Auto-ID Labs Open Source Software and the EPC Global Network for RFID (RFID Smart Labels USA 2007)

Prof John Williams, Prof Information Engineering
MIT Auto-ID Lab, United States
 

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Speaker Biography

  • Director MIT AutoID Laboratory and Member of EPCglobal Inc Architectural Review Committee (ARC)
  • Named one of 50 most powerful people in Computer Networking by Network World 2005
  • Director of the Intelligent Engineering Systems Laboratory with a research budget of $2 million, 5 professors and 50 Masters and PhD students.
  • Director of Microsoft funded Robot World Project to develop information systems and simulations for design of machines.
  • Research on RFID and Sensor Networks infrastructure for buildings
  • Ex Co-Director of Leaders for Manufacturing and Systems Design and Management Program, a $7million program with 15 staff and 200 students. Over 12 years collaboration with Japanese on educational information systems.
  • Research with Sandia National Laboratories on distributed numerical algorithms for spatial reasoning and powder simulation. A 4-year $8million effort to analyze critical petroleum industry and pharmaceutical industry problems.
  • 10 Years in Industry Consulting to Government and Petroleum Companies. Vice President Applied Mechanics Inc.

Presentation Summary

  • The Auto-ID Lab is architecting the "Internet of Things"
  • The EPCIS standard for exchanging RFID information across the global network will be discussed
  • An update on the Auto-ID Labs Open Source Software effort will be presented as well as latest research findings
  • MIT Auto-ID Labs will demonstrate their GEOEPC and MENTOR software toolkit and their RFID Simulator

Company Profile (MIT Auto-ID Labs)

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The MIT Auto-ID Laboratory is dedicated to creating the Internet of Things using RFID and Wireless Sensor Networks. Our aim from the start was to create a global system for tracking goods using a single numbering system called the Electronic Product Code. The Auto-ID Labs are the leading global network of academic research laboratories in the field of networked RFID. The labs comprise seven of the world's most renowned research universities located on four different continents.
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