IEEE CCNC 2011 Highlights Latest Advances in Anytime, Anywhere Consumer Communications & Networking Technologies
Hundreds of International Experts Explore Next Generation of On-Demand Entertainment & Information Systems at 8th Annual Event Held in Conjunction with 2011 CES in Las Vegas.
New York, NY, February 04, 2011 --(PR.com)-- The IEEE Consumer Communications Networking Conference (CCNC), recently completed its 8th annual event in Las Vegas with hundreds of international consumer electronics experts exploring the next generation of technologies designed to provide on-demand, anytime access to entertainment and information anywhere in the world.
Held in conjunction with the 2011 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), IEEE CCNC 2011 hosted dozens of keynotes, panels, workshops, tutorials and demonstrations as well as nearly 350 technical papers highlighting the latest advances in enabling technologies, home and consumer networking, and wireless and wireline communications. This included detailed analyses of nearly every technological area ranging from cognitive and peer-to-peer networking to the designer services and tools used to provide ease-of-use, security and global interactivity to users based in even remote regions.
Prior to IEEE CCNC 2011, the IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc) began showcasing these advances by demonstrating Telcordia’s latest multimedia visual search technology and Drakontas’s GPS collaboration prototype at its CES booth located in the Las Vegas Convention Center. Throughout CES and then again at IEEE CCNC 2011, Telcordia showed how users can save time, money, and bandwidth by using Telcordia’s real-time search tool to view videos from different perspectives, rapidly determine their appropriateness and only then launch and watch streaming applications.
In addition, Drakontas, a New Jersey-based provider of geospatial tools, offered live demonstrations of its new SMYLE prototype, which allows user groups to share locations, text messages, photos and graphical annotations in real-time environments. Additional advantages offer the ability to collaborate on meeting times and experiences almost anywhere within a complex, such as a theme park, through the use of the SMYLE mobile phone application or a standard PC web browser.
IEEE CCNC 2011 then officially commenced on Sunday, January 9th with a full day of workshops dedicated to topics such as “Vehicular Communications System,” “Personalized Networks, Digital Rights Management Impact on Consumer Communications,” “Social TV: the Next Wave, Social Networking (SocNets)” and “Consumer eHealth Platforms, Services and Applications.”
On the following day, Dr. Kari Pulli, who leads a team of experts working on the next array of mobile imaging technologies at the Nokia Research Center in Palo Alto, California, addressed the forum about the “demise of film cameras and ascent of digital cameras” during his keynote on “Mobile Computational Photography.” As highlighted by Dr. Pulli, this is a marketplace that will continue to grow over the next five years with more than 150 million digital cameras shipped and nearly 1.1 billion camera phones sold internationally by 2014. Spurred by the benefits of a filmless technology that includes “instant processing,” this success will also be fueled by the introduction of numerous features that provide “full, low-level control of all camera parameters” as well as the ability to “rewrite the autofocus” and combine imagery to create cleaner, clearer and brighter photos in seconds.
Following Dr. Pulli’s speech, IEEE CCNC 2011 launched the first of two days of presentations and demonstrations dedicated to areas ranging from security and content protection, entertainment networking and automotive multimedia to multiplayer networked gaming, next generation IPTV, social media and personal broadcasting. Other sessions were also designed to specifically address key topics such as the “Dissemination of Information in Vehicular Networks,” Smart Grid Emerging Services,” Ecological Home Networks” and “Smartphone Location-Aware Technologies.”
On Wednesday, the conference agenda then renewed with another day of keynotes, sessions and demonstrations. In the morning, Dr. Kiho Kim, Executive Vice President & Head of Digital Media & Communication R&D Center of Samsung Electronics, began the proceedings with his address titled “A Future Mobile Outlook: Infrastructure, Device and Service.” Throughout his speech, Dr. Kim emphasized the importance of the megatrends that not only led to paradigm shifts such as the "Internet revolution," but also the enablers that are likely to produce the next wave of advances “no later than 2020.” This included his vision for a world filled with “new life care services, in addition to legacy ‘infortainment services,’ that will be delivered via intelligent, not just smart mobile devices” through an enhanced network of seamlessly-connected local and personal networks.
Later that evening, Dr. Monica Lam, a Professor of Computer Sciences at Stanford University and the co-author of the Dragon book or as its formally known Compliers, Principles, Techniques and Tools, continued the discussion on future trends, while addressing “In Situ Online Social Networking.” In her presentation, Dr. Lam urged attendees to “ride the mobile computing wave” as she described mobile phones as “the prefect devices for changing the way we network” and “creating more peer-to-peer personal communications.” Dr. Lam also explored the development of new instantaneous group communication systems based on existing email technologies, which will soon “open federated social networks” and facilitate the sharing of information “among pockets of friends” without the need to utilize third party infrastructures.
Immediately afterwards, Jean-Philippe Faure, CEO, Progilon, Chairman of IEEE P1901, affiliated to Panasonic, talked about the IEEE 1901 standards project and its emphasis on extending powerline communications as a compliment to Ethernet and WiFi networks. The effort also entails resolving wireless interference and low-signal issues in applications ranging from in-home broadband and Smart Grid energy management to the cabin entertainment systems used in planes, trains and cruise ships.
Other ubiquitous technological advancements expected to greatly streamline machine-to-machine communications capabilities and the next array of entertainment services were also shared in the high-level panels that highlighted “Challenges in Securing Modern Applications” and “Data and Next-Generation Video/Television Services and Standards.” For instance, the next generation TV panel detailed research that will soon make the traditional set-up box a “sophisticated and all-powerful home networking device” that will wirelessly stream content to and from mobile devices, television sets, laptops and other computing devices.
IEEE CCNC 2011 then concluded on Wednesday, January 12 with a complete schedule of tutorials offering insights into subjects such as “State of the Art Research Challenges and P2P Networking,” “Cognitive Radio Networks,” “4G - Next Generation Mobile Applications,” “Wireless Mesh Networking Advances and Architectures,” “Consumer Network Standardization,” and “Technologies and Applications for Connecting All Your Electronic Devices with Personal Networks.”
As for next year, the 9th Annual IEEE Consumer Communications Networking Conference will begin once again with a preview of its many comprehensive research demonstrations at the IEEE ComSoc booth located within CES 2012. In addition, the IEEE CCNC 2012 “Call for Papers” has already been announced with all interested parties urged to visit http://www.ieee-ccnc.org/2012 for submission details. Ongoing conference updates can also be obtained via Twitter @IEEECCNC or by contacting Heather Ann Sweeney of the IEEE ComSoc at 212-705-8938 or h.sweeney@comsoc.org.
Founded in 1952, IEEE ComSoc is recognized as a major international forum for the exchange of ideas on communications and information networking. The society is also an international sponsor of global publications, conferences, certification and educational programs, local activities, technical committees and standardization projects.
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Held in conjunction with the 2011 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), IEEE CCNC 2011 hosted dozens of keynotes, panels, workshops, tutorials and demonstrations as well as nearly 350 technical papers highlighting the latest advances in enabling technologies, home and consumer networking, and wireless and wireline communications. This included detailed analyses of nearly every technological area ranging from cognitive and peer-to-peer networking to the designer services and tools used to provide ease-of-use, security and global interactivity to users based in even remote regions.
Prior to IEEE CCNC 2011, the IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc) began showcasing these advances by demonstrating Telcordia’s latest multimedia visual search technology and Drakontas’s GPS collaboration prototype at its CES booth located in the Las Vegas Convention Center. Throughout CES and then again at IEEE CCNC 2011, Telcordia showed how users can save time, money, and bandwidth by using Telcordia’s real-time search tool to view videos from different perspectives, rapidly determine their appropriateness and only then launch and watch streaming applications.
In addition, Drakontas, a New Jersey-based provider of geospatial tools, offered live demonstrations of its new SMYLE prototype, which allows user groups to share locations, text messages, photos and graphical annotations in real-time environments. Additional advantages offer the ability to collaborate on meeting times and experiences almost anywhere within a complex, such as a theme park, through the use of the SMYLE mobile phone application or a standard PC web browser.
IEEE CCNC 2011 then officially commenced on Sunday, January 9th with a full day of workshops dedicated to topics such as “Vehicular Communications System,” “Personalized Networks, Digital Rights Management Impact on Consumer Communications,” “Social TV: the Next Wave, Social Networking (SocNets)” and “Consumer eHealth Platforms, Services and Applications.”
On the following day, Dr. Kari Pulli, who leads a team of experts working on the next array of mobile imaging technologies at the Nokia Research Center in Palo Alto, California, addressed the forum about the “demise of film cameras and ascent of digital cameras” during his keynote on “Mobile Computational Photography.” As highlighted by Dr. Pulli, this is a marketplace that will continue to grow over the next five years with more than 150 million digital cameras shipped and nearly 1.1 billion camera phones sold internationally by 2014. Spurred by the benefits of a filmless technology that includes “instant processing,” this success will also be fueled by the introduction of numerous features that provide “full, low-level control of all camera parameters” as well as the ability to “rewrite the autofocus” and combine imagery to create cleaner, clearer and brighter photos in seconds.
Following Dr. Pulli’s speech, IEEE CCNC 2011 launched the first of two days of presentations and demonstrations dedicated to areas ranging from security and content protection, entertainment networking and automotive multimedia to multiplayer networked gaming, next generation IPTV, social media and personal broadcasting. Other sessions were also designed to specifically address key topics such as the “Dissemination of Information in Vehicular Networks,” Smart Grid Emerging Services,” Ecological Home Networks” and “Smartphone Location-Aware Technologies.”
On Wednesday, the conference agenda then renewed with another day of keynotes, sessions and demonstrations. In the morning, Dr. Kiho Kim, Executive Vice President & Head of Digital Media & Communication R&D Center of Samsung Electronics, began the proceedings with his address titled “A Future Mobile Outlook: Infrastructure, Device and Service.” Throughout his speech, Dr. Kim emphasized the importance of the megatrends that not only led to paradigm shifts such as the "Internet revolution," but also the enablers that are likely to produce the next wave of advances “no later than 2020.” This included his vision for a world filled with “new life care services, in addition to legacy ‘infortainment services,’ that will be delivered via intelligent, not just smart mobile devices” through an enhanced network of seamlessly-connected local and personal networks.
Later that evening, Dr. Monica Lam, a Professor of Computer Sciences at Stanford University and the co-author of the Dragon book or as its formally known Compliers, Principles, Techniques and Tools, continued the discussion on future trends, while addressing “In Situ Online Social Networking.” In her presentation, Dr. Lam urged attendees to “ride the mobile computing wave” as she described mobile phones as “the prefect devices for changing the way we network” and “creating more peer-to-peer personal communications.” Dr. Lam also explored the development of new instantaneous group communication systems based on existing email technologies, which will soon “open federated social networks” and facilitate the sharing of information “among pockets of friends” without the need to utilize third party infrastructures.
Immediately afterwards, Jean-Philippe Faure, CEO, Progilon, Chairman of IEEE P1901, affiliated to Panasonic, talked about the IEEE 1901 standards project and its emphasis on extending powerline communications as a compliment to Ethernet and WiFi networks. The effort also entails resolving wireless interference and low-signal issues in applications ranging from in-home broadband and Smart Grid energy management to the cabin entertainment systems used in planes, trains and cruise ships.
Other ubiquitous technological advancements expected to greatly streamline machine-to-machine communications capabilities and the next array of entertainment services were also shared in the high-level panels that highlighted “Challenges in Securing Modern Applications” and “Data and Next-Generation Video/Television Services and Standards.” For instance, the next generation TV panel detailed research that will soon make the traditional set-up box a “sophisticated and all-powerful home networking device” that will wirelessly stream content to and from mobile devices, television sets, laptops and other computing devices.
IEEE CCNC 2011 then concluded on Wednesday, January 12 with a complete schedule of tutorials offering insights into subjects such as “State of the Art Research Challenges and P2P Networking,” “Cognitive Radio Networks,” “4G - Next Generation Mobile Applications,” “Wireless Mesh Networking Advances and Architectures,” “Consumer Network Standardization,” and “Technologies and Applications for Connecting All Your Electronic Devices with Personal Networks.”
As for next year, the 9th Annual IEEE Consumer Communications Networking Conference will begin once again with a preview of its many comprehensive research demonstrations at the IEEE ComSoc booth located within CES 2012. In addition, the IEEE CCNC 2012 “Call for Papers” has already been announced with all interested parties urged to visit http://www.ieee-ccnc.org/2012 for submission details. Ongoing conference updates can also be obtained via Twitter @IEEECCNC or by contacting Heather Ann Sweeney of the IEEE ComSoc at 212-705-8938 or h.sweeney@comsoc.org.
Founded in 1952, IEEE ComSoc is recognized as a major international forum for the exchange of ideas on communications and information networking. The society is also an international sponsor of global publications, conferences, certification and educational programs, local activities, technical committees and standardization projects.
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