Dipl.-Inform. Korbinian Frank DLR Oberpfaffenhofen Institute of Communications and Navigation 82234 Wessling Germany Phone: +49-8153-28-2792 Fax: +49-8153-28-4-2792 email: Korbinian.Frank@dlr.de

Research Interests:

• Ubiquituous/Pervasive/Mobile Computing
• Context/Situation Awareness
• Context Inference / Activity Recognition
• Bayesian Methods
• Ambient Assisted Living

Collaboration:

During my time as a PhD student at Waterford IT in Ireland under the supervision of Dr. Tom Pfeifer and Dr. Patrick Robertson I frequently spent research visits at the Pervasive Communications Services group of the Telecommunications Software & Systems Group (TSSG) in Waterford.
Another vivid collaboration exists with the Telecommunication Engineering School (Escuela Técnica Superior Ingeniería de Telecomunicación, ETSIT) of the University of Málaga, Spain. This collaboration led to a couple of shared master thesis supervisions and resulted in some high quality publications.

Demos:

• Activity Recognition Demo (MPG Video)
  This video shows the recogntion of the activities Sitting, Standing, Walking, Running, Jumping, Falling and Lying in a natural environment (4.5 min.).
  
  Download as [MPG] (45 MB)
• Combined WLAN and Inertial Indoor Pedestrian Positioning System
  This video shows the results of the fusion of a WiFi Positioning system with a foot-mounted Inertial Navigation System in a university building in Aveiro, Portugal (1' 20'').
  
  Download as [AVI] (3 MB)

Current Projects:

• SOCIETIES - Self Orchestrating CommunIty ambiEnT IntelligEnce Spaces (see also here)

• FUTURECOMM: Serving Society: Management of Future Communications Networks and Services (see also here)
• Persist - PERsonal Self-Improving SmarT spaces (see project website)
• Daidalos II (see project website)
• Heywow (see project website)

Publications:

24.	Frank, Korbinian (2011) Adaptive and Tractable Bayesian Context Inference for Resource Constrained Devices. PhD Thesis, October 2011. Department of Computing, Mathematics and Physics, Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland. Supervised by Dr. Tom Pfeifer and Dr. Patrick Robertson.
1.	Roussaki, Ioanna and Kalatzis, Nikos and Liampotis, Nicolas and Frank, Korbinian and Sykas, Efstathios and Anagnostou, Miltiades (2011) Developing Context-Aware Personal Smart Spaces. In: P. Alencar and D. Cowan (edts): Handbook of Research on Mobile Software Engineering: Design, Implementation and Emergent Applications. IGI Global Publisher. Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA. ISBN 978-1-61520-655-1.
1.	Frank, Korbinian and Röckl, Matthias and Pfeifer, Tom (2011) Intelligent Information Dissemination in Collaborative, Context-Aware Environments. In: PerCom-WORKSHOPS 2011: 2011 IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications Workshops (PERCOM Workshops), pp. 312-315. IEEEXplore. The 8th IEEE International Workshop on Managing Ubiquitous Communications and Services (MUCS), 21 Mar 2011, Seattle, Washington, USA. ISBN 978-1-61284-936-2.
2.	Frank, Korbinian and Röckl, Matthias and Pfeifer, Tom (2010) Optimizing Dynamic Composition of Bayesian Networks for Context Sensing and Inference. In: Proceedings of 35th IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN 2010) , pp. 312-315. IEEEXplore. The 35th IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN), 11 Oct - 14 Oct 2010, Denver, Colorado, USA. ISBN 978-1-4244-8389-1.
3.	Frank, Korbinian and Vera Nadales, María Josefa and Robertson, Patrick and Pfeifer, Tom (2010) Bayesian Recognition of Motion Related Activities with Inertial Sensors. In: UbiComp 2010 Adjunct Proceedings , pages 445-446. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. (ACM). 12th ACM International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing, 26. Sep. - 29. Sep. 2010, Copenhagen, Danmark. ISBN 978-1-4503-0283-8.
4.	Frank, Korbinian and Vera Nadales, María Josefa and Robertson, Patrick and Angermann, Michael (2010) Reliable Real-Time Recognition of motion related human activities using MEMS inertial sensors.In: Proceedings of the 23rd International Technical Meeting of The Satellite division of the Insitute of Navigation (ION GNSS 2010), pages 2919-2932, 21. Sep. - 24. Sep. 2010, Portland, Oregon, USA.
5.	Mota, Telma and Baker, Nigel and Moltchanov, Boris and Ioanna, Roussaki and Frank, Korbinian (2010) Towards Pervasive Smart Spaces: A Tale of Two Projects. In: Future Network & Mobile Summit 2010. The Second International Workshop on Information Quality and Quality of Service for Pervasive Computing in Conjunction with IEEE PERCOM 2010, 16 Jun - 18 Jun 2010, Florence, Italy.
6.	Frank, Korbinian and Fortes Rodriguez, Sergio and Robertson, Patrick and Barco Moreno, Raquel (2010) Faster Bayesian Context Inference by Using Dynamic Value Ranges. In: Pervasive Computing and Communications Workshops (PERCOM Workshops), 2010 8th IEEE International Conference on (March 29 2010-April 2 2010 ), pages 50-55. IEEE Explore. The Second International Workshop on Information Quality and Quality of Service for Pervasive Computing in Conjunction with IEEE PERCOM 2010, 29 Mar - 2 Apr 2010, Mannheim, Germany. ISBN 978-1-4244-6605-4 .
7.	Frank, Korbinian and Röckl, Matthias and Vera Nadales, Maria Josefa and Robertson, Patrick and Pfeifer, Tom (2010) Comparison of Exact Static and Dynamic Bayesian Context Inference Methods for Activity Recognition. In: Managing Ubiquitous Communications and Services. Seventh IEEE International Workshop, MUCS 2010, Mannheim, Germany, 29th March 2010. Proceedings (12), pages 41-47. Schöneiche: multicon verlag. 7th International Workshop on Managing Ubiquitous Communications and Services (MUCS 2010) part of PerCom 2010, 29 Mar - 2 Apr 2010, Mannheim, Germany. ISBN 978-3-930736-15-7.
8.	Frank, Korbinian and Krach, Bernhard and Catterall, Noel and Robertson, Patrick (2009) Development and Evaluation of a Combined WLAN and Inertial Indoor Pedestrian Positioning System. In: Proceedings of the 22nd International Technical Meeting of The Satellite Division of the Institute of Navigation (ION GNSS 2009), pages 538-546, 22-25 Sep. 2009, Savannah, Georgia, USA.
9.	Kranz, Matthias and Frank, Korbinian and Hermosilla Galceran, Daniel and Weber, Eduard (2009) Open Vehicular Data Interfaces for In-Car Context Inference. In: Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications, pages 57-62. ACM. 1st International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications (AutomotiveUI 2009), [2009-09-21 - 2009-09-22], Essen. ISBN 978-1-60558-571-0 .
10.	Fortes, Sergio and Frank, Korbinian and Barco, Raquel (2009) REDUCCIÓN DEL COSTE COMPUTACIONAL DE LA INFERENCIA DE CONTEXTO BAYESIANA MEDIANTE EL USO DE RANGOS DE VALORES DINÁMICOS. In: URSI 2009: XXIV Simposium Nacional de la Unión Científica de Radio, pages 240-243. PUbliCan - Ediciones de la Universidad de Cantabria. URSI 2009: XXIV Simposium Nacional de la Unión Científica de Radio, [2009-09-16 - 2009-09-18], Santander. ISBN 978-84-8102-550-7.
11.	Frank, Korbinian and Kalatzis, Nikos and Roussaki, Ioanna and Liampotis, Nicolas (2009) Challenges for Context Management Systems imposed by Context Inference. In: 6th IEEE International Workshop on Managing Ubiquitous Communications and Services, pages 27-33. ACM Digital Library. 2009 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Automatic Computing & Co-Located Workshops, 15.-19. Jun. 2009, Barcelona (Spain). ISBN 978-1-60558-579-6.
12.	Frank, Korbinian and Robertson, Patrick and McBurney, Sarah and Kalatzis, Nikos and Roussaki, Ioanna and Marengo, Marco (2009) A Hybrid Preference Learning and Context Refinement Architecture. The Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and the Simulation of Behaviour (SSAISB). PERSIST Workshop on Intelligent Pervasive Environments, 6.-9. Apr. 2009, Edinburgh. ISBN 1902956834.
13.	Roussaki, Ioanna and Liampotis, Nicolas and Kalatzis, Nikos and Frank, Korbinian and Hayden, Patrick (2009) How to make Personal Smart Spaces Context-aware. The Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and the Simulation of Behaviour (SSAISB). PERSIST Workshop on Intelligent Pervasive Environments, 6.-9. Apr. 2009, Edinburgh. ISBN 1902956834.
14.	Crotty, Micheal and Taylor, Nick and Williams, Howard and Frank, Korbinian and Roussaki, Ioanna and Roddy, Mark (2008) A Pervasive Environment Based on Personal Self-Improving Smart Spaces. In: Architectures and platforms for AMI, workshop on AmI08, European conference on Ambient Intelligence. Architectures and platforms for AMI, workshop on AmI08, European conference on Ambient Intelligence, [2008-11-19], Nuremberg.
15.	Frank, Korbinian et al. (2008) Personal Self-Improving Smart Spaces: Scenario description and requirements specification Deliverable D2.1, July 2008. ICT Persist Consortium
16.	Frank, Korbinian and Röckl, Matthias and Gallego Hermann, Pablo and Morillas Vera, Miriam Tatiana (2008) Knowledge Representation and Inference in Context-Aware Computing Environments. In: The Second International Conference on Mobile Ubiquitous Computing, Systems, Services and Technologies. UBICOMM 2008. Proceedings, pages 89-95. IEEE Computer Society Conference Publishing Services (CPS). The Second International Conference on Mobile Ubiquitous Computing, Systems, Services and Technologies (UBICOMM08), [2008-09-29 - 2008-10-04], Valencia. ISBN 978-0-7695-3367-4.
17.	Frank, Korbinian and Röckl, Matthias and Robertson, Patrick (2008) The Bayeslet Concept for modular Context Inference. In: The Second International Conference on Mobile Ubiquitous Computing, Systems, Services and Technologies UBICOMM 2008, pages 96-101. IEEE Computer Society Conference Publishing Services (CPS). The Second International Conference on Mobile Ubiquitous Computing, Systems, Services and Technologies (UBICOMM08), [2008-09-29 - 2008-10-04], Valencia. ISBN 978-0-7695-3367-4.
18.	Röckl, Matthias and Frank, Korbinian and Strang, Thomas and Kranz, Matthias and Gacnik, Jan and Schomerus, Jan (2008) Hybrid Fusion Approach combining Autonomous and Cooperative Detection and Ranging methods for Situation-aware Driver Assistance Systems. In: 2008 IEEE 19th International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (CFP08PIM-CDR). IEEE. International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC) 2008, [2008-09-15 - 2008-09-18], Cannes. ISBN 978-1-4244-2644-7.
19.	Rico Garcia, Cristina et Lehner, Andreas and Strang, Thomas and Frank, Korbinian (2008) Channel Model for Train to Train Communication using the 400 MHz Band. In: IEEE 67th Vehicular Technology Conference, pages 3082-3086. IEEE Conference eXpress Publishing. VTC2008-Spring, Cannes, France.
20.	Frank, Korbinian and Suraci, Vincenzo and Mitic, Jelena (2007) Personalizable Service Discovery in Pervasive Systems. In: Fourth International Conference on Networking and Services. ICNS2008, pages 182-187. IEEE Computer Society, CPS. ICNS 2008, [2008-03-16 - 2008-03-21], Gosier, Guadeloupe. ISBN 0-7695-3094-X.
21.	Röckl, Matthias and Robertson, Patrick and Frank, Korbinian and Strang, Thomas (2007) An Architecture for Situation-Aware Driver Assistance Systems. In: Proceedings. IEEE 65th Vehicular Technology Conference - Spring 2007, 2007-04-22 - 2007-04-25, Dublin, Ireland. ISBN 1-4244-0266-2. ISSN 1550-2252
22.	Röckl, Matthias and Frank, Korbinian and Robertson, Patrick and Strang, Thomas (2006) Improved Information Processing for Cooperative Vehicle Safety Applications. In: Proceedings, pages 204-213. Informationssysteme für mobile Anwendungen (IMA 2006), 2006-10-25 - 2006-10-26, Wolfsburg, Germany. ISBN 978-3-937655-08-6.
23.	Röckl, Matthias and Frank, Korbinian and Robertson, Patrick and Strang, Thomas (2006) Enhancing Driver Assistance Systems by Cooperative Situation Awareness. In: Proceedings. DGON-Symposium: System Verkehr - Steuern, Regeln, Entwickeln, 2006-11-29 - 2006-11-30, Göttingen, Germany.
24.	Frank, Korbinian (2005) Kontextintegration (Context Integration). Master's Thesis, October 2005. Mobile and Distributed Systems, Institut für Informatik, Ludwig Maximilians Universität München
25.	Auerbach, Susanne and Frank, Korbinian and Kuschnerov, Maxim and Wiegandt, Philipp (2004) Cairos Tracking System. In: Mobile Applications for the Soccer World Cup 2006. Trend Report 2003/2004, pages 252-274. Monsenstein and Vannerdat, CDTM Trend Report. ISBN 3-937312-53-6
26.	Frank, Korbinian and Kuschnerov, Maxim and Schneider-Manzell, Peter (2004) Technologies for Sports/Soccer Arenas. In: Mobile Applications for the Soccer World Cup 2006. Trend Report 2003/2004, pages 83-94. Monsenstein and Vannerdat, CDTM Trend Report. ISBN 3-937312-53-6
27.	Strang, Thomas and Linnhoff-Popien, Claudia and Frank, Korbinian (2003) CoOL: A Context Ontology Language to enable Contextual Interoperability. In: Proceedings, LNCS 2893, pages 236-247. Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg. 4th IFIP WG 6.1 International Conference on Distributed Applications and Interoperable Systems (DAIS 2003), 2003-11-17 - 2003-11-21, Paris, France. ISBN 3-540-20529-2. ISSN 0302-9743
28.	Strang, Thomas and Linnhoff-Popien, Claudia and Frank, Korbinian (2003) Integration Issues of an Ontology based Context Modelling Approach. In: Proceedings of ICWI2003, pages 361-368. IADIS International Conference WWW/Internet 2003, 2003-11-05 - 2003-11-08, Algarve, Portugal. ISBN 972-98947-1-X.
erstes	Strang, Thomas and Linnhoff-Popien, Claudia and Frank, Korbinian (2003) Applications of a Context Ontology Language. In: Proceedings of SoftCOM 2003, pages 14-18. 11th International Conference on Software, Telecommunications and Computer Networks (SoftCOM 2003).

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