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The Internet of Things
How Will It Affect You and Your
College?
MCO WEBINAR
Wednesday, November 30, 2016
Mickey Slimp
Roy Bartels
Member, ITC Board of Directors
Member, ITC Board of Directors
Executive Director, Northeast Texas Consortium of
Colleges (NETnet), Tyler, Texas
Chief Technology and Information Security Officer
Western Texas College, Snyder, Texas
The Internet of things:
A scenario where internet connectivity and
applications are built directly into everyday
objects
WHEN DID IT BEGIN?
• 1999: Kevin Aston coined the term “Internet of Things”
• Pervasive computing, ubicomp, ambient intelligence
• 2003: Buildings, cars, consumer products, and people become information
spaces by transmitting all kinds of data
• The environment has become the interface
• 2016: A seamless flow between the
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BAN – body area network
LAN – local area network
WAN – wide area network
VWAN – very wide area network
WHAT IS IT?
• The concept of connecting any device with an on/off switch to the
Internet
• A giant network of connected “things” (including people)
• By 2020 over 26 billion connected devices
• Relationship will be people-people, people-things, things-things
HOW DOES IT WORK
NETWORK/PRODUCT INTEGRATION
• Electronics
• Software
• Robotics
• Gauges, meters, and capacitors
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Top 5 Facts About The Internet Of Things
• The Internet of Things – YouTube
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Take away:
Identify two or more
applications where you
are using the “Internet
of Things”
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Education and
eLearning
FIELDS OF OPPORTUNITY
ENGINEERING/TECHNOLOGY
Electrical
Mechanical
Network
Software/Systems Design
GIS/GPS
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Security
Programming
Gaming
Web Design
Robotics
FIELDS IMPACTED
• Environmental Controls/Heating & Air Conditioning
• Healthcare/Nursing
• Medical Devices
• Prosthetics
• Automotive
• Transportation
10 new jobs created by the IoT
• Counter Hacker
• intermodal Transport Designer
• eDiscovery Investigator
• Cloud computing Specialist
• Data Security Expert
• Medical Robot Designer
• Wearable Tech Designer
• Grid Modernization Engineer
• 3D printing Engineer
• Agricultural technologist
Nathan Chandler "10 New Jobs Created by the Internet of Things" 4 February 2015.
HowStuffWorks.com. <http://money.howstuffworks.com/10-jobs-internet-of-things.htm> 24 October
2016
The Internet of things:
Take away:
Identify two or more
ways your curriculum
could be restructured by
the “Internet of Things”
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Connected Devices per Student
2008
2012
2015
2020
0.4
0.8
1.6
4–8
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Bandwidth Recommendations & Reality
Recommended
Reality
1 Gbps/1000
50 Mbps to 10 Gbps per College
CAMPUS WIDE WI-FI
Take away:
Develop an internal and
external plan for your
campus to meet your
student broadband
requirements
Hackers are out there!!
Where’s the problem?
• Spoofing
• Network/Device Hijacking
• Denial of Service Attacks
• Spamming
• Over-Dependency
• Systems Hijacking
• Loss of Privacy
• Overt Spying
• Data Manipulation
Nicholas Gerbis "10 Nightmare Scenarios From the Internet of Things" 20 May 2014.
HowStuffWorks.com. <http://computer.howstuffworks.com/10-nightmare-scenarios-from-internet-ofthings.htm> 24 October 2016
The Internet of things:
Take away:
Invest in safeguards to
your campus network –
both in people and
protection.
Questions?
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