Abstract
First,
some statistical data in Internet and mobile communications
in the world will be shown. By these data, it will become very
clear that our social activities are depending more and more
on networks. Mobile phones and Internet have become essential
social infrastructures in our societies. These networked societies
are expanding more and more to include any kinds of social services
such as online government, net baking, online hospitals, and
cashless shopping.
What is the next era of networked society? In Japan, Ministry
of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) has published a
new strategy of information and communications technology of
UNS (Universal communications, New generation network and Security
and Safety). Beyond the present networked society, we call it
Ubiquitous networked society.
According to this new strategy, NICT is now carrying out R&D
programs. Some R&D programs such as ubiquitous home, ad-hoc
networks will be introduced by demonstration videos. Also, key
technologies such as RFID, UWB in the ubiquitous networked society
will be introduced.
About
the Speaker
Shingo
OHMORI
received the B.E., M.E., and Ph. D. degrees in electrical engineering
from the University of Tohoku, Japan, in 1973, 1975, and 1978,
respectively. Since 1978, he has been with the National Institute
of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) (former Communications
Research Laboratory (CRL)), Japan, and has been engaged in research
on mobile satellite communications, especially on antenna and
propagation.
He
is now a Vice president and Member of the Board of NICT.
During 1983-1984, he was a visiting research associate
at the Electro Science Laboratory, the Ohio State University,
Columbus Ohio. He has also a Professorship of Yokohama National
University in Japan, and also a Vice president of YRP R&D
Promotion Committee.
Dr. Ohmori is a Fellow of the IEEE, and also a
Fellow of Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication
Engineers (IEICE) in Japan.
He was awarded the Excellent Research Prize from
the Minister of Science and Technology Agency of Japan in 1985,
and the Excellent Research Achievements Prize of the IEICE in
1993.
He
is an author of "Mobile Satellite Communications" (Artech
House, 1998) and a co-author of "Mobile Antenna Systems Handbook"
(Artech House, 1994).
