Annual Report 2010 - Fachgruppe Informatik an der RWTH Aachen ...

UMIC Open Day 2010
The UMIC cluster of excellence (Ultra High- Speed Mobile Information and Communication)
held its Open Day on 21 April. Students and visitors from academia, companies and the
interested public attended the event (in addition to RWTH staff).
This year, the focus was on new wireless applications developed by UMIC. In addition to
some more formally presented demonstrators visitors had the opportunity test the application
devices in ‘real-life’ – they could walk through the building guided by an electronic handheld
assistant. Here, Corona was a very popular application. It allows its users to be part of an
emperor coronation ceremony. The position and viewing angle of visitors is measured by
sensors. A connected sound system with earphones gives you the feeling to be in the middle
of the scene.
But there was a multitude of other applications and demonstrations, ranging from exploring
the physical layer of wireless transmission to the direct handling and operation of new
devices. Exhibits were shown all over the building attracting a large number of visitors from
different areas. The UMIC open day formed another well recognized opportunity to
popularize recent research progress.
UMIC Day
The 2010 UMIC Day was held on 19 October, at
RWTH’s SuperC building. The scientific
programme comprised the Keynote Speech by
Magnus Frodigh, on ‘Cost Efficient Mobile
Broadband to Handle Exponential Traffic
Growth’. Dr. Frodigh is the Director of Ericsson’s
Research Wireless Access Networks Group. Four
talks by Jun. Profs. associated with UMIC
discussed such diverse topics as Bio-Inspired
Condensation of Information (Dr. Anke
Schmeink), Schedulability in OFDMA Networks
(Dr. James Gross), Energy-efficient MPSoC Design (Dr. Anupam Chattopadhyay), and
Mobile Vision Applications (Dr. Bastian Leibe). In addition, numerous demonstrators were
on display.
The less scientific part of the event starred of with the aptly named ‘Mobile Performance’, by
members of the ‘Aachener Tanzsportclub Blau-Silber’. This was followed by an informal get
together with a buffet.
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