Nov 2, 2007: Indoor Localization Systems for Ubiquitous Computing
Filed in: Colloquium
Erich Stuntebeck, Georgia
Institute of Technology
Ubiquitous computing has come a long way since the early vision of Mark Weiser at Xerox PARC, and yet some of the fundamental challenges still lack compelling solutions. One of these is the ability to determine the location of an object indoors, critical for applications such as context awareness and location-based services. Existing solutions either require extensive infrastructure, are expensive, are difficult to deploy, or all of these. In this talk I will provide an overview of techniques for indoor localization as well as existing systems. I'll then talk about my ongoing work on the PowerLine Positioning system, which provides sub-room-level localization accuracy for wireless tags using the ubiquitous electrical infrastructure of a building. I'll also discuss several other indoor localization systems I've been involved in developing.
Erich is currently a fourth year PhD student at the Georgia Institute of Technology working with the Ubiquitous Computing Research Group under the advisement of Dr. Gregory Abowd. He graduated from Notre Dame in 2004 with a B.S. in Computer Engineering and an MBA, and from Georgia Tech in 2006 with an M.S. in Electrical Engineering.
Abstract:
Ubiquitous computing has come a long way since the early vision of Mark Weiser at Xerox PARC, and yet some of the fundamental challenges still lack compelling solutions. One of these is the ability to determine the location of an object indoors, critical for applications such as context awareness and location-based services. Existing solutions either require extensive infrastructure, are expensive, are difficult to deploy, or all of these. In this talk I will provide an overview of techniques for indoor localization as well as existing systems. I'll then talk about my ongoing work on the PowerLine Positioning system, which provides sub-room-level localization accuracy for wireless tags using the ubiquitous electrical infrastructure of a building. I'll also discuss several other indoor localization systems I've been involved in developing.
Bio:
Erich is currently a fourth year PhD student at the Georgia Institute of Technology working with the Ubiquitous Computing Research Group under the advisement of Dr. Gregory Abowd. He graduated from Notre Dame in 2004 with a B.S. in Computer Engineering and an MBA, and from Georgia Tech in 2006 with an M.S. in Electrical Engineering.