National Science Week at Bablake - March 2009
Nanotech 2009 - Houston, Texas, May 3- 7, 2009.
The Second WiSig National Showcase - July 2, 2009
Cogent at WiSig National Showcase
Dr. Elena Gaura, Director of the Cogent Computing Applied Research Centre, co-chaired the first National Showcase on Wireless Sensor Networks on July 1st, 2008. The event was organized by the Sensors & Instrumentation Knowledge Transfer Network (SIKTN) and held at the National Physics Laboratory, Teddington. The event’s invited speakers were Prof. Ian Marshall (Lancaster University), Dr. D.K. Arvind (Edinburgh University) and Dr. Kirk Martinez (Southampton University).
Of the 10 system demonstrators accepted at the WiSig National Showcase, 3 were delivered by Cogent’s members, as follows:
The event was attended by over 100 academics and industry representatives, and was rated as having been an extremely successful venture.It is planned to run again in 2009, possibly with international participation. For more details go to the event site.
Cogent at Nanotech - 2008
For the fifth year running, Dr Elena Gaura from the Cogent Computing Applied Research Centre organised the two day Symposium on Sensors and Systems in the Modelling and Simulation of Microsystems as part of the (MSM) strand of the NSTI Nanotechnology conference (Nanotech 2008).
The conference, the largest of its kind worldwide attracted this year in excess of 6000 participants and took place in Boston,Massachusetts, USA, from June 1st-5th. The symposium had 6 invited and keynote speakers, including Dr. Lewis Girod (MIT), Dr. Alberto Sanna (San Rafaelle Institute, Milan) and Dr. Jerry Hallmark (Motorola – Mobile devices division). The symposium attracted over 300 participants and had a program of 80 oral and 30 poster presentations.
Dr. Gaura chaired the symposium and a number of presentations were made by Cogent members in the area of system design and applications of Wireless Sensor Networks.
Dr Gaura said: "Nanotech 2008 continued its tradition of high standards as a global showcase for research. My continued involvement as organiser of one the major symposiums at the event illustrates that the work we are doing at Cogent Computing remains at the cutting edge of wireless sensor technology. Events like Nanotech 2008 enables the Centre to share its work with colleagues over the world and hopefully make new contacts with a view to collaborating on projects in the future."
National Science Week at Bablake - Sensing Day 2008
On March 12, 2008 the Cogent Computing Applied Research Centre marked National Science and Engineering Week by hosting an innovative and exciting event at the Bablake Junior School in Coventry.
The event's aim was two-fold: first, to introduce the youngsters to new wireless sensor network technology and second, to demonstrate howthis technology can be used to gain a better appreciation of core science concepts in the National Curriculum.
Using some of the latest WSN technology, the seven member team from Cogent was able to engage and excite the students using a number of interactive games and demos aimed at explaining concepts like friction, sound, temperature and light.
Director of the Cogent Computing Applied Research Centre, Dr. Elena Gaura said:
"Pervasive sensing technology is the technology of the future. We hope to stimulate these young minds while showing how our technology can be used to foster a better understanding of science in a fun way."
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