Keynote Speech
Keynote Speech 1: 9:30 - 10:30 Monday, July 7, 2008, 10F International Conference Room
VLBI activities in Japan and East Asia
Presenter:- Hideyuki Kobayashi (Mizusawa VERA Observatory, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Japan)
Abstract:
We review the astronomy activity using VLBI technique in Japan and East Asia region. VLBI is the most accurate observation tool for astronomy. Then it has revealed many interesting phenomea in the univerve. And Japan, China and Korea have good activities in this field. These are supported the high techonoloy leve of each countries. We also show the impact of the technology of communication, information science and computing.Biography:
Born in Tokyo, 1959. Graduated from the Department of Physics of the School of Science at Nagoya University in 1983. Engaged in doctoral research at the Nobeyama Radio Observatory, Tokyo Observatory of the University of Tokyo (Current NAOJ). Completed a doctor's degree (doctor of science) at the Department of Astronomy of the Graduate School of Science at the University of Tokyo. He was a researcher at the Nobeyama Radio Observatory, NAOJ, the Ministry of Education between 1988 and 1989, and an assistant at the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, the Ministry of Education between 1989 and 1999 where he was engaged in the development, manufacture, and observations of the radio astronomical satellite "HALCA". Engaged in observations using "HALCA" and construction of the VERA project as an assistant professor of NAOJ of the Ministry of Education between 1999 and 2003 and research on clarification of the Galaxy structure with VERA as a professor of NAOJ, NINS from 2003. He has been in his current position since 2006. He now doubles as an assistant for the director of NAOJ and a professor of the Graduate School of Science at the University of Tokyo. He is also the chairman of the East Asia VLBI network consortium and an associate member of the Science Council of Japan.Keynote Speech 2: 11:00 - 12:00 Tuesday, July 8, 2008, 10F International Conference Room
A National Project to Move on to Ubiquitous Society : IT839
Presenter:- Soo-Young Oh (Convergence Components & Materials Research Laboratory, Electronic & Telecommunication Research Instiute(ETRI), Korea)
Abstract:
Korea has developed the world best IT infra structures and is leading the Internet and mobile phone industry. Last few years, it has set up the IT development strategy, IT839 and leading the world IT industry by the simultaneous development of the IT services, IT infra structures, and IT systems. As a result, Korea had developed and commercialized Terrestrial DMB technology for the mobile TV services. It has also developed the WiBro technology which can provide the 2~10 Mbps mobile Internet service at the moving speed of 60~120km/h and the cost of $20~30 per month. Both technologies have been selected as ETSI standard and IEEE standard respectively. Korea is continuously trying to expand the developed technologies and develop the components and softwares needed by these IT services and systems in order to lead the future ubiquitous IT society. This presentation covers the Korea IT development strategy, its results, and the components technologies needed by the ubiquitous IT society.Biography:
Soo-Young Oh received his B. S. E. E. from Seoul National University in 1972 and Ph. D. in electrical Engineering from Stanford University in 1980. He has worked 17 years in scientist and project manager in Hewlett Packard Labs. He has pioneered the interconnect modeling in deep submicron and participated in the development of HPPA high-speed microprocessor and published more than fifty papers in device circuit modeling, interconnect modeling, and high speed micro-processor design. He successfully developed the 2-D/3-D RCL simulator RAPHAEL and licensed it to Avanti/TMA in 1990. It is now industry-standard interconnect simulator. In 1998, he co-founded Verilux Design Technology and successfully developed advanced interconnect modeling tools and released in DAC'99. In 2001, he also co-found UbiTech for CMP and floating dummy modeling and intelligent dummy fill. He is also a recognized expert in high-speed device modeling and design of the digital and mixed signal SOC.He is now the vice president and director of IT Convergence & Component Lab. in Electronic & Telecommunication Research Instiute(ETRI) in Korea since January 2006.
Keynote Speech 3: 15:00 - 16:00 Tuesday, July 8, 2008, 10F International Conference Room
IT-based Bridge Health Monitoring
Presenter:- Ayaho Miyamoto (Yamaguchi University, Japan)
Abstract:
Bridge health monitoring using information technology and sensors is capable of providing more accurate knowledge of bridge performance than traditional strategies. This keynote paper introduces not only an ITbased bridge health monitoring system incorporate with the latest information technologies for lifetime management of existing bridges but also a data collecting system designed for bridge health monitoring.Biography:
Ayaho Miyamoto received his M.E. and Ph.D. respectively from Kobe University in 1975 and Kyoto University in 1985. He was a Research Associate from 1975 to 1988 and an Associate Professor from 1988 to1995 both at Kobe University. He has been a Professor at Yamaguchi University since 1995. He has been Director of the Practical Maintenance Engineering Institute since 1991 and Director of Research Center for Environmental Safety since 2008 at Yamaguchi University. Currently, he is a Professor of Special Research Fellow at Yamaguchi University. He is members of Japan Society of Civil Engineers (JSCE), Japan Concrete Institute (JCI), Japan Society for Fuzzy Theory and Systems (SOFT), American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and American Concrete Institute (ACI). He is also a member of International Association for Bridge Maintenance and Safety (IABMAS) and Fellow member of International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE). His recent research activities are in the area of structural safety assessment on concrete bridges including bridge management system, and also establishment of optimal design concept for concrete structures under soft impact loads.Keynote Speech 4: 11:00 - 12:00 Wednesday, July 9, 2008, 10F International Conference Room
Evolvable Electronics
Presenter:- Prabhas Chongstitvatana (Department of Computer Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand)
Abstract:
Presently there are many technologies available that make electronic devices become far more flexible than before. The current "programmable" or "reconfigurable" devices are available both for digital and analog domain. These devices allow many new possibilities in terms of making electronic circuits change with time. With this "time-varying" circuit concept, many novel applications emerge. It is possible to make an electronic system that "optimise" itself while operating. For example, it is possible to time-multiplexing the use of resources such that it minimises the energy or it maximises the performance.In this talk, I will illustrate the marriage between reconfigurable electronics and evolutionary algorithms. The combination of the two allows on-line and continuous reconfiguration of electronic circuits. An evolutionary algorithm can be used to adapt parameters of a circuit. It also can be used to change the topology of the circuit. The outline of my talk includes: the introduction to reconfigurable electronics, a brief explanation of evolutionary algorithms, the use of evolutionary algorithm in electronic design and many examples from the current research in the field.
(evolvable electronics = reconfigurable electronics + evolutionary algorithms)
Biography:
Prabhas Chongstitvatana earned B.Eng. in Electrical Engineering from Kasetsart University, Thailand in 1980 and Ph.D. from the department of artificial intelligence, Edinburgh University, U.K. in 1992. Presently, he is a professor in the department of computer engineering, Chulalongkorn University. His research included robotics, evolutionary computation and computer architecture. The current work involves bioinformatics and grid computing where he is actively promote the collaboration to create Thai national grid for scientific computing. He is the member of Thailand Engineering Institute, Thai Academy of Science and Technology, Thai Robotics Society, Thai Embedded System Association and ECTI Association of Thailand.His home page can be found at www.cp.eng.chula.ac.th/faculty/pjw.