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Description

Official Description

5.0 Continuing Education Units (CEUs)

Introduction to the Internet of Things (IoT) and its applications; fundamental software and hardware technologies that support IoT devices; data transmission protocols; tools to process the data generated by IoT devices; data analysis techniques that enable common applications related to IoT devices.

 

Supplementary Information

30 contact hours plus approx. 20 hours of assignments.

Topics Covered

  • Introduction to the Internet of Things (IoT)
  • Things: sensors, actuators, devices
  • Temperature Sensor project introduction
  • Sensor data
  • IoT Data Strategy
  • Data Science Process
  • Data analytics and protection
  • Communication and internet
  • IOT applications in various industry sectors
  • Analytics IoT Business Case

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:

  • Outline the various elements of a successful IoT project
  • Analyze a problem and identify various options where IoT devices could be integrated
  • Explain the commonalities and the differences of the integration of IoT solutions within different industry sectors
  • Apply critical thinking methods to understand the impact of connected devices on business and society taking into consideration ethical and legal issues
  • Assess ethical and privacy considerations that arise when gathering, storing and working with data  from IoT devices
  • Re-frame a data collection question as an IoT question
  • Connect data collected from IoT devices to visualization and analytical tools
  • Appreciate the application of solutions to different business contexts
  • Explain the key elements that constitute a properly implemented IoT project
  • Build an IoT device, control its sensor and distribute the data to the web

Prerequisite(s) and Corequisite(s)

  • Intermediate level of programming skills in Python

Students who did not complete the Professional Development Certificate in Data Science and Machine Learning must provide proof of completion of the Intermediate Python for Data Science course or similar.

Applies Towards the Following Programs

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