Monday 5 July 2021

Mohammad Zoualfaghari, Research Manager - IoT Architect & Technical Lead, BT on "Value-Added-Services for Industry 4.0"

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Smart Connected Manufacturing - Making it happen

Dr Mohammad Zoualfaghari, PhD, MEng, MIET, MIEEE is a research manager and Internet of Things (IoT) architect in BT Applied Research. In the last few years, Mo has been the architect and head of technical design & delivery for the UK’s flagship smart cities pilots, such as Milton Keynes (MK:SMART) and Manchester (CityVerve). He leads a couple of technical teams at one of BT's international centre of excellence - BT-Ireland Innovation Centre (BTIIC)- in Ulster University. Mo also leads the flagship Smart Manufacturing initiative in the Digital Business Marketplace (DBM) Catalyst, including Intel, AWS, Ulster University and 26 other companies around the world, as part of Digital Transformation World at TM Forum.

Mo provides over 10 years of experience in the telecommunication industry and recently initiated and lead Zero-Touch Onboarding (ZTO) research, which can address a critical need for the industry, as IoT begins to scale up. This award-winning project helps to onboard millions of devices automatically and securely. His recent work provides device-to-cloud security and illustrates how vertical industries looking to become Smart can be digitally enabled by abstracting and digitizing their products and services which leverage IoT, 5G, Secure Device Onboarding and AI. This comprehensive technology has been innovated proudly in the UK Telco industry, for the very first time in the world.

Prior to BT, Mo was the software and hardware development lead of a successful SME, Meal2Go Ltd, which was acquired by Just-Eat Plc in 2013. He was also an Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering at the University of Birmingham (UK).

Mo received his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) and Master of Engineering (MEng, 1st Class) degrees, both in Electrical, Electronic and Communications Engineering from the University of Birmingham (UK), in 2015 and 2009, respectively. He is a transactions reviewer of IEEE Communications Society, Elsevier and JCSE, and is the registered inventor of many patents, book chapters, journal, and conference papers. Mo is also an active member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

Value-Added-Services for Industry 4.0

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