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SUMMARY:Vehicular Sensing - Michel Ferreira (University of Porto)
DTSTART:20090303T143000Z
DTEND:20090303T153000Z
UID:TALK16809@talks.cam.ac.uk
CONTACT:Pedro Brandao
DESCRIPTION:*Slides "available":http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/research/srg/opera
 /meetings/attachments/2009-03-03-Vehicle_Sensing_Ferreira.pdf .*\n\n*Abstr
 act:*\n\nLand survey data is currently acquired through a variety of metho
 ds\, ranging from fixed-station based (e.g. weather stations) to mobile sy
 stems (e.g polar orbiting Earth observation satellites). A typical\ncharac
 teristic of such sensing systems is its ability to send data in real-time\
 , whether it is a temperature reading or a multispectral scanner image\, t
 hrough some type of communication network. The advent of a wireless commun
 ication network supported by vehicles\, in the form of a vehicular ad hoc 
 network (VANET)\, can provide real-time access to the variety of sensors t
 hat production cars typically have\, creating a\npowerful new mean of land
  survey data acquisition. Such vehicular satellites\, which follow complex
  orbits spanning the road network\, are able to monitor variables such as 
 the geometry\, topology and traffic\nrules of these roads\, their real-tim
 e mobility\, outside temperature\, carbon-dioxide concentration\, rain\, p
 avement degradation and adherence\, or radio coverage (WiFi\, cellular\, e
 tc). Furthermore\, new and\nsophisticated sensors are being proposed and i
 nstalled in production cars\, such as high-resolution windshield cameras\,
  capable of interpreting traffic signs\, which greatly enhance the monitor
 ing capacity of vehicular sensing. \n\nIn this talk we will present the wo
 rk we have been developing around the subject of vehicular sensing and veh
 icular ad hoc networks. We will present the DIVERT VANET simulator and the
  results from connectivity\nanalysis of such networks in urban environment
 s. We will discuss two main applications of vehicular sensing: automatic c
 onstruction of maps of the road network and collaborative localization of 
 vehicles through a vision-enabled VANET.\n\n*Bio:*\n\n"Dr. Ferreira":http:
 //www.dcc.fc.up.pt/~michel/ is an assistant professor at the Computer Scie
 nce Department of the School of Sciences of University of Porto. His resea
 rch interests evolved from the implementation of logic programming systems
 \, where he has been contributing on the development team of the Yap Prolo
 g System (the MYDDAS deductive database module)\, to the area of logic-bas
 ed spatial databases and spatial networks. He has been leading\nseveral re
 search projects in the areas of deductive databases\, vehicular networks a
 nd advanced spatial database systems. He is currently the PI of a joint re
 search project between University of Porto and Carnegie Mellon University\
 , DRIVE-IN (Distributed Routing and Infotainment through VEhicular Inter-N
 etworking)\, which is deploying a VANET testbed\nof 500 taxis in the city 
 of Porto. NDRIVE company\, a competitor of TomTom and Garmin\, is the indu
 strial partner of this project.
LOCATION:Room FW11\, Computer Laboratory\, William Gates Building
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