Resumen
Internet of Things (IoT) technology combined with complementary support for data analytics is the
corner stone of today's digital transformation. The societal and economic impact of IoT/ML systems
in urban and suburban areas significantly outpaces the one in rural areas due to a limited reach of
connectivity infrastructure. To reverse further widening of the urban-rural gap, we need to bring
efficient and affordable IoT/ML solutions to deep rural areas, reaching out to applications and use
cases ranging from wildlife management, rural tourism, livestock monitoring, water and air
pollution control, and others. By identifying main gaps in connectivity and affordable data
analytics and through interleaved research, development and validation in a real-world setting,
REMARKABLE will address the challenge of bringing IoT and data analytics systems a step closer to
seamless, energy efficient and secure deployment in rural ares. The consortium composed of six
European academic partners, five companies and five associated partners representing leading
academic groups from Africa, will focus on research, development, innovation and demonstration
across five use cases with six demonstration sites located in rural areas across the European and
African continent. The inter-disciplinary nature of the programme provides a unique opportunity for
investigation of smart sensing, IoT and data science technology from non-traditional, holistic
perspectives leading to new scientific achievements and innovations. Project outputs like smart IoT
sensors and devices, rural IoT digital twining platforms, ultra wide-area IoT networks, novel data
analytics models and architectures will find their routes to the market via active industrial
partners. The project will impact EU workforce market via new interdisciplinary skills for young contributors
and form new long-lasting networks of European and African institutions in the area of sensing, IoT, big data analytics and rural entrepreneurship.
