pinned Archives - Sensor Systems and The Internet of Things

Warmest Congratulations to Mohannad!

mohannadabuissa — Wed, 02 Jun 2021 06:15:53 +0000

The Sensor Systems and Internet of Things Lab family sends the warmest congratulations to the lab member, Mohannad Abu Issa, on the birth of his sweet baby girl, Jana.

�Ӱ�ԭ�� University’s IoT lab team wins the 2nd Prize Best Poster Award in DataDay 7.1 (2021)

farajlagum — Wed, 19 May 2021 01:10:06 +0000

Congratulations to Faraj Lagum, Jaspal Singh, Samia Barouni, Mohamed Ibnkahla, and Zied Bouida for winning the 2^nd Prize Best Poster Award in �Ӱ�ԭ�� University’s , (March 2021). This prize was a recognition of their works entitled “Machine learning-based textual and sentiment analysis of covid-19 social media data: City of Ottawa case”. In this work, the team builds an autonomous system powered by machine learning to collect COVID-19 pandemic-related data from social media platforms and analyze this data to estimate sentiments and find the main topics of discussion.

The poster committee judges the posters based on their design, organization, clarity of the presentation and scientific contribution.

Anastassia Gharib Appointed as IEEE WIE Regional Coordinators Subcommittee Chair

mohannadabuissa — Wed, 12 May 2021 16:13:24 +0000

Early this year, Anastassia Gharib was appointed as the 2021 Chair of Regional Coordinators Subcommittee for Women in Engineering (WIE) of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Gharib is the first woman in Canada to receive this position. This prestigious role highlights numerous achievements of Gharib in recent years in recognition of her outstanding contributions to the support of women in engineering. As part of her new role at IEEE WIE, Gharib plans to harmonize the operation of IEEE WIE Regional Committees, promote international collaborations, and nurture future women in engineering leaders. Gharib is a PhD Candidate in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Department of Systems and Computer Engineering, �Ӱ�ԭ�� University. She is part of the research team at Sensor Systems and Internet of Things Laboratory, �Ӱ�ԭ�� University.

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Professor Ibnkahla Gives Keynote Talk in CSP-SSD Conference, Tunisia, 2021

mohannadabuissa — Wed, 07 Apr 2021 03:29:18 +0000

The CISCO Industrial Research Chair Professor Mohamed Ibnkahla was invited to give a Keynote Talk, titled by “IoT, AI, and Big Data in a pandemic era“, for The International Conference on Communication and Signal Processing & Information Technology (CSP), which is a part of the 18th IEEE International Multi-Conference on Systems, Signals & Devices 2021 (SSD 2021). The (CSP-SSD 2021) took place online, Monastir, Tunisia, between March 22-25, 2021.

The Internet of Things (IoT), Big Data, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) have been proven to enhance many aspects of our life including the economy, healthcare, security, education, etc. The recent outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated how these technologies are needed more than any precedent time and how they impact every aspect of our society. The talk emphasized the role that these technologies are expected to play in a pandemic world, and the impact that they will have not only on the health sector but also on individual lives (through smart home technologies for example), education (e.g., remote learning and remote labs and testbeds), transportation (intelligent transportation systems), economy, governance, security, etc. Finally, the technical challenges and requirements of these technologies, as well as some results and demos from the IoT Lab at �Ӱ�ԭ�� University was presented and discussed.

The attendees appreciated the rich talk and showed a great interest in the research �Ӱ�ԭ�� IoT lab works on in the areas of IoT, AI, and Big Data.

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IoT Lab Demonstrates �Ӱ�ԭ��-Cisco IoT Testbed at ICCSPA Conference, Sharjah, 2020

mohannadabuissa — Wed, 24 Mar 2021 08:11:01 +0000

Sensor Systems and The Internet of Things lab led by Professor Mohamed Ibnkahla participated in the International Conference on Communications, Signal Processing, and their Applications (ICCSPA) on Wednesday, March 17, 2021. Professor Ibnkahla and the Cisco Chair team gave a presentation and demo of the �Ӱ�ԭ��-Cisco IoT Testbed to a large audience consisting of academics, researchers, and tech-specialist.

The �Ӱ�ԭ��-Cisco IoT Testbed adopts a layered approach composed of four layers, namely: Sensing layer, Edge computing layer, Fog computing and core network layer, and Cloud layer. The testbed supports the cross-layer nature of the IoT. Besides, it enables system design and data processing at the different IoT layers starting from the sensing layers up to the cloud.

The IoT testbed facilitates the development of tomorrow’s IoT technology by offering accurate multi-user scientific evaluation tools over heterogeneous networks and technologies. Further, the implemented testbed considers the complete cycle of IoT application development and deployment, which includes sensing, applications, and middle-layers processing as well as system-level cybersecurity design and management.

The �Ӱ�ԭ��-Cisco IoT testbed is built at the Sensor Systems and IoT Lab, �Ӱ�ԭ�� University, under the Cisco Research Chair in Sensor Technology for IoT, and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)/Cisco Industrial Research Chair in Sensor Networks for IoT, with the support of Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI) and Ontario Research Fund (ORF).

The presentation was highly valued by the attendees who showed great interest in the IoT testbed and had many good questions at the end of the presentation.

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Samia Barouni Finds a New Start at Collège Montmorency

farajlagum — Tue, 09 Mar 2021 03:49:19 +0000

Congratulations to Samia Barouni for finding a new start at , Laval, Quebec, Canada as a permanent full-time College Instructor. Samia will teach Web applications, Linux OS and Virtualization & networks courses at the department of Computer Science Technology.

We are proud of Samia’s achievements and we wish her continuous success!

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Weekly Lab Presentations LIVE on our Facebook Page

farajlagum — Tue, 06 Oct 2020 13:36:55 +0000