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ELMAR-2004
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
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GNSS - a Users' Perspective in
2010
David Broughton
Director of the Royal Institute
of Navigation
UNITED KINGDOM
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New Engines for Complex
Multimedia and GPS Applications
Farhad Mafie
President and CEO of
Savant Company Inc.
USA
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Galileo, a New Dimension in
Satellite Navigation
Paul Flament
European Commission
Galileo Unit
BELGIUM
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GNSS - a Users' Perspective in 2010
David Broughton
Director of the Royal Institute
of Navigation
UNITED KINGDOM
Abstract:
GPS is very
widespread and is about to see improvement with wide-area augmentation in
various parts of the world. With GPS III on the horizon and Galileo
running late, the two systems will largely be competing for the same
business - but with Galileo charging for most of its services. With little
perception of added value in Galileo, it is likely to be facing a huge
task in breaking into the location market. The quest would be easier if
Galileo were to become an infrastructure project of a caring community
rather than a commercial undertaking.
About the
Keynote Speaker:
David Broughton
spent over 30 years as a Royal Air Force navigator, first in transport
aircraft and then as an instructor and trials officer at Research and
Development establishments, where he twice commanded R&D squadrons. He
specialised in long-range navigation aids and this took him to the North
Pole 25 times. In later staff appointments he became involved with data
integrity and interoperability, becoming a member of the UK
Safety-critical Software Committee and the UK representative in NATO for
data interoperability. He had become a member of the Council of the Royal
Institute of Navigation and Chairman of its Technical Committee, and on
leaving the RAF he became its Director - a post that he still holds. He is
a mathematics graduate and active private pilot and lectures to CAA
seminars and flying clubs on the 'Use and Abuse of GPS'.
New Engines for Complex Multimedia
and GPS Applications
Farhad Mafie
President and CEO of
Savant Company Inc.
USA
Abstract:
Today's complex
multimedia and communication applications require highly specialized
high-performance processors that are configured specifically to meet the
required performance. These highly configured multi-processors-based
solutions must also meet the power consumption requirements in a very
small die size in order to meet the commercial challenges of a finished
product. Configuring each individual processor for the best performance in
handling algorithms for audio, video, multiplexing, encryption, security,
etc., as well as interfacing these individually configured-processors via
the appropriate system-on-chip interconnect/bus, requires new and complex
modeling challenges for the system architects. Historical advances of
microprocessor, introduction of configurable processors, utilization of
configurable processors for multimedia and GPS applications based on the
required performance model, tools that would allow the needed system
modeling and optimizations, etc., will be addressed in this speech.
About the
Keynote Speaker:
Farhad Mafie,
President and CEO of Savant Company Inc., has over 20 years of experience
in electronic and computer businesses and more than 10 years of
university-level teaching experience. Farhad is the former Vice President
of Business Development and Technical Sales Engineering at Toshiba America
Electronic Components, Inc. He has also worked at Lucent Technologies,
Toshiba Information Systems, Unisys, and MSI Data
in strategic marketing and project design engineering capacities. He has
developed complex system solutions with applications in the wireless,
Telematics, and digital consumer markets. Farhad has a Master of Science
and a Bachelor of Science degree in Electronic Engineering and Computer
Design from California State University, Fullerton. His combined business
and academic experience has given Farhad a unique ability to effectively
communicate complex new technologies to business professionals at all
levels, as well as the ability to foresee emerging leading-edge
technologies. An avid bicyclist, Farhad is also an author and a
translator.
Galileo, a New Dimension in Satellite
Navigation
Paul Flament
European Commission
Galileo Unit
BELGIUM
Abstract:
Galileo is the
European contribution to the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS).
The development and validation phase of this major European programme is
jointly financed by the European Commission and the European Space Agency
(ESA).
The design of
Galileo is driven by user needs and market expectations. After a short
overview of the main market trends, Mr Flament will present the Galileo
services provided to the different navigation application domains and
explain the architecture of the space and ground infrastructures able to
provide the appropriate signals to the users.
The state of
development of the infrastructure will be shown, as well as the
international cooperation with important countries worldwide and the
progress made in identifying the future commercial operator.
About the
Keynote Speaker:
Paul Flament is a
Belgian Civil Engineer, specialised in Telecommunications. He has been
working 11 years in the European Space Agency, initially for space
missions control centres, then for the design and development of
telecommunication satellites.
Following a
Masters in European Studies, he joined the European Commission in 1998 and
the Galileo unit in the course of the year 2000. Applications programmes,
economic studies and Public Private Partnership schemes are at the hart of
his responsibilities in the frame of the European satellite navigation
programme Galileo.
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