Seattle Communications (COM-19) Society Chapter

November 08, 2004

Sponsors:      IEEE Communications Society (Com-19) 

                         IEEE Circuits and Systems (CAS-4)

                         IEEE Graduates of the Last Decade (GOLD)

Topic:         Radio Frequency Identification

Speaker:     Greg Leeming, Intel

Date/Time: Monday November 08, 2004, 6:30-9pm

                         6:30- 7:15 pm            Social, food and soft drinks

                         7:30 -8:45pm              Seminar

Location:     University of Washington Seattle Campus

EE/CSE Bldg Room 303

    Directions:       http://www.ee.washington.edu/directions.html

    Map: http://www.washington.edu/home/maps/southcentral.html?101,102,846,688

         UW Contact:  Sumit Roy (o) 206 221 5261

                    

                          Seminar: Radio Frequency Identification

     Speaker: Greg Leeming

Abstract

 Radio Frequency ID is being hyped as a technology that will significantly change how business is conducted over the next decade.  What is behind the Hype?  This talk will begin by providing an overview of RFID technology and then zero in on UHF passive tags, the technology that is the current focus of much of the hype.   Basic passive tag and reader operation (back scatter radiation, communication protocols, tag and reader architecture) will be presented followed by a discussion of the forces driving the adoption of RFID (WalMart, US military, EPC global).  Finally, a discussion of the challenges RFID must overcome (cost, performance) and the impact adoption of RFID is likely to have on the computing industry (I will bring out my crystal ball) will be provided.

 

Speaker Biography

 Greg Leeming is the program manager for RFID development within Intel's New Business Incubation Group (NBI).  Greg has 20 years of industry experience working in research and new technology development organizations on a variety of technologies including estimation theory, speech recognition, virtual reality, simulation and modeling, computer peripherals and server chipsets.  Greg has a BS math from Bates College, Lewiston ME, BSEE from Northeastern University, Boston MA and an MSEE from Brown University, Providence RI.