Report on visit to MJP Rohilkhand University, Bareilly

I, Prof. Sunil Kr Pandey, was invited as Key Note Speaker to deliver an Expert Talk in “IEEE Sponsored International Symposium on “Internet of Things: Smart Innovation and Usages (IoT-SIU 2016)” organized by Faculty of Engineering & Technology, MJP Rohilkhand University, Bareilly during 22nd – 23rd April, 2016.
Some of the other speakers in this Symposium included Ms. Vijay Laxmi, Sr. IT Architect, Biogen, USA, Dr. Ashutosh Kumar - NIT Kurukshetra, Dr. Mayank Agrawal - GKV Haridwar, Dr. S.C. Sharma – IIT Roorkee, Prof. Manish Prateek – UPES Dehradoon. The Symposium was inaugurated by the Prof. Mushahid Husain, Honorable Vice Chancellor of MJP Rohilkhand University, Bareilly. On this occasion Dr. R. Singh, Professor & Head, Dept of CS&E, Dr. Vinay Rishiwal and other faculty members of the Dept of CS&E, Electronics & Communication, large number of delegates, Researchers and faculty members of other institutes were also present.
In this symposium, my talk was scheduled on Day-2 from 11.00 AM to 01.00PM. In my talk, I focused on following dimensions of IoT:
1. Historical Evolution of Technology that led the foundation of realization of the concept of IoT
2. Different domains of Technology evolution – Database Technologies, Storage Technologies, Network Technologies, Applications
3. Discussion on vision of IoT, Growth, Conceptual Framework & Applications
4. Research Dimensions & Opportunities in this Area
5. Challenges & Issues in IoT
6. Case Study
The Session was followed by Q & A Session of about 30 minutes and it was a nice experience to interact with the participants & delegates and address their queries. It was a wonderful learning & networking experience where I meet some of the old friends and domain experts.