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The ZON Regency Hotel by the sea Johor Bahru, MALAYSIA.The ZON Regency Hotel by the sea Johor Bahru, MALAYSIA.4 – 5 SEPTEMBER 2013Conference

Universiti Teknologi MalaysiaJohor Bahru, MALAYSIA.

3 SEPTEMBER 2013Tutorial

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OVERVIEW

The International Conference on IEEE RFID Technical and Application is sponsored by the IEEE annually. The 2013 IEEE RFID TA will be held from 4-5 of September 2013, at the Zon Regency Hotel Johor Bahru, Malaysia. This conference provides a forum for researchers, scientists, engineers, academics as well as industrial professionals from all over the world to present the results of their research and development. The 2013 IEEE RFID TA will cover a broad spectrum of research areas that are of common interest, and will be of particular interest to industry.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

Researchers, scientists, engineers, academics and industrial professionals from all over the world are invited to gain insight from the presented R&D results.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Manos M. Tentzeris

Professor Manos M. Tentzeris is currently a Professor with the School of ECE, Georgia Tech. He is the Head of the Electromagnetics Technical Interest Group of the School of ECE, Georgia Tech. He has served as the Georgia Electronic Design Center Associate Director for RFID/Sensors research from 2006-2010 and as the GT-Packaging Research Center (NSF-ERC) Associate Director for RF research and the leader of the RF/Wireless Packaging Alliance from 2003-2006. Also, Dr. Tentzeris is the Head of the A.T.H.E.N.A. Research Group (20 students and researchers) and has established academic programs in

Highly Integrated/Multilayer Packaging for RF and Wireless Applications using ceramic and organic flexible materials, paper-based RFID’s and sensors, inkjet-printed electronics, nanostructures for RF, wireless sensors, power scavenging and wireless power transfer, Microwave MEM’s, SOP-integrated (UWB, mutliband, conformal) antennas and Adaptive Numerical Electromagnetics (FDTD, MultiResolution Algorithms).

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William Lumpkins

William Lumpkins is a Senior Member of IEEE Chair of Committee on RFID, IEEE Consumer Electronics Society Standards Chair, IEEE P1874 WG Chair VP of Engineering, O & S Services Inc., and Senior Applications Analyst for Wi2Wi Inc. William is an innovative technical problem solving professional with 20 years experience designing circuit boards related to telecommunications, military and computer peripheral markets, both in the US and Japan. He has taken projects from concept to RTL verification to board creation. He is a

big picture manager with focus on providing customer training, developing documentation (white papers & application notes), systems development, and promoting customer satisfaction.

His key technical skills include speaking conversational Japanese, Versatile Analog & Digital Engineer, and active participant of the following standards DLNA, UPnP, UWB 802.15.3, 802.11, 802.3, and P1874. He is an active user of the following technologies MPEG 2, 4, H.264, GSM, DRM, I2C, SPI, UART, LCD, IR, Ethernet, 802.11abgn, Bluetooth 3.0/4.0, Video codec’s, low power/battery-based design skills and RF analog design, PCI, USB 2.0, ATA/ATAPI, SDIO, Wireless USB, UWB, Serial ATA, PCI express, DLNA, UPnP, RFID, Energy Harvesting, Synopsis Design Compiler, Altera/Xilinx FPGA software, schematic/PCB/Router, Timing Designer, and Lab View.

Dion Wiggins

Dion Wiggins is a highly experienced ICT industry visionary, entrepreneur, analyst and consultant. He has an impressive knowledge in the fields of software development, architecture and management, as well as an in-depth understanding of Asian ICT markets. He is an accomplished speaker and has a high media profile for his perceptive analysis of ICT in Asia/Pacific.

Previously Dion was Vice President and Research Director for Gartner based in Hong Kong, where he was the most senior and highly-respected analyst based in all of Asia. Dion’s research reports on ICT in China helped change the way the world views this market.

Dion is also a well-known pioneer of the Asian Internet Industry, being the founder of one of Asia’s first ever ISPs (Asia Online in Hong Kong). In his role at Gartner and in various other consulting positions prior to that, Dion advised literally hundreds of enterprises on their ICT strategy.

Dion was a founder of The ActiveX Factory, where he was recipient of the Chairman’s Commendation Award presented by Microsoft’s Bill Gates for the best showcase of software developed in the Philippines. The US Government has recognized Dion as being in the top 5% of his field worldwide and he is a former holder of a US O1 Extraordinary Ability Visa.

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Sureswaran Ramadass

Professor Sureswaran Ramadass is a Professor and the Director of the National Advanced IPv6 Centre of Excellence (NAV6) at Universiti Sains Malaysia.

He obtained his BsEE/CE (Magna Cum Laude) and Masters in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Miami in 1987 and 1990 respectively. He graduated as the top student in the College of Engineering for his Bachelors Degree. He obtained his Ph.D from Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) in 2000 while serving as a full time faculty in the School of Computer Sciences.

Prof. Sureswaran started his career in 1990 as head of technical support and customer relations manager for ComputerBanc Inc, a company with a chain of seven stores in South Florida. He later joined MODCOMP, Florida as a senior member of the research team. MODCOMP, a wholly owned subsidiary of AEG Daimler Benz, was focused on the research, development and deployment of real-time operating systems. Their customers included Jet Propultion Labs (JPL) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for their remote space vehicles. He later joined ICON Business System, Inc (Florida) as Senior Consultant in 1991. He was subsequently promoted as Vice President of Engineering and was responsible for the entire engineering and R&D divisions of ICON. In 1992, he returned to Malaysia to join USM as a lecturer. In 1993, he formed and grew the Network Research Group to become a world recognized research center. In 2005, he became the first director of NAv6 (the Next Generation Internet Center) in Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM).

John TayJohn Tay is the Director, Digital Initiatives Division in Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) and has been with the Commission for the past 10 years. John Tay has more than 25 years of experience in the ICT industry and holds a B.Sc degree in Computer Science from USA and MBA from Australia. John has worked overseas for many years in the Healthcare, Biopharmaceutical and Aerospace Defense industry. Other ICT exposures locally are in Banking, Oil and Gas, IT Services, Advertising and Telecommunications industries.

In MCMC, John Tay is responsible for promoting and facilitating the Digital Lifestyle Malaysia(DLM) Initiative on Connected Lifestyles and Internet of Things(IoT) adopting RFID, WSN, NFC as a technology enabler. John is familiar with the development of Malaysian RFID market and worked closely facilitating RFID adoption with the industry.

John’s role is to spearhead the development and implementation of SKMM’s Digital Lifestyle Malaysia (DLM) using infocomm technologies and content services. And also to promote a connected DLM ecosystem society via mobile info-based apps to further enhance the quality of life, lead change, drive innovation and contribute to national economy.

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TUTORIAL

Date : 3 September 2013

Venue : Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia.

Fee : USD 100 (International) | RM 300 (Malaysian)

08.30 am – 09.00 am Registration

09.00 am – 10.30 amWorkshop 1

Energy Harvesting by Prof. Dr. Manos Tentzeris, Georgia Tech, USA10.30 am – 11.00 am Coffee Break

11.00 am – 12.30 pm Workshop 1 (continued)Energy Harvesting by Prof. Dr. Manos Tentzeris, Georgia Tech, USA

12.30 pm – 02.00 pm Lunch

02.00 pm – 04.30 pm Workshop 2Future RFID for IoT by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Widad Ismail, Universiti Sains Malaysia

04.30 pm – 05.00 pm Tea Break

TUTORIAL SPEAKERS

Manos M. TentzerisProfessor Manos M. Tentzeris is currently a Professor with the School of ECE, Georgia Tech. He is the Head of the Electromagnetics Technical Interest Group of the School of ECE, Georgia Tech. He has served as the Georgia Electronic Design Center Associate Director for RFID/Sensors research from 2006-2010 and as the GT-Packaging Research Center (NSF-ERC) Associate Director for RF research and the leader of the RF/Wireless Packaging Alliance from 2003-2006. Also, Dr. Tentzeris is the Head of the A.T.H.E.N.A. Research Group (20 students and researchers) and has established academic programs in

Highly Integrated/Multilayer Packaging for RF and Wireless Applications using ceramic and organic flexible materials, paper-based RFID’s and sensors, inkjet-printed electronics, nanostructures for RF, wireless sensors, power scavenging and wireless power transfer, Microwave MEM’s, SOP-integrated (UWB, mutliband, conformal) antennas and Adaptive Numerical Electromagnetics (FDTD, MultiResolution Algorithms).

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Widad Ismail

Dr. Widad Ismail is an Associate Professor and a project coordinator for Auto-ID Laboratory (AIDL), Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM). She received a BEng(H) First Class Honors in Electronics and Communications Engineering from University of Huddersfield, United Kingdom (1999) ,where she is the first female engineer graduated with first class honors at the university, and by the age of 27; she received her PhD in 2004 (Active Integrated Antenna (AIA) with Image Rejection), in Electronics and Communication Engineering from University of Birmingham, United Kingdom. She served University of Birmingham, United Kingdom from the year 2000 until 2003 as Postgraduate Teaching Assistant and in the year 2004 she started work at Universiti Sains Malaysia as a lecturer until today. Her main areas

of research are RFID (Radio Frequency Identification), wireless system design, active integrated antennas (AIA) and RF and microwave systems engineering. Her research and scientific outputs were translated into a number of awards, publications and patents. To date she is a Principal Investigator of 16 research grants with the value of more than USD 1.06 million. These research works have produced 12 filed patents, 10 international awards, 4 commercialized main RFID research products & more than 80 publications including international journal papers, conference/seminars and other publications. She is also a member of IEEE and Wireless World Research Forum (WWRF).

EXHIBITION

There will be commercial and non-commercial exhibitions during the conference. A maximum of 10 tables will be permanently located immediately adjacent to the main conference area.(Exhibitors have to bring their own banner/bunting)

Type of table: Hotel Banquet Table Duration: 2 days ( 4-5 September 2013)

Fees: RM 2000.00 per table

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Conference Fees Early Bird Registration (Payment Made before 6 July 2013)

IEEE Members (Malaysian) RM 960 RM 780IEEE Members (International) USD 320 USD 260Non IEEE Members (Malaysian) RM 1200 RM 960Non IEEE Members (International) USD 400 USD 320Student at Malaysian Universities / Life Member RM480

NILInternational Student / Life Member USD 160Tutorial Fees

Tutorial (Malaysian) RM 300NILTutorial (International) USD 100

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Additional Conference Dinner (Malaysian) RM 100NILAdditional Conference Dinner (International) USD 30

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Tour Package (Malaysian) Per Person(Legoland, Hello Kitty & Johor Premium Outlet) RM 230

NILTour Package (International) Per Person(Legoland, Hello Kitty & Johor Premium Outlet) USD 80

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