Dr. Ovidiu Vermesan holds a Ph.D. degree in microelectronics and a Master of International Business (MIB) degree. He is Chief Scientist at SINTEF DIGITAL, Oslo, Norway. His research interests are in the area of embedded electronics, smart sensor systems, cognitive-communication systems, intelligent edge processing and IoT technology. Dr. Vermesan received SINTEF’s award for research excellence for his work on implementing a biometric sensor system. He is currently working with projects addressing integrated autonomous systems, intelligent connectivity, cognition systems, security, artificial intelligence for digitizing industry, edge computing, and IoT. He has authored or co-authored over 85 technical articles and conference papers. He is actively involved in different European partnerships activities. Dr. Vermesan has coordinated and managed various national, EU and other international large-scale projects covering applications in green mobility, manufacturing, energy, and smart environments. He coordinates the IoT European Research Cluster (IERC) and is the Chair of the Alliance for Internet of Things Innovation - AIOTI IoT Research and Partnerships working group. Dr. Vermesan has recently co-edited a new book on “Artificial Intelligence for Digitising Industry – Applications” that provides in-depth insights into use cases implementing artificial intelligence (AI) applications at the edge and the transition to Industry 5.0.
Sessions in which Ovidiu Vermesan participates
Monday 30 August, 2021
Internet of things (IoT) and edge computing are advancing, allowing the computing to be performed closer to where the data is produced and apply analytics for processing the data. Adding edge processing to resource-constrained IoT devices brings new security issues and requires innovation and optimisation at the hardware, software and connectivity levels. The session gives an overview of the IoT evolutionary concepts, and the presentations focus on the challenges related to leveraging the ...
Friday 3 September, 2021
Artificial intelligence and industrial internet of things, IIoT, are enablers for digitising industries. The progress in technology delivers more intelligence at the edge that empowers IIoT devices with smarter decision-making, high performance, low power processing, and built-in security to create more intelligent and adaptive industrial applications. This session aims to present the research and development results related to the deployment of AI technologies implemented in ...