INVITED KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Abstract Launched from KSC on August 4, 2007, the Phoenix
Lander successfully touched down on the northern plains of Mars on May 25,
2008. Barry Goldstein, the Phoenix Project Manager will give an overview of
the Phoenix mission, and some insight as to what robotic missions are planned
for the red planet. Biography Barry
Goldstein
was the Project Manager for the Phoenix Project from the beginning of the
proposal, through the end of surface operations and Project close out. Prior to this he was the Deputy Flight
System Manager for the Mars Exploration Rover (MER) Project. Barry has been at JPL for 28 years,
completing varying engineering and management assignments. He is currently
the Manager of the Autonomous Systems Division at JPL, responsible for the
development of Guidance & Control, Power, Avionics, Flight Software, Deep
Space Navigation and Robotics technology and implementation. |
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Abstract: Arguably
Robotics is a main driver for advanced avionics systems in space. While
the long advocated capital role of robots for servicing space infrastructure
has not yet materialized, robotics is playing an important role in all
Exploration activities being undertaken at ESA: • In the existing Mars Robotics
Exploration programme (ExoMars 1-2, MarsGen and MSR) • In the preparatory activities of human
Lunar exploration (Lunar lander) • In the present ISS and its extension
phase • In a post-ISS infrastructure These
applications require avionics with a degree of performance and flexibility
not seen in many other space applications. The
speech in subject will provide an overview of present avionics solutions
being adopted in ESA’s robot-using missions and their characteristics in
terms of adaptability and flexibility. Some
examples of technology development in the field of adaptive avionics will be
provided. Finally
the speech will propose some desiderata of space robot designers for the
consideration of adaptive hardware designers. Biography Gianfranco Visentin has been with the European Space Agency (ESA) for
the last 19 years. He
had previously worked as control engineer on aircraft flight software and
active car body attitude control. Since
his beginning at ESA he has been with the Automation and Robotics (A&R)
group working in support of ESA robotics projects and in Research and
Development (R&D). In
supporting ESA projects he has participated to the development of the
European Robot Arm (ERA), the Columbus Microgravity Facilities, the EUROBOT
system (of which he was the initiator) and the ExoMars project. His
R&D efforts have covered the whole spectrum of technologies needed for
space A&R including: conventional robotics platforms (rovers, robot
arms), alternative robotic platforms (moles, aerobots, walking robots), robot
autonomy, teleoperation and remote control (robot programming stations,
exoskeletons), perception (computer vision) and subsystems (robot joints,
controllers). Since
2002 he leads the A&R group. In
his current post Mr. Visentin is ESA’s responsible of the technology domain
for Automation and Robotics, role that entails the preparation of ESA’s
R&D strategy for the field and coordination with other European research
organizations. |
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Abstract: GPUs have fundamentally changed the playing field
of high performance computing. Starting out as devices intended only for the
display of 3D images, GPUs are now being used as supercomputers – attached
processors used to accelerate computationally intensive applications. In this
talk, I’ll provide a brief history of the GPU, the evolution of GPUs into
computing devices, and the challenges that lie ahead in the evolution of the
GPU. I’ll also provide my vision of the future of these devices. Biography Michael Shebanow joined NVIDIA in 2003. While at NVIDIA, he has
worked on the Tesla product family (G80, GeForce 68xx series) and was one of
the lead architects of the Fermi (GF100) family. Also for Fermi, he managed
the shader processor architecture team (covered 5 blocks including the SM
& L1). He is currently in the research group investigating next
generation graphics and unified programming models for GPUs. Prior to NVIDIA,
he has managed the development of a number of processors in multiple
architecture families (x86-32, x86-64, SPARC v9, 68k, m88k), and was one of
three representatives representing Motorola in the Power PC architecture
definition committee. While a graduate student at UC Berkeley, he was one of
the original developers of HPS (superscalar, dynamically scheduled processor
architectures) (started 1984). Dr. Shebanow holds 25 patents in graphics,
processor design, and disk controller areas. |
