In the quest to generate 100K IoT Professionals (or so-called the new Generation-IoT) in the country, FAVORIOT, the latest IoT Startup in Malaysia partnered with 15 Malaysian Universities to review, refresh and include not only IoT elements in the curriculum and syllabus but also introduce a more practical method for the University students to be familiar in IoT middleware and how to create their first IoT application and project.

The list of the Universities who joined the program are listed below (the first 10 Universities joined the FAVORIOT-University Program since May 31, 2017):

1. Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM)
2. Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM)
3. Universiti Kuala Lumpur (UniKL)
4. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
5. Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA)
6. Universiti Tenaga Malaysia (UNITEN)
7. Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM)
8. Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM)
9. Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)
10. Asia Pacific University (APU)
11. Taylor’s University
12. Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP)
13. International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM)
14. Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM)
15. Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM)

UPDATED (Sept. 22, 2017)

Two more Universities in Malaysia joined the other 15 Malaysian Universities:

1. Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
2. Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT)

UPDATED (Dec. 27, 2017)

Only 16 Universities decided to adopt the Favoriot platform. See below Diagram.

It is expected about 450 graduates every year will be utilizing FAVORIOT platform for their Lab experiments, Final Year or Research projects. The program will allow more than 2250 devices to be connected to the platform.

About the Author

Dr. Mazlan Abbas is currently the Co-Founder and CEO of FAVORIOT Sdn Bhd. He is an IOT Evangelist and a Thought Leader. He received an award as 50 Most Impactful Smart Cities Leaders by World CSR 2017. He is ranked Top 10 in IoT Top 100 Influencers by Postscapes 2016/2017, ranked Top 100 in Smart Cities Top Experts by Agilience Authority Index May 2016, No. 20th Thought Leader in IOT by 2014 Onalytics Report – “The Internet of Things – Top 100 Thought Leaders”. He is also a Global Vision Board Member. You can reach him on LinkedIn or Twitter. Check all his presentation slides HERE.

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Malaysia needs a pool of Generation-IoT to propel into the era of the Internet of Things and turn the National IoT Strategic Framework into a reality. We need about 100K of IoT workforce which is more than the target as stated in the Framework because to support the whole value-chain of IoT. But how do we groom the workforce of the future? How do we inspire and prepare them for the jobs of the future? Are they ready for the Fourth Industrial Revolution? UTM has invited FAVORIOT’s CEO, Dr. Mazlan Abbas for an Industrial Talk on the topic of “Journey Towards Industry 4.0 With IoT“.

Thus, on behalf of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Advanced Telecommunication Technology Research Group (ATT RG) in collaboration with Communication Engineering Department will organize the Internet-of-Things (IoT) Carnival 2017. The event is part of UTM’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program to promote exposure and awareness to Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education which is in line with the Government’s National STEM Action Plan 2017 initiatives.

The main objectives of the IoT Carnival:-

• To expose the Internet-of-Things (IoT) technology to the guests, UTM staffs, and students.
• To encourage UTM students, especially the undergraduate final year students to further their studies in IoT-related fields at FKE UTM.
• To promote IoT-based products, including research findings, final year projects, and related capstone labs projects.
• To provide the opportunities for research collaboration between industries and researchers with ATT and COMM department, as well as FKE in general.
• To help promote National Transformation 2050 (TN50) roadmap initiatives in preparing the people for Industry 4.0 of which IoT technology is a crucial element

September 24, 2017 – UTM Skudai – Center for Communication and Technology (CICT) in cooperation with Advanced Telecommunication Research Group (ATT) of UTM conducted a Workshop on “Internet of Things Hands-on Experience” using FAVORIOTrecently.

This is probably the first series of IoT Workshops that will be hosted and trained by the experts from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. The attendees are from within UTM (Staffs and Students) including people from the industry.

The excitement and compelling need for more IoT professionals are growing steadily in Malaysia. UTM will be a good anchor University in down south of the Peninsular Malaysia to grow the IoT talents in relation to the needs of the Industry 4.0 and Smart Cities plans in Johor.

ATT comprised of a great research team that focused on IoT for many years. They have developed products such as:

• TelG
• Smart Door Access
• Smart Home System
• Poultry Farm Wireless Monitoring System
• Spine Monitoring

“We need Generation-IoT to help build our nation. We can’t have the attitude of wait-and-see as the Third Wave of Internet Tsunami hit us. Thus, the new generation must be equipped with the right technical skills and understand how to develop an IoT business case. Using FAVORIOT platform will the beginning of their IoT journey in developing innovative solutions”, said Dr. Mazlan Abbas, CEO of FAVORIOT.

Photo Gallery (Credit to ATT)