fellow in 2002, was recently recognized with the MILCOM Technical Contribution Award in 2011, the IEEE Ad Hoc and Sensor Network Society Achievement Award in 2011 and the ACM Sigmobile Outstanding Contribution Award in 2015.

 
 
 

Title: Unleashing the True Power of Mobile Systems: Big Data and Analytics Dr. Pablo Vidales IBM Mexico

Abstract: Mobile systems have continuously evolved in the last years. However, user demand really smart phones that will assist them in daily activities. The new developments in processing and analyzing data are a new chance to make a quantum jump in mobile systems. Every two years the available data duplicates and in combination with existing machine learning and unstructured data analysis closed doors have been open. Today we can really personalized mobile applications to meet the specific needs of each customer, we have more than enough data to develop true context aware mobile solutions; it is just a matter of connecting the dots. This keynote will explore the challenge and opportunities that Big Data and Advanced Analytics are facing, and will present some examples of how we can combine the power of processing and analyzing unstructured and structure data to unleash the true power of mobile systems.

Short Bio: Dr. Pablo Vidales has a two Bachelor in Science degrees, one in Computer Science and one in Telecommunications from ITAM, Mexico. He got his Master Degree in the University of Cambridge in 2002 and his PhD in 2005. Then, he moved to Berlin, where he did a 2-year Postdoc and continue working for the Deustche Telekom R&D Labs in the area of mobile and distributed systems. During his time in Germany, Dr. Vidales also studied the Executive Program on Strategy and Innovation in the MIT Sloan Business School. Currently he is Associate Professor in ITAM and has taught courses on Mobile Communications and Innovation & Strategy in several academic institutions including TEC de Monterey Campus Puebla, Ibero Campus Puebla and IPADE. Dr. Vidales has co-authored over 70 scientific papers in international conferences and journals and has recently achieved more than 1,000 references to his work. He is also co-inventor in more than 12 granted patents in the area of mobile communications. In 1999, Dr. Vidales founded Letsmap, a startup in the area of mobile services and he also co-founded two spin offs from Deutsche Telekom in the same field. He came back to Mexico in 2010 and since then he has been working in executive positions, leading technology innovation transformational programs for the following companies: T-Systems, Grupo Nacional Provincial, as CIO in RSA Seguros and since May 2014 he took a new challenges as the Executive Lead for LATAM in Advanced Analytics, collaborating with IBM. Pablo is passionate about Innovation and blue sky technology, and in how this can be applied in the private industry to improve our lives. He believes that big data and analytics will unleash the true power of mobile systems.