Upcoming Events

Are Technology Assisted Homes Safer for the Elderly? — 6 June 2012

The event is being hosted by the IET Wellington Network

Speaker: Professor Subhas Mukhopadhyay, Massey University, Palmerston North Venue: Lambton 3, Terrace Conference Centre, 114 The Terrace. Topic: Are Technology Assisted Homes Safer for the Elderly? Date: Wednesday 6 June 2012 Time: Tea and coffee from 12.00 with presentation at 12.30 The elderly population of the world is growing rapidly, increasing the need for elderly care.  In New Zealand, there are currently 510,000 people over the age of 65. Quite often we are appalled and shocked by news headlines such as “Elderly man lay dead for days in his home”.  However, as a society we value our rights to live independently and keep control of our own lives.  Surely, with the technology of today, there is a better way to resolve this problem. Subhas will present the design intricacies and implementation details of a wireless sensor network based safe home monitoring system targeted for the elderly people to provide a safe, sound and secured living environment. The lecture will cover the architecture of the sensor networks, sensor design, communication protocol, optimum number of sensors and their locations. Subhas holds a B.E.E. (gold medalist), M.E.E., Ph.D. (India) and Doctor of Engineering (Japan). He has over 21 years of teaching, industrial and research experience.  Currently he is working as a Professor at Massey University, New Zealand.  He has published 230 papers and written two books. He is a Fellow of IET(UK), a Fellow of IEEE(USA), an associate editor of IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurements and IEEE Sensors journal. He is a Distinguished Lecturer by IEEE Sensors Council Non Members welcome. For further information contact: jfoster@theiet.org

 2012 IEEE New Zealand Wireless Workshop — 31 August 2012

Venue: WF 303 (to be confirmed) Auckland University of Technology (AUT University), Wellesley Campus, Auckland CBD Date: Friday 31 August 2012 Time: 9 am - 5 pm The IEEE New Zealand Wireless Workshop is an annual event that brings together engineers, researchers, industrialists and policy makers to discuss technologies and issues of interest to the wireless community in New Zealand. The day consists of a series of presentations from participants, with ample opportunity for informal discussions and networking. The 2012 IEEE New Zealand Wireless Workshop is to be held 9 am - 5 pm, Friday 31st August, 2012 WF 303 (to be confirmed) Auckland University of Technology (AUT University), Wellesley Campus, Auckland CBD Registration: Free (and lunch is provided) We are planning to have a keynote session in addition to both industry and academic forums. If you would like to act as sponsor for, and/or make a brief presentation (up to 15 minutes) at this year's Wireless Workshop please email  Dr Nurul Sarkar at nurul.sarkar@aut.ac.nz Suitable topics for presentation include (but are not limited to): ongoing research; emerging technologies; product and system development; industrial experience and strategy; and spectrum policy. The Wireless Workshop is intentionally informal and no written abstracts are required, but these can be distributed to participants if provided. All are welcome to attend: there is no requirement to be an IEEE member and you are encouraged to bring your colleagues. As with previous years, the Workshop will be preceded by a meeting of the NZ Wireless Research Network, 3-4pm Thursday 30 August, venue as above. This meeting, which discusses future commercial and research directions for the NZ Wireless Industry, also will be open to all interested parties. RSVP to nurul.sarkar@aut.ac.nz for catering purposes by Wednesday 15 August. Also, feel free to email nurul.sarkar@aut.ac.nz if you have any questions; or wish to be removed from this email list or have your details updated. Workshop programme will be forwarded closer to the event.