Overview
The Internet of Things is projected to be a disruptive technology with a global impact of over $3.9 trillion by 2025 (McKinsey Global Institute).
The rapid and continued development and deployment of connected devices and systems creates enormous opportunities as well as challenges for society . No one sector or discipline can address the opportunities or challenges alone, but, rather new, interdisciplinary or transdisciplinary methods are needed.
The IoT Collaborative (IOTC) is a higher education collaboration led by Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland State University made possible with the generous support and leadership of the Cleveland Foundation. The IoT Collaborative was formed to bring together the expertise and resources of both universities, leveraging their complementary strengths, to drive research and education as well as engagement with the public and private sectors. To leverage the universities’ capacities and fully integrate the initiative, the IoT Collaborative is embedded within the universities – it is not a separate nonprofit.
The universities engage with other higher education institutions in the region and beyond, and work to strengthen and extend research and education collaborations.
What is Internet of Things (IoT)?
“Connecting any device with an on and off switch to the Internet (and/or to each other). This includes everything from cellphones, coffee makers, washing machines, headphones, lamps, wearable devices and almost anything else you can think of.” -Forbes Magazine
“Connecting any device with an on and off switch to the Internet (and/or to each other). This includes everything from cellphones, coff ee makers, washing machines, headphones, lamps, wearable devices and almost anything else you can think of.” -Forbes Magazine
What is Industrial IoT (IIoT)?“IIOT applies the idea of broad-spectrum internet connectivity to specifi c business goals and processes that create physical goods for markets. Many experts believe that the industrial internet of things will continue to make up a signifi cant part of the multi-trillion dollar market that the internet of things currently represents.” -Techopedia.com
Mission and Vision
Mission: Drive transdisciplinary research, education and innovation in IoT to spur economic transformation in order to improve the quality of life for residents of Greater Cleveland.
Vision: Cleveland as a world leader in driving digital innovation to transform society.