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SUMMARY:Cognitive Cars - K. Venkatesh Prasad\, Ford Motor Company
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CONTACT:Ryan Prescott Adams
DESCRIPTION:The automobiles of today may be viewed as human-engineered ada
 ptations\, designed to serve the changing needs of users seeking personal 
 mobility.  The subject of human needs in the context of an automobile and 
 the associated psychometric mappings into engineering requirements has a r
 ich history\, with a large body of literature in the science\, engineering
  and practice dimensions of the field.  This field deals mostly with mecha
 nical systems\, biomechanical interfaces\, and more recently the use of el
 ectronics to replace mechanical systems\, and the results of this work are
  the automobiles we see on most roads today\, around the world:  Safe\, cl
 ean\, quiet\, economical and fun to drive & ride.\n\n\n\nFor the most part
 \, however\, these cars are "move alone" entities - oblivious to the resou
 rces and requirements of the information rich world in which they have bee
 n created and where they are used.\n\nIn the past few years\, an additiona
 l class of needs has begun to take shape\, and its origins are not directl
 y from human users\, instead they are from machine peers.  This talk prese
 nts an overview of the design demands that these machine peers\, in the fo
 rm of mobile and fixed information systems are placing on the design of fu
 ture automobiles – vehicles which respond to human needs & the state of 
 natural resources through the power of modern control\, communications and
  computing sciences.\n\nMotivated\, in part by prior work on a subject of 
 Cognitive Radios [1]-[2]\, we refer to these future automobiles as "cognit
 ive cars." This talk presents an overview of the practice of designing aut
 omobiles with intelligent computing architectures and is aimed at motivati
 ng a discussion on the role of information sciences on the future of susta
 inable personal mobility.\n\n\n1. Mitola\, J.\, III\; Maguire\, G.Q.\, Jr.
  "Cognitive radio: making software radios more personal\," Personal Commun
 ications\, IEEE Volume 6\, Issue 4\, Aug 1999 Pages: 13 – 18.\n\n2. Hayk
 in\, Simon\, "Cognitive Radio: Brain-Empowered Wireless Communications"\, 
 Journal on Selected Areas in Communications\, IEEE Volume 23\, Issue 2\, F
 eb 2005\, Pages: 201-220.\n
LOCATION:Ryle Seminar Room\, Cavendish Laboratory
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