September 24, 2017 – UTM Skudai – Center for Communication and Technology (CICT) in cooperation with Advanced Telecommunication Research Group (ATT) of UTM conducted a Workshop on “Internet of Things Hands-on Experience” using FAVORIOTrecently.

This is probably the first series of IoT Workshops that will be hosted and trained by the experts from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. The attendees are from within UTM (Staffs and Students) including people from the industry.

The excitement and compelling need for more IoT professionals are growing steadily in Malaysia. UTM will be a good anchor University in down south of the Peninsular Malaysia to grow the IoT talents in relation to the needs of the Industry 4.0 and Smart Cities plans in Johor.

ATT comprised of a great research team that focused on IoT for many years. They have developed products such as:

• TelG
• Smart Door Access
• Smart Home System
• Poultry Farm Wireless Monitoring System
• Spine Monitoring

“We need Generation-IoT to help build our nation. We can’t have the attitude of wait-and-see as the Third Wave of Internet Tsunami hit us. Thus, the new generation must be equipped with the right technical skills and understand how to develop an IoT business case. Using FAVORIOT platform will the beginning of their IoT journey in developing innovative solutions”, said Dr. Mazlan Abbas, CEO of FAVORIOT.

Photo Gallery (Credit to ATT)

Next Invited Talk at Kulliyyah of Engineering, IIUM Gombak. The seminar is considered as a forum for interaction of the college community, the industry as well as other academic institutions on both the practical and the R&D to IIUM students.

The details of the seminar session are as follows:

• Date: Sept. 29m 2017 / Friday
• Time: 3.00pm to 5.00 pm
• Venue: Kulliyyah of Engineering, IIUM Gombak