デジタル化支援センターのPHAM, Van Cu特任助教が2024 IEEE 13th Global Conference on Consumer Electronics（GCCE 2024）においてPresentation Awardを受賞しました。

　GCCE 2024は、IEEE Consumer Technology Societyが主催する年次国際会議で、令和6年10月29日～11月1日にかけて福岡県（北九州市）のアジア太平洋インポートマート及びオンラインにてハイブリッド開催されました。
　同会議では、コンシューマエレクトロニクス業界及びアカデミアからトップレベルの技術者が集まり、システム、回路、技術、プロセス及びアプリケーションに関する最先端の研究成果や情報の交換が行われました。

※参考：GCCE 2024

■受賞年月日
　令和6年11月1日

■研究題目、論文タイトル等
Towards ECHONET Lite Web API as a RESTful API for Matter Devices

■研究者、著者
Cu Van Pham, Tao Xin, Toan Nguyen, Gia Duc Le Trong (VNU University of Science, Vietnam), Yasuo Tan

■受賞対象となった研究の内容
The ECHONET Lite Web API (ELWA) is a crucial part of the ECHONET 2.0 vision, offering a standardized interface at the IoT platform level for smart homes. This enables service providers to utilize home appliances from multiple vendors and implement intelligent services. However, there are limited options for commercial home appliances that support ELWA, and they are expensive. In contrast, Matter is a new protocol gaining traction in consumer electronics, with a wide range of affordable products available. However, Matter primarily focuses on standardizing at the device level, leaving the IoT platform open for diverse ecosystems to develop. In this paper, we introduce our solution that integrates Matter into ELWA, enabling service providers supporting ELWA to work with Matter devices. This integration promotes a win-win scenario for both ELWA, which gains access to more compatible devices to attract service providers, and Matter, which avoids ecosystem lock-in issues at the IoT platform level. The proposed solution has been successfully tested with both commercial and emulated Matter devices using an ELWA server following the latest ELWA guideline v1.1.6. This work paves the way for implementing intelligent services for smart homes, such as elderly monitoring and disaster prevention, by utilizing low-cost home appliances.

■受賞にあたって一言
We are very honored to receive this award. It inspires us to keep doing great work in the future. We sincerely thank the ECHONET Consortium for financially supporting this work.

令和7年1月28日