Summary:

In 2008, the number of connected devices overcame the earth population (according to a CISCO white paper) – a time stamp now considered as the year where the Internet of things (IoT) was born. Gartner Research considered IoT in the mainstream phase and currently we are even talking about a new concept: the IoT platforms. Connected devices or IoT and their platforms are increasingly becoming a subject of interest for research, academy, industries and governments. For research, such interest results from the challenges that the field has created while for academy, they are looking to prepare their graduates for such revolution. On the other hand, for industries and government, the interest results from the benefit the IoT can bring to their services and products. Furthermore, it is also expected that 50 billion devices will be connected by 2020. Consequently, this volume amplified such mainstream-like interest.

While the IoT brings several benefits, it also suffers from several challenges. One of the key issues is security. Some tends to underestimate this issue, but others cite it as a “critical enabler”. Another important challenge is the power consumption. IoT devices are meant to operate for a long time on small batteries. How this is possible with the current technologies? How the IoT protocol help in reducing the power consumption of the IoT devices? Finally, how IoT platforms are helping and creating an enabling environment for the field? All these questions in addition to other questions of interest will be discussed in the session by our speakers.


Topics:

  • Internet of Things: Challenges, future and the place of IoT in the education.
  • Security for IoT Devices: challenges and solutions.
  • Energy Consumption for IoT Devices: What are the current and innovative solutions for reducing the IoT energy consumption.
  • IoT Protocols: Why introducing new IoT protocols and how they differ from existing networking protocols.
  • IoT Platform: How do they help and enable the IoT education, research, industry and development.

Other suggested topics around the subject will be welcome if found relevant.


Format and Duration:

The session consists on 8 talks of 20-25 minutes each (3 hours).

30 minutes: Coffee break and networking.


Program:

Dr. Hassan Nasser (30 minutes): Internet of things: Challenges and future and a case study on introducing IoT in engineering education.

Other speakers to be confirmed.


Type (academic and/or industrial) and a number of expected participants:

Academic and industrial.


Significance in relation to the topics of the conference:

The internet of things exactly lies at the interface of computer science and engineering since it involves networking issues, programming and hardware challenges.


Submission Process:

Papers must be original work and not previously published, written in English. Submitted paper should be limited to a maximum length of 6 pages (Letter size, single space, Times Roman of font size 10, two columns, IEEE format), including figures, tables and references. Use the following Template.Researchers are encouraged to submit their full papers (Abstracts are not accepted) electronically as pdf format without author(s) name via link http://sdiwc.net/conferences/csceet2017/paper-submission/, and please send a notification email to Dr. Hassan Nasser hassan.nasser@me.com