LoRaWAN at the University: Student Projects

IoT Use-cases – Lightning Talks

  • TBD • 2nd April 2020

Luka Mali

Lecturer and Researcher, The Laboratory for Telecommunications (LTFE)

Luka Mali holds the position of a senior research associate and lecturer at the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Laboratory for Telecommunications. His current work focuses on Mobile and Wireless Networks, Low Power Wireless Networks, Connected Devices and IoT applications. He is head of MakerLab Ljubljana, the first open prototyping laboratory (FabLab) at University of Ljubljana. In his 15+ years career he co-founded multiple IoT Startups, where some of them ship 100,000+ IoT products annually. He is co-initiator of The Things Network Slovenia, the national public LoRaWAN® sensor network, co-iniciator of the FabLab Network Slovenia and founder of the open education platform Colibri IoT.

The Laboratory for Telecommunications (LTFE) was founded as part of the ICT Department at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana and is focused on the telecommunication networks and services, internet technologies, IoT, converged fixed and mobile networks, LTE and 5G networks, blockchain technologies, network performance and conformance testing, and open innovation approaches. LTFE extensively involved in scientific research and pedagogical activities. The cooperation with the partners from the industry and the related knowledge transfer are especially important, resulting in more than extensive 10 industry projects per year. Some examples of these are projects form the Horizon 2020, Interreg Europe and Erasmus Schemes, leading role in the SRIP IoT Smart Cities Communities initiative, the Ekosmart project and the open innovation and FabLab initiatives. There is a close cooperation with the major industry partners, such as Telekom, Iskra, Iskra Emeco, and others.