Workshop on Wireless Motion Capture and Fine-Scale Localization

8 October 2020 — Interactive Sessions!

This workshop will host researchers and engineers interested in the emerging technologies and applications for wireless motion capture and fine-scale wireless localization. Workshop presentations will explore technical issues relevant to new wireless motion capture, fine-scale localization, gesture recognition, tomography, and related technologies.

Invited Workshop Speakers

Prof. Antonis Dimitriou
Aristotle U. of
Thessaloniki
3D RFID localization
with robots		Prof. Matt Reynolds
U. of Washington
ThruWave Inc
mm-wave imaging		James Stratigos
Cognosis LLC
low-power, wide-area
tag location
Prof. Edwin Kan
Cornell U.
passive, ultra-precise
localization		Prof. William Kihei
Kennesaw State U.
identifying vehicles
in V2X networks
Prof. Arjuna
Madanayake
Florida Int. U.
UAV Doppler ID
Dr. Jet Zhu
Polaris Wireless
commercial handset
localization		Prof. Reza Zekavat
WPI
localization in body
& complex media		Andrea Motroni
U. of Pisa
robot localization
with RFID
Ryan Bahr
Georgia Tech
Luneberg lens for
point localization		Prof Alanson Sample
U of Michigan
RFID tomography pose
reconstruction/tracking

Check the IEEE RFID 2020 conference website (2020.ieee-rfid.org) for announcements, student travel grant opportunities, conference program, and more.  Participation and attendance in the Workshop on MoCap is included for IEEE RFID 2020 registrations.

Workshop Topics and Tracks

– Wireless Motion Capture Systems 
– Fine-scale Localization & Apps
– Tomography and Imaging
– Tracking Applications
– Hardware Demos Welcome! 		– Gesture Recognition
– RFID-based Positioning
– Micro-Doppler Sensing
– Robotic RFID and RF Sensing
– RF Imaging & Tomography

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