IoT technology is facilitating a revolution in our understanding of nature by providing observations at a fine spatial-temporal resolution. IoT has the potential to revolutionize science and influence social, environmental and health issues.
30 participants from 5 different East African countries. Lecturers from Africa, Europe, South America and Asia!
To prepare for the IoT paradigm shift, scientists need to begin to evaluate new and developing technologies, establish collaborations and participate in joint efforts with experts in sensor technology, communications, information management, and networking to design and implement prototypes of IoT.
Lecturers from Europe, Africa, Asia and America.
30 participants from Rwanda, DRC, Uganda and Kenya. The full list is here.
Welcome to the workshop! Today we will start by introducing some Internet of Things concepts, followed by a short introduction to Open Software and Hardware. In the afternoon we will start working with the nodes by installing the Arduino IDE and running the first examples.
Welcome to the second day! Today we will go wireless. We will learn about wireless technologies used in IoT. In the afternoon we will send data wirelessly from one node to the other.
Today we will learn about low power sensor operation and about middleware. In the afternoon we will connect our IoT network to the external world and visualize data!
Welcome to the fourth day! Today we will deploy a IoT network. We will have fun!
Welcome to the fifth day! Today we will analyze the results of the deployments and discuss about the way forward.
University of Rwanda
The University of Rwanda (UR) is a higher education institution formed in 2013 through the merger of Rwanda's previously independent public institutions of higher education, the largest of which was the National University of Rwanda. As of January 2015, the university had 30,445 students, of whom 28,875 were undergraduates and 1,570 postgraduates. 99.4 per cent of UR students are Rwandan nationals. It employs 1,450 academics and 816 support and administrative staff.
Carnegie Mellon University in Rwanda
Carnegie Mellon University has embarked on an exciting opportunity to transform graduate education in Africa. With a history of excellence in higher education and as a global thought leader in technology innovation, Carnegie Mellon is the first U.S. research institution offering degrees in Africa with an in-country presence.
NetworkTheWorld
NetworkTheWorld.Org is a nonprofit public benefit corporation. Its mission is to help improve quality of life and help reduce poverty in the developing world by improving Internet access and communications infrastructure.
Ministry of Education, Rwanda
The mission of the Ministry of Education is: “to transform the Rwandan citizen into skilled human capital for socio-economic development of the country ...” The Directorate of Science Technology and Research (DSTR) has the responsibility for the implementation of the Rwanda National Science, Technology and Innovation Policy. The mandate of DSTR is among others; to provide government with a wide policy coordination and policy development function in the broad STI sector, delivery of programmes to support research capacity and private sector development and support for STI in educational institutions. The Directorate has the responsibility for developing strategy and overseeing the implementation of all programmes related to the building of Science, Technology and Innovation capacity in Rwanda across all sectors including: Education, Infrastructure, energy, agriculture, health, and environment, including climate change."
