Hackathon: Rapid Prototyping IoT Solutions



    The embodiment of the potential of ideas embodied in the concept of the Internet of Things (Internet of Things, IoT), can significantly change the structure of the modern economy, and not only the economy. Thanks to the introduction of scalable cloud solutions, the use of a large number of sensors and distributed microprocessor systems, breakthrough solutions can be created in the near future in such areas as transport, agriculture, industrial production, healthcare, social services and others. A growing number of companies are paying attention to the application of the ideas and technologies of the Internet of things for introducing analytics of their activities and finding new opportunities for products and services.

    A significant challenge is the training of qualified specialists who are able to create and implement distributed information systems, apply technical solutions for data analysis and management. For these purposes, the faculty of "Informatics and control systems" of Moscow State Technical University. N.E.Bauman, together with IBM Corporation and RTSoft, decided to create an Internet of Things scientific-educational laboratory, which will be opened on March 25, 2016 during the competition of student projects. On the equipment of the laboratory from March 23 to 25 at the MSTU. N.E.Bauman will host an open student hackathon , to which teams of MSTU and other technical universities are invited.

    The final of the competition and the opening of the laboratory will take place on March 25 at 14.00 at the Department of Computer Systems and Networks of MSTU (2nd Baumanskaya St., 5, Main Building, 8th floor, room 805).

    The competition is aimed at popularizing advanced information technology among students of MSTU. N.E.Bauman and other technical universities of a wide profile. Participants in the competition can be full-time students studying both in the specialization "Computer Science and Computer Engineering" and in other engineering specialties. The main objective of the competition is to develop students 'knowledge and skills in applying modern technologies for the rapid development of advanced projects of the Internet of things, as well as stimulating students' creative, research and inventive activity.

    During the competition, participants will gain knowledge and skills in building distributed software and hardware systems (wireless interfaces, sensors, microcomputers), services and applications of the IBM Bluemix cloud platform (Node-RED, IOT Foundation, dashDB and others), language and technical data analysis tools ( language R, RStudio), data visualization tools on the Web and mobile platforms. Participants will have the opportunity to get acquainted with the world's best practices in building IoT solutions. Special requirements for the skills of participants are not presented.

    Competitive projects should be based on the ideas of the concept of the Internet of things, be a distributed hardware and software system consisting of computing devices, sensors and actuators, as well as services and applications in the cloud infrastructure on mobile and wearable platforms.

    The hackathon will be held from March 23 to 25, 2016 from 9.30 to 17.00 in the MSTU. N.E. Bauman, audience 805. To register, you must send a letter indicating the name and name of the university to the email of the organizers of the competition (alexpopov@bmstu.ru, alexander_sorokin@ru.ibm.com, litvinov_pv@rtsoft.msk.ru).

    More information about the event can be found on the hackathon website .

    About the laboratory of the Internet of things, MSTU named after NE Bauman. To support IoT projects at the university, it was necessary to implement a scalable cloud infrastructure, as well as introduce a number of technologies into the educational process. The university manages IT infrastructure, providing limited data center resources to a large number of interested consumers: students and teachers. For these purposes, cloud solutions based on VMware, VSphere and Xen for x86-based servers are used, as well as xCAT2 cloud solution for the IBM System z platform. At the Faculty of Informatics and Control Systems, a course has been developed for developing IoT solutions on the IBM Bluemix cloud platform, which is popular among students.

    In addition to the computing infrastructure, the IoT science and training laboratory has the necessary equipment to create hardware and software solutions. Each student is provided with a unified box to demonstrate the solution, as well as a set of microprocessor systems (such as Arduino, RaspberryPi, Intel Galileo and others), sensors, wireless interfaces, signal generators, oscilloscopes, power supplies and much more. Student projects are currently being implemented.

    Ibm bluemix- This is a cloud-based solution for the development and hosting of applications aimed at deep analytical processing of information and solving problems of managing complex infrastructure. IBM Bluemix is ​​based on open source products and is openly available to the community of professional developers to quickly create and deploy complex applications that integrate the collection, analysis and efficient presentation of information. This makes IBM Bluemix an effective tool for translating the concept of the Internet of Things.

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