Special Session

Special Session

Special Session I: Next Generation Broadcasting Technologies


October 14 (Monday), 2013 - 16:20-17:50

Session Title Invited Speakers
16:20-16:50 Prospect of Digital Holographic 3DTV Dr. Jinwoong Kim
(Managing Director, ETRI)
16:50-17:20 New Broadcasting Technology based on Single Lens Video Capturing System for 3D/UHD Applications Dr. Sangil Park
(Professor, Seoul National University of Science and Technology)
17:20-17:50 Video Coding Technologies for UHDTV/3DTV: Current Status and Future Prospects Dr. Dae-Gwon Jeong
(Professor, Korea Aerospace University)


Invited Talk : "Prospect of Digital Holographic 3DTV"
Dr. Jinwoong Kim, Managing Director, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute

Abstract:
Since Dennis Gabor invented a way to record whole properties of light field in 1948, and successful demonstration by Leith and Upatnieks of Michigan University of its marvelous capability in producing real life-like 3D images, holography has attracted many researchers and has been developed for diverse application areas. While conventional analog holography has limited applications and poses difficulties in widening use of the technology, digital holography has huge potentials in quite a lot of application areas and industries, though it is still in early stage for commercialization and has lots of technical issues to solve. In this talk, we present basic concept of holography, current status of digital holographic displays and discuss about prospect on futuristic holographic 3DTV broadcasting.
Biography:
Jinwoong Kim is the Managing Director of Realistic Broadcasting Media Research Dept. of ETRI. He received B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electronics Engineering both from Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea in 1981 and 1983 respectively. He received PhD degree in Electrical Engineering from Texas A&M University, College Station, USA in 1993. He has been working in ETRI since 1983, leading many projects in telecommunications and digital broadcasting area, such as development of MPEG-2 video encoding chipset and real-time HDTV encoder system, innovative technologies for data broadcasting and viewer-customized broadcasting. He also carried out projects on multimedia search, retrieval and adaptation technologies, and patented several key algorithms which are adopted in MPEG-7 and MPEG-21 standards. In 2005, he did a major role in producing a strategic plan on 3D visual technology R&D, "3D Vision 2010". Since then his major research focus moved to 3D and realistic media technologies and systems. He was the leader of 3D DMB and multiview 3DTV system development project, and is now actively working on building practical digital holographic 3D systems. He was a Far-East Liaison of 3DTV Conference 2007~2008, keynote speaker of 3DTV-CON 2010, and has been an invited speaker to a number of domestic as well as international workshops including 3D Fair 2008, DHIP 2012 and WIO 2013.


Invited Talk : "New Broadcasting Technology based on Single Lens Video Capturing System for 3D/UHD Applications"
Dr. Sangil Park, Professor, Seoul National University of Science and Technology

Abstract:
Recently, the broadcasting system requires High Definition capability with 3D image processing and 3G bps raw data interface specifications. Especially most of the movies are shot by 4K 3D/UHD resolution which requires 6 to 12 Giga bps interface capability. Moreover, broadcasters and contents makers are shifting all editing capabilities toward 4K/8K UHD systems. However, most of 3D capturing systems are using various rig system with 2 cameras on. Inherently, these systems have adjustment handicaps, such as optical system aligning, zooming, panning and focusing, since they have two different optical lenses for those two cameras fixed on the rig. This paper shows a novel way to remove all the disadvantages which the rig systems have. This new technology utilizes only one optical lens for zooming and focusing. Inherently, one lens system doesn’t have system aligning problem as well as panning. Moreover, this new system requires less number of bits for system interface.
Biography:
Dr. Park joins the Electronic IT Media Engineering Department of Seoul National University of Science and Technology in 2012 as a professor with over 25 years of experience as an accomplished new business builder in the semiconductor, broadcasting and consumer electronics area. He was the Next-Generation Broadcasting Project Manager (PM) for Korea Communications Commission from 2006 to 2009 where he managed more than $300M government research fund. He was a partner and senior vice-president of Skylake Incuvest (Private Equity Fund) from 2006 to 2009. Prior to that, he was a senior vice president of Samsung Electronics for 12 years where he was responsible of corporate strategy planning, corporate venture investment, as well as semiconductor chip design. He represented Samsung in global standard and technology alliance activities, and led international business alliance deals. He initiated and executed Samsung Group’s venture investment strategy where he managed $300M venture fund for investment to more than 100 venture companies. When he was vice president at the Samsung Group Chairman’s Office, he worked as a technology advisor to the Samsung Group Chairman, was responsible for funding and planning of 12 R&D facilities in 5 Samsung Group affiliated companies. Also he was a head of Corporate Strategy Planning, Intellectual Property Management and Corporate Legal Council for Samsung Electronics. He was also responsible for Audio/Video R&D operation for Samsung's TV and Home Theater Systems.


Invited Talk : "Video Coding Technologies for UHDTV/3DTV: Current Status and Future Prospects"
Dr. Dae-Gwon Jeong, Professor, Korea Aerospace University

Abstract:
Ultra High Definition TV (UHDTV) and Three-dimensional TV (3DTV) have been paid a lot of attention as the next generation broadcasting services, nowadays. At the same time, new video coding technologies such as HEVC(High Efficiency Video Coding) and 3DVC(3D video Coding) have been developed to target the next generation broadcasting system. This paper explores the current status and future prospects of UHDTV/3DTV, followed by the current standardization works for HEVC and 3DVC. In addition to the technical overviews for the core video codec technologies for UHDTV/3DTV are provided. Simulation results also show the efficiency of the newly developed video codec standards.
Biography:
Dae-Gwon Jeong received B.S. in avionics engineering from Korea Aerospace University in 1979, and M.S. and Ph.D. in EE from Texas A&M University in 1987 and 1990, respectively. He has been with the Agency for Defense Development from March 1979 to May 1984. After one year work on HDTV transmission at ETRI, he has been with Korea Aerospace University since 1991. His research interest includes audio and video compression for next generation broadcasting systems. He is the president of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers.


Special Session II: 5G Mobile Communications


October 15 (Tuesday), 2013 - 10:30-12:00

Session Title Invited Speakers
10:30-11:00 Cognitive Radio for Next Generation Mobile Communications Dr. Masahiro Umehira
(Professor, Ibaraki University)
11:00-11:30 Key Technologies for B4G & 5G Wireless/Mobile Communications in the Gigabit Era Dr. Pyeongjung Song
(Managing Director, ETRI)
11:30-12:00 The 5-th Generation Wireless Communication Technology: Present and Future Dr. Ju Yong Lee
(Professor, KAIST)


Invited Talk : "Cognitive Radio for Next Generation Mobile Communications"
Dr. Masahiro Umehira, Professor and Deputy Dean, College of Engineering, Ibaraki University, Japan

Abstract:
Cognitive radio was proposed by Dr. Joseph Mitola in 1999. Cognitive radio is a concept of smart wireless technology and its concept is very ambitious, but the problems to be solved by cognitive radio technology have not been well defined so far. In fact, 14 years have already passed and many research papers on cognitive radio technologies have been published since the proposal of cognitive radio, however it has not been successfully commercialized yet.
On the other hand, many researchers have initiated discussions on the next generation mobile communications, i.e. so-called 5G after IMT-Advanced, and have been trying to define its requirements and to propose technical solutions.
This invited talk will describe cognitive radio for next generation mobile communications. First of all, we will try to define the problems to be solved in next generation mobile communications and discuss the problems to be solved by cognitive radio technologies. Furthermore, we will describe a concept of frequency cooperative wireless networks based on cognitive radio with multi-band and multi-mode operations.
Biography:
Masahiro Umehira received the B.E., M.E. and Ph.D. degrees from Kyoto University in Japan in 1978, 1980 and 2000, respectively. He joined NTT (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation) in 1980, where he was engaged in research and development of TDMA satellite communication systems, wireless ATM and broadband wireless access systems for mobile multimedia services and ubiquitous wireless systems. From 1987 to 1988, he was with the Communications Research Center, Department of Communications, Canada, as a visiting scientist. He has been active in standardization activities related to wireless LAN and wireless PAN in Japan, Europe and USA. Since 2006, he has been a Professor of Ibaraki University, Hitachi-shi, Japan and has been serving as a Deputy Dean of College of Engineering in Ibaraki University since 2012. His research interest includes broadband wireless access technologies, wireless networking and cognitive radio technologies for future fixed/nomadic/mobile wireless systems, future satellite communication systems and ubiquitous services using wireless technologies. He received Young Engineer Award and Achievement Award from IEICE in 1987 and 1999, respectively. He also received Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Minister Award in 2001, and TELECOM System Technology Awards from the Telecommunications advancement Foundation in 2003 and 2010. He served as a TPC co-chair of wireless communications symposium of ICC 2011. He also served as a vice-president of IEICE Communications Society in 2007, 2008 and 2012. He is a member of IEEE and a Fellow of IEICE, Japan.


Invited Talk : "Key Technologies for B4G & 5G Wireless/Mobile Communications in the Gigabit Era"
Dr. Pyeongjung Song, Managing Director, ETRI

Abstract:
In around 2020, it is expected that the future mobile communication system, either evolutionary or revolutionary, will support very high-quality multimedia services using the capabilities of 1 Gbps user data rate and up to 100 Gbps cell capacity. Furthermore, with the emergence of new mobile systems, knowledge-based converged services & applications will be enabled in the near future. This talk will cover the recent trends of radio access technologies, challenges and requirements for future mobile communications, and new emerging technologies for B4G & 5G wireless/mobile communications including the maximal improvement of spectral efficiency, extreme densification of small cells, spectrum extension utilizing mmWave bands, and device networking for exploring new mobile business areas.
Biography:
Dr. Pyeongjung Song received his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Communications Engineering from Hanyang University in 1980, 1982 and 1995, respectively. He is currently a Principal Engineer in ETRI where he had a variety of hands-on experiences in the wired and wireless communications field for 30 years. He has expertise in system engineering including the mobile communications system design and radio protocol development in IS-95, PCS, Wireless Local Loop, W-CDMA, LTE, B4G and 5G systems as a Project Leader for 20 years. He also has extensive experiences including standardization activities in TTA SC7 (IMT-2000) radio protocol study group (chair), ITU-T SGXI/ WP3(IMT-2000 LAC/MAC (Editor), and development of LTE technologies. He was in charge of development of radio protocols for 3G cellular systems and in system integration testing of WCDMA systems co-developed with Samsung/LGE/PenTech including Korean mobile carriers under the control of Korean Government. He has served as a key coordinator to establish the 5G Forum in Korea for the last three years. Currently, he leads the Beyond 4G mobile communication research department as a Managing Director in ETRI.


Invited Talk : "The 5-th Generation Wireless Communication Technology: Present and Future"
Dr. Ju Yong Lee, Professor, KAIST

Abstract:
It is required to increase the capacity 1000 times more and reduce the energy efficiency 1000 times more for 1000 times more devices in the 5-th generation wireless communication systems, compared to the present 4-th generation system. In order to increase the capacity and design low-power consumption network, the 5-th generation system is expected to evolve to the small cell based networks, which require wireless backhaul networks and interference management among small cells. Also, lots of antennas can increase the capacity with high energy efficiency. Recently, millimeter wave communication is gaining much attention worldwide as the future wireless communication technology, which can increase the frequency bandwidth resource while lots of antennas can be integrated in a small space. Since many antennas are important to increase the capacity and reduce the energy efficiency, digital beamforming, analog beamforming and hybrid beamforming technologies may be the driving force in the 5-th generation systems.
Biography:
Ju Yong Lee received the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering and computer science from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Korea, in 1995, 1997, and 2003, respectively. He has won the bronze and silver prizes in Samsung Humantech Paper Contest in 1994 and 2003, respectively. He worked as a senior researcher in the System R&D team of the Network Systems Division with Samsung Electronics from 2003 to 2006. He was also a Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Toronto in Canada from 2007 to 2008. He was a research professor at Sungkyunkwan University, Korea, in 2009. He is now a team leader and research professor of the communication and energy team at KAIST Institute for Information Technology Convergence in KAIST, Korea. His current research interests are in the fifth generation wireless communication network.


Special Session III: Internet of Things (IoT)


October 15 (Tuesday), 2013 - 15:50-17:30

Session Title Invited Speakers
15:50-16:20   Modeling and Processing of Big Data Stream in the IoT Environment Hee Yong Youn  
(Professor, Sungkyunkwan University)
16:20-16:50  Networked Cyber-Physical Systems Taejoon Park
( Professor, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science & Technology)
16:50-17:20  Smarter Industry Transformation KangYoon Lee
(Lab Director, IBM Korea)


Invited Talk : "Modeling and Processing of Big Data Stream in the IoT Environment"
Dr. Hee Yong Youn, Professor, Sungkyunkwan University

Abstract:
Recently, due to the rapid advances in the media of information delivery represented by social network service, explosive growth in the amount of data is witnessed what we call data big bang. More than 30 billion devices are expected to be wirelessly connected to the Internet of Things by 2020, and the era of big data has really come in which data are deemed as economic asset. Here not only the web-based static linked open data (LOD) but also the real-time streaming data generated from sensors and wearable devices need to be efficiently analyzed and processed. For this the three key issues are i) large-scale linked data storage and management, ii) real-time distributed query processing with time attribute, iii) semantic data mashup service. This presentation introduces state-of-the-art solutions and approaches related to these issues and the cloud computing platform regarded as an effective candidate for implementing the solutions. The intelligent transportation system (ITS) is shown as an application domain to which the big data processing technologies are applied.
Biography:
Hee Yong Youn received the BS and MS degree in electrical engineering from Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, in 1977 and 1979, respectively, and the PhD degree in computer engineering from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, in 1988. From 1979 to 1984, he was on the research staff of Gold Star Precision Central Research Laboratories, Korea. He had been Associate Professor of Department of Computer Science and Engineering, The University of Texas at Arlington until 1999. He is Professor of College of Information and Communication Engineering and Director of Ubiquitous computing Technology Research Institute, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Korea, and he is presently visiting SW R&D Center, Device Solutions, Samsung Electronics. His research interests include cloud and ubiquitous computing, system software and middleware, and wireless/mobile devices and networking. He has published more than 450 papers in int'l journals and conference proceedings, and received Outstanding Paper Award from the 1988 IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems, 1992 Supercomputing, and IEEE 2012 Int’l Conference on Computer, Information and Telecommunication Systems. Prof. Youn has been General Co-Chair of IEEE PRDC 2001, Int’l Conf. on Ubiquitous Computing Systems (UCS) in 2006 and 2009, UbiComp 2008, CyberC 2010, Program Chair of PDCS 2003 and UCS 2007, respectively. He has also been leading several large-scale projects funded by Korean government including 21C Frontier Project and Ueco City Project. He served as a lecturer of the ACM Distinguished Lectureship Series from 1993 to 1997, Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Information Processing Systems from 2007 to 2009, and Editor of Journal of Pervasive and Mobile Computing from 2010. Prof. Youn is a senior member of the IEEE Computer Society.


Invited Talk : "Networked Cyber-Physical Systems"
Dr. Taejoon Park, Professor, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science & Technology

Abstract:
Cyber-physical systems (CPS), often referred to as 21st century embedded systems, are emerging as an exciting new research field that will play a key role in the creative convergence of computer science with such diverse industries as aerospace, automotive, energy, healthcare, manufacturing, infrastructure, consumer electronics, and communications. In this talk, after making a brief introduction to CPS, we present our ongoing research topics related to CPS, which include computational intelligence and activities-of-daily-living (ADL) prediction for smart homes, medical device safety, mobile point-of-care testing (POCT) devices, smart transportation systems, and smart buildings & microgrids. For each of the topics, we explain what we have done so far, followed by what we are planning to do for the advancement of CPS research.
Biography:
Taejoon Park is an Associate Professor in the Department of Information and Communication Engineering, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), Daegu, Korea. Prior to joining DGIST, he was an Assistant Professor at Korea Aerospace University, Gyeonggi-do, Korea from 2008 to 2011, a Principal Research Engineer at Samsung Electronics, Gyeonggi-do, Korea from 2005 to 2008, and a Research Engineer at LG Electronics, Seoul, Korea from 1994 to 2000 (promoted to a Senior Research Engineer in 2000). He received the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA in 2005, the M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Taejon, Korea in 1994, and the B.S. degree (summa cum laude) in Electrical Engineering from Hongik University, Seoul, Korea in 1992. His current research interests are in cyber-physical and networked embedded systems with emphasis on smartness, reliability, and timeliness. He is a member of IEEE and ACM.


Invited Talk : "Smarter Industry Transformation"
Dr. KangYoon Lee, Lab Director, IBM Korea

Abstract:
Internet of Things (IoT) is cultural paradigm shift that improves our daily lives through the integration of physical and digital worlds involving all "THINGS". At its base IoT requires the unification of at least five solution capabilities including, Smarter Commerce, Security, Systems of Interaction, Research and Systems Technology that deliver on the Intelligent, Interconnected and Instrumented capabilities of Smarter Planet strategy. This session will provide an overview of Internet of Things (IoT) with a focus on Smarter Commerce, Systems of Interaction, and the IoT Architectural Reference Model. Also through the review of customer reference cases it will be shared that IoT is driving the market and smarter industry transformation.
Biography:
KangYoon (KY) Lee is leading Korea Lab as a Lab Director, which has UCL (Ubiquitous Computing Lab) and KSSL(Korea Software Solutions Lab) from 2008. He is an Emerging Business Development Executive and Chief Technologist of Innovation Network in Korea and act as an advisor of government R&D project committee externally. He has expanded R&D functions for industry solutions and emerging technology solutions in Korea lab by establishing Cloud Computing Center, Information Management, WebSphere, Smarter City and Mobile team with Software Group and also has focused on making the R&D output references to customer as Smarter Planet References not only Korea but also worldwide. Recently he is focusing on IoT, Energy, Mobile and Big Data. He has engaged in Telecommunication, Energy and Industrial customers. He received his B.S in Electronics Engineering and M.S. degrees in Computer Science from YonSei University, and a PhD degree in IT Policy Management from SoongSil University.