IS&N'99 Keynote Speakers Information
Dr. Ahmed Karmouch, University of Ottawa (Canada)
"Multimedia Mobile Software Agents on Internet"
Multimedia systems result from the merging of computing, communications and broadcasting industries. This merging is made possible today due to the technical advances in high-speed broadband networks, computer desktop workstations and information storage and compression techniques.
Currently, text and image are the predominant forms of information exchanged over the Internet. However, there are clear signs that the situation is rapidly changing with the recent emergence of multimedia applications in the area of education, business, and entertainment, resulting in increased consumption of network bandwidth. This trend has obvious implications on the backbone network and will also affect the technology solutions used to access the Internet. In this presentation we will highlight the key technology components of multimedia systems (e.g. media production and document architecture, storage systems, media presentation, streaming protocols, synchronization etc). We will give an overview of the current and emerging standards in multimedia on Internet (e.g. SMIL, RSVP, RTP, and XML). Then we will highlight the strategies and infrastructures for multimedia home networks and services. Finally we will show how the emerging mobile software agent technology can directly address a number of significant multimedia trends on the Internet.
Ahmed Karmouch received his MS and Ph.D. degrees in computer science from the University of Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France, in 1976 and 1979 respectively. From 1976 to 1983, he was a Research Engineer at INRIA (Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique) Paris, France, in distributed databases applied to information retrieval systems at Sirius Project, and in the Kayak Project where he researched Office Information Systems and was responsible for the Multimedia Distributed Message System Research Group.
From 1984 to 1988 he was with Bull SA, Paris, France, as a Senior Manager at the Department of Advanced Studies, was responsible for the distributed multimedia document management systems group. From 1988 to 1991, he was Director of research on multimedia distributed databases and architectures at Ottawa Medical Communications Research Group, University of Ottawa.
Since 1991 Dr. Karmouch has been a full Professor and OCRI/NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Real-time multimedia distributed database systems at the Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Ottawa. He is also director of the Ottawa Carleton Institute for Electrical and Computer Engineering. He is involved in several projects with Telecommunications Research Institute of Ontario, Telepresence of Ontario, Canadian Institute for Telecommunications Research, OCRInet, Nortel, Bell Canada, Mitel, National Research Council Canada, Centre National de Recherche scientique in France, CANARIE and TeleLearning National center of Excellence. His current research interests are in distributed multimedia databases, interactive multimedia information systems, home architecture and services, Telelearning, and mobile software agents for Telecommunications.
Bernd Kowalski, Deutsche Telekom AG (Germany)
"The Key Role of Certificates & Smartcards for Electronic Commerce"
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Bernd Kowalski was born on March 22nd 1954 in Siegen, Germany. He went to university at the Rheinisch Westfälische Hochschule (RWTH) in Aachen. In 1982 he joined the Deutsche Bundespost and worked first in the area of data communication networks and applications in Darmstadt. Since 1985 he is involved in information security at the Deutsche Bundespost, has been active in various security projects and several standardisation groups like, for example, the ITU work on X.509 Authentication Framework (1985-1988).
After the Deutsche Bundespost changed to the Deutsche Telekom in 1990 the Telesec group was set up in Siegen. He heads the group since it was founded in 1990. Today Telesec is a Telekom Product Unit that offers secure communications products and concepts for Telekom`s internal and customer information systems. Telesec key products are Certification Services and customized smartcard solutions.
Masayoshi Ejiri, Fujitsu Ltd. (Japan)
"Competitive Telecommunications Management in 2.000"
Telecommunications industries are facing drastic evolution accelerated by rapid technology progress and improved customers' demands.
Technology convergence and deregulation of telecommunications industry removes business boundaries and network boundaries making open market and open network environment. As a result, telecommunications services are provided by multi service providers combining dispersed telecommunications functions and technoligies.To meet customers' demand which wants to enjoy "seamless services with well managed quality and high price performance " in any environment, integrated telecommunications management becomes key differentiater for competition.
The presentation will address to complicated service delivery chain in competitive environment ,new network archtecture reflecting technology convergence and open network concept, customer care and billing operation looking for process automation and also will address to management system development based on "off the shelf "software concept .The goal is to achieve faster,cheaper and better services through telecommunications management excellence.
Masayoshi Ejiri :Vice President, Chief Scientist of Telecommunications Network Systems Group ,Fujitsu Ltd. has been responsible for telecommunications management business /technology strategy for Fujitsu group's global activities after joining Fujitsu in 1995. Ejiri began his professional career in 1967 at NTT, the year he graduated from the University of Tokyo. He engaged in various business areas in NTT, including transmission systems development, visual communication systems development, nation-wide digital transmission network planning and management and director of telephone office. Last five years in NTT, he had been an executive manager responsible for strategic planning of service/network operations as well as management systems development . He also had been involving ITU-T( former CCITT)activities since 1973,mainly on SG4 representing NTT, Ejiri is a regular writer and speaker on telecommunications management and gave keynote speeches at NOMS'94( Network Operations and Management Symposium) and ISINM'95.( International Symposium on Integrated Network Management .) He also served international symposia and conference as general co-chair of NOMS'96 , program co-chair of ICC'97 GII Work Shop and general chair of APNOMS'98( Asia-Pacific NOMS), He is a chairman of Telecommunications Management Committee in IEICE, Japan, Board member of TeleManagement Forum and vice chair of IEEE Enterprise Networking Committee.
F. Javier Carrasco, Telefónica I+D (Spain)
"Trends in the Evolution of Intelligent Networks"
The talk will address current trends in the evolution of Intelligent Networks from different viewpoints including:
Service Engineering
Service Creation Environments
Service Execution Platforms
Convergence with new networks
GSM / UMTS
Internet
F. Javier Carrasco is Industrial Engineer from UPC (Spain) in 1985. MS in Computer Science from Stanford University (USA) in 1988.
He is currently the Head of the Value Added Services for Intelligent Networks Division at Telefónica I+D. As manager of that Division he has participated in the development of some IN services for MoviStar, the Spanish GSM network operated by Telefónica Móviles. These include MoviStar Corporativo 2000 (Virtual Private Network), MoviStar Twin/Dúo and MoviStar Dual.
Previously he has participated in some international projects related to Intelligent Networks and the TINA Consortium such as the World Wide Demonstration 95; Eurescom P508 "Evolution, Integration and Migration Path to TINA"; and ACTS Project VITAL "Validation of Integrated Telecommunications Architectures in the Long Term"; and ACTS Project INSIGNIA.
Author of several papers related to Intelligent Networks, TINA and software development methodologies for international conferences such as: IEEE Intelligent Networks Workshop, IEEE Global Communications, SDL Forum and FORTE.
Paul Van Binst, Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium)
"New Methods of Work: Reshaping our Society"
Besides the many technical developments which are reshaping the information and communication infrastructures, the Information Society will probably be even more influenced by our new methods of work, and indeed of behaviour. Teleactivities, distributed work, administration and leisure, in a more and more networked society, will be the real challenges to our (happy?) survival. The talk will address some of those hot issues with technical hindsight as well as common sense.
Paul Van Binst is Full Professor at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Brussels (ULB); he is the Director of "Service Télématique et Communication" (STC) grouping about fifteen researchers specializing in information and communication technologies (computer networks, telecommunication infrastructures, protocols, standards, telematic applications and services, multimedia, broadband networks, …). STC has many R&D contracts, as well as training and consultancy activities, with the largest public and private organizations.
Paul Van Binst is also lecturing in the Faculty of Sciences and in the Faculty of Social Sciences, Politics and Economy. He created a postgraduate programme in "Telematics and Organization".
Outside the academic world, he gives a large number of lectures, seminars and conferences, and has many national and international activities, in particular in relation with the European Commission. He has been the chairman of the Steering Committee of EWOS (European Workshop for Open Systems). He is presently president of the Belgian Teleworking Association and vice-president of the Brussels Teleport, and a member of the board of many scientific and professional associations.