IoT for [Healthy] Smart Cities

Every year, ISTAR – Center for Research in Information Sciences, Technologies and Architecture (IUL) – hosts a Summer School Program dedicated to the central themes of the ongoing multidisciplinary research which involve the areas of Science and Information Technology, Architecture, Mathematics and the IoT laboratory. The Internet of Things (IoT) has been a growing field of research as humans and equipment are connected and embedded with smart technology. Considering the recent challenges in the area of Smart Anything (-Cities, -Networks, -Factories, -Buildings, -Home, -Health, -Education and -Campus), this year, the ISTAR Summer School offers the possibility to explore the IoT in the context of smart health, bringing together a multidisciplinary team (computer sciences, medicine and data science) and taking advantage of the existing conditions in the IoT laboratory. The IoT laboratory is equipped for a wide range of research tasks such as acquisition and transmission of sensor data to data management platforms, visualization and data analysis platforms, thus encouraging multidisciplinary research in diverse fields of electronics, communication, security, usability, data analytics and BIM models (the data of buildings).

Course leader

Dr. Mauricio Breternitz, Professor João Ferreira

Target group

Requirements
This Summer School is aimed for:

– Participants that want to learn more about the use of Internet of Things in the context of Smart Cities, Smart Building, Smart Education and Smart Health;

– Professionals and students of several fields of knowledge such as Computer Science, Architecture, Health, Education, Mathematics, and any other field connected to IoT and Smart Anything;

– Participants with some knowledge of programming languages (this is not a mandatory requirement for the summer school);

– English Independent Users (Level B1 minimum as some sessions and materials will be in English).

Course aim

The objective of this Summer School is to introduce participants to emergent computing paradigms, technologies, services and business models associated with Internet of Things (IoT) for Smart Anything.

It also provides an overview of future trends and ongoing research in this new and fast-growing area:
– Study the principles, research problems and applications of device, software and user mobility, as well as IoT;
– Acquire experience with IoT technologies and operating systems;
– Help students to develop self-study skills so that they can keep up with the rapidly changing technologies, tools and techniques in this knowledge area.

Credits info

6 EC
6 ECTS, Diploma from Portuguese University.

Fee info

EUR 305: 25€ application fee plus 280€ fee.