Program, slides & videos of the presentations
Tuesday 4 September
| 10:00-10:15 | Opening: Professor Karl Aberer, MICS Director |
| 10:15-11:15 | Keynote: Professor David Tse, UC Berkeley: "The Science of Information: From Communication to DNA Sequencing" |
| 11:15-12:15 | Session on Communication |
| 12:15-12:30 | Pitch talks: Demos |
| 12:30-14:00 | Lunch with posters & demos session |
| 14:00-15:00 | Keynote: Professor Deborah Estrin, UCLA: "Participatory Sensing for Health" |
| 15:00-16:00 | Session on Applications - Prof. Samarjit Chakraborty, TU Munich: " Why schedule network packet processors since no one talks about them (anymore)?" - Dr. Kay Römer, ETH Zürich: "Sensor Network Programming for (Educated) Dummies" - Dr. Andreas Hasler, University Zürich: " Thermal conditions and kinematics of steep bedrock permafrost" |
| 16:00-16:30 | Break |
| 16:30-17:30 | Keynote: Professor Virgil Gligor, CMU: "On the foundations of trust in networks of humans and computers" |
| 17:30-18:00 | Session on Computer Science - Prof. Philippe Cudre-Mauroux, University Fribourg: "Bottom-up Information Integration for the Web of Data" - Prof. Jean-Pierre Hubaux, EPFL: "From Location Privacy to Genomic Privacy" |
| 18:30 | Social event (barbecue) |
Wednesday 5 September
| 10:30-10:40 | Opening: Professor Philippe Gillet, EPFL Vice-President  |
| 10:40-11:10 | MICS overview: Professor Karl Aberer, MICS Director |
| 11:10-12:30 | Environmental monitoring - Prof. Marc Parlange, EPFL: "Applications of distributed sensing for hydrologic and water resources applications in Alpine Environments and African Savanna" - Dr. Stephan Gruber, University of Zurich: "Permasense: Development and application of distributed sensing systems in high-mountain environments" - Robin Scheibler: "Safecast: Crowd-sourced citizen-driven mobile sensing of radiation" |
| 12:30-14:00 | Lunch with posters & demos session |
| 14:15-15:45 | Wireless communication in business - Dr. Philipp Blum, Siemens Building Technologies: "Safety Applications and Wireless Sensor Networks" - Me Michel Jaccard, Founder & Partner, id est Avocats: “Social, Local, Mobile…. but Legal?” - Jean-David Chamboredon, Chief Executive Officer at ISAI Gestion: "Funding innovation in Europe : progress status & remaining challenges" |
| 15:45 - 16:00 | Coffee break |
| 16:00 – 16:30 | Startup session |
| 16:30-17:00 | Information and Communication Sciences: Where to Go from Here?: Professor Martin Vetterli, Dean of IC School |
| 17:00 | Farewell drink |