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Shreyas Sundaram

Shreyas Sundaram is an Assistant Professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University. He received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2009, and was a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Pennsylvania from 2009 to 2010. He was an Assistant Professor at the University of Waterloo from 2010 to 2014. His research interests include network science, large-scale dynamical systems, fault-tolerant and secure control, game theory, linear system and estimation theory, and the application of algebraic graph theory to system analysis. In 2016, he received an Air Force Research Lab Summer Faculty Fellowship, and the Ruth and Joel Spira Outstanding Teacher Award at Purdue. At Waterloo, he received the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Research Award in 2014, the University of Waterloo Outstanding Performance Award in 2013 and the Faculty of Engineering Distinguished Performance Award in 2012. He was a finalist for the Best Student Paper Award at the 2007 and 2008 American Control Conferences.

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Contributor Brief·Shreyas Sundaram · 2 articles
Updated Sep 18, 2023

IoT adoption requires coordinated public-private funding, not market forces alone

Sundaram argues that widespread IoT adoption in the U.S. cannot succeed through private sector investment alone, and requires sustained coordination between government, industry, and public institutions working in tandem. He advocates for a deliberately structured, multi-stakeholder funding model where government plays an active long-term role—not as a passive regulator, but as an active capital partner.

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Federal Working Group established by Congress for IoT coordination

“A holistic strategy that includes investments from public, private, and government entities is required.”

Public-Private Funding Coupled with Long-Term Government Investment is Critical for IoT Adoption in the U.S.

Required funding sources for IoT adoption success

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institutional pillars required for IoT ecosystem maturity

Widespread IoT adoption requires funding and coordination across government, private industry, and public institutions working in tandem.

Public-Private Funding Coupled with Long-Term Government Investment is Critical for IoT Adoption in the U.S. (business services)

The National Institute of Standards and Technology opened floor for feedback on IoT Federal Working Group progress.

Public-Private Funding Coupled with Long-Term Government Investment is Critical for IoT Adoption in the U.S. (industrial iot)

“Market forces alone cannot scale IoT infrastructure without deliberate government coordination.”

Themes:Public-private partnership necessity for infrastructure scaleGovernment as active capital participant, not regulatorCoordinated institutional frameworks over market-driven adoption

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Public-Private Funding Coupled with Long-Term Government Investment is Critical for IoT Adoption in the U.S.

A holistic strategy that includes investments from public, private, and government entities is required to achieve widespread IoT adoption in the U.S. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has opened the floor for feedback on the progress of the Internet of Things Federal Working Group (IoTFWG), a body established by Congress in…

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    Alex M.·2h agoquestion

    What sparked your research into disruptive innovation?

    Curious what the original insight was that led you to the Innovator's Dilemma framework.

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    Sophia L.·1d agoidea

    Would love a deep-dive into EdTech adoption barriers.

    Your framing of sustaining vs. disruptive innovation feels directly applicable to school systems.

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    David R.·3d agoquestion

    How do you see AI changing the personalized learning landscape?