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	Internet of Things for the Sustainable Development Goals

Wednesday

04.05

USI Lugano Campus EST, room D1.03

11:45 - 12:45


	Prof. Anna Förster Universität Bremen, Germany

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Abstract:
There are many applications and technologies for the Internet of Things, but not so many directly support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. In this talk, I will present you with an overview of some sample applications from my ongoing research, including livestock protection from wolves, underground monitoring, and mosquito vector counting. I will explain how these applications are implemented and how they contribute to the SDGs. Furthermore, we will discuss some open challenges and future research directions.

Biography:
Prof. Anna Förster obtained her MSc degree in computer science and aerospace engineering from the Free University of Berlin, Germany, in 2004 and her PhD degree in self-organising sensor networks from the University of Lugano, Switzerland, in 2009. She also worked as a junior business consultant for McKinsey&Company, Berlin, between 2004 and 2005. From 2010 to 2014, she was a researcher and lecturer at SUPSI (the University of Applied Sciences of Southern Switzerland). Since 2015, she leads the Sustainable Communication Networks group at the University of Bremen.