Science ahead in Telecommunications

When:

3 December 2013

17:30 Hour - 21:00 Hour

Event organizer:Defence and Security

Description

The Telecommunications Department of KIVI NIRIA invites you to the theme evening "Science ahead in Telecommunications".

Three professors in telecommunications will give insight into the progressive developments in their field at the research institutes and universities to which they are affiliated. The topics covered:

Prof Dr Robert Meijer briefly discusses the ICT side of TNO developments like IJkdijk (www.ijkdijk.nl) UrbanFlood (www.urbanflood.eu) and moves on to the ICT of flashy applications ahead. In applications, large amounts of sensors are crucial require a very dynamic telecommunications infrastructure. The examples paint a picture of new forms of Internet, telecommunications and cloud services that he is researching at the UvA and whose concepts he explains, through filmed demonstrations. In the process, current topics such as software defined networks and network function virtualisation are also clarified and put in a scientific perspective. A new perspective on cybersecurity is described.

Research in the group of Prof. Dr. Cees de Laat covers optical and switched networking for Internet transport of massive amounts of data in PetaScale e-Science applications, Semantic Web to describe networks and associated e-infrastructure resources, distributed cross organisation Authorization architectures and Systems Security & privacy of information in distributed environments. With SURFnet he develops and implements projects in SURFnet7 Research on Networks. He works together with the University of California San Diego (UCSD) in the NSF funded OptiPuter and GreenLight projects that have the purpose to create collaborative environments for scientists and to study the energy and carbon footprint of such infrastructure.

Prof Dr Erik Fledderus explains that the evolution of mobile telecommunications technology has not yet ended. The evolution, which started with GSM, continues after 4G. Fledderus will explain that the combination of competition and advancing technology is far from losing momentum and will continue even after the introduction of the 5G standards. However, these are not the only drivers of innovation in mobile telecommunications. The demand side continues to evolve. Fledderus explains that consumers and businesses will start deploying devices that demand the utmost from the mobile telecommunications infrastructure. These information society applications, information society telecommunications infrastructures are already impacting the telecommunications engineer; which will be explained.

17.30:00 Reception with optional sandwiches
18:15 Opening
18:20 New telematics: dynamic networks by Prof Dr Robert Meijer
18:55 Fixed networks: System and Network Engineering Research for Big Data eSciences by Prof.dr.ir. Cees de Laat
19.35 Mobile networks: 4G, 5G - new mobile technology for an inclusive information society by Prof.dr.ir. Erik Fledderus
20.15 Discussion
20.30 Closing with drinks afterwards

Speaker(s)

Prof Dr Robert Meijer is Sr. Strategist at TNO and holds the Chair in Applied Sensor Networks at the University of Amsterdam.

Prof. Dr. Cees de Laat chairs the System and Network Engineering (SNE) research group at the University of Amsterdam.

Prof. Dr. Ir. Erik Fledderus is Professor of Wireless Communication Networks at Eindhoven University of Technology and Director of the Information Society research area at TNO