Prof. Dr. Ir. Nico Baken
Posted by TEDx Staff on October 25, 2009 at 4:02 pm
Professor Dr. ir. Nico Baken currently holds a part-time chair in the Telecommunications Department at Delft University of Technology alongside his primary position as Senior Strategist within the department Corporate Strategy of the Royal KPN, the Dutch incumbent Telecom operator. His main interest concerns Broadband Networks and Services, dealing with a broad range of themes such as Sensors (RFID’s), Vehicle, Home and Personal Networks, Fiber To The Home and other access infrastructures such as xDSL, fixed-mobile convergence, operations, financial strategies e.g. the Real Option Analysis, managerial complexity and regulations.
Smart Living
Given this spectrum, he has been asked to advice the Dutch government on the matter of FTTH. Recently, he introduced new concepts such as trans-sectoral innovation, “Streetlight” and the Integral City Architecture to enhance and accelerate ictapplications in and across sectors such as healthcare, energy, transport and education. These concepts are realized in a co-operation between KPN, TNO and several Universities, comprising a group of 12 PhD’s, the Dutch Research Delta and TRANS. In the latter, the concept of Smart Living constitutes the dominant research line.
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Read a full interview with Nico Baken from the TEDxAmsterdam Book,
