Colloquium Speeches
Digital Health at Lancaster University
"Digital Health at Lancaster University," Invited speech at the College of Health Science and Technology, National Central University, Taiwan, December 2018.
Healthy New Towns: Concepts & Design of Active & Healthy Living
"Healthy New Towns: Concepts & Design of Active & Healthy Living," The Trustworthy Software System 111 Program, Pecking University, China, December 2018
Managing Big Data Velocity in City-Scale Cloud-IoT Deployments
"Managing Big Data Velocity in City-Scale Cloud-IoT Deployments," Invited talk in the International Conference on Big Data Analytics, Seragedin Institute for Multi Disciplinary Advanced Research, The Library of Alexandria, Egypt, November 2018.
Scalable Cloud-Sensor Architecture for Smart City Deployments
"Scalable Cloud-Sensor Architecture for Smart City Deployments," Qualcomm Research, Santa Clara, CA, March 4, 2016.
Proactive Healthcare Models using Assistive Technology
"Proactive Healthcare Models using Assistive Technology," Technology and Dementia Preconference, Alzheimers Association International Conference (AAIC), Chicago, June 2018.
Cloud-Sensor Architectures for the Internet of Things
"Cloud-Sensor Architectures for the Internet of Things," National I-Lan University (NIU), Taiwan, July 2015.
Taming High-Velocity Big Data in Emerging Cloud-Sensor Systems
"Taming High-Velocity Big Data in Emerging Cloud-Sensor Systems," Center on Big Data, Software Engineering Department, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao, China, Nov 2015.
Smart Space Ecosystem and Platforms for the Web of Things
"Smart Space Ecosystem and Platforms for the Web of Things," Faculty of Informatics, Technical University of Vienna, Austria. Mar 2015.
Understanding User Behavior and Interactions in Future Smart SpacesA Context-Driven Simulation Approach
"Understanding User Behavior and Interactions in Future Smart SpacesA Context-Driven Simulation Approach," The NUI/NUX Platform Research Center Annual Workshop. Dongguk University, Seoul, Korea, Apr 2015.
Scalable Cloud-Sensor Architecture for Smart Spaces
"Scalable Cloud-Sensor Architecture for Smart Spaces," colloquia talk, College of Engineering, University of Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA, Mar 2014.
Scalable Cloud-Sensor Architecture for the Internet of Things
"Scalable Cloud-Sensor Architecture for the Internet of Things," colloquia talk, Indiana University/Purdue University (IUPUI) in Indianapolis, USA. Oct 2014.
Spaceify: An Ecosystem for Smart Spaces
Invited Seminar, "Spaceify: An Ecosystem for Smart Spaces," Joint Thursday Luncheon Seminar, Helsinki Institute for Information Technology (HIIT) and the European Innovation for Technology (EIT) ICT Labs, Helsinki, Finland, Dec 2013.
ICT for a Smarter Planet: Challenges Enablers and Opportunities
"ICT for a Smarter Planet: Challenges, Enablers, and Opportunities," Institute of Advanced Studies, University of Bologna, Italy, Feb 2014.
Research Agenda in Pervasive Computing
"Research Agenda in Pervasive Computing," EIT ICT Labs, Finland, May 2012.
Lessons Learned from User-Centered Research at the Gator Tech Smart House
Invited Speaker, "Lessons Learned from User-Centered Research at the Gator Tech Smart House," Information Technology Research Center, Donggok University, Seoul, Korea, Nov 2013.
Cloud-Sensor Systems
"Cloud-Sensor Systems," Department of Computer Sciences, Purdue University, Apr 2012.
Sentience and Energy Efficiencies in Cloud Sensor Systems
"Sentience and Energy Efficiencies in Cloud Sensor Systems," University of Notre Dame, May 2012.
Smart Home in a BoxAn Ecosystem & Enablers for Assistive Environments
Invited Speaker in Workgroup 9 in the European Forum Alpbach Technology Forum, "Smart Home in a BoxAn Ecosystem & Enablers for Assistive Environments," Alpbach, the Tyrol, Austria, Aug 2011.
Smart Space Design Programming and OperationLessons Learnt from the Gator Tech Smart House
Invited Speaker in the 2nd International Workshop on Sustainable Medical Collaboration in East & West 2011 (SMCEW 2011), "Smart Space Design, Programming and OperationLessons Learnt from the Gator Tech Smart House," Korea, Sept 2011.
Programming Pervasive Spaces
"Programming Pervasive Spaces," Microsoft Research Beijing, China, Oct 2010.
The Gator Tech Smart House An Assistive Environment for Successful Aging
Invited Speaker at the College of Engineering, Suzhou University of Science and Technology (SUST), "The Gator Tech Smart House An Assistive Environment for Successful Aging," Suzhou, China, Mar 2011.
Programmable Pervasive Spaces
"Programmable Pervasive Spaces," Bell Labs (Alcatel-Lucent Research), Antwerp, Belgium, May 2010.
Programming Pervasive Spaces
"Programming Pervasive Spaces," Nokia Research Labs, Palo Alto, California, May 2010.
The Atlas Middleware for Pervasive Spaces
"The Atlas Middleware for Pervasive Spaces," General Electric Global Research Laboratory, New York, USA, Mar 2007.
The Gator Tech Smart House
"The Gator Tech Smart House," The Future Design Conference, Seoul, Korea, Oct 2007.
The Gator Tech Smart House
"The Gator Tech Smart House," Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, June 2006.
Smart Homes as Platforms for Personal Health
"Smart Homes as Platforms for Personal Health," IBM Emerging Standards Group, Raleigh, NC, USA, Dec 2007.
Pervasive Computing and Sensor Networks
"Pervasive Computing and Sensor Networks," Motorola Labs, Plantation, Florida, Sept 20, 2005.
Programming Pervasive Spaces
"Programming Pervasive Spaces," School of Information Systems, Singapore Management University, Sept 30, 2005.
Wireless LANs/WANs abridged
"Wireless LANs/WANs abridged," Motorola iDEN R&D group, Plantation, FL, May 12, 1999.
Pervasive Computing for Successful Aging
"Pervasive Computing for Successful Aging," IEEE Computer Society Jacksonville Chapter, July 17, 2004.
Mobile and Ad-Hoc Service Discovery
"Mobile and Ad-Hoc Service Discovery," Auburn University, Auburn, AL, Apr 2002.
The Wireless Thin Client Architecture
"The Wireless Thin Client Architecture," CITRIX Systems Corporation, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, May 11, 1999.
Exploiting Thin Clients for Mobile and Pervasive Computing
"Exploiting Thin Clients for Mobile and Pervasive Computing," Microsoft Mobile and Wireless Computing Research, Redmond, WA, Oct 27, 2000.
The Internet Enterprise
"The Internet Enterprise," University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, Apr 2002.
Ubiquitous Computing: How?
"Ubiquitous Computing: How?" IBM Watson Research Center, Mobility Software group, Yorktown Heights, NY, May 21, 1999.
Mobile Databases
"Mobile Databases," IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, Hawthorn, Invited by the Data Management Professional Impact Committee (PIC), NY, Aug 25, 1999.
Transaction Service Handoff in Mobile Environments
"Transaction Service Handoff in Mobile Environments," DIMACS Workshop on Mobile Networks and Computing, Rutgers, NJ, Mar 1999.
Heterogeneous Workflow Integration for the Virtual Enterprise
"Heterogeneous Workflow Integration for the Virtual Enterprise," IBM Watson Research Center, e-Business group, Yorktown Heights, NY, May 20, 1999.
Mobile Computing R&D in the US
"Mobile Computing R&D in the US," colloquia talk, Department of Computer Science, University of Helsinki, Sept 1997.
A Data Warehousing Approach to Mobile Data Management
"A Data Warehousing Approach to Mobile Data Management," Panasonic Information and Networking Technologies Lab (PINTL), Princeton, NJ, Mar 26, 1999.
Research in Distributed Database Systems
"Research in Distributed Database Systems," 25th Anniversary of the Computer Science Department, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt, Dec 1994.
Large Scalable Database Design
"Large Scalable Database Design," the Center for Innovation of Padova University, Padova, Italy, Jan 1995.
ScaleTool: Analyzing High Contention Systems
"ScaleTool: Analyzing High Contention Systems," Hewlett Packard Research Laboratory, Palo Alto, CA, Oct 1994.
Large-Scale Database Design
"Large-Scale Database Design," N. American Phillips Corp., Briarcliff Manor, NY, Nov 1994.
Distributed Database Systems: Living with Failures and Surviving Catastrophes
"Distributed Database Systems: Living with Failures and Surviving Catastrophes," The State of the Art Talks, 12th IEEE Symposium on Reliable Distributed Systems, Oct 1993.
Research on Distributed Database Systems
"Research on Distributed Database Systems," Bell Northern Research, Richardson, TX, Mar 1994.
Mobile Computing Research
"Mobile Computing Research," the Computer Science Department of University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, Sept 1997.
Wireless Thin Clients: A Universal Mobility Middle-ware Infrastructure
"Wireless Thin Clients: A Universal Mobility Middle-ware Infrastructure," Cairo University, Summer 2001.