Localize The World
Matt Weber

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Matt Weber. "Localize The World". Talk or presentation, 16, October, 2015; Poster presented at the Eleventh Biennial Ptolemy Miniconference, Berkeley.

Abstract
Quality indoor localization promises to be a critical enabling technology for applications in the future Swarm of ubiquitous connected devices [2]. Beyond GPS-style indoor navigation and mapping, it presents the capacity for location-based services and context sensitive applications deeply enmeshed with the physical world. However, no single technology has proven to be a general solution to the localization problem, due in part to the diversity found in indoor environments [3] and the diversity in application needs. As a result, there exist many competing approaches to localization [4], and it is likely practical deployments in the swarm will use many systems at once. We take the position that heterogeneity is a strength rather than a weakness, in that it makes it possible to use the right system for the specific task it is best suited for and improves robustness through a diversity in failure modes.

Localization systems answer different questions about location with different representations of position relative to different types of spaces. This project presents a unified model for map representation (based n that proposed in our prior work) and an accessor framework with associated supporting infrastructure to facilitate the development of location aware applications in the swarm. We also present our work in instantiating this conceptual model in a real-world deployment of swarm technology at the DARPA "Wait, What?" conference.

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  Matt Weber. <a
  href="http://chess.eecs.berkeley.edu/pubs/1136.html"><i>Localize
  The World</i></a>, Talk or presentation,  16,
  October, 2015; Poster presented at the <a
  href="http://ptolemy.eecs.berkeley.edu/conferences/15/"
  >Eleventh Biennial Ptolemy Miniconference</a>,
  Berkeley.

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  Matt Weber. "Localize The World". Talk or
  presentation,  16, October, 2015; Poster presented at the
  <a
  href="http://ptolemy.eecs.berkeley.edu/conferences/15/"
  >Eleventh Biennial Ptolemy Miniconference</a>,
  Berkeley.

• BibTeX

  @presentation{Weber15_LocalizeWorld,
      author = {Matt Weber},
      title = {Localize The World},
      day = {16},
      month = {October},
      year = {2015},
      note = {Poster presented at the <a
                href="http://ptolemy.eecs.berkeley.edu/conferences/15/"
                >Eleventh Biennial Ptolemy Miniconference</a>,
                Berkeley},
      abstract = {Quality indoor localization promises to be a
                critical enabling technology for applications in
                the future Swarm of ubiquitous connected devices
                [2]. Beyond GPS-style indoor navigation and
                mapping, it presents the capacity for
                location-based services and context sensitive
                applications deeply enmeshed with the physical
                world. However, no single technology has proven to
                be a general solution to the localization problem,
                due in part to the diversity found in indoor
                environments [3] and the diversity in application
                needs. As a result, there exist many competing
                approaches to localization [4], and it is likely
                practical deployments in the swarm will use many
                systems at once. We take the position that
                heterogeneity is a strength rather than a
                weakness, in that it makes it possible to use the
                right system for the specific task it is best
                suited for and improves robustness through a
                diversity in failure modes. <p>Localization
                systems answer different questions about location
                with different representations of position
                relative to different types of spaces. This
                project presents a unified model for map
                representation (based n that proposed in our prior
                work) and an accessor framework with associated
                supporting infrastructure to facilitate the
                development of location aware applications in the
                swarm. We also present our work in instantiating
                this conceptual model in a real-world deployment
                of swarm technology at the DARPA "Wait, What?"
                conference. },
      URL = {http://chess.eecs.berkeley.edu/pubs/1136.html}
  }
  

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