1 00:00:00,325 --> 00:00:02,700 STEPHEN MILES: One of our challenges over the next couple 2 00:00:02,700 --> 00:00:05,010 of days is we have people who've come here 3 00:00:05,010 --> 00:00:06,730 from all over the world. 4 00:00:06,730 --> 00:00:11,250 Thank you very much for being here with all the snow 5 00:00:11,250 --> 00:00:15,180 and weather that has beset us here at the last minute. 6 00:00:15,180 --> 00:00:17,700 Actually, Jun Mirai from Japan was 7 00:00:17,700 --> 00:00:21,330 caught in a snowstorm at Narita airport in Japan 8 00:00:21,330 --> 00:00:23,700 and so won't be able to join us until later today. 9 00:00:23,700 --> 00:00:27,390 And I'm sure that there will be people trickling in as well. 10 00:00:27,390 --> 00:00:30,540 We wanted to keep this convocation as small 11 00:00:30,540 --> 00:00:34,230 and focused as possible to see if we could actually 12 00:00:34,230 --> 00:00:36,870 make some headway and to remind you 13 00:00:36,870 --> 00:00:40,620 of the objectives that were set forth 14 00:00:40,620 --> 00:00:42,670 by the conference committee. 15 00:00:42,670 --> 00:00:45,270 We talked about wanting to identify opportunities 16 00:00:45,270 --> 00:00:48,300 for collaborative research, to determine 17 00:00:48,300 --> 00:00:51,960 what the core research components of some 18 00:00:51,960 --> 00:00:56,760 of these opportunities might be, and use these sessions that we 19 00:00:56,760 --> 00:01:01,380 have today to begin a technology road-mapping process that we 20 00:01:01,380 --> 00:01:06,870 hope to follow on with subsequent events leading out 21 00:01:06,870 --> 00:01:10,470 of here, which we'll share with you more on tomorrow. 22 00:01:10,470 --> 00:01:13,380 But so first, I'd like to welcome you 23 00:01:13,380 --> 00:01:15,900 on behalf of MIT and the AUTO-ID Labs 24 00:01:15,900 --> 00:01:18,910 here at MIT, who's the host for this event. 25 00:01:18,910 --> 00:01:20,110 My name is Steve Miles. 26 00:01:20,110 --> 00:01:22,260 I'm a research engineer here at the lab. 27 00:01:22,260 --> 00:01:28,350 And I'm the conference committee chair for this gathering. 28 00:01:28,350 --> 00:01:31,920 I'd like to just give you an overview of what's 29 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:33,580 happening over the next couple of days 30 00:01:33,580 --> 00:01:38,160 so you can visualize the agenda and then also thank 31 00:01:38,160 --> 00:01:40,590 some of the people who are here with us 32 00:01:40,590 --> 00:01:45,130 today, without whom this event couldn't have happened. 33 00:01:45,130 --> 00:01:50,010 So I guess, first to start with the thank you's, 34 00:01:50,010 --> 00:01:52,440 there's a conference committee that was very much created 35 00:01:52,440 --> 00:01:54,960 ad hoc, people who knew people who were leading 36 00:01:54,960 --> 00:01:57,090 researchers in this area. 37 00:01:57,090 --> 00:02:00,030 And out of that conference committee, 38 00:02:00,030 --> 00:02:02,610 there are half a dozen key contributors 39 00:02:02,610 --> 00:02:05,010 who are here who I'd like to acknowledge and maybe 40 00:02:05,010 --> 00:02:08,789 ask you to stand as I say your name so that people can 41 00:02:08,789 --> 00:02:11,970 see who you are, because, again, these are good collaborators. 42 00:02:11,970 --> 00:02:15,810 These are people with whom we've established and begun 43 00:02:15,810 --> 00:02:17,890 to think of ways that we can work together. 44 00:02:17,890 --> 00:02:21,090 So Dr. Bill Hargrave from the University of Arkansas, Bill, 45 00:02:21,090 --> 00:02:22,140 are you here? 46 00:02:22,140 --> 00:02:25,648 And Dr. Gisele Bennett from Georgia Tech-- 47 00:02:25,648 --> 00:02:27,690 stay standing, because I'm going to ask everybody 48 00:02:27,690 --> 00:02:28,780 to applaud when-- 49 00:02:28,780 --> 00:02:29,280 [LAUGHTER] 50 00:02:29,280 --> 00:02:32,120 --Jean Pierre [INAUDIBLE],, right? 51 00:02:32,120 --> 00:02:32,673 Jean Pierre? 52 00:02:32,673 --> 00:02:33,548 AUDIENCE: Yeah, here. 53 00:02:33,548 --> 00:02:34,830 STEPHEN MILES: OK. 54 00:02:34,830 --> 00:02:41,520 Dr. Rob Clarke from MSU, Dr. Dimitrios Kyritsis 55 00:02:41,520 --> 00:02:47,070 from EPFL in Switzerland, and, actually a nonacademic but 56 00:02:47,070 --> 00:02:49,350 who was the person who gets the credit 57 00:02:49,350 --> 00:02:52,140 for the idea of this convocation, Mark 58 00:02:52,140 --> 00:02:54,750 Roberti from RFID Journal-- 59 00:02:54,750 --> 00:02:57,570 so this group of people has been very instrumental in putting 60 00:02:57,570 --> 00:02:58,570 together the speakers. 61 00:02:58,570 --> 00:02:59,952 Please acknowledge them. 62 00:02:59,952 --> 00:03:02,904 [APPLAUSE] 63 00:03:05,257 --> 00:03:06,840 And then there's a second group that's 64 00:03:06,840 --> 00:03:09,420 really the core group of academic collaborators 65 00:03:09,420 --> 00:03:12,330 who had an equal share in putting this event together 66 00:03:12,330 --> 00:03:14,970 and who you will hear from today. 67 00:03:14,970 --> 00:03:16,560 Those of you who don't know them, 68 00:03:16,560 --> 00:03:19,650 again, we'd like to recognize them as a group, so Dr. Elgar 69 00:03:19,650 --> 00:03:24,630 Fleisch from the University of St. Gallen and Duncan McFarlane 70 00:03:24,630 --> 00:03:27,510 from Cambridge University, who's represented by Alan Thorne 71 00:03:27,510 --> 00:03:28,380 today-- 72 00:03:28,380 --> 00:03:29,130 is Alan here? 73 00:03:29,130 --> 00:03:30,258 AUDIENCE: [INAUDIBLE] 74 00:03:30,258 --> 00:03:31,800 STEPHEN MILES: Dr. Jun Mirai of Keio, 75 00:03:31,800 --> 00:03:37,510 who is in a snowstorm but is represented by Shigeaki Suzuki, 76 00:03:37,510 --> 00:03:42,010 Dr. Hao Min of Fudan University, Dr. 77 00:03:42,010 --> 00:03:45,340 Peter Cole from the University of Adelaide, and Dr. 78 00:03:45,340 --> 00:03:49,270 Sang Gug Lee of the Information and Communications University 79 00:03:49,270 --> 00:03:52,180 in Korea, the latest addition to the AUTO-ID Labs family, 80 00:03:52,180 --> 00:03:55,060 together with John Williams as the director of the AUTO-ID 81 00:03:55,060 --> 00:03:56,600 Labs here at MIT-- 82 00:03:56,600 --> 00:03:58,182 so a hand for-- 83 00:03:58,182 --> 00:04:01,556 [APPLAUSE] 84 00:04:04,595 --> 00:04:09,120 So this group has been working together now for several years, 85 00:04:09,120 --> 00:04:10,980 looking at ways to collaborate to meet 86 00:04:10,980 --> 00:04:18,480 some of the opportunities that come from the adoption of RFID. 87 00:04:18,480 --> 00:04:21,450 And then finally, we have graduate students here 88 00:04:21,450 --> 00:04:23,580 at MIT, who have been instrumental in putting 89 00:04:23,580 --> 00:04:24,720 this event together. 90 00:04:24,720 --> 00:04:27,780 Is [INAUDIBLE] here? 91 00:04:27,780 --> 00:04:29,010 [INAUDIBLE] may be out front. 92 00:04:29,010 --> 00:04:34,410 But she gets the credit for the logo, for the posters 93 00:04:34,410 --> 00:04:39,000 out front, and has organized a series of fun demonstrations 94 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:41,700 of RFID technology at the MIT Museum 95 00:04:41,700 --> 00:04:43,440 tonight for the reception. 96 00:04:43,440 --> 00:04:49,590 And [INAUDIBLE],, on AV, doctoral candidate in the program here, 97 00:04:49,590 --> 00:04:53,570 together with [INAUDIBLE],, whose last name I won't try 98 00:04:53,570 --> 00:04:55,490 to pronounce-- 99 00:04:55,490 --> 00:04:57,830 and he's been the volunteer coordinator. 100 00:04:57,830 --> 00:05:02,665 So thank you very much to that group. 101 00:05:02,665 --> 00:05:06,935 [APPLAUSE] 102 00:05:06,935 --> 00:05:10,460 So just briefly the outline for the day, 103 00:05:10,460 --> 00:05:13,760 John Williams will introduce our keynote speaker. 104 00:05:13,760 --> 00:05:16,460 Following a break, we will then go into, 105 00:05:16,460 --> 00:05:18,710 this morning, the horizontal technology sessions, 106 00:05:18,710 --> 00:05:20,660 so a session on the network technology 107 00:05:20,660 --> 00:05:24,530 related to RFID, a session on the tag technology, 108 00:05:24,530 --> 00:05:28,280 and a session on the RF and the utilization of RF 109 00:05:28,280 --> 00:05:32,330 as we look out in the 10 years to come. 110 00:05:32,330 --> 00:05:34,610 And then in the afternoon, we move 111 00:05:34,610 --> 00:05:39,110 right into industry applications for RFID, focused 112 00:05:39,110 --> 00:05:42,560 around research areas that have been brought 113 00:05:42,560 --> 00:05:45,780 to the various labs around the world, 114 00:05:45,780 --> 00:05:48,020 so starting with anti-counterfeiting 115 00:05:48,020 --> 00:05:50,090 that is led by Dr. Elgar Fleisch, which 116 00:05:50,090 --> 00:05:54,710 is the flagship project for the AUTO-ID Labs collaboration. 117 00:05:54,710 --> 00:05:58,400 But then an initiative led by Alan 118 00:05:58,400 --> 00:06:02,510 at the University of Cambridge in aeronautics-- 119 00:06:02,510 --> 00:06:05,720 for those of you who may not be familiar with this opportunity. 120 00:06:05,720 --> 00:06:09,740 Boeing and Airbus have decided to redesign their entire supply 121 00:06:09,740 --> 00:06:14,660 chain more the model of the automotive industry, where 122 00:06:14,660 --> 00:06:17,210 they'll be able to exchange subassemblies. 123 00:06:17,210 --> 00:06:19,520 And there's a requirement for an active tag 124 00:06:19,520 --> 00:06:23,150 to go on those subassemblies so that a Boeing shop might 125 00:06:23,150 --> 00:06:26,600 exchange a subassembly with an Airbus customer. 126 00:06:26,600 --> 00:06:28,760 And for that to occur, we'll clearly 127 00:06:28,760 --> 00:06:32,900 involve university research and aircraft parts manufacturers 128 00:06:32,900 --> 00:06:35,690 throughout the world and will require a response 129 00:06:35,690 --> 00:06:37,580 from the academic community that's 130 00:06:37,580 --> 00:06:40,670 far more coordinated than what we've done in the past. 131 00:06:40,670 --> 00:06:43,580 And from aeronautics, we go into automotive. 132 00:06:43,580 --> 00:06:47,000 And then we're very privileged to have the vice president 133 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:51,410 of Johnson & Johnson, who's put together with the EPCglobal 134 00:06:51,410 --> 00:06:56,270 health care life sciences coordinator program a session 135 00:06:56,270 --> 00:06:59,390 on health care to conclude the day. 136 00:06:59,390 --> 00:07:02,810 And then at 5 o'clock, we will move up 137 00:07:02,810 --> 00:07:06,410 to the MIT Museum for a reception and a time 138 00:07:06,410 --> 00:07:07,520 to meet one another. 139 00:07:07,520 --> 00:07:11,000 And also, please, take a chance to see the half a dozen demos, 140 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:14,510 which are there showing different applications 141 00:07:14,510 --> 00:07:17,150 for RFID, I believe, one of which 142 00:07:17,150 --> 00:07:21,050 is an espresso machine, which recognizes your taste in coffee 143 00:07:21,050 --> 00:07:24,690 by your cup, as I understand it. 144 00:07:24,690 --> 00:07:30,840 And then tomorrow, we have a very extensive session 145 00:07:30,840 --> 00:07:34,020 in supply chain and in packaging. 146 00:07:34,020 --> 00:07:37,950 And after a light box lunch, we'll 147 00:07:37,950 --> 00:07:40,710 reconvene for applications for RFID 148 00:07:40,710 --> 00:07:44,430 beyond the supply chain and then a concluding panel 149 00:07:44,430 --> 00:07:47,430 with some of the executives who are here. 150 00:07:47,430 --> 00:07:50,070 And part of the format of each of these sessions 151 00:07:50,070 --> 00:07:52,680 is to give academics no more, academics, 152 00:07:52,680 --> 00:07:54,990 no more than 10 minutes to talk about really 153 00:07:54,990 --> 00:07:57,270 what's key in our research and then 154 00:07:57,270 --> 00:07:59,550 to get some feedback in each of the sessions, 155 00:07:59,550 --> 00:08:03,270 both from industry panelists and from the audience 156 00:08:03,270 --> 00:08:07,650 as to the applicability, utility, and possible direction 157 00:08:07,650 --> 00:08:10,620 for that research. 158 00:08:10,620 --> 00:08:13,862 So are there any questions about the logistics? 159 00:08:13,862 --> 00:08:14,820 There was one question. 160 00:08:14,820 --> 00:08:17,070 Bathrooms are located-- 161 00:08:17,070 --> 00:08:18,000 AUDIENCE: That way. 162 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:19,233 STEPHEN MILES: That way. 163 00:08:19,233 --> 00:08:20,150 AUDIENCE: [INAUDIBLE]. 164 00:08:20,150 --> 00:08:21,733 STEPHEN MILES: For lunch, we are going 165 00:08:21,733 --> 00:08:25,490 to walk to the other side of Mass Ave to the student center. 166 00:08:25,490 --> 00:08:28,580 And so we might try to do this through the buildings 167 00:08:28,580 --> 00:08:29,300 to stay dry. 168 00:08:29,300 --> 00:08:32,700 We'll see how the weather holds up. 169 00:08:32,700 --> 00:08:37,020 But if there are no questions about logistics at this time, 170 00:08:37,020 --> 00:08:39,440 I'd like to hand the convocation over 171 00:08:39,440 --> 00:08:41,419 to Professor John Williams, who's 172 00:08:41,419 --> 00:08:44,758 the director of the AUTO-ID Labs here to MIT. 173 00:08:44,758 --> 00:08:49,337 [APPLAUSE] 174 00:08:49,337 --> 00:08:50,670 JOHN WILLIAMS: Thanks very much. 175 00:08:50,670 --> 00:08:55,260 I want to welcome you all here to MIT on this typical Boston 176 00:08:55,260 --> 00:08:56,490 day. 177 00:08:56,490 --> 00:08:59,370 I often wondered why MIT got so much research done 178 00:08:59,370 --> 00:09:00,210 until I moved here. 179 00:09:00,210 --> 00:09:02,730 And then I began to understand that, in the winter, 180 00:09:02,730 --> 00:09:04,770 you're basically locked in. 181 00:09:04,770 --> 00:09:06,850 There's nothing to do except research. 182 00:09:06,850 --> 00:09:11,730 So that's the explanation why MIT is pretty innovative. 183 00:09:11,730 --> 00:09:15,480 I'd like to thank Steve Miles, especially for putting this on. 184 00:09:15,480 --> 00:09:18,060 Really, it's been his effort along 185 00:09:18,060 --> 00:09:20,430 with the organizing committee. 186 00:09:20,430 --> 00:09:23,010 But he's done a tremendous amount, so I'd like to give a-- 187 00:09:23,010 --> 00:09:28,310 [APPLAUSE] 188 00:09:28,310 --> 00:09:32,810 Before I welcome our first speaker, 189 00:09:32,810 --> 00:09:35,330 I'd like to just remind you, I think, 190 00:09:35,330 --> 00:09:37,190 how important this is that. 191 00:09:37,190 --> 00:09:42,470 In the AUTO-ID Labs, this consortium of seven labs, 192 00:09:42,470 --> 00:09:49,310 we got together as a consortium with the goal of architecting 193 00:09:49,310 --> 00:09:51,480 the internet of things. 194 00:09:51,480 --> 00:09:54,650 And when you talk about the internet of things, 195 00:09:54,650 --> 00:09:56,300 it's really an infrastructure that's 196 00:09:56,300 --> 00:09:59,060 going to have to last a hundred years. 197 00:09:59,060 --> 00:10:01,220 If you think about the railway system, the power 198 00:10:01,220 --> 00:10:05,120 system, our water supply systems, 199 00:10:05,120 --> 00:10:10,820 these are infrastructures that support society and are 200 00:10:10,820 --> 00:10:12,740 going to have to last. 201 00:10:12,740 --> 00:10:16,010 I worry about this infrastructure, 202 00:10:16,010 --> 00:10:21,170 that we need to think seriously about it, that it's not just 203 00:10:21,170 --> 00:10:22,670 fast-moving consumer goods. 204 00:10:22,670 --> 00:10:28,730 It's going to be knowing what something is, where it is, 205 00:10:28,730 --> 00:10:31,950 when it's there, and why it's there. 206 00:10:31,950 --> 00:10:35,060 And this is going to be tremendously important that we 207 00:10:35,060 --> 00:10:38,370 future proof this architecture. 208 00:10:38,370 --> 00:10:41,840 And I think that's the goal of this convocation, 209 00:10:41,840 --> 00:10:45,680 is for us to identify the research that's necessary 210 00:10:45,680 --> 00:10:48,177 so that this infrastructure will survive. 211 00:10:48,177 --> 00:10:49,760 So I think it's tremendously important 212 00:10:49,760 --> 00:10:52,910 that we think about that, that it's a global infrastructure. 213 00:10:52,910 --> 00:10:55,850 It's cross-countries, cross-boundaries. 214 00:10:55,850 --> 00:10:58,830 It's going to be incredibly difficult to do that. 215 00:10:58,830 --> 00:11:02,120 So we're very fortunate today to have 216 00:11:02,120 --> 00:11:06,740 one of the founders of RFID, Professor Sanjay Sharma here, 217 00:11:06,740 --> 00:11:12,710 who's going to tell us about research in RFID. 218 00:11:12,710 --> 00:11:17,440 So I'd like to welcome him and welcome you all to MIT.