Enhancing the Internet with the CONVERGENCE System / Signals and Communication Technology (PDF)

Communications and Applications Journal, 2010. V. Rodriguez, A. Carreras, V. Barbosa, J. Delgado, M. T. Andrade, "A Semantic Model for the Authorisation of Context-Aware Content Adaptation", in Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Semantic and Digital Media Technologies (SAMT 2008), Koblenz, Germany, December 2008. Timmerer C., Lugmayr A., Mackay M., Lindsay A., Fang L., Mehaoua A., SibidZ M., Andrade M., Castro H., Carvalho P., Souto P., "An Integrated Management Supervisor for End-to-End Management of Heterogeneous Contents, Networks, and Terminals enabling Quality of Service", in Proceedings of the nd European Symposium on Mobile Media Delivery (EUMOB) 2008, Oulu, Finland, July 2008. Nicola Blefari-Melazzi is a Full Professor of Telecommunications at the University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Italy. He is the Director of the Department of Electronic Engineering. Dr. Blefari-Melazzi has participated in over 20 international projects and is or has been the coordinator of three EU-funded projects. He has been an evaluator for many research proposals (both in the 6th and in the 7th EU FPs) and has been a reviewer for numerous EU and ITEA sponsored projects. He is author/co-author of about 160 papers, in international journals and conference proceedings. His research interests lie mainly in the performance evaluation, design and control of telecommunications networks. Relevant Publications:
A. Baiocchi, N. Blefari-Melazzi, M. Listanti, A. Roveri, R. Winkler: "Loss performance analysis of an ATM multiplexer loaded with high speed on-off sources", IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, Vol. 9, N. 3, April 1991, pp. 388-393.
N. Blefari-Melazzi, D. Di Sorte, M. Femminella, G. Reali: "Autonomic Control and Personalization of a Wireless Access Network", Computer Networks, Elsevier, Volume 51, Issue 10, 11 July 2007, pp. 2645-2676. G. Bianchi, N. Blefari Melazzi, L. Bracciale, F. Lo Piccolo, S. Salsano:"Streamline: an Optimal Distribution Algorithm for Peer-to-Peer Real-time Streaming", IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems., ISSN: 1045-9219, doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/TPDS.2009.114, June 2010. Richard Walker founded Xiwrite in 2000 and was the company's Managing Director from then until February 2010. Originally an economist, he has worked many years in IT, first as a manager in Unisys and in the Telecom Italia group and then as an academic and as a consultant specialized in collaborative research. From 2006-2009 he led Xiwrite efforts in the SMS, PASION and Neurovers-IT projects. From 2004-5 he was personal assistant to the Coordinator in the Simplicity Project. From 2003-5 he was scientific coordinator of the European funded I-Learning Project. In parallel with this work he has maintained a strong interest in IT. From 1999 to 2003 he was a lecturer at the Faculty of Psychology at Università di Napoli II, teaching courses on "Artificial Intelligence" and "Data Analysis". In 2005 he was guest professor at University of Cologne. In February 2010 he left his position as Managing Director to take on a a Senior Consultant position. He maintains his position as the company's legal representative. Relevant Publications:
Walker R. , Preserving Personal Autonomy in a World of "Augmented Communications": Technology, Law and Personal Behavior, Ethics and Information Technology (in print), 2010
Walker R., Gamberini L., Spagnolli, A, Editorial Preface to Psychonology Journal 7:1, special issue on "Ethics in Presence and Social Presence Technologies", 2009. Bartolomeo G., Blefari Melazzi N., Salsano S., Walker R.: "Design and Implementation of Mobile Electronic Memos: a tool to capture and share information in mobile environments", ICT-MobileSummit 2009, 10 - 12 June 2009, Santander, Spain. De Sanctis, M., Werner M., Walker R., Boutroux V. , Patesti M. "Business Models and charging for mobile services inthe air travel value chain", 16th IST Mobile & Wireless Communications Summit 2007, Budapest, Hungary, 1-5 July, 2007
Broll G., Walker R., Patesti M., Boring S., "Acceptance and Use of Simple Mobile Services - Preliminary Results and Perspectives", Workshop MobileInternetUX, in conjunction with the 9th International Conference on Human Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (MobileHCI) 2007, Singapore, September 9, 2007.