IoT in the Mobile World

Nick Kwiatkowski will talk about utilizing IoT devices such as Arduinos, Raspberry Pis and Intel Edisons with mobile devices and apps. There will be a brief explanation on what these devices are, and are not, and then a conversation about what these types of devices can provide your mobile platform. Finally, he will touch on the productization of IoT devices that connect with mobile apps.

Nick Kwiatkowski works for Michigan State University as a Senior Telecom Engineer in the Telecommunications Systems Department. He is responsible for the Telephone and Cable TV networks on MSU’s campus. He deals a lot with Avaya branded telephone systems including Aura Communication Manager, and helped design and deploy the fully digital cable television system that we use at the University today. He is a founding member and on the board of directors at the Lansing Makers Network. Nick is also a committer, PMC and member of the Apache Foundation and regularly contributes open-source software to the community at large. He does development primarily in Java, but also works in ColdFusion and ActionScript.