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SUMMARY:The Microsoft .NET Gadgeteer Prototyping Platform and Home Heating
  Control using Occupancy Prediction - James Scott (Microsoft Research Camb
 ridge)
DTSTART:20110210T160000Z
DTEND:20110210T170000Z
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CONTACT:Eiko Yoneki
DESCRIPTION:At Microsoft Research in Cambridge\, we have built a new rapid
  prototyping platform for small devices\, named Microsoft .NET Gadgeteer. 
  This platform combining the advantages of object-oriented programming in 
 a managed environment\, solderless assembly of electronics with a kit of p
 eripherals\, and quick physical form factor design using CAD.  In the firs
 t part of this talk I will demonstrate how Gadgeteer can be used to quickl
 y prototype devices\, and elaborate on how this platform can be useful for
  a wide audience including researchers\, engineers\, designers and educato
 rs.  I will then discuss an ongoing research project using Gadgeteer to se
 nse occupancy and control heating in five homes in the UK and USA\, with t
 he aim of automatically inferring future occupancy from historical data\, 
 enabling energy savings while maintaining users' preferred comfort tempera
 tures\, and minimising the thermostat programming required from the user.\
 n\nBIO:\nJames Scott is a researcher in the Sensors and Devices group at M
 icrosoft Research Cambridge\, UK. His research interests span a wide range
  of topics in ubiquitous and pervasive computing\, and include novel senso
 rs and devices\, mobile interaction\, rapid prototyping\, wireless and mob
 ile networking\, energy management\, and security and privacy. He has auth
 ored over 30 peer-reviewed publications and has served on the PCs of leadi
 ng international conferences such as UbiComp\, MobiSys and Pervasive\, and
  is the current steering committee chair of the UbiComp conference series.
   You can find out more about his research at http://research.microsoft.co
 m/~jws/\n
LOCATION:SS03 of the Computer Lab
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