{"id":1628,"date":"2015-05-22T12:46:03","date_gmt":"2015-05-22T12:46:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/?p=1628"},"modified":"2015-05-18T13:00:05","modified_gmt":"2015-05-18T13:00:05","slug":"report-on-sensing-environments-an-internet-of-things-pit-stop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/?p=1628","title":{"rendered":"Report on Sensing Environments: An Internet of Things Pit Stop"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Rapheal-Olaniyan\"<\/p>\n

Computer Science PhD\u00a0student\u00a0Rapheal Olaniyan reports on attending Sensing Environments: An Internet of Things Pit Stop<\/a> on\u00a027-28 April 2015.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Organised by\u00a0Digital Catapult Centre<\/a>,\u00a0Sensing Environments\u00a0was an event\u00a0\u00a0designed for entrepreneurs, PhD candidates and CEOs to have the opportunity to seek advice from experts in the Internet of Things on Smart Cities, Sensing Environments and Smart Buildings.<\/p>\n

It provided an\u00a0avenue to get updated on innovative technology projects. I was funded by Goldsmiths\u00a0Computing department to attend the programme, knowing that it would help me get to know the latest technology challenges and developments, and seek advice on my research work.<\/p>\n

One of the projects presented was about the societal database system that will include corporate firms and private individuals to have direct access to non-sensitive information. Only authorised parties are allowed to have access to sensitive information. For example, telecom companies can benefit from banks by having access to some non-sensitive information using the proposed central database system and vice versa. It can be used to solve some problems related to fraud, poor information dissemination, among others.<\/p>\n

Another interesting project was about security access to private individuals\u2019 information. At this stage, corporate firms protect and decide who should have access to their customers\u2019 information. For example, Twitter decides who should have access to the accounts of their customers. But with a centralised database, individuals can make the decisions.<\/p>\n

For entrepreneurs, PhD students and CEOs interested in the latest technology, seeking advice from experts and also developing strong business network it is worth the time attending some technology-related events organised by Digital Contact.<\/p>\n