Date: 07th November 2025
Prof. Fabien Ferrero, LEAT (Laboratoire d’Electronique, Antennes et Telecommunications), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)
Title : Extending IoT connectivity from Space : Challenges and first experiments
Abstract:
Wireless communication based on low earth orbit (LEO) satellite and Geostationary earth orbit (GEO) is gaining interest for Internet of Things (IoT) applications. In the last decade, new waveforms have been introduced to combine the long communication range with the ultra-low power consumption, which is usually defined as Low Power Wide Area Network (LPWAN). Moreover, several IoT use cases require a connection in remote and isolated areas without a wireless network. The satellite technology is a clear enabler to deploy worldwide IoT connectivity. More than 20 companies have started projects to deploy a constellation of CubeSats dedicated to IoT communications for worldwide communication. In this talk, Echostar and Lacuna Space solutions based on LP-WAN protocol will be presented.
Bio:
Fabien FERRERO was born in Nice, France in 1980. He finalized his EPU engineer degree in electronics and his Master Propagation, Télédétection and Télécommunications in EDSTIC of Sophia Antipolis in 2003. He received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering in 2007 from the University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis. From 2008 to 2009, he worked for IMRA Europe (Aisin Seiki research center) as a research engineer and developed automotive antennas. In 2010, he is recruited as an Associate Professor at the Polytechnic school of the Université Nice Sophia-Antipolis. Since 2018, he is full Professor at Université Côte d’Azur. He is doing his research at the LEAT (Laboratoire d’Electronique, Antennes et Telecommunications). His studies concerned design and measurement of millimetric antennas, IoT systems and reconfigurable antennas.
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Fabien Ferrero
Date: To Be Announced
Professor Saraju Mohanty, Department of Computer Science and Engineering University of North Texas, Denton, TX 76207, USA
Title : Internet-of-Agro-Things (IoAT) - Demystified
Abstract:
The world population will be reaching the 8 billion mark to cause a rapid increase of food demand. It is obvious that socio-economic and well-being fallout affects food security. However, the amount of land that is used for farming purposes has been continuously decreasing for various reasons, such as rapid urbanization. To cater to the needs of the increasing population with reduced farmland, the agricultural industry is evolving to become efficient and smart. Traditional agriculture needs to adopt technologies to be efficient, and sustainable, leading to what is known as smart agriculture. This talk will present the technological trends and challenges in smart agriculture. How the Smart Agriculture made of Agriculture Cyber-Physical Systems (A-CPS) are built upon the Internet-of-Agro-Things (IoAT) will be discussed. The talk will focus on technologies, such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), along with the Distributed Ledger and Security-by-Design (SbD) principle in the context of IoAT. The talk will address many questions about smart agriculture including: (1) Trends of Agriculture. (2) What is IoAT and A-CPS? (3) What are the challenges of design and operation of smart agriculture? (4) What are AI solutions for smart agriculture? (5) What are cybersecurity solutions for smart agriculture? (6) What are some smart agriculture examples?
Bio:
Dr. Saraju Mohanty is a Professor at the University of North Texas. Prof. Mohanty’s research is in “Smart Electronic Systems” which has been funded by NSF, SRC, US Air Force, NIDILRR, IUSSTF, and Mission Innovation. He has over 25 years of research experience on security and protection of media, hardware, and systems. He introduced the Secure Digital Camera (SDC) in 2004 with built-in security features designed using Hardware Assisted Security (HAS) or Security by Design (SbD) principle. He is widely credited as the designer for the first digital watermarking chip in 2004 and first the low-power digital watermarking chip in 2006. He has authored 550 research articles, 5 books, and 10 granted and pending patents. His Google Scholar h-index is 62 and i10-index is 307 with 17,000 citations. He is ranked among top 2% faculty in the world with 30th rank for year 2019, 25th rank for year 2020, and 14th rank for year 2022 in the "Computer Hardware and Architecture" area. He is a recipient of 21 best paper awards, Fulbright Specialist Award in 2021, IEEE Consumer Electronics Society Outstanding Service Award in 2020, the IEEE-CS-TCVLSI Distinguished Leadership Award in 2018, and the PROSE Award for Best Textbook in Physical Sciences and Mathematics category in 2016. He has delivered 31 keynotes and served on 15 panels at various International Conferences. He has been serving on the editorial board of several peer-reviewed international journals, including IEEE Transactions on Bigdata, as well as EiC of IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine. He served as the Chair of the IEEE-CS Technical Committee on VLSI during 2014-2018 and served on the Board of Governors of the IEEE Consumer Electronics Society during 2019-2021. He is the steering committee chair/vice-chair for the IEEE International Symposium on Smart Electronic Systems (iSES), the IEEE-CS Symposium on VLSI (ISVLSI), and the OITS International Conference on Information Technology (OCIT). He has supervised 3 post-doctoral researchers, 19 Ph.D. dissertations, 29 M.S. theses, and 41 undergraduate-research projects
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Saraju Mohanty