"Keeping the World Connected, Without Sacrificing Privacy"

A multi-university team led by the University of Michigan industrial operations and engineering assistant professor Raed Al Kontar is looking at a new type of connected device infrastructure called the Internet of Federated Things (IoFT) that could do more for users while reducing the amount of data shared. Such efforts are important as the amount of personal data uploaded by smartphones and other Internet-connected devices to the cloud raises privacy concerns. The team envisions a new model that takes advantage of connected devices' power and does more data processing as well as decision-making on edge devices instead of on cloud-based servers. The server would be more of a coordinator as it aggregates key findings stemming from edge devices and allows the network to learn from them. This article continues to discuss the multi-university research on a new paradigm for connected devices aimed at maintaining the world's connectivity without sacrificing privacy.

The University of Michigan reports "Keeping the World Connected, Without Sacrificing Privacy"