The Sydney IoT & Smart Systems Workshop 2026 brought together 50+ students and young professionals for a full day of hands-on training in industrial IoT and edge computing, hosted at the University of Sydney.
About the workshop
Run by the Sydney node under the IEEE IES Hubs & Nodes program, the workshop gave participants practical, build-it-yourself exposure to the sensor-to-cloud pipeline used in modern smart-manufacturing and infrastructure systems.
What participants built
- A working edge sensor node streaming live data over MQTT
- A simple anomaly-detection model running on-device
- A cloud dashboard visualizing the sensor fleet in real time
Programme
- 09:00 — Registration and welcome
- 09:30 — Industrial IoT fundamentals
- 10:30 — Hands-on: building an edge sensor node
- 12:30 — Lunch and networking
- 13:30 — Edge AI and on-device inference
- 15:00 — Hands-on: cloud dashboard and alerts
- 16:30 — Showcase, Q&A, and closing
Speakers
- Dr. Priya Nair — University of Sydney (Workshop lead)
- Eng. Tom Whitfield — Industry mentor, smart infrastructure
Outcomes
- 50+ students trained in the industrial IoT pipeline
- 6 student project ideas selected for follow-up mentoring
- 15 new IES student memberships initiated at the Sydney node
