Minor Technological Challenges in the IoT Domain

Coordinator: Yves Roudier, i3S laboratory (Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS)
 

FORMAT

Classroom + online synchronous sessions 

Location

Campus SophiaTech, Lucioles and online, depending on the session (see schedule)

Prerequisites

No

Capacity

25 students

About this minor

Summary

Learning Outcomes

  • Technical understanding about the issues underlying the lifecycle of Internet of Things systems  
  • Basic knowledge and hands-on experience about technical solutions for the design, development, and operations of Internet of Things systems  

This course mixes different topics of Electronics and Computer Science related to the development of the Internet-of-Things with both technical and societal viewpoints:

  • Distributed infrastructures for connected objects
  • Introduction to data valorization
  • Security and privacy for IoT

The course first discusses the high-level frameworks used to design connected objects and their infrastructures. The course then introduces security and privacy issues raised by IoT systems as well as approaches to address those issues and their exploitation. The course finally covers basic high-level solutions to exploit all the data produced by large infrastructures of connected objects. Students will be evaluated based on a quiz about lectures and labs and based on a project running throughout the course. The project will require developing a small prototype using a low code approach for demonstration purposes and authoring a presentation synthesizing the efforts undertaken and technological challenges encountered.

Lecturers
  • Guilhem Molines, Senior technical staff member, IBM / Field of expertise: IoT and Big Data
  • Yves Roudier, Professor, i3S laboratory (Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS) / Field of expertise: cybersecurity
  • Jean-Yves Tigli, PhD, Polytech Nice-Sophia, i3S laboratory (Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS) / Field of expertise: IoT
Bibliography
  • Foundational Elements of an IoT Solution, by Joe Biron, Jonathan Follett, Publisher(s): O'Reilly Media Inc., ISBN: 9781491950982 
  • Practical IoT Hacking, The Definitive Guide to Attacking the Internet of Things, Publisher: No Starch Press, ISBN: 9781718500914

Université Côte d'Azur's Library Resources

Evaluation
 

Type of evaluation

Date or Submission deadline

Time

Location

(for on-site exams)

% of the final grade

Quiz

Date of the exam

03/12/2026

10h

SophiaTech campus, Lucioles, room TD07

30%

Project report and demonstration

Date of the exam

03/12/2026

10h

SophiaTech campus, Lucioles, room TD07

70%

SCHEDULE FALL 2026

Date

Time

Course title

Lecturer

Location

08/10/2026

9h00-12h00

Security and privacy for IoT

Yves Roudier

SophiaTech campus, Lucioles, room TD07

15/10/2026

9h00-12h00

Distributed infrastructure for connected objects

Jean-Yves Tigli

SophiaTech campus, Lucioles, room TD08

22/10/2026

9h00-12h00

Distributed infrastructure for connected objects

Jean-Yves Tigli

SophiaTech campus, Lucioles, room TD07

05/11/2026

9h00-12h00

Security and privacy for IoT

Yves Roudier

SophiaTech campus, Lucioles, room TD07

12/11/2026

8h00-12h00

Project

Jean-Yves Tigli, Yves Roudier

SophiaTech campus, Lucioles, room TD07

19/11/2026

9h00-12h00

Introduction to data valorization

Guilhem Molines

Online synchronous session (= visio)

26/11/2026

9h00-12h00

Introduction to data valorization

Guilhem Molines

Online synchronous session (= visio)

03/12/2026

10h00-12h00

Quiz and Project defense

Jean-Yves Tigli, Yves Roudier

SophiaTech campus, Lucioles, room TD07