Dr. Martin Kienzle is Electronics Industry Leader at IBM Research. In this capacity he is bringing the IBM Research technology portfolio to bear on problems of IBM’s electronics industry customers. Current focus areas are cloud technology, service delivery platforms, and helping customers to make the transition from product business to product plus service businesses, supporting the smarter products and services for the home vision within IBM’s Smarter Planet strategy.
Dr. Kienzle has received a PhD from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and holds degrees from the University of Toronto and the Technical University of Karlsruhe. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE. He
has participated in numerous academic conferences on media technology as presenter, program committee member, and chair. He has authored more than thirty scientific papers and holds fourteen international patents.
This year's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) was all about connected living
with concrete examples of how an "Internet of Things" can transform our homes
Despite promises of a "smarter home" as far back as the 1933 World's Fair,
we're finally seeing an inflection point in its evolution, thanks to cloud
and mobile computing. Many of the demonstrations at CES illustrate that with
cloud, we have a platform we didn't have in the past - and it's a
breakthrough.
Cloud is the platform to host the applications and the mobile platform
connects the devices. With a cloud, televisions, computers and mobile devices
can better connect to smart meters, lights, appliances, plugs and sensors
within the home as well as with outside services.
Demos abound at CES showcasing new efficiencies and benefits of a connected
home for:
Entertainment: This includes video on-demand, video commun... (more)
Dr. Martin Kienzle is Electronics Industry Leader at IBM Research. In this capacity he is bringing the IBM Research technology portfolio to bear on problems of IBM’s electronics industry customers. Current focus areas are cloud technology, service delivery platforms, and helping customers to make the transition from product business to product plus service businesses, supporting the smarter products and services for the home vision within IBM’s Smarter Planet strategy.
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