DAY 2 (20 Oct 2015)
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Latest Location-based Services (LBS) Technologies Development and Future Prospect
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Time
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Programme
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09:00
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Registration (Morning Session) and Networking
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09:30
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Welcome Remarks
Dr Sunny CHAI, Chairman of Board of Directors, LSCM R&D Centre |
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09:35
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Opening Remarks
Prof Joseph Kee Yin NG, Professor, Department of Computer Science, Hong Kong Baptist University / Co-Chairperson, Organising Committee of LBS Forum |
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09:45
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Innovation and Technology in Location Based Information System
 Prof On Ching YUE, Science Advisor, Innovation and Technology Commission, The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
The proliferation of smartphones and the more recent widespread adoption by users of electronic tablets have opened the door for location-aware applications to permeate all aspects of everyday life. Location is at the core of a large number of high-value applications ranging from the life-and-death context of emergency response to stochastic social events. Unfortunately, there is no single technology that is good for every situation that exhibits accuracy, acceptable cost, and universal coverage. In fact, the modern location systems are based on a multitude of different technologies including GPS, Wi-Fi, ultrasound, and among others.
The Innovation and Technology Fund (ITF) aims to increase the added value, productivity and competitiveness of our economic activities. The Government hopes that, through the ITF, Hong Kong companies could be encouraged and assisted to upgrade their technological level and introduce innovative ideas to their businesses.
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10:00
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Getting Small is Getting Big – About the Future of LBS
Prof Georg GARTNER, Research Group Cartography, Department of Geodesy and Geoinformation, Vienna University of Technology / Past President, International Cartographic Association
In the geospatial domains we can witness, that more spatial data than ever is produced currently. Numerous sensors of all kinds are available, measuring values, storing them in databases which are linked to other databases being embedded in whole spatial data infrastructures, following standards and accepted rules. In this respect LBS play a key role. LBS are most efficient in enabling human users to understand complex situations. LBS can be understood as tools to order information by their spatial context. LBS can be seen as the perfect interface between a human user and all those big data and thus enable human users to answer location-related questions, to support spatial behaviour, to enable spatial problem solving or simply to be able to become aware of space.
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10:30
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Coffee Break
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11:00
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Indoor Positioning via Smartphone Sensing
Prof Tao GU, Associate Professor, Computer Science and Information Technology, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University
With recent advances of smartphone and sensing technologies, Indoor positioning which leverages on smartphone sensing has become more and more popular in recent years. In this talk, Prof Gu will present some of the state-of-the-art technologies they developed for indoor positioning at RMIT university in Australia. In particular, He will present an indoor localisation system magnetometer on smartphone. This system is built on an augmented particle filter, and creates several innovations on the motion and measurement models. The system has practical implications for real-world deployment since it does not have any restriction on smartphone’s orientation, and it has the capability of fast recovery from errors. He will also present our solutions to floor localisation and localisation in Metro trains.
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11:30
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Supporting Infrastructure for the Development of Location-based Services in Hong Kong
Mr Paul NG, Assistant Director, Survey and Mapping, Lands Department
With the proliferation of mobile devices and the convenience in obtaining location information with these devices, there has emerged a growing market on Location-based Services (LBS). It is envisaged that many innovative LBS applications would be developed providing more and more convenient tools in our daily lives. With this trend, it is imminent that a supporting infrastructure and the enabling technologies are put in place to meet the growing demand of LBS in Hong Kong. This presentation highlights the government’s efforts in providing the necessary positioning infrastructure as well as the up-to-date spatial information for supporting various LBS applications. Government’s roles in the development of LBS technologies and related services will also be discussed.
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11:50
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Plenary Session
Discussion topic: Trends, Opportunities and Challenges of LBS Technologies Panel Moderator: Mr Simon WONG, Chief Executive Officer, LSCM R&D Centre Panelists:
* Listed in alphabetical order of panelists’ surnames |
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12:30
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Networking Luncheon
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| Registration (Afternoon Session) | ||
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14:20
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Technology Seminar (Track 1)
Indoor Positioning & Tracking Technologies
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Technology Seminar (Track 2)
Real-time Locating System
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14:30
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Prof Joseph Kee Yin NG
Department of Computer Science, Hong Kong Baptist University
Indoor Location Analytics
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Prof Wu CHEN
Department of Land Surveying and Geo-informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Hong Kong GNSS Infrastructure for Surveying and Navigation, and Environment Monitoring
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14:50
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Prof Ke Li WU
Department of Electronic Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Design Considerations of Indoor Locationing Systems Using Angular and Timing
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Prof Victor OK LI
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Hong Kong
Spatio-temporal Similarity Model for Wi-Fi-based Indoor Localisation
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15:10
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Dr Frank TONG
LSCM R&D Centre
RF Location Computing – Case Sharing of the Use of RF Localization Techniques in LBS Sensing and Navigation
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Mr Martin LAI
LSCM R&D Centre
Ultra-wide Band Technology for Real-time Asset Positioning and Tracking
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15:30
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Coffee Break
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16:00
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Dr Hai Long ZHU
LSCM R&D Centre
Passive RFID Positioning Technology and Applications
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Dr Dorbin NG
Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Using Video Analysis and Ad-hoc Wireless Connection Technologies to Detect Specific Objects for Tracking and Managing Resources
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16:20
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Prof Gary CHAN
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Indoor Positioning Based on Wireless Fingerprinting Technologies
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Dr Eric LUO
Department of Building and Real Estate, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Location-based Technologies for Asset Tracking and Risk Management
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16:40
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Q&A
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* Programme rundown is subject to change without prior notice