Schedule and Breakout Session Information
Breakout Sessions:
Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning are mostly dedicated to
breakout sessions. Please send your preference of breakout session to
diane.rush@iss-rt.boeing.com before the conference so that the organizers
can get an expected count for each session.
The breakout sessions are listed below, including a session which may
be formed based on participant suggestion. Possible topics are listed
next to each session, though this list is certainly not exhaustive.
Each breakout team will report summaries to the main session at the
end of the conference.
Hardware: Displays, keyboards, CPU, power, I/O, and
sensing
Software and Support: User interface, operating systems, interaction
with stationary infrastructure
Networks, Communications, On-body and off-body networks (CDPD,
and Local Data Sharing GSM, PCS, etc.), wireless NII proposal
Human Factors/Psychology: User testing, psychophysics, novel
input/output devices, alternative forms
of interaction including speech recognition
and gesturing
Applications and Markets: Consumer, industrial, academic, military,
disabled
Other: Suggest a field
Schedule:
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MONDAY AUG. 19
8:00 - 8:30 Register
8:30 - 9:00 Welcome & Introductions
Session 1: Basic Technologies 1
Session Chair: David Mizell, Boeing
9:00 - 9:20 Len Bass, CMU
Navigator 2
9:20 - 9:40 Rich Johnston, U. Washington
A Retinal Scanning Display for Wearable Computers
9:40 - 10:00 Michael Patrick Johnson, MIT
Physical Limits on Portable Power Sources
10:00 - 10:30 BREAK
Session 2: Basic Technologies 2
Session Chair: Dan Siewiorek, CMU
10:30 - 10:50 Gerd Kortuem, U. Oregon
Software Technologies for Wearable Computers
10:50 - 11:10 Steve Mann, MIT
Personal Imaging: Wearable Computers With Cameras
11:10 - 11:30 Ivan Perez-Mendez, Speech Systems Inc.
Challenges for Speech Recognition
11:30 - 11:50 Ron Toub, U. Oregon
The Importance of Usability Studies and Experimental Design
Evaluations For Wearable Computers
11:50 - 12:10 Thad Starner, MIT
Wearable Computing vs. Infrastructure
12:10 - 1:20 Lunch
Session 3: Industrial Applications and Networking
Session Chair: Tom Caudell, U. New Mexico
1:20 - 1:40 Larry Najjar, Georgia Tech
Using a Wearable Computer for Industrial Data Collection and
Performance Support
1:40 - 2:00 Rainer Daude, Aachen University of Technology
Mobile Approach Support System for Autonomous Production Cells
2:00 - 2:20 David Leevers, BICC Group
Wearable Computers for the Construction Sector
2:20 - 2:40 Betty Evans, Pacific Northwest Regional Laboratory
Team Leader: A Field-Based Inspection and Data Collection
System
2:40 - 3:00 Richard LaRowe, BBN
Enabling Infrastructures
3:00 - 3:30 BREAK
Session 5: Health Care Applications
Session Chair: Thad Starner, MIT
3:30 - 3:50 David Ross, Atlanta VA Rehab, R&D Center
Wearable Computer as Environmental Interface for
Persons with Disabilities
3:50 - 4:10 Eric Horvitz, Knowledge Industries
Hands-Free Decision Support
4:10 - 4:30 Eric Sableman, Palo Alto VA
Accelerometers for the Elderly
TUESDAY AUG. 20
8:00 - 10:00 Session 6: Augmented Reality Panel
Session Chair: David Mizell, Boeing
David Mizell/Thomas Caudell
Ulrich Neumann, USC
Steve Ellis, NASA Ames
Steve Feiner, Columbia
Ron Azuma, Hughes
20-min Q&A
10:00 - 10:30 BREAK
Session 7: Military, Business, and Consumer Applications
Session Chair: Zary Segall, U. Oregon
10:30 - 10:50 Charles Bosco, Army
Wearable Information Support System - MARSS
10:50 - 11:10 Susan Pasternak, Motorola
GEN II Soldier/Force XXI Land Warrior
11:10 - 11:30 Eric Lind, Naval Command Control and Ocean Surveillance Center
Sensate Liner
11:30 - 11:50 Brad Rhodes, MIT
Applications for the Consumer Wearable Computer
11:50 - 12:20 Instructions for Breakout Session
12:20 - 1:20 LUNCH
1:20 - 3:00 Breakout Session #1
3:00 - 4:00 Vendor Session #1
4:00 - 5:30 Breakout Session #2
WEDNESDAY AUG. 21
8:00 - 10:00 Breakout Session #3 - organize group report
10:00 - 11:00 Vendor Session #2
11:00 - 12:30 Reports from Breakout Sessions
12:30 Closing Remarks
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