Petriu, 60, is a pioneer in the development of wireless sensor-based "information appliances" such as intelligent homes and cars, and worked on tactile sensors for the space station program.
Since arriving from his native Romania in 1985, he has taught at the University of Ottawa where, in 2004, he was named a university research chair. Now, he's on the cutting edge of an emerging Brave New World.
Last
week,
a
team
he
heads
received
$2
million
from
Ontario
to
develop
and
commercialize
new
surveillance
technologies
for
such
public
spaces
as
airports,
school
campuses
and
shopping
malls.
Petriu dismisses the privacy and civil liberties concerns his research raises. "Unfortunately, too much unchecked liberty is abused by other persons," he says.
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