During a sunny week in early November, the Université Côte d’Azur, campus Sophia Antipolis, was the location for the 7th IFIP International Internet of Things (IoT) conference. Preceding the two days of the conference were two workshops and a tutorial:  STAND4IoT on IoT standards and GRAAL4IoT on the DesiGn, VeRificAtion, and VALidation of IoT Systems. 

It was the first time that separate workshops and a tutorial took place in connection with the IoT conference. Both workshops had a keynote and presentations among others about European research projects. In STAND4IoT Enrico Scarrone from Telecom Italia talked about IoT, Digital Twins and Data Sharing Standardization. Valentina Casola from the University of Napoli Federico II presented a SecDevOps Methodology for Resilient IoT Architectures.

Workshop participants

The tutorial was specifically aimed at the students of the university and was presented by Mike Borowczak, University of Central Florida, on the topic: Using Power to Unravel the Secrets Within: A Hands-on Exploration of Side Channel and Breaking Cryptographic Implementations. 

The conference had three keynotes and a mixture of accepted long papers, short papers and posters. The first keynote speaker was Erol Gelenbe, Polish Academy of Sciences and among others an IFIP Fellow. His presentation was about how AI can detect and mitigate cyber attacks. Maryline Laurent, Télécom SudParis, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, addressed the topic of Privacy in the IoT: Evolution and Expectations. The third keynote speaker was Bernard P. Zeigler, University of Arizona, who presented DEVS as a language for IoT system design. The accepted papers included a broad range of topics, which guaranteed something of interest for everybody. The posters focused on European research projects. These were presented in a so-called “madness-session” where each presenter had three minutes to draw the attention of the audience to their poster and invite them to discuss these during the breaks. This proved to be a very successful approach.

Conference participants

Some 50 participants registered for the workshops and conference, not all of them are in the pictures. The tutorial was originally limited to 25 participants but attended eventually by 33 students, who very much appreciated the event. 

Final remarks:

  • Besides the interesting papers and presentations, the event provided a great opportunity to network with colleagues. 
  • The two-volume proceedings will soon be available via Springer as IFIP AICT 737 and 738.
  • Details on the program and a few downloads are available on http://ifip-iotconference.org/ 
  • Many thanks to the organizers, speakers, participants and sponsors who made this an excellent event. 
  • Looking forward to the 2025 edition that will take place in Hyderabad, India.