R10 International Spring Conference
THEME
Internet of Things
TENSYMP 2015
Ahmedabad, India
13-15 May 2015
About TenSymp 2015
It is IEEE R10 annual Spring Conference
It is theme based conference
TenSymp 2013 held in Sydney
TenSymp 2014 held in Kuala Lumpur
TenSymp 2015 to be held in
Ahmedabad (India) during 13-15 May,
2015, organized by IEEE Gujarat
Section
3/27
Theme of TenSymp 2015
Internet of Things (IoT)
Format of TenSymp 2015
Day – 1: Tutorials
Day – 2: Oral Presentations of
accepted research papers
Day – 3: Industry Track (Workshop
on “Driving IoT innovation
through Sensors”)
Organizing Committee of
TenSymp 2015
General co-Chairs
 John Vig
 Anil Roy
Co-Chairs International Oversight Committee
 S.L. Maskara (Retired Professor, IIT Kharagpur,
India)
 Janina Mazierska (Past Director IEEE Region
10 & Faculty, School of Engineering & Physical
Sciences, James Cook University, Australia)
Organizing Committee of
TenSymp 2015 (contd …)
Co-Chairs, Technical Program Committee
 Chonggang Wang (InterDigital
Communications, Princeton, USA)
 Maniklal Das (DA-IICT, Gandhinagar, India)
Co-Chairs, Tutorials Committee
 Atul Negi (Central University, Hyderabad,
India)
 Arjun Reddy (IIT Hyderabad, India)
Organizing Committee of
TenSymp 2015 (contd …)
Chair, International Liaison
 Deepak Mathur (Chair, IEEE India Council)
Chair, Organizing Committee – Industry Track
 Sri Chandra (IEEE India office, IEEE-SA)
Chair, Publications
 Amit Kumar (CEO-BDRC Hyderabad)
Chair, Finance Committee
 Suman Mitra (DA-IICT, Gandhinagar)
Planning – Day 1 (Tutorials)
http://tensymp2015.org/tutorials.php
Tutorial – 1:
 Topic: Data Analytics for the Internet of Things
 Offered by: Hewlett Packard, Bangalore
Tutorial – 2:
 Topic: IoT Applications using Mobile Phone based
Sensing
 Offered by: TCS, Kolkata
Tutorial – 3:
 Topic: Wireless Connectivity in the IoT
 Offered by: Redpine Signals Inc., Bangalore
Planning – Day 1 (Tutorials)
http://tensymp2015.org/tutorials.php
Workshop
 Topic: Industrial Internet
 Offered by: ABB, Bangalore
Planning – Day 2
(Oral Presentations-tracks)
IoT architectures
 Honggang Wang (University of Massachusetts
Dartmouth, USA)
 Vaskar Raychoudhury (IIT Roorkee, India)
IoT enabling technologies
 Song Guo (Aizu University, Japan)
 Srini Ramaswamy (ABB Corporate Research,
Bangalore, India)
IoT services and applications
 Abdelmajid Khelil (Huawei, Europe)
 Debabrata Nayak (Huawei, India)
Planning – Day 2
(Oral Presentations-tracks)
IoT system integration, management,
and standards
 JaeSeung Song (Sejong University, Korea)
 Ying Li (Samsung Research America, USA)
IoT Big Data Analytics
 Amit Nanavati (IBM Research Laboratory, New
Delhi, India)
 Laurence T. Yang (St. Francis Xavier University,
Canada)
 Yasuaki Sakamoto (Stevens Institute of
Technology, USA)
Planning – Day 2
(Oral Presentations-tracks)
IoT security and privacy concerns
 Devesh Jinwala (NIT, Surat, India)
 Yi Qian (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA)
Special session
 Sanjay Chaudhary (Ahmedabad University,
India)
 Yan Zhang (Simula Research Laboratories,
Norway)
Planning – Day 2
(Oral Presentations)
Paper Submission Stats
Submission closing date: 15 Dec 2014
Result announced: 10 Feb 2015
Total paper submitted: 126
Total paper accepted: 25
All papers checked for plagiarism (Turnitin)
Over 40 papers rejected due to high similarity
index, 1 paper rejected due to multiple
submission, 7 rejected because those were outof-scope
 Paper submission, review and results managed
by EasyChair
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Planning – Day 2
(Oral Presentations)
Day-2 will run on 2 parallel sessions
now
Planning – Keynote Speakers
Keynote - 1
 Mahmoud Daneshmand
 Affiliation: Industry Professor, Business
Intelligence & Analytics, AT&T Shannon Labs –
Research Florham Park, NJ USA
 Title of Talk: IoT/M2M Big Data Stream
Analytics
Planning – Keynote Speakers
Keynote - 2
 Srinivasan Ramani
 Affiliation: Ex-Professor of IIIT Bangalore, ExResearch Director, HP Labs India, Ex-Director,
National Centre for Software Technology,
Bangalore, most popularly known as Father of
Internet in India, Awarded “Internet Hall of
Fame” by Govt. of India
 Title of Talk: TBD
Planning – Keynote Speakers
Keynote – 3 (to be confirmed)
 Toshio Fukuda
 Affiliation: Professor, Department of Micro-Nano
Systems Engineering, Director, Center for MicroNano Mechatronics, Nagoya University, Japan
 Title of Talk:
Planning – Keynote Speakers
Keynote - 4
 Miwako Doi
 Affiliation: National Institute of Information &
Communications Technology, Koganei, Tokyo
(Japan) & Visiting Researcher, Advanced
Telecommunications Research International,
Seikacho, Kyoto (Japan)
 Title of Talk: Human Lifestyles Augmented by
IoT
Special Attraction
Industry Workshop:
“Driving IoT innovation
through Sensors”
Ahmedabad, India
15 May 2015
About Industry Track (Day-3)
Organizing Committee
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Sri Chandra - Chair
Anil Roy (TenSymp 2015)
Ravikiran A (IEEE R10)
Troy Nagle (IEEE Sensors Council)
Santhosh Madathil (Wipro)
Pankaj Gupta (IL&FS, GIFT City)
R Mohankumar (Philips)
Jayakumar Singaram (Piitech Systems)
Prashant Misra (IISc Bangalaore)
Muzammil Hussain (Samsung)
Alpesh Shah (IEEE-SA)
Format of Industry Track
Workshop Theme: “Driving IoT innovation
through Sensors”
Invited Talks in select verticals by Industry
professionals and practitioners
Panel
Discussion
by
policy
makers
(government officials), policy influencers &
technology drivers (industry representatives of
various verticals enabling smart infrastructure)
Start-ups exhibition (to network with
biggies and encourage collaborations)
Takeaways
Industry Track –
Selected Verticals for Workshop
Energy & Utilities
Health Care
Industrial IoT
Standards
Aim of the workshop
Provide a platform/forum to get industry
practitioners of IoT and Sensors to share key
technology advancements and innovations
Given the focus and emphasis on smart cities
in India, it is important to have thematic
discussions on the concepts like:
 What do we mean by Sensors?
 What is ‘smart’ and what is ‘automation’?
‘Sensor network and management’ is also in
the scope.
Create an awareness and ecosystem
Platform for Start-ups
Information about government offerings,
support and policies
Know-how of state-of-the-art in IoT domain
Funding opportunity
Networking
Showcasing
Informal discussions on how to protect their
intellectual property
Panel Discussion
Theme – “IoT Driving Smart Infrastructure”
 6 people (2 from Govt. of India, 1 from Govt. of
Gujarat, 2 from Industries, 1 Moderator from
IEEE)
 Expert view, 10-12 min each
 Open forum, 45 min
 Summary by Moderator
 Total duration – not exceeding 2 hours
Note that Govt. of Gujarat (the state where TenSymp 2015 is being held) is
developing 1st Smart City of India, called GIFT City, in Gandhinagar. GIFT City is
joining hands with IEEE-SA to prepare a guideline to define a Smart City.
Target Audience
Since in this workshop Industry professionals will
showcase their solutions / prototypes /
blueprints that could serve as inputs to the next
version of the IoT policy, audience would be:
Industry professionals
Practitioners
Start-ups
Academia – students and faculty
Government executives
Venture capitalists/investors
Deliverables of Industry Track
Identification of niche areas under IoT domain
where Industry Standards are needed on priority –
an opportunity for IEEE, in general, and IEEE
Standards Association, in particular
White paper of Recommendations for Government
of India (particularly for Smart City)
Soft mentoring of Start-ups of IoT domain
Awareness of IoT and Sensors technologies
Networking
Tours & Attractions
for delegates
Venue City - Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad (also called Amdavad) is Gujarat’s major
city, and a startling mini-metropolis. Straddling the
Sabarmati River, it’s one half old-world charm, and
the other half new-world noise.
It’s also remarkably cosmopolitan, with a rich Muslim
history, a tangled, beautifully restored old city,
stunning museums, fine restaurants and fabulous
night markets.
Reaching Ahmedabad International Connectivity
Domestic connectivity to
Ahmedabad
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
International Airport
Is well connected by air with the rest of the country by the major
scheduled airline operators. Flights operate between Ahmedabad and
the metropolitan and other major cities of Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata,
Chennai, Coimbatore, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Goa and Jaipur. It is just
15 km north-east from the city- centre. The airport consists of the
International and the Domestic Terminals. They both use the same
airside facilities but are separated on the landside, with a 5minute distance between them.
Venue
GIFT City, Gandhinagar
Venue – GIFT City
Sponsors
IEEE Gujarat Section
Dept. of Science & Technology, Govt. of Gujarat
IL&FS, Mumbai
IEEE Internet of Things Initiative
IEEE Sensors Council
IEEE India Council
IEEE R10 (Industry Liaison, Professional Activity)
IEEE WIE
Dept. of Science & Technology, Govt. of India
Dept. of Electronics & IT, Govt. of India
Registration fee
Budget - Income
Calculated on 75 paid registration including 20 authors
Budget - Expenses
Calculated on 100 participation
Budget - Summary
Particulars
Amount in Amount In
INR
USD
Income
1,450,000
29,000
Expenditure
1,305,000
26,100
145,000
2,900
Surplus
~ 10% surplus (almost break even)
Thank You
Conference Website: www.tensymp2015.org
See you in
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Hyderabad!