iSIGCSE ACM Chapter Webinar on "Teaching IOT," 23 July 2021

July 19, 2021

Register now for "Teaching IOT: Practical, Industry-Relevant, Hands-On, and Systems-Level Approaches", a free iSIGCSE ACM Chapter Webinar to be presented on Friday 23 July 2021 at 8:30-10:00 pm IST by Nick Barendt, Executive Director, Institute for Smart, Secure and Connected Systems at Case Western Reserve University, and Nigamanth Sridhar, a Computer Science professor at Washkewicz College of Engineering, Cleveland State University.

The speakers will share their experiences building several IoT and Edge computing courses that focus on providing students with hands-on, industry-relevant experience, while also illuminating the required systems-level concepts. The speakers will also share experiences partnering with industry on course creation, funding, and lessons learned.

Speakers:
Nick Barendt is the Executive Director, Institute for Smart, Secure and Connected Systems (ISSACS) at Case Western Reserve University, in Cleveland, Ohio. He is also an Adjunct Senior Instructor in the Department of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering and the Department of Computer and Data Sciences at Case Western Reserve University. He has worked in a variety of industries: Industrial Automation, Robotics, Data Acquisition, and Test and Measurement. He has lead technologies teams as well as been an entrepreneur. He consults with industry and academia. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE. Register Here! July 23, 2021 8:30 - 10:00 PM IST India Chapter of ACM SIGCSE organizes Teaching IoT Practical, Industry-Relevant, Hands-On, and Systems-Level Approaches The speakers will share their experiences building several IoT and Edge computing courses that focus on providing students with hands-on, industry-relevant experience, while also illuminating the required systems-level concepts. The speakers will also share experiences partnering with industry on course creation, funding, and lessons learned. In case of queries.

Nigamanth Sridhar serves as a professor of Computer Science in the Washkewicz College of Engineering at Cleveland State University. Nigamanth has been teaching courses in a variety of subfields of CS and software engineering. He has been leading a number of research programs at CSU, focused on two areas: the development of connected devices and how such connected devices enter and interface with society, and comprehensive design and integration of CS instruction in K-12 schools. He has a bachelor’s degree in Information Systems from BITS, Pilani in India, and MS and PhD degrees in CS from The Ohio State University.

Host: Chitra Babu, Chair, ACM iSIGCSE Chapter