​​The future of IoT? The future is IoT! A new world in which all our devices are connected to each other and interact and exchange data over the internet without any human intervention. The connections extend beyond standard devices, such as desktops, laptops, smartphones and tablets, to any range of non-internet-enabled physical devices and everyday objects. These devices often need to operate in one system. So, all the IoT solutions need a well-thought-out, reliable architecture to work. The IoT architecture is about connectivity, scalability and security.

In this programme, we will discuss the whole IoT architecture. An IoT overview is given and various components of IoT are discussed, eg. Edge computing, IoT Hub and Artificial Intelligence (IA). Besides the technical aspects, human aspects, ethics and privacy are taken into account. There is also an IoT project in cooperation with small and medium sized enterprises and research centres.

During the programme, we use the IoT components of Microsoft Azure.

Lectures take place at Hanze UAS, location Assen, which is approximately 20 minutes from Groningen by train. Students must be prepared to either find/accept accommodation in Assen, or be aware of additional costs of daily travel from Groningen to Assen.