CHENNAI
REPORT ON IET SPONSORED TWO DAY SEMINAR ON FUTURISTIC OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES IN IOT
In KCG College of Technology, Chennai, Department Of Computer Science And Engineering and Department Of Information Technology jointly conducted a Two Day National Level Seminar on Futuristic Opportunities and Challenges in IoT (Internet of Things), under the banner of The Institution of Engineering and Technology.
Day 1 : 21 July 2017
The seminar was inaugurated by Mr.Rajiv R G, Principal-Technologist from DXC Technology, Chennai in the august presence of Dr.G. Prabhakaran, Principal, KCG College of Technology, Dr.Sumathi Poobal, Vice Principal, KCG College of Technology, Dr. M Krishnamurthy, Head of the Department, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, and Dr. J Frank Vijay, Head of the Department, Department of Information Technology.
In the inaugural talk ‘Emerging Trends of IOT‘, Mr. Rajiv R G gave an overview on IoT. He gave simple examples on how his life is being connected to IoT in his daily routine. He spoke about the areas like smart infrastructure, health care, retail and transportation in which various applications could be developed. His inquisitiveness towards this domain led him to write a paper on NFC retail as he was also a part of the retail sector earlier. He made a video presentation about Amazon Go, which revealed about smart shopping and gave an idea of how IoT going to rule the future world. He also spoke about the technologies being used in health care and the development and need for a smart home in coming future. He pointed out a number of emerging trends based on IoT.
He also touched areas like sports, i.e. cricket being connected with IoT as there are talks that Intel is merging with ICC. He discussed the threats and challenges behind IoT which is equally something we need to think of. He ended his presentation with a beautiful video on Samsung display which makes visualization easier. His thought provoking presentation led many students to ask him quite a few doubts and interaction with him.
Mr. Srinivasan Sundararajan, Technology adviser, GAVS Technologies, Chennai gave a technical speech on Block Chain and Smart Contract. It started at an enthusiastic note and was sure to match the wavelength of his audience with that of the orator, with his simple, easily understandable and interactive speech. He explained what Block Chains are by comparing it to the internet technology. He stated that internet is used for information exchange whereas Block Chains are used for financial exchange across various media without a centralized controlling party. He introduced the currently existing concept of Bit coins and its usage in Block Chain technology for transactions across peer to peer distributed networks. He also gave a gist of how Block Chains can be implemented in the very near future and the obvious applications of it. Smart Contracts was the other topic he enlightened the audience about.
He then explained the advantages, challenges and possible applications of the Smart Contract which, according to him, is a very genuine way of transactions that required only lines of code that define the manual contract between the seller and the buyer. This time-efficient, trustworthy technology will be much welcomed when it takes over in the recent years.
Mr. Shabarinath Premlal Founder, ResPro Labs, Chennai delivered an expert talk on Entrepreneurship opportunities for IOT. He gave a brief description of IOT and its applications. He spoke about the most fascinating gesture control in games which is quite popular right now. He stated a simple theory of how to become an entrepreneur, which was think of an idea, make a prototype and structure the revenue model.
The most interesting part of the seminar was the description of E – sensors which was based on machine language and predictive analysis .He had brought a working model of the E-sensor he had constructed and shared his knowledge on it. Many students got to try out how the e – sensors actually worked. Mr. Shabarinath continued to inspire with his wonderful presentation. The students were are all were very excited to listen to the humorous yet a Knowledgeable seminar.
Day 2 : 22 July 2017
Mr. Dileep Paruchuri, Project/Program Manager, Intel Technologies, Bengaluru, enlighten the students all about Value Addition in IoT Applications. He started his extremely interesting speech, which he preferred to refer as discussion, by asking a few questions to the audience, probably to know the level of understanding about IoT in the students’ brains.
He briefly discussed about IoT in various fields like home care, sports, retails, etc but spent his time in explaining how IoT was used in health care with an ECG measurable device that had additional glucometer and activity meter embedded into it, which was actually one of Intel’s Sensitive platform for Health- Reference solution’s product. He explained the device’s working briefly with its detailed applications in real life, along with the challenges they had to face before this was released for sale. His innovation definitely was thought provoking and inspiring.
He then brushed upon the various applications of IoT and its advantages in major fields including Rolls Royce’s engine used by major airlines companies and how business can be made by monitoring the engines. The next application he talked about was Home Care, for which he interacted with the crowd about the basic existing technologies used for Home care. The interesting hour of discussion came to an end after a questionnaire, answered almost perfectly by the speaker.
Mr.Ramakrishna Patra, Head of Manufacturing Solutions and IoT Nokia, Chennai gave a talk on Shaping the Future for Connected World. A formal introduction about the company Nokia and its establishment in Chennai was given by our expert speaker. He spoke about the birth of connecting people in different situations and the future predictions we haven’t thought of. Pin-points were made about the usage of IoT projects in every minute aspects of our life and also on how to enhance them using the same. He says now life is all about driving the automation of everything
The speaker then emphasized on the application values of IoT on our daily lives. Not only did he share information, but also gave the students many ideas to come up with. Now that 4G has captured the market, he expressed his views on 5G and how Nokia is going to achieve it. The videos which were played at the end of the
session drove the students to the edge of their seats and made a lasting impact in their minds.
Mr. P Kartikeyan, Manager, Industrial Engineering and Automation, Nokia, Chennai delivered an interactive session on IIoT-Industrial IoT with great vigour and captivated the attention of the audience with the highly engaging oration. The session with was thoroughly enjoyable. Students were taught about Industrial use cases of IoT devices and how they are useful. The speaker showed how Line following robotic arms are fitted in industries to help speed up production and how it helps in increasing the speed of production.
He also compared 4G technology with 5G technology in the communication system used by the IoT devices set up in the Industries. The benefits and disadvantages of both were also debated. He remarked that with the industries switching to 5G technology, Industrial IoT is made more attractive because of the enormous increase in computation speed and power.
The session moved towards data security which is generally described to be a main concern in IoT. Data security was discussed in detail. Then He gave a rousing speech on entrepreneurship and how to convert good ideas into products. He also talked about the scope of the products in the future of IoT.
The final session on Challenges and futuristic opportunities of IoT was presented by Dr. Padmanaban Ramasamy, Director, Eishaa Network, Chennai. He began by briefing the audience about the various sectors of IoT including its major role in defense, commercial and industrial sectors. He spoke about the upcoming ideas of smart cities and home automation all across the world. Subsequently, he went in depth into the challenges faced at the time of implementation of IoT by designers and programmers.
He shed some light on the use of battlefield management and emphasized the importance of short time delay or latency. This was followed by an interactive session with the audience, wherein many ideas and knowledge were exchanged and solutions were suggested to overcome problems such as security and encryptions in the field of IoT.