This Plenary presentation was delivered at the 30th annual Electronic Imaging Symposium (28 January – 1 February 2018) held at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport hotel in Burlingame, CA USA.
DisruptCRE 2017 San Francisco - Live Interview
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June, 2017 Realcomm Live Interview
Smart Tech: Phones, Drones, and Interior Mapping
Avideh Zakor is a Hertz Foundation Fellow and recipient of the prestigious Hertz Foundation Grant for graduate study in the applications of the physical, biological and engineering sciences. From helping emergency rescue teams navigate in times of crisis, says Zakhor, to boosting our comfort with Smart Homes, the future of domestic and office tech will be built on the data blueprints of our spaces. With the support of the Fannie and John Hertz Foundation, she pursued a PhD in electrical engineering and computer science at MIT.
This new technology permits astonishingly precise measurements of buildings, roads, waterways, coastlines and even vegetation, right down to individual plants. Its attention to detail is so accurate that thousands of tiny windows on skyscrapers seem to show “reflections” and the bricks holding the Statute of Liberty show detailed textures.
Energy audits can help building managers and homeowners pinpoint exactly where they’re losing heat, wasting electricity or otherwise squandering energy. But in big, older buildings, audits can be quite costly and time consuming. They involve lots of legwork: measuring building geometry, counting numerous lights, measuring plug loads by hand. Fortunately, researchers in the College of Engineering have found an easier way using a different sort of legwork.
BBC Arabic Video - Backpack Device Performs Three-Dimensional Scanning for any Building Design
Architects, engineers and building managers will soon be able to quickly collect data about building interiors that once took weeks to measure and process. A backpack-mounted device, developed by a group of scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, will require just one pass through the building to create not only a 3D model but gather other valuable information related to the building’s energy efficiency.
MARCH 1, 2015 – CEO OF INDOOR REALITY IS FEATURED AT ARPA-E SUMMIT
Professor Zakhor’s talk on image based localization, November 2014, Swarm Lab Seminar, Cory Hall
February 26, 2014 – KTVU News Segment