Sensor Networks

UCSD Jacobs School offers inside look at Sensor Networks from homeland defense, environment and healthcare

San Diego, Feb. 8 -- The emerging field of sensor networks will revolutionize the wireless Internet, and help advance the nation's capability to analyze data and make informed decisions. National technology leaders and prominent University of California faculty will give an in-depth look at "Sensor Networks for Healthcare, the Environment, and Homeland Defense" at the UCSD Jacobs School of Engineering's Research Review, February 21 and 22. Reporters covering the event will get a broad overview of the field, challenges for the future, and possible applications. Speakers will be available for one-on-one interviews. (Note to TV editors: Video b-roll of select sensor-related projects will be available at the conference.)

More than 600 industry, government and university people are expected to attend. The event is sponsored by the Jacobs School's Corporate Affiliates Program, together with the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology [Cal-(IT)2] and the San Diego Telecom Council. For more information, visit http://www.soe.ucsd.edu/Research_Review.

WHERE: Price Center (Ballroom & Theater)
UC San Diego Campus, La Jolla, CA
For map, driving and parking information, go to website above.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21

1:30-5:30PM CAL-(IT)2 TECHNICAL WORKSHOP
Larry Smarr, Director, Cal-(IT)2
Mike Sailor, UCSD--Nanosensors for Pollution, Medical and Biowarfare Monitoring.
Michael Nova, M.D., Founder, Graviton--Ad Hoc Wireless Sensor Networks.
Kristofer Pister, UC Berkeley--Smart Dust
Ramesh Rao, UCSD and Cal-(IT)2--Design and Deployment of Sensor Networks.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22

8:30AM--12:30PM Research Review/Featured Speakers
Robert Conn, Dean, Jacobs School, UCSD
William A. Wulf, President, National Academy of Engineering--Cyber Security. David Kay, SAIC--Homeland Security
Deborah Estrin, UCLA--Sensor Networks for Environmental Monitoring.
Rear Admiral Kenneth D. Slaght, Commander, SPAWAR--Building the Navy's Global Network.
Larry Smarr, Director, Cal-(IT)2, UCSD--Distributed Smart Sensor Networks
John Orcutt, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD--Bringing the Information Superhighway to the Dirt Road and the High Seas.
Sujit Dey, UCSD--Adaptive Wireless Sensor System-on-Chips.
Mike Heller, UCSD & Nanogen Founder--Response to Bioterrorism.
Francine Berman, Director, San Diego Supercomputer Center, UCSD--From Sensors to Supercomputers: Building a National Information Infrastructure. David Brin, "The Postman" Author and Futurist--A World Filled with Cameras: Security at the Cost of Freedom? Or Can We Have Both?

1:30--4:00PM Industry Technical Exhibits/Graduate Student Poster Session

CONTACTS: Denine Hagen, 858-534-2920, dhagen@ucsd.edu
Troy Anderson, 858-822-3075, tdanderson@ucsd.edu
Doug Ramsey, 858-822-5825, dramsey@ucsd.edu