Upcoming Asa Briggs Fellowship lectures

Upcoming Asa Briggs Fellowship lectures. Three Asa Briggs Visiting Fellows will be giving guest lectures at Sussex this autumn and they are available to book online now. Each lecture is by a prestigious international academic working alongside Sussex colleagues for the duration of their visit. Internet of Things - Victor Leung, Professor of Advanced Telecommunications Engineering, University of British Columbia (UBC), Canada - Wednesday 6 September 12 noon, Chichester Lecture Theatre Book here The Internet of Things (IoT) extends the Internet to connect not only computers and smart devices carried by people, but "things" with embedded sensors, actuators, and networking capabilities. IoT will enable many new services and applications such as smart grids, intelligent transportation, e-health and smart homes/buildings/offices/factories, which will be an integral part of the future smart cities. However, widespread deployment of IoT in society, especially in the context of smart cities, is challenged by a number of issues, most notably the utility, efficiency and security of IoT solutions. In this presentation, we shall focus on the first two of these issues.