Workshop on IoT at Addis Ababa University

Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

September 25-29, 2017

Venue

The workshop will be given at Addis Ababa University.

IoT

The Internet of Things (IoT) refers to uniquely identifiable objects and their virtual representations in an Internet-like structure. Experts say that there will be nearly 26 billion devices on the Internet of Things by 2020.

Hands-on

Learners grasp new ideas and principles better when they are presented in the “here and now.” Many new concepts can be explained through concrete examples and hands-on experience. The combination of “learning-by-doing” and problem-based learning is an extremely potent method.


A LITTLE ABOUT IOT

Wireless technology has resulted in a data collection revolution in recent years. The continuing improvements in consumer electronics, photovoltaics and batteries have enabled the construction of low-cost custom built detectors and data acquisition / wireless control systems. The ability of such systems to gather data in remote locations e.g. no grid power, over long periods of time and through volume large area coverage facilitates the possibility of developing (near) real-time broad area maps.

The deployment of sensors on a rapid basis and to precise locations in 3D has been made possible even for the lowest cost systems by taking advantage of UAVs or RPAS. The ability to perform remote measurements makes the platform ideal for many radiation monitoring measurements and at a fraction of the cost of manned aircraft.

WORKSHOP'S SCHEDULE

To achieve real change, we have to expand boundaries.
This is why we will mix academic rigor with hands-on experimentation.



First day


Morning session

9:00-9:30 Opening Ceremony
Dagmawi Lemma

9:30-10:00 Presentation of course resources and materials
Franck Albinet

10:00-10:30
Coffee Break

10:30-11:30 Introduction to IoT
Marco Zennaro

11:30-12:30 Catching up Python for IoT
Franck Albinet

12:30-14:00
Lunch Break

Afternoon Session

14:00-17:00 IoT LABS: Pycom's devices, Raspberry Pi, Typical workflow, LED operation
Franck Albinet and Marco Zennaro

Second day


Morning session

9:00-10:00 Intro to Radio propagation and antennas
Marco Zennaro

10:00-10:30
Coffee Break

10:30-12:30 Catching up Python for IoT
Franck Albinet

12:30-14:00
Lunch Break

Afternoon Session

14:00-17:00 IoT LABS: Detecting Pysense board button pressure, connecting to a WiFi access point, measuring RSSI, time syncing with NTP, connecting two IoT nodes or a node with a gateway
Franck Albinet and Marco Zennaro

Third day


Morning session

9:00-10:00 Wireless standards for IoT: WiFi, BLE, SigFox, NB-IoT and LoRa
Marco Zennaro

10:00-10:30
Coffee Break

10:30-12:30 Catching up Python for IoT
Franck Albinet

12:30-14:00
Lunch Break

Afternoon Session

14:00-17:00 IoT LABS: Persisting data on the flash memory or SD card, sensing temperature, humidity and acceleration with the Pysense expansion board, developing a LoRa coverage map
Franck Albinet and Marco Zennaro

Fourth day


Morning session

9:00-10:00 Intro to Message Queue Telemetry Transport (MQTT)
Marco Zennaro

10:00-10:30
Coffee Break

10:30-12:30 Catching up Python for IoT
Franck Albinet

12:30-14:00
Lunch Break

Afternoon Session

14:00-17:00 IoT LABS: Raspberry PI setup and workflow, installing an MQTT broker
Franck Albinet and Marco Zennaro

Fifth day


Morning session

p>9:00-10:00 IoT exemple case studies: Temperature Sensing for Legionella Control Showcase (MWCA17)
Marco Zennaro and Franck Albinet

10:00-10:30
Coffee Break

10:30-12:30 Catching up Python for IoT
Franck Albinet

12:30-14:00
Lunch Break

Afternoon Session

14:00-17:00 IoT LABS Final Project
Part I: Sensing with Pysense nodes ▸ Aggregating data with a Raspberry Gateway ▸ Setting up an API
Part II: Fetching and analysing data from a Jupyter Python notebook ▸ Creating a monitoring dashboard
Franck Albinet and Marco Zennaro

Pictures and Videos


Pictures taken during the workshop are on Flickr and on Google Photos

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MEET OUR AWESOME TEAM




Marco Zennaro

Marco is a Research Officer at the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics. His research interest is in the use of IoT for Development. He holds a PhD from KTH-The Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden.


Franck Albinet

Franck is a Geographical Information System and Data analyst who has been providing for the last decade support to emergency responses in various areas including Humanitarian and Nuclear Emergency.


Dagmawi Lemma

Dagmawi is an Assistant Professor at Addis Ababa University, College of Natural Sciences, Department of Computer Science.


Dawit Bekele

Dawit is ISOC Regional Bureau Director for Africa. Prior to joining ISOC, Dawit worked at Addis Ababa University on teaching and research positions in computer science, since 1994. He received his undergraduate, Masters and Ph.D degrees from Université Paul Sabatier in France, all degrees in Computer Science.



SPONSORS



ICTP
AAU
ISOC

THANKS FOR VISITING US



Contact Information

Dagmawi Lemma
dagmawi.lemma@gmail.com

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