From Reality to 'Virtuality': Printed Storage Devices for the Internet of Things (Energy Harvesting and Storage Europe 2013)

Dr. Andrey Somov joined CREATE-NET, Italy, in 2010. His work at CREATE-NET is currently focused on adapting of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) and cognitive technologies to the Internet of Things (IoT). Andrey received a PhD in ICT from the University of Trento, Italy, in 2009. His research topic provided for investigating the power management problem in WSNs. In the fall 2008 Andrey was a visiting scholar at the University of California, Berkeley, USA, where he conducted the research in energy-efficient WSNs. Dr. Andrey Somov holds some awards in the fields of WSN and IoT for his research and engineering activities.

CREATE-NET, Italy, is an international research center in ICT and telecommunications technologies. CREATE-NET's mission is built around four key points that determine the direction of its Research, Engineering and Innovation activities:

• Achieve Research excellence,

• Promote technology transfer towards the industry,

• Promote Innovation,

• Focus on key application areas and services with impact on quality of life for the global society.

By creating synergies between leading academic, research and industry entities in Europe and around the world, CREATE-NET's objective is to develop the highest quality research and innovation, while impacting communications-enabled services that improve the quality of life of the global society.