Transforming research into global standards is a harmonized technical duet between academic innovation and industry application. Research generates novel concepts, but without structured standardization, their practical adoption remains fragmented. By collaborating with IEEE, ISO, and regulatory bodies, researchers translate breakthroughs into universal, scalable frameworks that ensure interoperability and reliability. This structured approach aligns innovations with compliance, security, and usability, enabling seamless integration into emerging technologies like AI, IoT, and cybersecurity. The duet balances creativity and regulation, ensuring discoveries evolve into impactful solutions that shape industries, policies, and international technological ecosystems. Effective global standardization requires a synchronized effort between researchers and standards organizations to validate, refine, and implement transformative ideas. By bridging academia and industry, experts ensure that technical benchmarks meet both scientific rigor and real-world feasibility. PiIoT programs, case studies, and peer reviews play a critical role in shaping robust standards that scale across regions and sectors. The technical duet thrives on continuous adaptation, ethical considerations, and cross-disciplinary expertise, setting the foundation for universal, enduring advancements that define the future of technology. Standardization transforms isolated innovations into globalized excellence, driving industry-wide efficiency and widespread adoption.
This talk will discuss the development and adoption of an international standard using the Internet-of-things maturity index, namely the IEEE 2668. The IEEE 2668 quantifies the IoT performance and thus providing guidance for mitigating IoT challenges. Examples showing research to drive IEEE 2668 will be investigated.
Professor Kim Fung Tsang is a Chief Scientist and Professor at the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, PRC. Renowned globally for his expertise in AIoT (Artificial Intelligence of Things) and smart technology applications, he has received prestigious accolades, including the IoT Heroes Award (2016) and the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society Outstanding Achievement Award (2021). KF plays a key role in shaping IoT standards and best practices and serves as a consultant to the Hong Kong Government. He is the architect of IEEE Standard 2668 Maturity Index for IoT (IDex), a transformative framework approved by IEEE in December 2022. Since its establishment, he has been actively assisting industries in adopting IDex, particularly through his collaboration with the Electrical and Mechanical Services Department (EMSD) to integrate IEEE 2668 into the government's GWIN system. His ultimate goal is to develop and proliferate IoT Best Practices globally. Additionally, he contributes to quality assurance in IoT systems by serving as an assessor for the Hong Kong Laboratory Accreditation Scheme (HOKLAS). In alignment with IoT standardization, KF chairs several key IEEE standards workgroups: IEEE 2668 Maturity Index for Internet of Things; IEEE P1451.5.5 LoRa Smart Sensor Interface; IEEE P1451.5.6 SigFox Smart Sensor Interface; IEEE P1451.5.10 NB IoT Smart Sensor Interface.
Beyond his contributions to IoT and standards development, Tsang holds numerous influential leadership roles, including: Vice Chairman of IEEE Fellow Evaluation Committee (FEC) of IEEE Consumer Technology Society; IEEE Fellow Evaluator of IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society; Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics; Chairman of the Standards Committee, IEEE Consumer Electronics Society; Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Industrial informatics; an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics; Associate Editor of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine; AdCom member of IEEE Systems Council; AdCom member of IEEE RFID Council; a President of Asia-Pacific Association of Cognitive Intelligence; Vice Chairman of IET Hong Kong, and a Council Member of The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE).
This talk is supported by IEEE SMC Intelligent Power and Energy Systems Technical Committee; and School of Automation, Guangdong University of Technology
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