Session 1: Wearable computing, compressed sensing, and communication

Communication capacity and speed are constantly increasing. This development is enabled by the increased available computational capacity and advancements in algorithmics. We have however reached a point where we need to start considering novel solutions to algorithms, architectures, communication media and sensing approaches. This session will contribute by demonstrating a new transmitter for photonics applications that is capable of providing 10Gb/s net rate over low-cost optical circuits, a new compressed sensing algorithm that achieves minimal energy consumption, and a sensor system based on neural networks that is applicable to human activity recognition.