September 20, 2018
Eiji Kamioka
The 2nd Global PBL on IoT at HCMUT
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
The 2nd Global PBL on IoT was held at HCMUT (Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology),
Vietnam, from September 8 to September 19 in 2018, hosted by Faculty of Computer Science andEngineering. The purposes of this PBL were, (1) to understand what IoT is, (2) to find issues on IoTtechnologies, (3) to propose the solutions to the issues, (4) to build systems based on the proposals,(5) to evaluate the systems and finally (6) to make the presentations. The keys of IoT aremicrocomputers and sensors. Therefore, several microcomputer devices such as Arduino andRaspberry Pi, and sensor devices were taken to HCMUT from SIT. Additionally, some other devices
were bought in the field.
19 students from SIT, 24 students from HCMUT, teaching assistants (TAs), faculty members,staff members and other support staff members from both universities participated in the PBL.
Furthermore, the vice rector and external relations office members from HCMUT joined theopening ceremony. Besides SIT and HCMUT people, some people from companies attended thePBL as observers. In total, 72 people were involved in the PBL.
The participants were divided into 7 groups. Every group proposed a unique and intriguing idea,
and developed the prototype system. In addition to the system development activity, a “Can Gio
museum visit” was conducted as a cultural exchange.
As a whole, this Global PBL was successful and the participants achieved their goals as well asbrushing up their English communication skills.
Schedule at a glance
DateMorning session (9:00 - 12:00 or 13:00)

Sep. 8Sat.

Sep. 9Sun.

Sep. 10 Mon.
Sep. 11
Sep.12
Sep. 13
Sep. 14

Depart from NRT, arrive at HCM and move to HotelDay off
Opening ceremony

Ice breaking + Welcome party

Guidance of PBL

2 hours

1 hours

1.5 hours

PBL (discussion)

Tue.
Wed.

Sep. 16

Sun.

Tue.

Sep. 19 Wed.

3 hours

3 hours

PBL (discussion)

PBL (discussion)

3 hours

3 hours

PBL (discussion)

PBL (discussion)

3 hours

3 hours

PBL (discussion)No activity

4 hours
Day off

Sep. 17 Mon.
Sep. 18

1.5 hours
PBL (discussion)(9 hours: 7:30 - 16:30)Fri.
Sat.

Campus tour

Cultural exchange (Can Gio museum; 40km from HCMC downtown)

Thu.

Sep. 15Afternoon session (13:30-16:30)

PBL (presentation)

PBL (presentation), Farewell party at night

3 hours

3 hours

PBL (summary)

Closing ceremony

3 hours

1 hours
Arrive at NRT

1

Leave from Hotel and depart from HCM

Opening ceremony of gPBL at HCMUT

Ice-breaking after the opening ceremony
2Brainstorming and discussion to set their goals of gPBL

Examples of system development

Can Gio museum as a cultural exchange

3Final presentations

Farewell party at Nhà hàng Lambro Bistro

Group photo at closing ceremony

4Summary of gPBL
Name of PBL

Global PBL on IoT

Date

From September 8 to September 19Venue

Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering, HCMUT

Cultural exchange

Can Gio museum
19 students (from B2 to B4)- Information and Communiations Engineering: 7 students

19- Information Science and Engineerig: 12 students
4 TAs- Manami Kanamaru (D1)
- Yuhi Kaihoko (M1)
Participants from SIT- Yoshihiro Nagano (M1)
- Nagase Kazuya (B4)
83 Faculty members- Prof. Eiji Kamioka- Assoc. Prof. Hiroaki Fukuda- Assoc. Prof. Hiroaki Morino
Escoting staff member- Mr. Naoki Takeuchi
24 students from CSE (B3)243 TAs- Mr. Pham Nguyen Hoang Nam (Researcher staff)- Mr. Nguyen Thanh Phuc (B4)
- Mr. Tran Minh Chanh (Bachelor)
Vice Rector- Assoc. Prof. Nguyen Danh Thao
5 CSE faculty members- Assoc. Prof. Dang Tran Khanh (Vice Dean)
Participants from HCMUT- Dr. Tran Minh Quang (Lecturer)- Dr. Le Hong Trang (Lecturer)

15- Dr. Phan Trong Nhan (Lecturer)
1 CSE staff member- Ms. La Hue Anh (Secretaly)
4 External Relations Office members- Dr. Vo Dai Nhat (Vice director)- Ms. Nguyen Tran Nguyet Thu
2 Support staff members- Mr. Nguyen Dinh Nhut
- Mr. Bui Xuan Giang
Observers from Industries

3 persons from Pascalia Asia

3

2 persons from StarGlobal SJC

2

1 Person from PAT software

1The total number of participants

72

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