Panel Asian testbed Facilities -Invited Speakers


(9:20-10:30, Monday, 18 April)


Prof. Jun Kyun Choi received the B.Sc. (Eng.) from Seoul National University in electronics engineering, Seoul, Korea in 1982, and M.Sc (Eng.) and Ph.D degree in 1985 and 1988, respectively, in electronics engineering from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST).

From June 1986 until December 1997, he was with the Electronics and Telecommunication Research Institute (ETRI). In January 1998, he joined the Information and Communications University (ICU), Daejeon, Korea as Professor. At year 2009, he moves to Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) as Professor. He is a Senior Member of IEEE, the executive member of The Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea (IEEK), Editor Board of Member of Korea Information Processing Society (KIPS), Life member of Korea Institute of Communication Science (KICS). His research interests are concerned with broadband network architecture and IPTV technologies particular emphasis on performance and protocol problems. Secondary interests include the international standard activities on broadband network architecture and protocol with mobility support.

He was an active member of ITU-T Study Group 13 as a Rapporteur or Editor from January 1993 on the ATM, MPLS, and NGN issues. He is Head of Korean Delegation (1993 - current) and the working group chairman of IPTV Focus Group (year 2006 – 2007) and Head of Korean Delegation (1993 - current). He had submitted more than 300 contributions at ITU-T and more than 30 drafts on IETF.

Keynote Title:Broadband convergence Network Testbeds for Traffic Measurement and IPTV in Korea

Abstract
In this presentation, we present the International Broadband convergence Network Testbed architecture to connect China and Europe. The results of interoperability test of BcN QoS framework are explained. Traffic measurement tools and QoS metrics are evaluated according to ITU-T Recommendation. The algorithms to detect specific applications and collect their traffic volumes are proposed. The QoS apportionment mechanism are investigated. Finally, the KOREN-CERNET International IPTV testbed between Korea and China are also presented. The web-based IPTV test trials and overlay multicast services between Korea and China are accomplished to deliver high definition quality video streams.



Prof. Akihiro Nakao received B.S.(1991) in Physics, M.E.(1994) in Information Engineering from the University of Tokyo. He was at IBM Yamato Laboratory/at Tokyo Research Laboratory/at IBM Texas Austin from 1994 till 2005. He received M.S.(2001) and Ph.D.(2005) in Computer Science from Princeton University. He has been teaching as an Associate Professor in Applied Computer Science, at Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies, the University of Tokyo since 2005. He has also been an expert visiting scholar/a project leader at National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) since 2007.


Dr. Wei-Yun Yau received his BEng (Electrical) from the National University of Singapore (1992), MEng degree in biomedical image processing (1995) and PhD degree in computer vision (1999) from the Nanyang Technological University. From 1997 to 2002, he was a Research Engineer and then Program Manager at the Centre for Signal Processing, Singapore leading the research and development effort in biometrics signal processing. His team won the top 3 positions in both speed and accuracy at the international Fingerprint Verification Competition 2000 (FVC2000). Wei-Yun served as the Program Director of the Biometrics Enabled Mobile Commerce (BEAM) Consortium from 2001 to 2002. Currently, he is a Programme Manager with the Institute for Infocomm Research, leading the research in Interactive Social Tele-Experience programme. He is also currently the Chair of the IPTV Working Group, Singapore. At the international arena, he is the project editor of the international standards ISO/IEC JTC1 SC37 29794-4 on fingerprint quality score normalization and co-editor for ISO/IEC JTC1 SC37 29794-1. Wei-Yun is the recipient of the TEC Innovator Award 2002, the Tan Kah Kee Young Inventors' Award 2003 (Merit), Standards Council Merit Award 2005, IES Prestigious Engineering Achievement Awards 2006 and the Standards Council Distinguished Award 2007. His research interest includes biometrics, active vision system, personalized media and interactive visual interface and has published widely, with 8 patents granted and 100 publications in these areas. A paper he co-published in 2008 received the Pattern Recognition Journal Honorable Mention 2010.

Keynote Title:Open Access IPTV Testbed

Abstract
The deployment of next generation network (NGN) is growing rapidly in many countries. However, the growth of applications and services that would compel users to switch to the NGN is lacking. In view of this, Singapore has set-up an open access framework for the NGN. This will allow any company to innovate and tap on the NGN. In addition, we believed that video is key to the adoption of NGN and thus, we set out to establish a testbed for an open access internet protocol television. The testbed interfaces with the home of the future to allow testing and evaluation of new applications and services that will influence the lifestyle of the future. The talk will introduce the open access feature of the NGN, then describes the project testbed and the initiatives being established to collaborate with companies and institutions.


Dr. Li Yi, overall group expert of major project --"a new generation of high-trusted network" of Ministry of Science of China. He is currently the chairman and director of Shanghai Engineering Research center for Broadband Technologies and Applications. He presided over a number of national research, 863 projects and international cooperation projects focusing on research and development work. He owns 18 invention patents and published more than a dozen papers. Dr. Li was awarded with “Shanghai Technology Innovation leaders “, “Top 100 Projects Transformation” and many other honors. Since 2004, he led many major projects in the field of information technology with 863 programs and the Shanghai Municipal Government. His work got four world's first and a third in the world, offering a technically feasible solution for "triple play".

Keynote Title:Chinese Next Generation Testbed

Abstract
Chinese next generation testbed are funded by Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China (MOST) and implemented by National Engineering Research Center for Broadband Networks and Applications of China. It bases on the technologies achievements of 3Tnet project of China. Chinese next generation testbed includes reconfigurable, service and NGB testbed aspect of their function and value for research and demonstration of China next generation network and service. It supports network institutional reformation, tests new networking technologies verifies new network equipments and demonstrates emerging services. Through the above approaches, it provides indoor and outdoor experimental environments, experimental networks in designated areas and a basic environment for large scale experimental demonstration networks. It is able to meet the requirements of experiments and tests of equipments for various types of networks and nodes on different developing stages.