September 21, 2017
Eiji Kamioka
Global PBL on IoT at HCMUT, Vietnam
Global PBL on IoT was held at HCMUT, Vietnam, from September 8 to September 16 in 2017, hosted
by Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering. The purposes of this PBL were, (1) to understand what
IoT is, (2) to find issues on IoT, (3) to propose the solutions to the issues, (4) to build systems based on theproposals, (5) to evaluate the systems and finally (6) to make the presentations. The keys of IoT aremicrocomputers and sensors. Therefore, several Arduino devices and sensors were brought to HCMUT
from SIT, and some other sensors were bought in the field.
17 students from SIT, 16 students from HCMUT, teaching assistants (TAs), faculty members, staff
members and other support staff members from both universities participated in the PBL. Furthermore, therector and external relations office members from HCMUT joined the opening ceremony. Besides SIT andHCMUT people, a professor of Tokyo University of Science, Suwa and some people from companies
attended the PBL as observers. In total, 62 people were involved in the PBL.
The participated students 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 “Cu Chi Tunnel tour”
was conducted as a cultural exchange.
As a whole, this Global PBL was successful and the participants achieved their goals as well as brushingup their English communication skills.
Schedule at a glance
Date
A.M.
P.M.
Sep. 7Thu.
Departure from NRT
Arrival at HCMC
Sep. 8Fri. Opening Ceremony, Ice Breaking+Welcome partyPBL (Guidance)
PBL (Finding issues)
Sep. 9Sat.
Day off
Sep. 10 Sun.
Culture exchange - Cu Chi Tunnel Tour Sep.11 Mon.
PBL (Discussion - proposal -)Sep. 12 Tue.
PBL (Discussion- system development -)Sep. 13 Wed.
PBL (Discussion- system development -)Sep. 14 Thu.
Sep. 15 Fri.
PBL (Presentation)
PBL presentation, Farewell party
Sep. 16 Sat.
PBL (Summary), Closing Ceremony
Departure from HCMC
Arrival at NRT
Sep. 17 Sun.

Group photo at opening ceremony1Brainstorming and discussion in each group

Examples of system development

2

Cu Chi Tunnel tour as a cultural exchange

Final presentations

3

Farewell party at Ngoc Lan restaurantGroup photo at closing ceremony

4Summary of the PBL
Name of PBL
DateVenue
Cultural exchange tour

Participants from SIT

Participants from HCMUT

Global PBL on IoT
From September 8 to September 16
Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering, HCMUT
Cu Chi Tunnel
17 students (from B1 to B4)- Communiations Engineering: 10 students- Information Science and Engineerig: 5 students- Electrical Engineering: 1 student- Engineering and Design: 1 student
2 TAs (master course students)- Keish Usa (M2),- Shigeki Suwa (M1)
2 Faculty members- Eiji Kamioka- Hiroaki Fukuda
2 Escoting staff members- Daichi Tateiwa- Yuri Usami
16 students from CSE (B3)
4 TAs
- Mr. Mai Duc Trung (researcher staff)- Mr. Nguyen Nhu Phuc (B5)
- Mr. Tran Minh Triet (B4)
- Mr. Tran Minh Chanh (B4)
Rector- Prof. Vu Dinh Thanh
5 CSE faculty members- Prof. Thoai Nam (Dean)- Assoc. Prof. Dang Tran Khanh (Vice Dean)- Assoc. Prof. Pham Tran Vu (Vice Dean)- Assoc. Prof. Quan Thanh Tho- Dr. Tran Minh Quang
1 CSE staff member- Ms. La Hue Anh (Secretaly)
4 External Relations Office members- Assoc. Prof. Nguyen Danh Thao (Director)- Dr. Vo Dai Nhat (Vice director)- Ms. Nguyen Thi Pho- Ms. Nguyen Tran Nguyet Thu
2 Support staff members- Mr. Nguyen Dinh Nhut
- Mr. Bui Xuan Giang

Observer from Tokyo University ofProf. Masahide Ooshima
Science, Suwa
2 persons from Pascalia Asia
Observers from Industries
3 persons from Fujinet
The total number of participants

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