Internet of Things in Saudi Arabia Universities: State of the Art, Future Opportunities, and Open Challenges

Alyahya, Norah; Aljaber, Bader

doi:10.1007/978-981-19-3571-8_75

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“…With regard to the use of IoT in Saudi universities, it has been noticed the lack of use IoT in this environment, also the lack of users' knowledge about IoT concept [8]. Besides that, most of the previous papers have focused on using IoT in the health sector in Saudi [9] [10], while there have been a few studies in Saudi outlining the use of Internet of Things among academic staff in the universities [11]. In order to fill this gap, it is necessary to investigate this aspect of knowledge.…”

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Potential Benefits and Obstacles of the Use of Internet of Things in Saudi Universities: Empirical Study

Fallatah,

Ghabban,

Ameerbakhsh

et al. 2024

AIT

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Internet of Things (IoT) among of all the technology revolutions has been considered the next evolution of the internet. IoT has become a far more popular area in the computing world. IoT combined a huge number of things (devices) that can be connected through the internet. The purpose: this paper aims to explore the concept of the Internet of Things (IoT) generally and outline the main definitions of IoT. The paper also aims to examine and discuss the obstacles and potential benefits of IoT in Saudi universities. Methodology: the researchers reviewed the previous literature and focused on several databases to use the recent studies and research related to the IoT. Then, the researchers also used quantitative methodology to examine the factors affecting the obstacles and potential benefits of IoT. The data were collected by using a questionnaire distributed online among academic staff and a total of 150 participants completed the survey. Finding: the result of this study reveals there are twelve factors that affect the potential benefits of using IoT such as reducing human errors, increasing business income and worker's productivity. It also shows the eighteen factors which affect obstacles the IoT use, for example sensors' cost, data privacy, and data security. These factors have the most influence on using IoT in Saudi universities.

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confidence: 99%