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Mohammed Khider
Technical Lead and Manager, Google’s Android Location & Context Team
Friday, Mar. 21 | 10:40 a.m. | AERO 114

Abstract: When emergency services get a 911 call, they need to know the caller’s location to send help and save lives. Current emergency solutions rely on cell tower location and, in some countries, on A-GNSS. A-GNSS can fail with weak signal reception in urban canyons, and especially indoors. On the other hand, cell tower accuracy can be in the range of kilometers. In this presentation we will cover how Emergency Location Service in Android is delivering a more accurate location to emergency services when an emergency call is detected. A few live saving stories will be presented.

Bio: Dr. Mohammed Khider is a Technical Lead and Manager at Google’s Android Location & Context team. Within Android, he is leading a team that works on improving positioning and navigation accuracy of mobile devices in highways and in challenging urban canyon environments. He received his PhD in Communication Engineering with focus on "Multisensor based Positioning and Navigation" from the University of Ulm, Germany. Prior to his role at Google, he was a Research Associate at the Institute of Communication and Navigation at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) where he worked on various research projects related to positioning, navigation and context aware computing. Mohammed has been actively involved in the field of location and context for over 18 years and holds more than 25 patents. His other research interests include multi-sensor fusion, mobility models, signal processing and context-aware services. Mohammed has been an active ION member since 2008: published papers in various conferences & journals, acted as tracks and sessions chair, and as well served in various ION executive committees.Ìý