About this course
The IoT course aims to introduce students to the concept of the Internet of Things and to show them how strongly it affects their everyday life, as well as the ways that it can affect them in the near future. Some of the technologies introduced in the course are cutting edge concepts that will promote innovative thinking. Based on this knowledge, students will be able to:
- Identify the modern trends in the scientific field of IoT and analyze how they interconnect with the science of an electrical and electronic engineer.
- Understand, describe and categorize the basic architectures, communication protocols, and data used in the IoT.
- Understand, explain, and develop application inside an ecosystem of interconnected things.
- Identify, compare and substantiate advantages and disadvantages of alternative technological approaches such as the Wireless Sensors Network (WSN).
- Understand and describe the functionality and the implementations of the «publish/subscribe» architecture used in IoT.
- Choοse the most appropriate mode of operation in IoT rule based systems.
- Understand privacy, security and data protection concepts. Analyze and implement counter measures to enforce security and prevention
- Recognize technologies which can support IoT infrastructures, such as cloud computing, Machine Learning (ML), distributed computation, and Blockchain, as well as methods of using these technologies in IoT.
- Understand and describe the main principles of IoT applications such as: Smart Home, e-Health, Smart Cities, Intelligent Transportation Systems, Smart Farming, Smart Grid, Smart Livestock Farming, autonomous vehicles and drones.
- Demonstrate specialized troubleshooting skills, adaptation skills to provide innovative solutions, and develop new knowledge in the IoT field.
- Cooperate with colleagues in order to tackle advanced problems, to critically analyze alternative solutions, and to make decisions regarding IoT implementations.
- Contribute to business knowledge and best practices inside complex cooperating environments, in order to implement IoT ecosystems where interdisciplinary collaboration is mandatory.