Shigeya Suzuki
Synthetic Object Domain (SOD) Project
Bill Manning, Project Leader

Mon, July 18
1:30PM PDT
11th floor large conference room

RFID and Internet - Possibility of Auto-ID Technology

Auto-ID technology, which combines the latest Radio Frequency Identifier (RFID) technology and IT to realize "Internet of Objects," was initially started at MIT. Currently, the user-oriented group EPCglobal is trying to define the specifications of this technology from the Supply Chain Management point of view. Some of the major players in retail channel has started deploying this technology recently.

EPCglobal is focused on the SCM area, but as everyone knows, RFID
technology combined with the latest Internet technology will provide a broad range of applications. I am currently working on a project to create an application framework which possibly creates "Internet of Objects."

In this seminar, the following topics will be presented:

- EPCglobal/Auto-ID technology and organization quick status
- Speaker's current view -- how to create "Internet of Objects."

BIO:

Shigeya initially learned architecture in high-school and as an undergraduate. While studying as an undergraduate student, he established a software company (Foretune Co. Ltd.) which provided a contract-based software development service and consultation to major Japanese and some US companies, which lasted for 20 years. He also served as a CEO at Omnisci Software, Inc. for five years.

In the last 25 years, his major interest has been computer networks . He joined Keio University to work as a researcher. He is a member of the WIDE Project since 1989 and currently act as an area director of the WIDE Project (transport area) and as an associate director of Auto-ID Labs Japan (Keio Research Institute).

Currently, he is a visiting researcher at USC/ISI. His recent research interests are ubiquitous computing and scalability issues around distributed computing.