UNSW Smart Campus

We are a research group aiming to leverage IoT technologies to deliver tangible benefits to campus community. We provide insights into the utilisation of resources such as classrooms, learning spaces, and carparks across the UNSW Sydney campus.

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Our Projects

Insights into utilisation of resources are available for some of the projects below. For more details about each project, please check out 'publications' section.

Classroom
Carpark

Bus Stop

Learning Spaces

WiFi

Publications

  1. I. Mohottige, H. Habibi Gharakheili, T. Moors and V. Sivaraman, "Modeling Classroom Occupancy using Data of WiFi Infrastructure in a University Campus", IEEE Sensors Journal (JSEN), 22(10):9981-9996, May 2022. DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2022.3165138
  2. T. Sutjarittham, H. Habibi Gharakheili, S. Kanhere and V. Sivaraman, "Estimating Passenger Queue for Bus Resource Optimization using LoRaWAN-enabled Ultrasonic Sensors", to appear in IEEE Systems Journal (JSYST), 2022. DOI: 10.1109/JSYST.2022.3159577
  3. I. Mohottige, H. Habibi Gharakheili, A. Vishwanath, S. Kanhere and V. Sivaraman, "Understanding and Reducing HVAC Power Consumption Post Evacuation Events in Commercial Buildings", to appear in IEEE Internet of Things Journal (IoT-J), 2022. DOI: 10.1109/JIOT.2022.3152138
  4. T. Sutjarittham, H. Habibi Gharakheili, S. Kanhere and V. Sivaraman, "Monetizing Parking IoT Data via Demand Prediction and Optimal Space Sharing", IEEE Internet of Things Journal (IoT-J), 9(8):5629-5644, Dec 2020. DOI: 10.1109/JIOT.2020.3044900
  5. I. Mohottige, H. Habibi Gharakheili, A. Vishwanath, S. Kanhere and V. Sivaraman, "Evaluating Emergency Evacuation Events Using Building WiFi Data", ACM/IEEE IoTDI, Sydney, Australia, Apr 2020. DOI: 10.1109/IoTDI49375.2020.00018
  6. T. Sutjarittham, G. Chen, H. Habibi Gharakheili, V. Sivaraman and S. Kanhere, "Measuring and Modeling Car Park Usage: Lessons Learned from a Campus Field-Trial", IEEE WoWMoM, Washington DC, USA, Jun 2019. DOI: 10.1109/WoWMoM.2019.8792972
  7. T. Sutjarittham, H. Habibi Gharakheili, S. Kanhere and V. Sivaraman, "Experiences with IoT and AI in a Smart Campus for Optimizing Classroom Usage", IEEE Internet of Things Journal (IoT-J), 6(5):7595-7607, Oct 2019. DOI: 10.1109/JIOT.2019.2902410
  8. T. Sutjarittham, H. Habibi Gharakheili, S. Kanhere and V. Sivaraman, "Realizing a Smart University Campus: Vision, Architecture, and Implementation", IEEE ANTS, Radisson Blu, Indore, India, Dec 2018. DOI: 10.1109/ANTS.2018.8710084
  9. I. Mohottige, T. Sutjarittham, N. Raju, H. Habibi Gharakheili and V. Sivaraman, "Role of Campus WiFi Infrastructure for Occupancy Monitoring in a Large University", IEEE ICIAfS, Colombo, Sri Lanka, Dec 2018. DOI: 10.1109/ICIAFS.2018.8913341
  10. T. Sutjarittham, H. Habibi Gharakheili, S. Kanhere and V. Sivaraman, "Data-Driven Monitoring and Optimization of Classroom Usage in a Smart Campus", ACM IPSN, Porto, Portugal, Apr 2018. DOI: 10.1109/IPSN.2018.00050
  11. T. Sutjarittham, H. Habibi Gharakheili, S. Kanhere and V. Sivaraman, "Demo Abstract: A Tool to Access and Visualize Classroom Attendance Data from a Smart Campus", ACM IPSN Demos, Porto, Portugal, Apr 2018. DOI: 10.1109/IPSN.2018.00033
  12. I. Mohottige and T. Moors, "Estimating Room Occupancy in a Smart Campus using WiFi Soft Sensors", IEEE LCN, Chicago, IL, USA, 2018. DOI: 10.1109/LCN.2018.8638098 doi: 10.1109/LCN.2018.8638098

Our Team

Vijay Sivaraman

Research Lead

Hassan Habibi

Research Lead

Salil Kanhere

Research Lead

Tara Sutjarittham

PhD Student

Iresha Pasquel Mohottige

PhD Student

Ethics Approval

We obtained ethics clearance prior to our data collection, UNSW Human Research Ethics Advisory Panel (HREAP) approval number for each project is provided below.

Project Ethics approval number
Estimating room occupancy HC17140
Analysing car parking usage HC171044
Measuring and modelling bus stop queues and wait times HC180359

For more information regarding human research ethics, please visit: https://research.unsw.edu.au/recs/human-research-ethics-home