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Enabling Inclusive Societies through Internet of Things
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Speaker (s):
TAN Hwee Xian
Senior Research Scientist,
SMU-TCS iCity Lab,
Singapore Management University
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Date:
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September 4, 2017, Monday
2:00pm - 3:30pm
Meeting Room 5.1, Level 5
School of Information Systems
Singapore Management University
80 Stamford Road
Singapore 178902
We look forward to seeing you at this research seminar.
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ABSTRACT
The Internet of Things (IoT) is an evolving technology that has been identified as one of the key enablers for smart cities. It is characterized by vast numbers of connected devices that work in tandem to provide contextual information for sense-making and decision control. In this talk, we describe two ongoing research projects in which IoT is harnessed to enable inclusive and integrative societies for two different groups of beneficiaries - the elderly, and the differently-abled. The first project studies how IoT-enabled smart homes can be used for real-time monitoring of the medication habits of elderly, thus enabling timely care and interventions by their caregivers. The second project discusses how IoT devices are used to acquire provide passive, crowdsourced data from wheelchair volunteers, in order to discover barrier-free access paths in Singapore. These efforts help to ensure that our elderly and disabled friends are not left behind, as we move towards a technologically advanced smart nation.
About the Speaker
Hwee-Xian TAN is a Senior Research Scientist at the SMU-TCS iCity Lab in the Singapore Management University (SMU), Singapore. She is part of the SHINESeniors (Smart Homes and Intelligent Neighbors to Enable Seniors) project team, which aims to improve the effectiveness of healthcare and caregiver support for the elderly, through the use of sensor-enabled homes and other forms of technology. She obtained her Ph.D. from the School of Computing in the National University of Singapore in 2011. Her current research interests are in tech-enabled inclusive societies, Internet of Things (IoT), smart city applications, wireless networking, as well as embedded systems.
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