This is a presentation on sensors and the Internet of Things (IoT) delivered by Prof. Theo Lynn (DCU) at the Siemens-IRDG Conference in Dublin, Ireland on 13 June 2018.

1. Reliable Capacity Provisioning and Enhanced
Remediation for Distributed Cloud Applications
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Sensors – the sparkplug in the
engine of the Internet of Things
Theo Lynn, Irish Centre for Cloud Computing and Commerce
Siemens-IRDG Conference, Dublin, Ireland
12 June 2018

2. By 2020, Gartner predicts that the
world will contain more than
20 billion IoT devices, representing
less than 1.4% of all physical
objects worldwide
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Src: Cisco, 2017

3. The value of the IoE to society is
significant. It is estimated
to generate up to US $19
trillion by 2022
• increased asset utilization
and employee productivity,
• improved supply chain and
logistics,
• optimized customer
experience, and
• accelerated innovation
Public
Sector
$4.6tr
Private
Sector
$14.4tr
Src: Cisco, 2013

4. Sensors play a vital role as an operational technology in IOT/IOE
that gathers data to enable decision making.
Sensors perform a wide variety of
functions with a range of information
utility
Src: AMR, 2016 Src: Gemelli, 2017

5. Sensors are a key building block in the Internet of Everything
System and component design is
influenced by some key drivers
Src: Gemelli, 2017

6. Cost, performance and form factor breakthroughs in sensors
combined with advances in big data and cloud technologies are
creating new value networks and economic opportunities
Src: Dormon, 2014

7. THANK YOU
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Theo Lynn
theo.lynn@dcu.ie