Keynotes

Challenge Towards the Ubiquitous Network Society

Hideyuki Tokuda (Keio University, Japan)

Hideyuki Tokuda received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from Keio University, Japan in 1975 and 1977, respectively; a Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from the University of Waterloo in 1983.
He joined the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University in 1983, and is an Adjunct Associate Professor from 1994. In 1990, he joined the Faculty of Environmental Information at Keio University. He is currently a Dean of the Graduate School of Media and Governance and a Professor in the Faculty of Environmental Information, Keio University, Japan.
His research interests include ubiquitous computing systems, distributed real-time operating systems, multimedia systems, embedded systems, information appliances, sensor networks, and smart spaces.
Because of his research contribution, he was awarded the Motorola Foundation Award, the IBM Faculty Award, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Award and the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communication Award in Japan.

Mobile FeliCa - i-mode Alliance Strategy

Carl Atsushi Hirano (NTT DoCoMo,Inc, Japan)

Carl joined NTT DoCoMo, Inc. in 1999 and currently heads i-mode Alliances of Multimedia Service Department and the Managing Director of DoCoMo.com, Inc., a corporate venture capital and consulting firm on mobile contents, which is wholly owned subsidiary of DoCoMo.
The mission of the i-mode alliance is to create win-win relationships with all players in the value chain such as alliance with Coca-Cola, Disney, Sumitomo Mitsui Card Company, Limited, Sony Computer Entertainment (Playstation), Lawson, Dentsu, GEO, Dai-ichi Kosho, Pia etc.
Prior to joining DoCoMo, Carl was working for the Investment Bank Division of the Industrial Bank of Japan, Ltd (IBJ). Carl received his BA from the University of Tokyo. He was born in the US and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Next Generation OSS Architecture for u-Society

Kil-Ho Song (KT Systems Lab., Korea)

Dr. Kil-Ho Song is recognized as one of the world’s leading authorities on FTTH technologies. He received his M.S and Ph.D degrees from KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) in 1976 and 1989, respectively. Dr. Song has been working for KT since 1991 and led projects on ‘outside plant development’ and optical telecommunication technologies including FTTH, and was poised to hold his current position of vice president of OSS Laboratory in December of 2004. Now, he leads the KT’s ambitious project for the realization of Next Generation Operations Support System (NeOSS) Architecture to elevate customer satisfaction and improvement of telecommunications operation process for business agility toward u-Society.

The Convergence of Public Policy and Technology in the Ubiquitous Network Environment

Al Vincent (NTIA, USA)

Al Vincent joined ITS as its Director on November 4, 2002. He is responsible for technical leadership and promotion of the Institute's telecommunications research and engineering mission nationally and internationally. As the chief research and engineering arm of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences (ITS) supports such NTIA telecommunications objectives as promotion of advanced telecommunications and information infrastructure development in the United States, enhancement of domestic competitiveness, improvement of foreign trade opportunities for U.S. telecommunications firms, and facilitation of more efficient and effective use of the radio spectrum. ITS also serves as a principal Federal resource for solving the telecommunications concerns of other Federal agencies, state and local governments, private corporations and associations, and international organizations. Prior to his appointment at ITS, Mr. Vincent was a Telecom Systems Architect and responsible for the management and technical strategy for the integration of diverse telecommunications and operational support systems. This included the integration architecture for a number of major service providers in Asia, North America, and Europe. Mr. Vincent has been a Director, Architect, and Developer in Telecom Systems Engineering for over 25 years, with the last 15 being exclusively in the management of telecommunications systems and technology, for numerous large telecommunications service providers.
Currently his agency focuses on the areas of interoperable communications, Next Generation Networks (NGN), UWB/Wi-Fi/WiMAX/LMR/satellite devices, and issues of spectrum efficiency and interference. Mr. Vincent has a B.S. / M.S. in Mathematics / Theoretical Mechanics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.