Smart Homes Courses and Certifications

Web Summit

Smart Homes Panel - Future of Connected Living

Explore the future of smart homes with industry leaders discussing innovations, challenges, and potential impacts on daily life.

• YouTube
• 41 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

International PHP Conference

Audio Recognition and Connected Living - Smart Advertising and Consumer Engagement

Explore audio recognition's role in smart advertising and its impact on consumer engagement with traditional media and music, featuring insights from Shazam's technology.

• YouTube
• 19 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

DIY Smart Home Demonstration and How-to Using FOSS

Learn to create your own smart home system using free, open-source software. Explore practical demonstrations and step-by-step guidance for implementing DIY solutions.

• YouTube
• 53 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

White Hat Cal Poly

Home Security - Tony Bone

Explore smart home security systems, their components, and underlying circuits. Learn about various switches, sensors, and reliability considerations for effective home protection.

• YouTube
• 46 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

The Connected Smart Home - From IoT to Cloud

Explore IoT-to-cloud smart home technology using open-source tools. Learn about Zephyr, Arduino, IoTivity, and cloud services for scalable, interconnected IoT solutions with web technologies.

• YouTube
• 51 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

GERAD Research Center

Investment in Vehicle-to-Grid and Distributed Energy Resources: Distributor vs Prosumer Perspectives and Impact of Applicable Rates

Explore optimal smart home deployment strategies, including DER investment, management, and tariff considerations. Analyze V2G's role in profitable DER investments using real-world data and mathematical models.

• YouTube
• 34 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Retro Tech & Electronics

Bosch 500 Series Dishwasher - Unboxing, Installation, and Evaluation

Comprehensive review of Bosch 500 Series Dishwasher: unboxing, installation, configuration, and performance evaluation of this smart, quiet appliance with HomeConnect and crystal drying features.

• YouTube
• 24 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

Better to Ask Than Assume: Proactive Voice Assistants' Communication Strategies That Respect User Agency

Exploring communication strategies for proactive voice assistants in smart homes to respect user agency and preferences while providing autonomous support.

• YouTube
• 16 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Embedded Systems, IoT, and AIoT

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Explore embedded systems, IoT, and AIoT technologies transforming daily life through smart homes, wearables, and intelligent traffic systems in this comprehensive overview.

• Udacity
• 3 hours
• On-Demand
• Paid Course

USENIX

Designing for Privacy Needs of Bystanders in Smart Homes - A Systematic Review

Systematic review of design recommendations for bystander privacy in smart homes, discussing research findings, industry implications, and potential solutions to address privacy concerns.

• YouTube
• 17 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

IEEE

Peekaboo - A Hub-Based Approach to Enable Transparency in Data Processing within Smart Homes

Explore a hub-based system for enhancing transparency in smart home data processing, addressing privacy concerns and empowering users with greater control over their information.

• YouTube
• 22 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

IEEE

Towards a Natural Perspective of Smart Homes for Practical Security and Safety Analyses

Explore smart home security through natural automation patterns, leveraging user-created routines to generate realistic scenarios for practical safety analyses and policy development.

• YouTube
• 17 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Web Summit

Why Are Most Smart Homes Still Quite Dumb?

Explore the evolution of smart homes, from current limitations to the vision of intelligent, interconnected living spaces that seamlessly integrate with our daily lives.

• YouTube
• 23 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

DefCamp

Security on the Edge - Safeguarding Smart Homes

Explore cutting-edge strategies for securing smart homes in this DefCamp 2023 presentation. Learn about emerging threats and innovative solutions to protect IoT devices and networks at the edge.

• YouTube
• 28 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Applying Design Patterns in a Smart Home System

Master design patterns through practical Java implementation in smart home systems, from creating centralized hubs to managing device states and real-time notifications.

• CodeSignal
• 1 hour
• On-Demand
• Free Certificate