Conference Keynote: Embedded Intelligence for the Next Wave of Smart Systems – Opportunities and Challenges on the Edge

Smart Systems with embedded intelligence are changing nearly every aspect of the way we live,  permeating our homes, workplaces, cities and vehicles. Whether it is a smart home appliance, a personal  fitness or heath monitor, a smart factory robot or the advanced safety systems in our car, these systems are acquiring ever increasing levels of sophistication thanks to embedded electronics, software and the possibility to connect to the Internet of Things. These systems all have a number of functions in common – sensing, actuation, connectivity and security, power and, of course, embedded processing capabilities including artificial intelligence. The way data is collected, processed and shared across smart systems from the edge device through edge servers to the Cloud is an evolving topic which creates opportunities and challenges for smart system designers. This talk looks at some of these opportunities and challenges, including the different approaches to distributing processing across a system and the role AI can play down to the smallest smart system nodes.