Dear UNITE!
Colleagues,

I am
writing to inquire about the possibility of research cooperation in the field of new IoT systems implementation. I
am a researcher at The Faculty of Electrical Engineering at Wroclaw University of Science and Technology and I have been working on various aspects of power grids digitization for the
past ten years.

I would
like to propose – as a potential Seed Found project - a joint research program on the
possibility of implementing of Matter 1.0 protocol in selected countries, aims
to explore the benefits and challenges of adopting a unified standard for smart
home devices.

The Matter
1.0 protocol, released by the Connectivity Standards Alliance on October 4,
2022, promises to make smart devices work with each other regardless of which
company manufactures them, and to ensure that communications with smart devices
are secure and local. In my intentions the joint research program will involve testing Matter-compatible
devices from different brands and platforms in various scenarios and
environments, and evaluating their performance, interoperability, (cyber)security, and
user experience. The research program will also analyze the potential impact of
Matter 1.0 on the smart home apps and IoT market, consumer behavior, and energy
efficiency. The research program will use the information from the official
website of Matter 1.0 https://csa-iot.org/all-solutions/matter/.

I believe
that there is a great potential for collaboration between our UNITE! research
groups sharing similar goals and challenges.

If you are
interested in this proposal, please let me know. I look forward to hearing from
you soon.

With kind regards

Marek Wasowski, PhD EngD

Wroclaw University of Science and Technology