WIC Mid-Winter Meeting 2009

“Automotive Connectivity”

January 21, 2009

Eindhoven, TU/e, Blauwe Zaal

 

 

Reception of radio programs via AM/FM radio in automobiles is nowadays considered as a natural feature. For a long time, the radio service was considered to be useful and sufficient. Slowly, some interest grew in the use of traffic information by means of RDS. Mobile telephones, portable media players and the rapid introduction of low-priced navigation systems caused an important change in the behaviour of the car. In the past, the car only passively listened to broadcast signals, but more and more the car is expected to actively participate in communication with its environment. The need for sustainable mobility and the demand for increased safety and comfort are important driving forces for the development of automotive connectivity. The car is becoming part of a network in which the topology dynamically changes, resulting in both challenges and opportunities. For example, navigation related services can become more efficient if the car not only acts as a sink of information, but also as a source of information. The exchange of information has to be realised with reliable wireless access technologies and when Internet services are entering the car, there will also be a need for broadband connections. The application of automotive connectivity just started and the prospects that it will contribute to sustainable mobility and increased safety and comfort are promising.

 

The WIC (Werkgemeenschap voor Informatie- en Communicatietheorie) Mid-Winter Meeting 2009 was held on Wednesday January 21, 2009, in the Blauwe Zaal of the Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. The topic is “Automotive Connectivity”. Program:

 

9:30-9:55

Registration and Coffee

10:00-10:10

Opening

10:10-10:55

Ramin Hekmat (TU Delft & Capgemini),

“Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks: Facts and Fictions”

10:55-11:15

Break

11:15-12:00

Jurgen Sauer (Novero), “High Speed Internet Access in the Car”

12:00-12:45

Egbert-Jan Sol (TNO), “5-Generation Reference Model for Automotive Connectivity - Towards the Real Auto Automobile”

12:45-14:00

Lunch

14:00-14:45

Peter Anders (Volkswagen),
“Wireless In-Car Networks: Challenge and Opportunity”

14:45-15:30

Frank Daems (NXP), “A View on 'Automotive Telematics'”

15:30-15:50

Break

15:50-16:35

Paul Gruijters (TomTom), “Connected Navigation”

16:35-16:40 hrs

Closing by WIC chairman

 

Now available: Proceedings

 

Registration fee, including lunch (to be paid in cash upon entering the Blauwe Zaal):

55 euro (regular), 35 euro (students);

Registration deadline: January 9, 2009;

For registration, please click here.

 

Web site: http://dutetvg.et.tudelft.nl/~weber/MWM2009WIC.htm

 

Directions to the venue (TU/e, Blauwe Zaal): http://w3.tue.nl/nl/de_universiteit/route_en_plattegrond/

 

In case you have further questions, please contact one of the organizers:

 

Secretarial support: Marjon Verkaik (TU Delft), M.H.Verkaik-Vonk@tudelft.nl

Local arrangements: Henk van Tilborg (TU/e), Frans Willems (TU/e)

 

Sponsor: IEEE Benelux Chapter on Information Theory