Seamless Innovation Through the Power of Pervasive Computing

1. Seamless Innovation Through the Power of Pervasive Computing Vijay Sankaran September 19, 2005

2. The world is becoming increasingly connected through technology By 2005 there will be 35 billion microcontrollers, 750 million smart sensors and 1.5 billion mobile information appliances Microprocessors Smaller Sensors Faster Data Devices Energy Efficient Networks Smarter Software Adaptive ET website URL

3. Adaptive Enterprise Pervasive Computing Defragmentation In this rapidly changing environment, organizations must learn to be more adaptive Ford Motor Company must embrace pervasive computing in its quest to be more adaptive “It is not the strongest of the species that survives nor the most intelligent, but the one that is most responsive to change.” –Charles Darwin ET website URL

4. Innovation is the Only Method of Constant Improvement and Adaptation Innovation will Meet the OEM Challenges of Today Stagnating Demand Sales Pressures Creation Pressures Increased competition in value chain Atomization Overcapacity Methods for Success: Changing Customer Demand Quicker Time-to-Market • Innovation allows a company to move faster than its competitors • Innovation creates better end products • Innovation delivers new solutions to old problems • Innovative companies attract and retain better employees • Innovation streamlines processes ET website URL

5. Pervasive Solutions will Inject Adaptive Competencies into Ford Motor Company Pervasive computing allows the enterprise to continually view and improve itself Product: Exciting features, content and functionality Dealerships: Improves ability to tie experiences to brand image Marketing: Context-awareness enables personalized advertisements Recombination Self-Organization Supply Chain: Increased control and flexibility through RFIDs Service: Simplifies ownership and repair Shop Floor: Increased monitoring and intelligent correction Traffic System Integration: Ability to provide and receive traffic information Internal Efficiencies: Smart offices and asset tracking Sense and Respond Continuous Experimentation Identity and Security Seed, Select & Amplify ET website URL

6. Connectivity will Continue to Add Computing Capability to the Automobile Connectivity will extend the driving experience outside the walls of the vehicle Personalization: Network area of reconfigurable chips Passive Safety: Object detection and action Active Safety: Increased Automated Control Fuel Economy: Path-finding Quality: preemptive warning of problems via a network of sensors Long Range Connectivity: Wi-Fi Data Uploads: Telematics Powertrain: Advanced/Hybrid Controls Short Range Connectivity: Bluetooth Drive Performance: Intelligent adjustments Commonality: plug and play functionality Security: Stolen vehicle tracking ET website URL

7. Radio Frequency IDs will Enable Physical Objects to be Visualized in the Virtual World RFIDs will allow total supply chain visibility and thus more dynamic control Future Trending Supplier Data Storage and Management Raw Material Manufacturing Real-Time Inventory Distribution Customer Location Awareness Dealerships Dynamic Re-Routing • Standardize hardware / software • Stabilize the supply chain Simplify material and parts handling Sustain material control Set cadence ET website URL

8. The Collaboration Strategy will Create New Tools and Methods to Exchange Ideas Today’s Innovation requires collaboration between different disciplines Electronic Conferencing Advanced Interfaces Immersive Environments Blogs Electronic Communication Virtual Workspaces Data Sharing Collaborative Management Instant Messaging Knowledge Share Wiki Video Messaging File Sharing Management Tools Social Networks ET website URL

9. Mobility will Allow Communication to Become Intertwined into Everyday Activities Seamless mobility allows maximum user mobility with minimal user effort Video Enabling Increased Productivity Improved Location Increased Services Reduction of Devices Wireless LANs Reduced Cost Simplified Defragmentation User Driven User Initiated Homogenous Networks No physical boundaries ET website URL

10. Various Technologies will Aid in Making Decisions in an Increasingly Complex World Increased computational power and graphic tools have created analytic techniques that can simplify complex systems Simulation fully recreates system behavior Agent Based Models show how entities interact to form system behaviors Data Mining allows known patterns to be detected from data Statistical Methods can show trends in a well understood system Environmental Complexity Genetic Algorithms detect and optimize system behavior Neural Networks can group flat data into categories ET website URL

11. The Technology Fabric Optimizes the Environment for Pervasive Computing Through Core Enablers The function of technology enablers will be determined by environment Adaptive Networking Interoperability Service Oriented Architecture Autonomic Computing Identity and Security Tags – Methods of identifying agents Flows – Seamless methods of information transfer Statistical Aggregation – Mechanics to understand system stability Abstracted Building Blocks – Standard components to quicken development and reduce dependencies ET website URL

12. Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) will add Technical Flexibility to Better Handle Complexity Today’s IT environment contains 7 data center, 180,000 desktops, 250,000+ network elements and 2500+ application, leading to millions of interactions Easier and cost-effective integration through reusable code, Improved ability to adapt to changing business requirements SOA offer numerous benefits for controlling complexity Reduced design and development costs Leveraging of legacy investments, including line-of-business purchased packages Better business decisions through ‘right information at the right time’ Better alignment with business though designing in terms of business services ET website URL

13. name IT ford Identity and Security are critical to enabling a secure pervasive world As computing becomes distributed, an adaptive security infrastructure is key Identify Users Identity-Based Security Context Awareness Tagging Spam Protection Manage Policy Central Control Perimeter Security Analyze Events Audit Secure Networks Quarantine of Viruses ET website URL

14. Interoperability will Provide a Standard Method to Exchange, Broadcast and Access Information Interoperability will eliminate the need for point-to-point connections, allowing application integration to be simpler and faster Marketing Systems Ford External Manufacturing Systems Applications Ford Internal Information Bus PD Systems HR Systems Devices Finance Systems ET website URL

15. Autonomic Computing Allows Backend Computing to be Managed as a System There is a shift from optimizing large physical resources to optimizing interconnected resources as one large environment. Security and identity solutions will allow better process control Virtualization will allow large resources to be partitioned Compute Platforms Adaptive networks will allow faster and more flexible communication Storage Composite Computing will allow resources to be combined Networks Security Enterprise System Management Monitoring will improve sense and respond capabilities Automation will simplify daily tasks ET website URL

16. Adaptive Networking Allow Digital Links to Keep Pace with Changing Business Environments Adaptive Networking will restructure networks around business needs User adapts to network Network adapts to usage Traditional Networks Adaptive Networks Network limited to preset services Network configures services around environment Devices must navigate through multiple network types Access networks blend differing configurations Multiple definitions of network policies and security Central definition of network policies and security Network compartments based on physical characteristics Network compartments based on business-oriented needs ET website URL

17. Internet2 Prognosticates the Pervasive Future • High bandwidth networks set the stage for advanced collaboration and simulation • Evidence of real, distributed utility computing in the TeraGrid will be powered through Internet2 • Internet2 has already led the way in the development of key areas of the underlying technology fabric (e.g. security, middleware) ET website URL

18. Enablers such as Internet2 help evolve the Pervasive Ecosystem Innovation is the process of turning feedback into new products and processes that improve the system New Products and Process New Perspective Invention Diffusion Reevaluation New Understanding of Needs A primary reasonthat evolution of life-forms or of technology speeds up is that it builds on its own increasing order, with ever more sophisticated means of recording and manipulating information. Innovations created by evolution encourage and enable faster evolution - Ray Kurzweil (Kurzweil’s Law: The Law of Accelerating Returns) ET website URL

19. Universities can lead pervasive innovation on the Internet2 platform The opportunities are galactic in nature Virtual Reality Real-Time Monitoring Collaborative Creation Classroom 2020 Continuous Experimentation 4G Robotics ET website URL

20. Internet2 Research Areas Need to Broaden to Drive a Pervasive Ecosystem • Wireless Extension of Internet2 Needs to be studied • More mobile and sensor experiments need to be conducted to examine potential new capabilities • Focus needs to continue to how to evolve the Internet based on lessons learned from Internet2 • Societal impacts of new paradigms need to be studied ET website URL

21. This is what our pervasive future is all about – what about yours? ET website URL