These days, it’s hard to escape the Internet. It seems like everything from ones coffee machine to your eyeglases are connected to the Web. While there’s been a lot of discussion about whether the Internet makes us dumb, we will explore how companies and municipalities deploying so-called smart technologies can improve our lives rather than turn us into bleary-eyed dummies. The use of machine-to-machine (M2M) technology is bringing “The Internet of Things” alive. But while M2M may only conjure up thoughts of buzzing servers in a cavernous room, it has many real-world applications that affect your everyday life, from the connected home to the connected city. “The Internet of Things” includes everything from smartphone apps that control your home’s lights and temperature from afar to real-time analytics that help ease traffic congestion and city parking woes, etc.

In one of the surveys conducted, 85 percent of IT decision makers (ITDMs) think that M2M is a natural technological evolution and will advance the “consumerization of IT” trend. Eighty-two percent think that M2M interaction enables businesses to respond to real-world events and 89 percent think the availability of LTE (Long term evolution) and 4G will be crucial to M2M growth. Sixty-five percent of ITDMs think increased workforce mobility is the biggest opportunity for M2M, while another 65 percent think the major challenge in M2M is managing and analyzing the real-time data. Soon, people will interact with devices that in turn interact with data to deliver personalized products and services directly to the customer in real time. By year’s end, it is estimated that, mobile devices will outnumber the human population, data volume will reach 4 billion terabytes, and 90 percent of consumer-connected devices will have access to some personal cloud. It is also estimated by the Gartner’s report, that by the end of 2020, there will be 24 billion connected devices and by 2015, 35 percent of mid- to-large organizations will adopt in-memory computing.

All India Seminar on Internet of Things is one of the most comprehensive IoT event – with over 350 attendees and many exhibitors. With a focus on monetizing the IoT revolution through bringing together ecosystem wide attendees, stakeholders and investors. 2014 was an important year for IoT with huge opportunities of this technologyfirmlybeingrealized.LargeGlobalgiantsintheirreport predictsthat69% of consumers plan to buy an in-home device by 2019, reaffirming that consumer adoptionofconnectedtechnologyisontherise.In2015, thetremendousexcitement around IoT is now bearing fruit in terms of concrete products and services. Now is the time to bring together the entire ecosystem in order to assess the commercial opportunities, to highlight the key challenges hindering IoT and to assess the range of solutions available to create a sustainable future for IoT.

Pervasive connectivity, smart devices and demand for data testify to an Internet of Things that will continue to grow by leaps and bounds. Computing power is dropping in price while new sensors are being developed and incorporated into everyday objects, and as people buy into Internet of Things technology, economies of scale lend themselves to the creation of ever more data-centric businesses. Instrumenting and connecting devices has massive potential to deliver value, but there is need for a coordinated effort when rolling out the next generation of self-reporting paradigms. TheAllIndiaSeminar ontheInternetofThings-(AIS-IoT2015),thepremierforumfor such efforts, to share, discuss and witness cutting edge research in all areas of development for the Internet of Things.

AIS-IoT 2015 is seeking original, high impact research papers on all topics related to the development of the Internet of Things. Papers are selected on the basis of novelty, technical merit, presentation effectiveness and impact of results. Accepted papers will be published in IEI All India Seminar Proceedings.

The Institution of Engineers (India) or IEI is the largest multidisciplinary professional body that encompasses 15 engineering disciplines and gives engineers a global platform from which to share professional interest. IEI has membership strength of more than 0.7 million. Established in 1920, with its headquarters at 8 Gokhale Road, Kolkata – 700020, IEI has served the engineering fraternity for over nine decades. In this period of time it has been inextricably linked with the history of modern-day engineering.

In 1935, IEI was incorporated by Royal Charter and remains the only professional body in India to be accorded this honour. Today, its quest for professional excellence has given it a place of pride in almost every prestigious and relevant organization across the globe. IEI functions among professional engineers, academicians and research workers. It provides a vast array of technical, professional and supporting services to the Government, Industries, Academia and the Engineering fraternity, operating from 105 Centres located across the country. The Institution has established R&D centres at various locations in the country and also provides grant-in-aid to its members to conduct research and development on engineering subjects.

IEI conducts Section A & B Examinations in different Engineering disciplines, the successful completion of which is recognized as equivalent to Degree in appropriate field of Engineering of recognized Universities of India by the Ministry of Human Resources Development, Govt. of India. Every year as many as 90000 candidates appear for these exams. For details, please see: www.ieindia.org

The Institution of Engineers (India) Bombay State Centre opened a Local Centre at Ahmedabad in the year 1959 after which this was established as Gujarat State in the year1960. This Centre is one of the most vibrant State centres of IEI. The foundation stone of building was laid by Hon’ble Governor of Gujarat K. K. Vishwanathan & the inauguration of the building was done by Shri Babubhai Jashbhai Patel, the then Chief Minister, Govt. of Gujarat. State Centre building bears the name of the building as ‘Bhaikaka Bhavan”, after the eminent engineer of Gujarat Shri Bhailalbhai Patel. Enriched with an excellent infrastructure in with library with 15000 books associated with small AC conference hall of 50 audience, AC board room with a capacity of 30 people with full audio-visual aids. Sitting capacity of hall is approximately 375 people. With Dias/Stagetoaccommodate15dignitories. TheGujaratStateCentreactsasa centrally located, state of art platform to justify the aims of IEI to serve a total corporate members strength of approximately 6000.

Ahmedabad the biggest city of Gujarat, lies on 23.03o North Latitude and 72.58 East Longitude on the bank of River of Sabarmati. The city is well connected by rail, roads and airways with all the important cities of the country. It is Seventh largest city of the Country. Ahmedabad is now a district head quarter and many state-level and district- level offices are located in the city. City of Ahmedabad is unique even for India, for is bleeds harmoniously as ancient heritage with a vibrant present. A model city in terms of its ideals and aspirations, what is remarkable about Ahmedabad in it’s harmony between art and industry between a reverence to the past and a vision for the future. Dubbed as the Manchester of India in the days of yore. Ahmedabad is again at the crossroads in the history of its existence. Change came in the form of an announcement of Finance Minister declaring Ahmedabad as one of the mega cities of India. The path to the mega city status is fraught with challenges but keeping in mind the entrepreneurial nature of the citizens of Ahmedabad the city is bearing up to take up the challenge and truly acquire the status of MEGA CITY.

The seminar with this theme will be of interest with wide walk of life and hence the likely participation will be from:

•  Government Agencies
• Retail spaces like super markets etc
• Consultants, Automation experts,
• Security and Marketing based organizations
• People from Tourism domain
• People from Home and office automation
• People from Industrial automation, White good manufacturers& Machine designers
• Academicians and students
• Research organization. We look forward to have such an excellent opportunity to share the knowledge, learning and experiences and also get as an outcome of the seminar, newer trends to be used by the organizations in the society in general and also the government bodies.

Chairman : Dr L V Muralikrishna Reddy, FIE, President, IEI
Co-Chairman : Mr K Rajanikanth, FIE, Chairman, CPDB, IEI
Convener : Mr B S Patel, FIE, Member, CPDB, IEI

Members

Mr S B Sinha, FIE, Vice-President, IEI and Member, CPDB
Mr S S Rathore, FIE, Past President, IEI
Mr H. P. Jamdar, FIE. Past President, IEI
Mr P. J. Mehta, FIE. Past President, IEI
Mr Navin B. Vasoya, FIE, Council Member, IEI
Mr S. B. Vasava, FIE, Council Member, IEI
Mr C V Nadpara, FIE, Hon. Secretary, IEI, GSC
Dr Dharm Singh Jat, FIE, Member, CPDB
Dr. Nagendra Gajjar, Prof & Head EC Nirma University
Mr. Bipin Mehta, FIE President, CSI
Dr. Smriti Dagur, FIETE, President IETE
Mr. B. S. Patel, FIE, Member, CPDB, IEI

Mr. Vijay Shah, Chairman, CSI, Ahmedabad
Dr. K G Maradia, Chairman IETE, Ahmedabad
Dr. Sanjay Chaudhary, Head Research, Ahmedabad University
Prof. Usha Neelakantan, Prof & Head, EC Engg. LD College of Engineering, A’bad Dr. Vishwajeet Thakar, Prof & Head, EC Engg., (ADIT), V V Nagar
Dr. Hemal Shah,Prof & Head, CSE Dept, Ganpat University
Dr. N N Jani, Dean – CSD , KSV University, Gandhinagar
Prof Jayash Solanki , Assistance Prof. L D Arts and IGNOU
Mr Vimal Vaghela, L D Engineering College (is also member of CSI and ACM)
Prof Parikh, HoD, CE, L D Engineering College
Prof Amit Joshi, Sabar Institute
Prof Dipti Chudgar, HoD, MCA, L J Institute of Computer Studies
Prof Ashish Gajjar, Ahmedabad Institute of Technology
Prof Maitrik Shah, INDUS Engineering
Dr. S G. Desai, HoD, Computer Engineering, SAL Engineering College
Mr U. I. Mehta Imm. Past Chairman
Mr R. B. Maraviya Member AG
Dr. A. P. Vyas Member CH
Mr Jayesh Gandhi Member CV
Prof. Ravindrakumar R. Yadav Member EL
Dr. Manishkumar M. Doshi Member ET
Mr K. V. Patel Member MC
Mr Girish Dhundiraj Karhardkar Member PR
Prof. R. H. Shah Chairman, Vadodara L. C. Dr. Kishore Mistry Chairman, SGLC
Dr. S. A. Puranik Co-Opt Member
Dr. Sweta P. Dave Imm. Past Hon. Secretary
Mr P. B. Goti Member AR
Mr H. U. Kalyani Member CV
Mr D. M. Joshi Member EL
Mr Jaydev Nansey Member EN
Mr Shyam Varghese Member MC
Mr P. N. Udani Member MC
Mr H. A. Patel Member TX
Mr Ramesh Pipalia Chairman, SLC
Prof. K. M. Makwana Chairman, V.V. L. .C
Mr M. K. Jadav, Co-Opt Member