The Future of Mobile Computing R&D Activities in the State of Bremen

1. The Future of Mobile ComputingR&D Activities in the State of Bremen O. Herzog, M. Boronowsky, I. Rügge, U. Glotzbach, M. LawoTZI - Center for Computing Technologies and Mobile Research Center Universität Bremen, Germany Terena Networking Conference 2007 DTU, Lyngby, May 21-24, 2007

2. Logistics Application Scenarios

3. Production Application Scenarios

4. Application Scenarios Health Care

5. The Pervasive Computing Vision „7 trillion wireless devices serving 7 billion people by 2017“ WWRF 2006 • empowering the user • to get the right information at the right time

6. Mobile Computing will be a Key Technology of the 21st Century … … and Mobile Solutions are the main focus of ICT activities in Bremen

7. Bremen – Federal State of Germany • Bremen is one of the 16 German Federal States • Bremen is a two city state • Bremen has a population of almost 700.000 • Bremen main economic sectors: • foreign trade and logistics • food industry • car manufacturing • aerospace- and aircraft industry (EADS, Airbus) • Accessibility: international airport, railways, ports, “Autobahn”

8. Mobile Solutions areresearched at the UniversitätBremensince 1998: Focus on mobile applications, Wearable Computing, Ubiquitous Computing, Mobile Communication Since 1999 Business Development and University target to establish the topic “Mobile Solutions” as a strategic regional topic In 2000 the TZI - Center for Computing Technologies initiated the inter-institutional research group [wearLab]: Focus on innovative mobile information processing Mobile City BremenThe Setup Phase: Efficient Collaboration (I)

9. Business Development, Companies and the TZI initiated the Mobile Solution Group A local network to strengthen and focus activities in mobile computing Several Companies in Bremen started to add mobile applications to their product portfolio In 2001 “Mobile Solutions” in Bremen became politically accepted InnoVision 2010 Bremen strategy Co-operations between Bremen and Microsoft/Deutsche Telekom targeted at Mobile Solutions Mobile City BremenThe Setup Phase: Efficient Collaboration (II)

10. Mobile City Bremen Today Strong Cooperation between Government-Industry-Science Mobile Solution Group • 40+ enterprises in Bremen in the mobile solutions business • Mobile services and market entry for mobile applications National Mobile Test Area / Mobile Test Market • Test of communication, usability and acceptance for the German Market • Established market research procedures by Bonsai Deutschland/ TNS Emnid Mobile Research Center • Research and technology transfer into Mobile Solutions, with 140 researchers in 24 work groups • Demonstration Center in co-operation with industry www.mobilecity.org

11. Mobile-Cluster

12. Full-service provider for mobile IT-solutions: plan, build and run Industrial Focus Logistics Automotive Media OEMs Activities Mobile Marketing / Sales e-Procurement Systems Safety at Work Multi-Channel Services RFID-based Process Solutions Location Based Solutions Project Management Mobile Solution Group GmbH

13. MRC Research Groups • Prof. Dr.-Ing. W. Anheier, TZI • Prof. Dr.-Ing. F. Arndt, TZI • Prof. Dr.-Ing. K.-D. Kammeyer, TZI • Prof. Dr.-Ing. R. Laur, TZI • Prof. Dr. M. B. Wischnewsky, TZI • Prof. Dr. U. Bormann, TZI • Prof. Dr. C. Bormann, TZI • Prof. Dr. J. Friedrich, TZI • Prof. Dr. J. Peleska, TZI • Prof. Dr.-Ing. K.-D. Thoben, BIBA • Prof. Dr.-Ing. D. H. Müller, BIBA • Prof. Dr. H. Eirund, HSB • Prof. Dr. R. Sethmann, HSB • Prof. D. Rahe, i/i/d • Prof. Dr. B. Grüter, HSB • Prof. Dr. H. Schelhowe, TZI • Prof. Dr.-Ing W. Lang, IMSAS • Prof. Dr. M. Hülsmann, WiWi • Prof. Dr. R. Malaka, TZI • Prof. Dr. O. Zielinski, HS Bhv • Prof. Dr. Martin Schneider, TZI Board of Directors • Prof. Dr. O. Herzog, TZI • Prof. Dr. C. Görg, TZI • Prof. Dr.-Ing. B. Scholz-Reiter, BIBA

14. Market Test and Demo Center Logistics Production Aviation + Space Industry. eEntertainment eHealth Market Mobile Communication Mobile Hardware Middleware Mobile Services Mobile Sensorics Human Computer Interfaces Mobile Security Business Models Product Design Holistic Process Design MRC Research Profile • 140 full-time researchers • Focus on industrial sectors • Application-oriented and interdisciplinary research • Full range of ICT includingIndustrial Design

15. MRC DemoCenter • Hands-on Approach • Demonstration of present and future mobile technologies and application systems • Upgrading research results for transfer into products and services • Product development support in test markets, e.g., usability tests and user acceptance tests

16. Current Demonstrators and Prototypes • Mobile Knowledge Management • Mobile assistance systems • Textile Integration of electronic components • Mobile information search • Wearable Computing • Mobile interpersonal real-time communication (e.g., voice over IP, video data transmission) • Wireless Heterogeneous Networks • Mobile OCR and Mobile Multimedia Access • Mobile interaction concepts • Adaptivity (especially of user interfaces) • Software Ergonomics of mobile applications • Sensory registration and recognition of context • Mobile Security (e.g. WLAN security, security concept for mobile terminal devices) • Cooperating mobile systems • Architectures and concepts for location-based services • Mobile Solutions for education

17. Wearable Computing

18. Wearable Computing … … a new way to use a computer?

19. Wearable Computing … … a huge world wide market!

20. Wearable Computing Applications and Devices

21. Open Wearable Computing PlatformSystem Architecture carry on, miniaturized appliances - mobile phone, PDA,... N A attachable peripherals B - display, keypad, GPS s s e embedded microsystems l e r -sensors, i w -signal processing, -power generation,... textile electronics interface functional textiles - data and power lines, interface to electronics - sensing - power generation - electrodes functioning as a single dynamically reconfigurable system

22. Miniaturised Sensors (Bharatula, Ossevoort, Lukowicz, Tröster, 2004)

23. Sensor-driven User Interfaces

24. Assistant System for Maintenance Hands free Head Mounted Display Wireless Communication Belt mounted Computer

25. Wearable Computing Wearable Computing is a new paradigm • to work with instead to work at the computer • using the computer is not the primary task, but • using the computer during and for the primary task • Mobile versus office work • office work (usually) manipulates virtual objects inside the computer • mobile work (usually) manipulates real objects on-site with computer assistance • attention and hands are needed to interact with real-world objects • Location, time, and work context sensing • Reduction of cognitive load by context-based assistance

26. Flagship project wearIT@work • Integrated EU Project: • Total budget: 24 m€, • EU funding: 14 m€ • Project coordination: MRC-TZI Bremen • 42 partners in the consortium • Size: (12 > 5000, 3 < 5000, 15 SMEs, 6 public institutions) • 170 people yearsover 4.5 years • Open Wearable Computing Group (OWCG) as a central standardization board • International Forum on Applied Wearable Computing (IFAWC) as a world-wide event focusing on Mobile Applications

27. wearIT@work – The consortium (examples)

28. wearIt@work Pilot Applications Fire department assistance(Paris) • Increasing firefighters’ safety through better coordination and communication • Support of human senses (augmented reality) Wearable Computing in Production(Skoda) • Permanent access to process information • Collection and integration of information from various sources

29. WearIT@work Pilot Applications Wearable Computing in Maintenance (EADS) • Inspection, maintenance and repair • Development of intelligent manuals which are wearable, context sensitive and/or adaptive • Input, collection and output of data Health Care(Gespag) • Better access to patient information during a physical examination • On-the-spot documentation by the examining physician • Coordination of clinical processes

30. Activity Types in wearIT@work - I (*) Paul Lukowicz, Universität Passau

31. Activity Types in wearIT@work - II (*) Paul Lukowicz, Universität Passau

32. GESPAG Health Care Scenario Video

33. LivingLab LivingLab Science Living Lab Mobil-ITy • Joint initiative of DaimlerChrysler, Siemens, Mobile Solution Group Bremen, and MRC • Common platform for innovation in the automotive domain • Closing the gap between research and applications Market New Business Drive Innovation

34. Innovation Application LivingLab Objective : Decreased Time-to-Market Time-to-Market Innovation Application Effort Time-to-Market Effort Research Development Time Development Research Time Reduce the Time to Market

35. LivingLab – Portfolio • Living interface between industry and R&D • Identification, evaluation, and test of innovative technologies with respect to concrete problems and potential application of industrial partners – without interfering with production processes • Providing practical experiences with leading-edge technology • Exploration of new developments, refinements, and application areas • Usage of parallel development cycles of research and development in the framework of industrial partner • Project-specific and strategic cooperations with the Mobile Solution Center and global players in mobile solutions • Establishing workshops and tutorials for different user classes of the industrial partners

36. Lessons learned Follow a holistic approach: • do not embark on single isolated research projects and technologies, • get the total picture and understand the different facets research can provide for the structural change of a region, • find the place of research and innovation in the concert of enterprises, politics, and business development • marketing, marketing, marketing!

37. Conclusion • For a necessary regional structural change and economic growth the early identification of promising ICT fields is crucial. • Innovations just don’t happen by themselves: innovation processes must be established • A network of academia, economy, and politics must be created to establish and cultivate the infrastructure to foster innovative technologies towards product development.

38. Thank you herzog@tzi.de