MICS: 11 years of research for a sustainable society
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What do water resources management, pollution mapping and optimization of parking have in common? Wireless sensor networks!
Discover the results of 11 years of sustainable research at the MICS closing event on the 4th and 5th September 2012 at the Rolex Learning Center, EPFL.
Would you like to know more? The film made for the MICS closing event provides a foretaste of what to expect...
The National Center of Competence in Research MICS – Mobile Information and Communication Systems – began research on wireless sensor networks back in 2001. Over 40 research groups from various departments in Swiss universities and about 80 PhD students were involved in several ambitious projects. MICS Center Coordinator Jacques Bovay, who was part of the adventure from day one, had this to say: "Apart from finding new technological solutions, it was the social dimension that was important for me, how new tools (self-organized sensor networks) could be used, for instance, to make the population more aware of pollution.”
During the MICS closing event, key aspects of this research will be presented (September 4th) along with the main marketed applications (September 5th)
Mobile Information and Communication Systems Research for a Sustainable Society
The latest research in mobile information and communication systems will be presented along with specific applications for health and the environment. You will better understand, for example, how mobile networks help to monitor environments such as the Alps or the African savanna. Social and legal issues linked to the development of mobile technologies will also be discussed.
Led by Professor Karl Aberer of the EPFL’s School of Computer and Communication Sciences, the NCCR MICS will reach completion on October 31st, 2012. The MICS closing event on the 4th and 5th September will therefore mark the culmination of 11 years of research sponsored by the Swiss National Science Foundation.
Event program and registration
