By: Dr Usman Sarwar (Software Validation Architect, Intel) and Ir Dr Rosdiadee Nordin (Senior Lecturer,UKM)

Organised by IET Control & Automation TPN & IET Malaysia Network

Venue: Armada Hotel, Petaling Jaya.



The Internet of Things (IoT) is an environment in which objects, animals or people are provided with unique identifiers and the ability to transfer data over a network without requiring human-to-human or human-to-computer interaction. The two talks for this day addressed some of the more important aspects of this developing new technology.



First speaker, Dr Usman Sarwar presented his technical talk focusing on Internet of Things Architecture: Elements of Connectivity Technologies. 



The talk described the paradigm of Internet of things technology which is only possible by integrating vital key elements such as connectivity, security, manageability and analytics. All of these elements are integrated together for creating a value preposition for an ambient solution. The goal of the presentation was to provide an overview of key elements of Intel’s Internet of Things architecture and focused on heterogeneous connectivity technologies which enable different aspects of the IoT use-cases.



Second speaker Ir Dr Rosdiadee shared his technical talk covering the Current trends and future directions of IOT in Malaysia. He explained how the Innovation in electronic fabrications, affordable Internet-connected sensors, improvement in Internet connectivity and adoption of smart devices are four key elements that are driving the explosion of the Internet of Things (IoT). 



Surprisingly, by 2020, it is expected that 33 billion objects will be connected via the Internet (ratio of 1 user to 4.12 objects) and will bring $14 trillion of economic benefit globally. The total data generated is forecasted at 40 zettabytes, which is five times bigger than the data we generated in 2015. It is obvious that IoT will bring a significant impact by transforming our daily routine and business into the digital world. 



Finally he shared the emerging trends in IoT deployment with focus on techno-business and quality of life improvement. Recent advances around the world and Malaysia was highlighted from the selected case studies and the Potential IoT applications in Malaysia based on the preliminary research findings. 



The audience showed high interest about the topic and mainly shared concern on the fast pace of the IOT progress which could affect the human privacy, social life, exposure to human health and safety. Cyber security was one of the questions raised by the audience and Dr Sarwar explain how the policy and protocol behind the development of IOT could address the issue. Ir Dr Rosdiadee convinced that IOT is happening and soon will be more obvious on how it will effect and influence our way of life. 



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