CITRIS Research Exchange - Wireless Sensor Networks: Technology and Applications

October 17, 2007: 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Location: 290 Hearst Memorial Mining Building, the Maria & Dado Banatao Conference Room, UC Berkeley

Please join us for this talk on "Wireless Sensor Networks: Technology and Applications" by Kris Pister, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, UC Berkeley

Part of the CITRIS Research Exchange at UC Berkeley. The complete schedule for the fall semester is online at RE-Fall2007. Sponsored by Infineon Technologies.

Abstract:

Wireless sensor networks are destined to see widespread adoption in such diverse sectors as industrial process control, health care, and home automation. The promise and application domain of this field continues to grow, but several false-starts have limited deployments to date. Recent technological breakthroughs in reliability and power consumption have enabled new "industrial strength" networks to finally deliver on the promise of this exciting technology. Brutal standards battles between multi-billion-dollar companies attest to the commercial impact that the technology is now enjoying. This talk will cover some of the history of the field, along with the problems and their solutions, commercial applications, and research directions.

Biography:

Kris Pister is a professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at UC Berkeley. He coined the phrase Smart Dust in 1996 to describe the impact of miniaturization in sensing, computation, and communication. He is the CTO of Dust Networks, a company that he founded to commercialize the Smart Dust vision. His research interests include sensor network protocols, MEMS, microrobots, and low-power circuits.