Program Overview

Summer School on Enabling Technologies for IoT 2021

Overview

The Summer School on Enabling Technologies for IoT 2021 is a 50-hour course that took place from July 21 to July 28, 2021. The course was held at the Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Informazione (DII) in Pisa, Italy, with remote mode also available via Microsoft TEAMS Virtual Room.

Scientific and Administrative Coordination

• Scientific Coordination: Prof. Sergio Saponara
• Administrative Coordination: Dr. Rosanna Le Rose

Lecturers

Lecturers from the University of Pisa, University of Kiel, and University Grenoble Alpes participated in the summer school.

Exam

The exam consisted of completing a technical report, starting from one of the subjects of the course and integrated with data and information from student experience. The technical report had to be completed within a pair of weeks after the course (and in any case within September 1, 2021) to have the exam registered with a final mark. The technical report was analyzed by a committee involving Prof. Sergio Saponara, Prof. E. Mingozzi, and Prof. G. Manara, who also acted as tutors.

Programme

L1, Wednesday 21 July, 9.00 18.30

• Day on Integrated Circuits and Architectures for Industrial IoT Applications
  • 9.00 - 10.30: Introduction and syllabus of the Summer School (course, lessons, final exam, teaching material) by Prof. S. Saponara and Prof. G. Manara
  • 10.30 - 13.30: RFID operating principles and basic circuit & system components by Prof. G. Iannaccone
  • 14.30 - 18.30: Integrated circuits and architectures for Industrial IoT applications: communication aspects by Prof. S. Saponara

L2, Thursday 22 July, 9.00 18.30

• Day on Basics of Electromagnetics and Sensing ICs
  • 9.00 - 13.30: Integrated circuits and architectures for Industrial IoT applications: remote sensing aspects by Prof. S. Saponara
  • 14.30 - 16.30: Electromagnetic propagation issues for IIoT by Prof. L. Klinkenbusch
  • 16.30 - 18.30: Advanced phased arrays for communications and wireless power transfer in industrial scenarios by Prof. G. Manara

L3, Friday 23 July, 9.00 18.30

• Day on Networking for IoT and Industry 4.0
  • 09.00 - 13.00: Networking protocols and architectures for IIoT and Cyber Physical Systems by Prof. S. Giordano
  • 14.30-18.30: Web of Things: architectures, protocols and platforms for IoT applications by Prof. E. Mingozzi

Saturday 24 July 19.30

• Summer School Social Event (for people in presence mode): Visit at Palazzo Blu, Lungarno Gambacorti 9, 56125 Pisa, with a guide in English Language

L4, Monday 26 July, 9.00 18.30

• RFIDay(at)Summer School
  • 09.00 - 10.00: RFID technology for Industry 4.0: trends and issues by Prof. P. Nepa
  • 10.00 - 11.30: Chipless RFID technology by Prof. S. Tedjini
  • 11.30 13.00: Advanced antenna design for RFID devices by Dr. A. Michel
  • 14.00 - 15.30: RFID for Sensing by Dr. F. Costa
  • 15.30 - 17.00: Towards self-locating assets with RFID technology by Prof. A. Buffi
  • 17.00 - 18.30: Additive Manufacturing for chipless RFID tag and sensors by Prof. S. Genovesi

L5, Tuesday 27 July, 9.00 18.30

• Day on Applications of 4.0 Paradigm to Smart Industry and Smart Transportation
  • 9.00-11.00: Integration of IoT devices into Cloud computing platforms: methods and practical examples by Prof. C. Vallati
  • 11.00-13.00: The 6TiSCH Architecture for Industrial IoT Applications by Prof. G. Anastasi
  • 14.00-15.00: CarbonDream industrial case study by Dr. D. Benedetti, Dr. J. Agnelli, and Prof. S. Saponara
  • 15.00-17.00: Electromagnetic Information Security for IoT devices by Prof. A. Monorchio
  • 17.00 18.30: New trends in the internet of autonomous vehicles by Prof. S. Saponara

L6, Wednesday 28 July, 9.00 19.00

• Day on High Performance Computing
  • 9.00 11.30: Embedded High Performance Computing: the H2020 European Processor Initiative by Prof. S. Saponara
  • 11.30 13.30: Ultra low power circuits and quantum computing paradigms by Prof. M. Macucci
  • 14.30 19.00: Assignments of projects for the exam to each candidate by Prof. S. Saponara and Prof. G. Manara