{"479491":{"#nid":"479491","#data":{"type":"news","title":"International Telecommunication Union, Georgia Tech execute agreement to cooperate on Internet of Things standards, applications","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) have executed an agreement to monitor global Internet of Things (IoT) activities and collaborate on developing standards.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe memorandum of understanding recognizes the importance of standards and the effective management of the associated applications through which value is clearly identified and captured for this fast-growing industry.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cITU welcomes the participation of academic institutions like Georgia Tech in creating an enabling environment for leading-edge technologies,\u201d said ITU Secretary-General Houlin Zhao. \u201cThis agreement is an important step as we address the coming age of the Internet of Things.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe Internet of Things includes a wide array of disciplines and technologies in which Georgia Tech has a proven track record of expertise,\u201d said G.P. \u201cBud\u201d Peterson, president of the Georgia Institute of Technology. \u201cOur cutting-edge work in sensors, signal processing, cybersecurity, autonomous systems and computer applications spans a number of the academic programs as well as the applied research enterprise here at Georgia Tech, and we are looking forward to partnering with ITU to develop solutions to this global challenge.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis initiative will be carried out in collaboration with the ITU Standardization Sector (ITU-T) Study Group 20, which addresses IoT technologies and its applications, including smart cities and communities, machine-to-machine communications and ubiquitous sensor networks. The Group is charged with developing standards that leverage IoT technologies to address urban-development challenges.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech interface will be the Georgia Tech Center for the Development and Application of Internet of Things Technologies (CDAIT), an IoT technological think tank aimed at identifying, understanding and solving challenges within the IoT value chain.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAreas of cooperation between ITU and CDAIT include:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u2022 Joint steering committee. The ITU Standardization Sector (ITU-T) and Georgia Tech will establish a Joint Steering Committee composed of two representatives from each organization that will supervise the overall implementation of the collaboration. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u2022 Thought leadership. Both parties will encourage standards groups and trade associations focused on a specific industry (\u201cvertical market\u201d) or a group of industries (\u201chorizontal market\u201d), open source communities, de facto standard representatives, and other public and private organizations interested in IoT technologies to participate in IoT-relevant discussions with the goal of promoting interoperability in the IoT arena across industry and geographic markets. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u2022 Global IoT events. Through this cooperation, both ITU and Georgia Tech plan to jointly organize topic-relevant events in the future \u2014 such as but not limited to workshops, conferences and webinars \u2014 for the purpose of enriching the debate regarding standards-development activities in the technical areas pertinent to IoT. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u2022 IoT standardization, research and education. A critical objective of this agreement is the expectation that the collaboration will be of particular relevance to the standardization work of certain ITU-T Study Groups.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAbout ITU\u003Cbr \/\u003EITU is the leading United Nations agency for information and communication technologies, driving innovation in ICTs together with 193 member states and a membership of more than 700 private sector entities and academic institutions. Established in 1865, ITU celebrates its 150th anniversary in 2015 as the intergovernmental body responsible for coordinating the shared global use of the radio spectrum, promoting international cooperation in assigning satellite orbits, improving communication infrastructure in the developing world and establishing the worldwide standards that foster seamless interconnection of a vast range of communications systems. From broadband networks to cutting-edge wireless technologies, aeronautical and maritime navigation, radio astronomy, oceanographic and satellite-based earth monitoring as well as converging fixed-mobile phone, Internet and broadcasting technologies, ITU is committed to connecting the world. \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.itu.int\u0022 title=\u0022www.itu.int\u0022\u003Ewww.itu.int\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAbout CDAIT\u003Cbr \/\u003EHoused at the Georgia Institute of Technology in the Georgia Tech Research Institute, the Centre for the Development and Application of Internet-of-Things Technologies (CDAIT pronounced sedate) is a global, non-profit, partner-funded center located in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, that fosters interdisciplinary research and education while driving general awareness about the Internet of Things. CDAIT bridges sponsors with Georgia Tech faculty and researchers as well as industry members with similar interests. Founding members include AirWatch by VMware, AT\u0026amp;T, Cisco, Flex, IBM, Samsung, Stanley Black \u0026amp; Decker and Wipro. Learn more about CDAIT at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cdait.gatech.edu\u0022 title=\u0022www.cdait.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ewww.cdait.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Collaboration will address fast growing high-tech IoT industry"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) have executed an agreement to monitor global Internet of Things (IoT) activities and collaborate on developing standards.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) have executed an agreement to monitor global Internet of Things (IoT) activities and collaborate on developing standards."}],"uid":"28797","created_gmt":"2015-12-16 09:49:42","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:20:16","author":"Lance Wallace","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-12-16T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2015-12-16T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.itu.int\/","title":"International Telecommunication Union"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.cdait.gatech.edu\/","title":"Center for the Development and Application of Internet-of-Things Technologies"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"153","name":"Computer Science\/Information Technology and Security"}],"keywords":[{"id":"171545","name":"Connected Living; Internet of Things; CDAIT; Alain Louchez"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"145171","name":"Cybersecurity"},{"id":"39431","name":"Data Engineering and Science"},{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71881","name":"Science and Technology"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":["lance.wallace@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}