Carry Small, Live Large

Invited Speaker: Lakshman Krishnamurthy
Date: May 15, 2009
Time: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Venue: Boelter Hall 3400

Abstract

Imagine a day when a single device small enough to fit in your pocket has the power of a laptop and can deliver a rich computing, telephony, media, gaming, and Internet experience. Imagine a day when this device knows your tendencies and preferences and can adapt and optimize its interfaces to match what you are doing at any point any time. Imagine a day when this device is not constrained as a standalone unit, but can dynamically become a hybrid combination of other computing and multimedia devices in close proximity. In the labs at Intel, we have been looking at what makes sense for mobility in the future – a vision we refer to as Carry Small, Live Large.

· The first component of the Carry Small, Live Large vision – Carry Small – is focused on enabling users to carry essential and convenient computing resources in powerful, small, pocket-sized devices. . They will offer more powerful processors, allowing them to overcome shortcomings of the small form factor by supporting more natural forms of human interfaces such as voice and gesture recognition.

· The second component of the Carry Small, Live Large vision – Live Large – is focused on amplifying and enhancing the utility of the small mobile device by detecting, connecting, and sharing functionality with a variety of computing, storage, and multimedia devices in their vicinity.

· Living Large also means that your experiences are relevant to your current context. For instance, when travelling in a foreign country, integrated sensors such as GPS, accelerometers, and a compass will allow a device to infer where you are and what you are doing. If you are looking at an interesting historic building, the device could use its built-in camera to capture what you are looking at, synthesize with contextual data such as your location and direction you are facing, and download and present historic and tourist information to you via the mobile broadband Internet connection. All of these components are available in devices as standalone functions today, but enormous opportunities are at our doorstep if we connect them together in a meaningful way.

At Intel, research is already underway to make mobile devices, smaller, smarter, and context-aware. It is at the intersection of Carry Small and Live Large where composable and context-aware computing capabilities become real. And it is at this intersection where our everyday experiences are greatly amplified and enriched.

Biography

Lakshman Krishnamurthy is a Senior Principal Engineer in the Future Technologies Lab at Intel, where he leads efforts in build next generation mobile devices. In the 12 years at Intel, Lakshman has led or contributed to range of projects in the areas of multi-radio silicon and platform integration, sensor networks protocols and deployments, WiFi mesh networks, digital television, and internet video streaming. The majority of his work has focused on solving system level problems, which enable new applications and experiences. Lakshman has published/served at customary IEEE/ACM Journals, conferences, workshops in the area. Over the last few years, he has focused on making research results impact Intel products and corporate direction. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the Univ. of Kentucky and BE from the Univ of Mysore, India.