Se espera que el valor de mercado del Internet de las Cosas (IoT) supere los billones de euros en los próximos años y, con tanto en juego, Europa tiene que perseguir liderazgo en este campo.

Proporcionar una visión global de tecnologías y aplicaciones IoT para los profesionales del mañana no se ha abordado todavía, y ese es precisamente el objetivo del proyecto IoTalentum, una red europea de formación sobre IoT que proporcionará formación e investigación interdisciplinar en este campo.

IoTalentum formará a 15 investigadores a través de programas de doctorado que incluyen investigación coordinada en diferentes campos del IoT.

USAL participa en el proyecto, cuyo kick-off tuvo lugar de forma online. Desde BISITE lideraremos el paquete de trabajo “Cybersecurity”, y supervisaremos dos proyectos de doctorado: uno sobre aplicaciones Blockchain, y otro sobre gestión segura de los recursos energéticos en redes inteligentes.

Escrito por Juan M. Corchado

Juan Manuel Corchado (15 May 1971, Salamanca, Spain) is Professor at the University of Salamanca. He has been Vice-Rector for Research from 2013 to 2017 and Director of the Science Park of the University of Salamanca. Elected as Dean of the Faculty of Science twice, he holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Salamanca and a PhD in Artificial Intelligence from the University of the West of Scotland. He leads the renowned BISITE (Bioinformatics, Intelligent Systems and Educational Technology) Research Group, created in 2000. Director of the IoT Digital Innovation Hub and President of the AIR Institute, J. M. Corchado is also Visiting Professor at the Osaka Institute of Technology since January 2015, Visiting Professor at the Universiti Malaysia Kelantan and Member of the Advisory Group on Online Terrorist Propaganda of the European Counter Terrorism Centre (EUROPOL). J. M. Corchado has been president of the IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Society, and academic coordinator of the University Institute for Research in Art and Animation Technology at the University of Salamanca, as well as researcher at the Universities of Paisley (UK), Vigo (Spain) and the Plymouth Marine Laboratory (UK). He currently combines all his activity with the direction of Master programmes in Security, Digital Animation, Mobile Telephony, Information Systems Management, Internet of Things, Social Media, 3D Design and Printing, Blockchain, Z System, Industry 4.0, Agile Project Management, and Smart Cities & Intelligent Buildings, at the University of Salamanca and his work as editor-in-chief of the journals ADCAIJ (Advances in Distributed Computing and Artificial Intelligence Journal), OJCST (Oriental Journal of Computer Science and Technology) or Electronics MDPI (Computer Science & Engineering section). J. M. Corchado mainly works on projects related to Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Blockchain, IoT, Fog Computing, Edge Computing, Smart Cities, Smart Grids and Sentiment Analysis. He has recently been included in the board of trustees of the AstraZeneca Foundation, along with other health professionals and researchers recognised for bringing scientific knowledge closer to society.