Archived Events

The October 12 industry event was a successful full day of valuable content, knowledge-sharing, and networking with peers.

• ThyssenKrupp Elevator’s IoT
  Rory Smith, Visiting Professor at University of Northampton, Director of Strategic Development Americas –ThyssenKrupp Elevator Americas
• Enhancing the Toyota Production System with IoT
  Joshua Linnemann, Director of Design Engineering, Production Engineering, and Information Technology
  Steven Norman, Information Technology Manager
  –Toyota Industrial Equipment Mfg.
• Welbilt Digital – Connectivity Solutions
  Ramesh Tirumala, Director of Engineering, Digital Services and Solutions
  –Welbilt
• Exploring Business Applications using Deep Learning and Natural Language Processing
  Sridhar Ramaswamy, Adjunct Professor at the University of Chicago Graham School, Analytics Advisor –Caterpillar Inc.
• Big Data Analytics for Real-Time Complex System Monitoring
  Kaibo Liu, Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin – Madison

The June 12 IoT event was a successful full-day workshop on “Predictive Analytics with Rattle and R”. The workshop by Dr. Chen taught attendees several important methods for predictive analytics, including model selection, regression, and classification.

The April 13 industry event was a successful full day of valuable content, knowledge-sharing, and networking with peers.

• Kohler Connect: Smart Homes Finds Bathroom
  Cynthia Bachmann, Vice President-Engineering  & Product Development, Kitchen & Bath Group – Kohler 
  Marwan Estiban, Director-Engineering, Electronics & Smart Home, Kitchen & Bath Group – Kohler
  Eric Plate, Principal Engineer & Group Lead – Smart Home, Kitchen & Bath Group – Kohler

• Connected Vehicle Diagnostics and Prognostics
  Yilu Zhang, Technical Fellow & Manager of Vehicle Health Management Group – General Motors 

• Modeling and Monitoring of Energy Consumption Through IOT for Energy Strategy in Manufacturing
  Sangkee Min, Assistant Professor at University of Wisconsin – Madison
• IoT and Cloud: Transforming Public & Private Services
  Sri Elaprolu, Global Leader & Senior Manager – Amazon Web Services

• What do Supply Chain and Operations Managers Need to Know about Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence?
  Michael Watson, Adjunct Professor at Northwestern University, Co-Founder of Opex Analytics

The December 14th event was a full day workshop on “Industrial Data Analytics Using “R”. This introduction workshop taught attendees how to insert and manipulate data using “R”in order to gain major insights for their organization.

The October 10 Industry Event was a full day of valuable content, knowledge-sharing and networking with peers, including the following presentations:

• Event-Driven Systems as a Vehicle for IoT and Digital Transformation
  Marty Sprinzen, CEO – VANTIQ
  Video Presentation
  
• Key Traits of Leading IoT Platforms
  Dima Tokar, Co-Founder and CTO – MachNation
  Video Presentation
  
• A Conversation With Your Connected Industrial Chiller
  Vaidyanathan Venkiteswaran, Data Scientist — Johnson Controls
  Video Presentation
• Digital Transformation is Revolutionizing Manufacturing
  David Vasko, Director of Advanced Technology — Rockwell Automation
  Video Presentation
  
• Cisco Kinetic – Extracting Value From IoT Data
  Naveen Manicka, Senior Technical Marketing Engineer — Cisco
  Video Presentation

The May 3 Industry Event and Poster Session was a full day of valuable content, knowledge-sharing and networking with peers, including the following presentations:

• Best Practices in IoT Solutions
  Joe Kann, Vice President Global Business Development, Rockwell Automation
• IoT Organizations: Avoiding Common Pitfalls
  Mark Benson, CTO, Exosite
• Challenges and Solutions in IoT End-Point Security
  Professor Younghyun Kim, UW–Madison
• Industry 4.0 Meets Workforce 2.0
  Ashis Khan, Area VP, IoT and Digital Transformation — L&T Technology Services
  and Ramarao Garikapati, CEO and Founder — ExTech Ideas

The day concluded with a student poster session, featuring projects on real-world IoT applications by multidisciplinary student teams in the introductory IoT course.

The March 7 Industry event included peer-to-peer networking, breakout sessions and featured the following thought-provoking presentations from industry and academic experts:

• High-Performance Flexible Electronics
  Professor Jack Ma, UW–Madison
• Using Virtual Reality to Simulate Real World Environments
  Professor Kevin Ponto, UW–Madison
• Benefits and Use Cases of IoT Edge Computing, Including the Newly Launched AWS Greengrass
  Thomas Jean and Julian Dale, Solstice     
• Cycle-Based Signal Modeling for Equipment Condition Monitoring
  Professor Shiyu Zhou and Salman Jahani, UW–Madison 
  
• Pratical Insights on IoT Security: The Big Little Things
  Steve Knackers, Sub-Zero Group
  

The December 7 Industry Event was a full day of valuable content, knowledge-sharing and networking with peers, including the following presentations:

• IoT in Manufacturing: A Progress Report
  Joe Kann, Vice President Global Business Development, Rockwell Automation
• Emerging Data Science Capabilities: Opportunities and Challenges 
  Tobin Jansenberger, Data Science and Analytics Lab Manager, American Family Insurance
• Update on UW IoT Lab Activities and Projects
  Dr. Raj Veeramani, Executive Director, UW IoT Lab
• IoT Enablement of Legacy and New Equipment
  Anurag Garg, Founder and CEO, DATTUS, Inc.
• Mixed and Augmented Reality Featuring Microsoft Hololens 
  Greg Levenhagen, Principal Consultant, Skyline Technologies

The day concluded with a student poster session, featuring projects on real-world IoT applications by multidisciplinary student teams in the new IoT course.

The Industry Event on September 14 featured presentations from Ipsen USA, Sysmex America and L&T Technology Services. Addtionally, Dr. Raj Veeramani provided an update on UW IoT Lab projects and activities.

The day also included a group discussion on forming a collaborative learning work group focused on IoT security.

The June 23 Industry Event was a full day of valuable content, knowledge-sharing and networking with peers. The day’s program included insightful presentations (including one by Curt G. Joa Inc., a world leader in engineering and building specialty machines for producing disposable products, such as diapers). Participants also learned about emerging wireless communications technologies from Professor Xinyu Zhang(Electrical and Computer Engineering Department) and Blockchain and Its Implications for IoT from Dr. Thomas Yen (Technical Director, UW IoT Lab).

The day included breakout sessions for the Industrial IoT and Consumer IoT Work Groups to review progress and discuss next steps for the applied research projects focused on Smart and Connected Enterprise (predictive diagnostics of equipment) and Smart and Connected Home use cases.

      The IoT Lab’s Industrial IoT and Consumer IoT Work Groups are actively engaged in developing the project roadmap for applied research projects focused on Smart and Connected Enterprise (predictive diagnostics of equipment) and Smart and Connected Home use cases respectively. In these projects, we are adopting a “learning by doing” approach using real-world scenarios and testbeds to address and learn about significant issues of common interest pertaining to IoT infrastructure, analytics and customer value.

At the April 28 Industry Event, attendees learned about the lab’s proposed plan of action for both Work Group projects and how companies can get involved in and benefit from these projects. Participants also had the opportunity to gain valuable practical insights from member companies, as well as from research projects being conducted by faculty and students in the IoT Lab. After the industry event, lab students shared their projects’ progress at the Poster Session.

The Consumer and Industrial IoT Work Groups met February 24 to continue work on the recently launched applied research projects. The Industrial IoT project is focused on Smart and Connected Enterprise (predictive diagnostics of equipment), while the Consumer IoT Work Group is taking on Smart and Connected Home use cases. In both of these projects, the work groups’ approaches are based on “learning by doing” using real-world scenarios to address and learn about common issues of interest pertaining to IoT infrastructure, analytics and customer value.

The day kicked off with updates on lab activities and the results of company interviews conducted by the lab. Next, Professors Shiyu Zhou and Kaibu Liu each gave presentations addressing IoT analytics challenges. In the afternoon, attendees broke into parallel work group sessions to develop study designs and activities and determine next steps.

Immediately after the Industry Session, attendees were invited to join IoT Lab students and staff in the lab for an immersive workshop with IBM engineers. Participants gained hands-on experience with Bluemix and learn how to connect it to Rapspberry Pi 2, temperature and humidity sensors, and smart devices.