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2007 IMS Showcase Event May 1, 2007 4:30 PM |
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| Technology Demonstration Event October 23, 2006 |
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| Kickoff Event April 25, 2006 |
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April 25th, 2006 - Kickoff Event Speakers |
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Kristin S. Rinne – Chief Technology Officer, Cingular Wireless LLC. | |
| Topic: What Does the Research Competition Mean to Cingular? | ||
| Kris Rinne is responsible for industry standards development, long range technology planning, and the network and device planning for new products and services. Prior to this position, Rinne served as Cingular's Vice President—Technology and Product Realization, responsible for new product development from a technology standpoint, handset certification, and infrastructure vendor coordination. Rinne has worked in the telecommunications industry for more than 25 years. Prior to joining Cingular, she was Vice President—Technology Strategy for SBC Wireless, responsible for new product development and network operations support. She has worked for Southwestern Bell Mobile Systems as Managing Director—Operations. |
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Christoph Caselitz – CEO, Mobile Networks, Siemens Communications | |
| Topic: What Does the Research Competition Mean to Siemens? | ||
Christoph Caselitz was born in Fulda, Germany on November 16, 1961. After studying law and business administration at the Ludwig-Maximilian University in Munich, he began his professional career in 1990 at Siemens AG, where he was involved in strategy development. In 1993 he moved to Mergers & Acquisitions, where he gained experience in the field of integration and communication management. In 1997 he took over as head of business administration for the Analogue Products Subdivision of the Private Networks Group. From 1999 he headed up the Cordless Product Division of Siemens Information and Communication Mobile. Under his leadership the brand has moved up to become the clear number one on the market for digital cordless products. Since 2003 he has been responsible as head of the Mobile Networks Division at Siemens Communications for the overall strategy and development of mobile network infrastructure across all standards. Christoph Caselitz is married and the father of two children; he and his family live in Munich. His hobbies are jogging, skiing, listening to music and going to the theater. |
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Ron Hutchins – Chief Technology Officer, Georgia Tech | |
| Topic: What Does the Research Competition Mean to Georgia Tech? | ||
| Ronald R. Hutchins is Associate Vice Provost for Research and Technology and Chief Technology Officer, Office of Information Technology, at Georgia Institute of Technology. He received his Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science at the Georgia Institute of Technology, and Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Computer Science at Georgia Southern College. His current fields of interest and development are center on computer networking, but are divided into four primary facets: production network management; educational collaboration technologies; high-speed large-scale network design and management; and mobile and nomadic computing. | ||
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Russell J. Clark, PhD – Research Scientist, Georgia Tech | |
| Topic: The Competition (Themes/Categories of the Award, Award Details) | ||
| Russell Clark is a research scientist with a joint appointment in Georgia Tech's College of Computing and Office of Information Technology. Russell is co-founder of the Georgia Tech Research Network Operations Center (GT-RNOC) where he leads multiple research projects in network management, wireless networking and mobility. Russell teaches courses in networking and network management. Russell is the Georgia Tech coordinator for the IMS Research Competition and will be leading the IMS related courses for students. |
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Dr. Joy Laskar – Director, Georgia Electronic Design Center (GEDC), GA | |
| Topic: Opening – Announcing the New Research Competition Based on IMS | ||
Dr. Joy Laskar received the B.S. degree from Clemson University in 1985. He received the M.S. and the Ph.D. degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1989 and 1991 respectively. Prior to joining Georgia Tech in 1995, he held faculty positions at the University of Illinois and the University of Hawaii. At Georgia Tech, he holds the Joseph M. Pettit Professorship of Electronics and is the Director of Georgia’s Electronic Design Center. At Georgia Tech, Dr. Laskar heads a research group with a focus on integration of high frequency electronics with optoelectronics and integration of mixed technologies for next generation wireless and optoelectronic systems. He has authored or co-authored more than 200 papers, several book chapters (including three textbooks in development), numerous invited talks and has more than 20 patents pending. Most recently his work has resulted in the formation of two companies. In 1998 he co-founded an advanced WLAN IC Company: RF Solutions. In 2001 Dr. Laskar |
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Susan Shows – Vice President, Georgia Research Alliance | |
| Topic: What Does the Research Competition Mean to Georgia? | ||
Susan G. Shows is Vice President of the Georgia Research Alliance, a strategic partnership of Georgia’s research universities, the business community and state government. Ms. Shows manages the Alliance’s investment portfolio which includes over $600 million of public and private funding in targeted research and development programs at Georgia’s six research universities. Prior to joining the Alliance in 2001, Ms. Shows managed the Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC), a technology incubator based at Georgia Tech. She also managed the Governor’s Traditional Industries Program, a partnership of the University System of Georgia, state government, and Georgia’s leading manufacturing industries. Prior to that, she worked for Square D Company. Ms. Shows holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration from Xavier University and a BS in Industrial Management from the University of Tennessee. Ms. Shows consults with other states in the areas of science and technology and economic development, and serves on numerous advisory and planning groups to advance technology commercialization in Georgia. |
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Scott Swanburg – Senior Manager - Data Services Marketing, Cingular Wireless LLC | |
| Topic: What does “Forged by IMS” Mean? | ||
| Mr. Swanburg is a 25-year veteran of technology. He spent the first 11 years of his career at TRW where he was awarded a Special Commendation by the Under Secretary of State for VHSIC Technology Enhancements in 1985. He has also held management positions at Nortel Networks where he led a team of engineers who produced the first Frequency Modulation Internet Protocol Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) system. Awarded a patent for a unique design in RF PCS antennas at Electromagnetic Sciences he also has several other patents pending related to Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystems (IMS). Most recently Mr. Swanburg has been involved with the implementation of IMS related applications development for Cingular Wireless, the largest wireless communications company in North America. He has been a guest speaker at the Georgia Institute of Technology and media events such as the Residential Broadband Conference and Broadband Asia-Pacific, 2000. He holds a Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering emphasis, with honors. |
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