IEEE World Forum on Internet of Things
12-14 December 2016 // Reston, VA, USA

2016 IEEE Winter Academy on Internet of Things

In conjunction with the 3rd IEEE World Forum on Internet of Things 2016 (IEEE WF-IoT 2016), held in Reston, VA, USA, on 12-14 December 2016, the IEEE Initiative on Internet of Things and the Universita’ degli Studi di Milano are glad to announce the second edition of the IEEE Winter Academy on Internet of Things.
This is a continuous education activity directed to Ph.D. students and young professionals who are interested in understanding some key aspects, challenges and future trends of the internet of things, some enabling technologies, and some practical aspects.
The Academy includes 5 tutorials, 4 keynote speeches, and 3 industrial panels on the above topics offered by leading scientists and professionals from around the world.
Attendance at the Academy is limited only to attendees registered at the 2016 IEEE World Forum on Internet of Things at no additional charge.
Attendance at each of the Academy activities will be recorded: after the Academy, each attendee will receive a certificate of attendance, jointly issued by the IEEE Initiative on Internet of Things and the Universita’ degli Studi di Milano, listing all attended activities, their respective durations, and their respective syllabi.
After the Academy a final exam will be also arranged individually for each attendee: attendees who will pass this exam will receive a certificate of acquired competences, jointly issued by the IEEE Initiative on Internet of Things and the Universita’ degli Studi di Milano, which may be used for obtaining credits in formal educational programs (e.g., in degree’s programs at the attendee’s university) at institutions which recognize this type of documentation.
Prospective attendees who are interested in obtaining the certificates are kindly requested to register at the Academy to facilitate the logistics, even though they are not planning to attend all educational activities.

Academy Steering Committee

  • Prof. Vincenzo Piuri, Universita’ degli Studi di Milano, Italy (Chair)
  • Dr. Dave Cavalcanti, Intel Corporation, USA
  • Prof. Mahmoud Daneshmand, Stevens Institute of Technology, USA
  • Prof. Latif Ladid, Luxembourg University, Luxembourg
  • Dr. Bala Krishna Maddali, GGS Indraprastha University, India
  • Dr. Roberto Minerva, Telecom Italia, Italy
  • Prof. Hausi Muller, Victoria University, Canada
  • Prof. Arnold Pears, University of Uppsala, Sweden
  • Dr. Katrin Reitsma, Motorola Solutions, USA
  • Prof. Antonio Skarmeta, Murcia University, Spain
  • Dr. Rongshan Yu, Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore

Registration

To register at the Academy, please fill in the form at the Academy registration page here>>.

Questions

For any question, please contact the secretariat of the Academy at IEEEIoTacademy@unimi.it

Program

You can see the details of all the tutorials here>>

Date and location Activity Lecturer Title
Monday, Dec 12

9:30 – 11:00

Grand Ballroom D

Keynote speech Dr. Vinton G. Cerf
Google
Internet of Things
Monday, Dec 12

11:30 – 13:30

Grand Ballroom F

Tutorial Mr. Raffaele Giaffreda Five Years of Research and Innovation Experience in IoT: Lessons Learnt DOs and DON’Ts
Monday, Dec 12

14:30 – 16:30

Grand Ballroom F

Tutorial Prof. Carlos Alberto Kamienski Development of IoT-based Applications for Smart Cities
Monday, Dec 12

17:00 – 19:00

Grand Ballroom

Industry forum panel The Challenges in Automating, Controlling and Regulating Complex Systems Using IoT Technologies: Machines, Robots, Buildings, Factories, Vehicles and More
Tuesday, Dec 13

9:00 – 11:00

Grand Ballroom D

Keynote speech Mr. Geoff Mulligan
LoRA Alliance
Making Sense of the IoT Protocols and Alliances
Tuesday, Dec 13

11:30 – 13:30

Grand Ballroom F

Tutorial Dr. Ali Imran,

Prof. Muhammad Ali Imran

CDSA and BSON: The Two Key Enablers of Lean, Elastic and Proactive Wireless Networks Needed for Future IoT
Tuesday, Dec 13

14:30 – 16:30

Grand Ballroom F

Tutorial Dr. Venkat Natarajan Compressive Sensing – A Game-Changing Technology for Energy-Efficient IoT Sensor Networks
Tuesday, Dec 13

17:00 – 19:00

Regency Ballroom B

Industry forum panel IoT and Low Power Wide Area Networks (LPWAN)
Tuesday, Dec 13

17:00 – 19:00

Grand Ballroom E

Industry forum panel Best Practices in Industrial IoT Cybersecurity
Wednesday, Dec 14

9:00 – 10:00

Grand Ballroom

Keynote speech Mr. Pindar Wong
VefiFi Ltd
Calculating Consensus Reality For an Internet of Trust
Wednesday, Dec 14

10:00 – 11:00

Grand Ballroom D

Keynote speech Dr. Paul Mockapetris
Threatstop
The Internet, How the Most Useful Tool in History Became a Dangerous Place, and how we can reclaim it
Wednesday, Dec 14

11:30 – 13:30

Grand Ballroom F

Tutorial  Soumya Kanti Datta Intelligence At the EDGE: Using Mobile Edge Computing to Deliver Consumer Centric IoT Services