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Current trends in usage of Smart-phones in USA

Current trends in usage of Smart-phones in USA. Dr. Jeyakesavan Veerasamy Director of Senior Design projects & Sr. Lecturer University of Texas at Dallas. Dr. V. Jeyakesavan: Academia , Industry & Personal. Dad was a school teacher B.E . (ECE) in CEG Guindy, Anna University – 1986-90

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Current trends in usage of Smart-phones in USA

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  1. Current trends in usage of Smart-phones in USA Dr. Jeyakesavan Veerasamy Director of Senior Design projects & Sr. Lecturer University of Texas at Dallas

  2. Dr. V. Jeyakesavan: Academia, Industry & Personal • Dad was a school teacher • B.E. (ECE) in CEG Guindy, Anna University – 1986-90 • UNIX System Software Engineer, HCL Limited, Chennai, 1990-91 • MS Computer Science, University of Texas at Dallas (UTD), 1991-94

  3. Dr. V. Jeyakesavan: Academia, Industry & Personal … • Telecom Software Engineer, Northern Telecom, Dallas, 1994-97 • Ph.D. Computer Science (part-time), University of Texas at Dallas (UTD), 1994-99 • Technical Lead, Samsung Telecom, 1997-2010 • Got married in 1998 • Adjunct Faculty, UTD CS department, 1999-2002 • Online Adjunct Faculty in several online universities from 2000

  4. Dr. V. Jeyakesavan: Academia, Industry & Personal … • Adjunct Faculty, Southern Methodist University, 2010 • Sr. Lecturer (full-time), UTD Computer Science, 2010-present • 2 daughters: Nila (8) and Chinmayee (4) • Passionate about teaching – happy to share ideas to improve teaching quality in colleges • Challenging teaching environment in US.

  5. Dr. V. Jeyakesavan: Summary • 18 years experience as Software Engineer • 12 years of teaching experience online • 3 years of teaching experience in classroom

  6. University of Texas at Dallas • Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science • Surrounded by 1000s of companies in Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex • Students can get internships right after 2 semesters and continue studies in parallel. • Most graduate students “graduate debt-free”! • We have well-ranked management school too.

  7. Dallas-Ft. Worth metroplex

  8. Indian connection! • More than >50% CS faculty are Indian. • Around 60% of graduate students are Indian. • Management school is named after an Indian: Naveen Jindal School of Management!

  9. CS Department: Highlights • The UTD CS dept started as a small program within the Mathematical Sciences in the 70s • One of the largest CS dept’s in the US today • 55 faculty members • 120+ Research and Teaching Assistants • 15 Staff members including 4 Tech. Support • 1500+ Students (130 Ph.D. +700 MS +720 BS) • Full range of programs in CS, SE and TE: • -- BS, MS and Ph.D. ________________________________________________________________________ Department of Computer Science Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science

  10. CS Department: Research Centers/Institutes • Cyber Security and Emergency Preparedness Institute (DFEPI) (Exec. Director: Dr. Doug Harris) - Cyber Security Research Center (Director: Dr. Thuraisingham) • Embedded Software Center (ESC) (Director: Dr. Farokh Bastani) • Human Language Technology Research Institute (HLTRI) (Director: Dr. Sanda Harabagiu) ________________________________________________________________________ Department of Computer Science Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science

  11. CS Department: Accomplishments • Ranked 29th in UC Irvine’s publications ranking of CS graduate programs • Ranked 24th worldwide in UC Irvine’s publications ranking of SE graduate programs • 8 of our faculty hold Young Investigator awards • Top 5 producer of CS degrees • Placed 14th worldwide in ACM Programming Competition (just behind MIT & CalTech in US) ________________________________________________________________________ Department of Computer Science Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science

  12. CS Department: Distinguished Faculty • Over 55 memberships on editorial boards of computer science journals • Research expenditure over $16 million in last two years • Published 250+ papers last year • Involved in numerous leading technical conferences as conference chairs or program committee chairs/members ________________________________________________________________________ Department of Computer Science Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science

  13. Popular smart-phone apps:business use • Email – Gmail, email • Map & directions • Weather • Calendar • Phonebook • Boarding pass • Itinerary data • SMS • Flight status • WiFi hotspot • Driving directions

  14. Popular smart-phone apps:personal use • Gmail, email • calendar • music streaming • youtube • weather • Games! • Facebook • Coupon search • Store search • SMS/chat • Camera/Camcorder • Stock market

  15. A few interesting apps • Google-goggles – picture match • UPS code/QR code recognition • Check scan & deposit • Investment & Bank account access • Blackboard Learn

  16. One future applicationfrom UT Dallas senior design projects • Swift Shop – checkout from phone – avoid the check out line in stores.

  17. US environment • Almost every one has a laptop at home & work. • Good 3G nework coverage nationwide • 4G network is expanding • only 2G in rural areas • Very reliable wired broadband access • Always connected! WiFi on planes!! • Lot of business gets done in emails • Companies adding more business apps

  18. 3G/4G service • Bucket plans • ~$30 limited BW • ~$70 unlimited BW • Weed out users who use too much data! • WiFi preferred setting

  19. Smart phone issues • Stability • Android devices behave like PC • Battery drain with heavy use

  20. Questions & Answers

  21. Thanks for listening! Dr. Jeyakesavan Veerasamy jeyak7@gmail.com jeyv@utdallas.edu

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