CIS sensing and IoT week

An increasing number of Internet of Things (IoT) and Wearable devices are developed and released into the market for uses such as environment, pollution, safety, and health monitoring. There are also a large array of sensors and micro controller IoT devices which are used in critical infrastructure monitoring and security settings.

In this CIS sensing and IoT week, students will use general sensors, Arduino boards, and/or mobile phones to create their own IoT infrastructure and wearable/sensing applications, focusing on important aspects such as security, privacy, efficiency, and accuracy. For this 'challenge', participants will be divided into small groups and work together towards a solution, which will be presented in front of a panel of experts at the end of the week.

Programme

Electronics Lab, Electronic Engineering building, Mile End Campus, Queen Mary University of London

Eng 209, Engineering building, Mile End Campus, Queen Mary University of London

18 April - Monday
13:30-14:15	Registration Where: Eng 209
14:15-14:30	Opening remarks Where: Eng 209
14:30-15:30	Introduction to the Internet of Things (IoT) IoT focuses on a vision of more connected, different, things (or digital devices) than in previous visions of Internet. More things are part of the physical world that connect to form smart environments. Humans will use more different things (sensors, tags, cards, phones, actuator, wearables) to interact with the world. Machine to machine interaction will allow more physical things to interact with other things without human intervention. This talk will provide an introduction to IoT and explore this expanding technology. Video of the talk: [here] Where: Eng 209		Stefan Poslad
15:30-16:00	Coffee break
16:00-17:00	Internet of Things applications Sara Heitlinger and Nanda Khaorapapong During this talk will explore the Connected Seeds and Sensors project that investigates the ways in which the Internet of Things can support more sustainable food production and consumption in the city. Using participatory design methods, we co-create, conduct, and evaluate our IoT systems with Spitalfields City Farm, an urban grassroots food-growing community, as well as with the Women’s Environmental Network. We will use connected sensors and tracking technologies to support the telling of stories of seeds and plants, as well as the people who grew them. Where: Eng 209

19 April - Tuesday
10:00-11:00	Presentation of the challenge: Ambient and mobile sensing for home applications The aim of the challenge is to develop a home application by wirelessly integrating an Arduino board and a mobile phone. The Arduino board will be equipped with different types of sensors, while the mobile phone will make use of its own embedded sensors. The challenge is organised in three modules, one for each day of 'challenge development'. Groups that do not complete all modules will still be able to submit their work and present it in front of the judging panel (with chances of winning an award). Where: Electronics lab		Yousef Amar Kleomenis Katevas Katrin Hansel
11:00-17:00	Challenge development: Arduino sensing Practical activity supervised by an instructor. Implementation of the solutions to the 'challenge'. Where: Electronics lab

20 April - Wednesday
10:00-12:30	Challenge development: mobile sensing 1 Practical activity supervised by an instructor. Implementation of the solutions to the 'challenge'. Where: Electronics lab

14:00-15:00	Challenge issues: Q&A Experts support to solve common issues in the implementation of the challenge solutions. Where: Electronics lab
15:00-17:00	Challenge development: mobile sensing 2 Practical activity supervised by an instructor. Implementation of the solutions to the 'challenge'. Where: Electronics lab

21 April - Thursday
10:00-17:00	Challenge development: integration of Arduino and mobile sensing Practical activity supervised by an instructor. Implementation of the solutions to the 'challenge'. Where: Electronics lab

22 April - Friday
10:00-12:30	Presentation of the solutions and high-speed Q&A Participants will present their solutions to the challenge and will have the opportunity to probe each other solutions. Judging panel of experts: Frank Gao Rebecca Stewart Laurissa Tokarchuk Where: Eng 209

14:00-15:00	Cities as playgrounds for IoT technology This talk will focus on advances of experimental IoT deployments in urban environments. It will highlight emerging key IoT technologies, standards and initiatives in the UK and around the world and discuss technical and socio-economic challenges that currently hamper the advance of the smart city market. Where: Eng 209		Alex Gluhak
15:00-15:30	Awards and prizes
15:30-17:00	Drinks and nibbles Where: Eng 207

Programme organisers		Challenge organisers			Helper
Akram Alomainy	Hamed Haddadi	Yousef Amar	Kleomenis Katevas	Katrin Hansel	Rui Zhang