1 Why Hollywood might Rescue Us from Doom Romit Roy Choudhury Duke University

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Why Hollywood might Rescue Us from Doom

Romit Roy ChoudhuryDuke University

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Summary of MobiCom Research

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Summary of MobiCom Research

Dude! WiFi is dead

All this is bogus …

Incremental

Incremental

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Core ProblemWe are searching under the street light … i.e., not seeing outside of what is already visible to us.

We are searching under the street light … i.e., not seeing outside of what is already visible to us.

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My Proposal

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My Proposal

Let Hollywood movie directors, playwrights, sci-Fi novel authors get involved with MobiCom … invite them to envision the future

of wireless networking …

Their imaginations are free of the PHY/MAC/Routing/TCP constraints that stifle us … they are wild thinkers and equally

good researchers

Embrace them into our community …

Let Hollywood movie directors, playwrights, sci-Fi novel authors get involved with MobiCom … invite them to envision the future

of wireless networking …

Their imaginations are free of the PHY/MAC/Routing/TCP constraints that stifle us … they are wild thinkers and equally

good researchers

Embrace them into our community …

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If My Wish is Granted

Stephen Spielberg Hollywood, USAStephen Spielberg Hollywood, USA

Christopher Nolan Hollywood, USAChristopher Nolan Hollywood, USA

MobiCom 2012

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If My Wish is Granted

Joe’s Grandmom Housewife, IndiaJoe’s Grandmom Housewife, India

Stephen Spielberg Hollywood, USAStephen Spielberg Hollywood, USA

Christopher Nolan Hollywood, USAChristopher Nolan Hollywood, USA

MobiCom 2012

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If My Wish is Granted

MobiCom 2012 Advanced Program

H-Matrix: Bending Signals to Avoid Collisions,N. Vaidya (UIUC), Andy Wachowski (Hollywood) et. al.

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If My Wish is Granted

MobiCom 2012 Advanced Program

H-Matrix: Bending Signals to Avoid Collisions,N. Vaidya (UIUC), Andy Wachowski (Hollywood) et. al.

mReport: Measuring Wireless Channels for MAVsV. Bahl (MSR), S. Spielberg (Hollywood), et. al.

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If My Wish is Granted

FAD: Behavior-Aware Advertising in the AmbienceR. Jain (Google), M. Gruteser (Rutgers), S. Spielberg (Hollywood), et. al

MobiCom 2012 Advanced Program

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If My Wish is Granted

weDream: Brain to Brain Communication to Offload WiFiA. Barabassi (UND), C. Nolan (Hollywood)

MobiCom 2012 Best Paper

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Summary of Past MobiComs

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Summary of MobiCom 2012

MobiCom Program

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Thank You

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BackUp Slides

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If My Wish is Granted

B2B: Communicating over a bio side channelA. Barabassi (UND), C. Nolan (Hollywood)

MobiCom 2012 Best Paper