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Subject: UW CSE Colloquium / Tuesday, March 3, 2015 / Heimerl / UC
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Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2015 14:03:25 -0800
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UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
Computer Science and Engineering
COLLOQUIUM
SPEAKER: Kurtis Heimerl, UC Berkeley
TITLE: Community Cellular Networks
DATE: Tuesday, March 3, 2015
TIME: 3:30pm
PLACE: EEB-105
HOST: Richard Anderson
ABSTRACT:
Cellular networks are one of the most impactful technologies of the last
century, with over 3.5 billion active users in just under 25 years of
operation. However, over a billion people, primarily in rural areas, still
live without this basic service. There are two primary reasons for this:
First, rural areas are difficult for incumbents to cover profitably, as
costs are higher and revenue is lower. Second, current cellular
regulations only allow for incumbents to bring coverage, forbidding other
organizations from covering underserved areas. In order to resolve these
concerns and bring coverage to communities, we developed three core
technologies. The first is "Community Cellular Networks": small-scale,
locally owned and operated cellular networks. The second is Virtual
Coverage, a mechanism for reducing the cost of rural cellular through
smart duty cycling. The third is GSM White Space, a technology and
regulatory framework for community cellular networks utilizing spectrum
sensing available on standard GSM phones. We demonstrate the value of all
three technologies through an ongoing, sustainable, 2 year long
installation in rural Papua, Indonesia, which generates over 1000
USD/month in revenue for the local community while supporting over 400
subscribers and handling over 500,000 communications. Lastly, we discuss
the future of cellular in the context of our company Endaga, the broader
Community Cellular movement, and opportunities in disaster relief.
Bio:
Kurtis Heimerl is a postdoctoral researcher in UC Berkeley's TIER group as
well as the CEO and cofounder of Endaga. Kurtis received his BS in
Computer Engineering from the University of Washington and his MS and Ph.D
in Computer Science from UC Berkeley under Professors Eric Brewer and
Tapan Parikh. Kurtis's research focuses on enabling rural cellular access
through empowering local entrepreneurs to set up and manage their own
community cellular networks, for which he was named to Technology Review's
2014 list of "35 under 35" Innovators Heimerl profile Kurtis has
previously worked on education (Metamouse, a system for converting
single-player educational games into multiplayer games) and crowdsourcing
(Umati, the crowdsourcing vending machine). He has published widely and
won numerous paper awards including best paper at CHI and DySPAN and a
community award at NSDI.
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