EDB launches Lanka's first 'Internet of Things'

Sri Lanka has officially begun assessing the promise of the 'next big thing' in digital frontiers and Sri Lanka's first Advanced Electronics Design Centre is now on the cards.

“This is the first ever initiative for Sri Lanka's ICT sector on the emerging 'Internet of Things'.

There is no doubt that this advanced and novel concept will be useful for everyone,” said EDB Director General Sujatha Weerakoone.

The Director General was addressing the first ever IoT session held in Sri Lanka, organised by the Sri Lanka Export Development Board (EDB) at the EDB building recently.

CEO, 99x Technologies and Director, SLASSCOM, Mano Sekaram, Founder CEO of Microimage (Pvt) Ltd, Harsha Purasinghe, General Manager, VP-Engineering at Zone 24x7, Sankalpa Gamwarige, Sri Lanka Manager, Motorola Solutions Engineering, Vipula Liyanaarachchi, Director, Research, WSO2, Dr. Srinath Perera, Head of the Department of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Dr. Ajith Pasqual and Senior Lecturer from the University of Wakaito, New Zealand, Nihal Kularatne were also present.

For the seventh consecutive year, Moratuwa University claimed the top spot winning the highest number of awards at the annual Google Summer of Code (GSoC) competitions from 2007 to 2013.