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By John Roach, Writer, Microsoft Research Within the next 5 to 10 years, tens of billions of things will be connected to the internet. They\u2019ll monitor rainfall in rain forests and engine performance in airplanes, guide robotic teachers around classrooms and robotic aids around nursing homes, keep tabs on milk in refrigerators and fans at baseball games along with millions of other yet imagined scenarios for this future Internet of Things.<\/p>\n Leading researchers from across industry and academia are meeting this week in Snoqualmie, Washington, for the UW Allen School MSR Summer Institute 2017: Unpacking the Future of IoT (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> to hash out their vision for this interconnected world and a plan to turn this vision into reality.<\/p>\n \u201cThe way you create the future is you envision what that future is and then once you envision it you identify these hard, technical challenges that will get you there,\u201d said Victor Bahl (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, distinguished scientist and director of mobile and networking research at Microsoft\u2019s research lab in Redmond, who is a co-organizer of the institute. \u201cThen you start working on them.\u201d<\/p>\n For example, a key challenge for IoT is energy supply, noted Bahl. With billions of devices, batteries that require regular replacement are a nonstarter. Several research groups are exploring workarounds such as energy scavenging from the environment, allowing battery-less computation and communication. \u201cWe have some prototypes, but more has to be done,\u201d said Bahl.<\/p>\n Other challenges include connectivity \u2013 how and when do these devices connect to the internet outside the range of Wi-Fi and without the overhead of cellular networks \u2013 device security, and ensuring the security and privacy of data. Another discussion is around models for the intelligent edge \u2013 putting smarts in IoT devices on the fringes of networks, which eases bandwidth constraints and latency issues.<\/p>\n At the core of the institute, added Bahl, is a belief that IoT is a collaborative field. Social activities are planned to encourage networking and cross-institute collaborations. All presentations from the institute will also be made available to the broader IoT community.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are starting to work on these problems as a community and in the process,\u201d noted Bahl, \u201cwe\u2019ll end up helping define the future as opposed to the future defining us.\u201d<\/p>\n The <\/em>UW Allen School MSR Summer Institute 2017: Unpacking the Future of IoT<\/em> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> is organized by <\/em>Shyam Gollakota<\/em> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, <\/em>Yoshi Kohno<\/em> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, <\/em>Shwetak Patel<\/em> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> and <\/em>Joshua R. Smith<\/em> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> from the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Washington and <\/em>Victor Bahl<\/em> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> at Microsoft Research.<\/em><\/p>\n Related<\/strong>:<\/p>\n By John Roach, Writer, Microsoft Research Within the next 5 to 10 years, tens of billions of things will be connected to the internet. They\u2019ll monitor rainfall in rain forests and engine performance in airplanes, guide robotic teachers around classrooms and robotic aids around nursing homes, keep tabs on milk in refrigerators and fans at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36509,"featured_media":418241,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"msr-url-field":"","msr-podcast-episode":"","msrModifiedDate":"","msrModifiedDateEnabled":false,"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[194485],"tags":[195967],"research-area":[13547],"msr-region":[],"msr-event-type":[197941],"msr-locale":[268875],"msr-post-option":[],"msr-impact-theme":[],"msr-promo-type":[],"msr-podcast-series":[],"class_list":["post-418232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-networking","tag-internet-of-things","msr-research-area-systems-and-networking","msr-event-type-conferences","msr-locale-en_us"],"msr_event_details":{"start":"2017-07-31","end":"2017-08-03","location":"Snoqualmie, Wash."},"podcast_url":"","podcast_episode":"","msr_research_lab":[199565],"msr_impact_theme":[],"related-publications":[],"related-downloads":[],"related-videos":[],"related-academic-programs":[],"related-groups":[],"related-projects":[212082],"related-events":[],"related-researchers":[],"msr_type":"Post","featured_image_thumbnail":"
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