IVF-Taiwan ICT Workshop
August 28-29, 2012
IoT challenges, approaches,
and outcomes in the context of
European research projects
Karol Furdik
karol.furdik@tuke.sk, karol.furdik@fintersoft.sk
• Technical University of Kosice, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics,
Kosice, Slovakia, www.fei.tuke.sk
• InterSoft, a.s., Kosice, Slovakia, www.intersoft.sk
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Contents
Internet of Things
• basic concepts, definitions
• objectives, applications, R&D challenges,
• IoT research in Europe, FP7 priorities and projects
ebbits project
• basic facts, concepts, technology
• pilot applications: automotive manufacturing, food traceability
• achievements, activities, future work
ELLIOT project
• basic facts, concepts, technology
• the Smart Office pilot application
• results, future work
Conclusions
• general observations on IoT research
• challenges, possible R&D directions in future
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Internet of Things
Definitions:
• a dynamic global network infrastructure of adaptable and interoperable devices integrated
in a common information and communication network (CERP-IoT - IERC, http://www.rfidin-action.eu/cerp/)
• a collection of technologies that make it possible to connect things like sensors and
actuators to the Internet, thereby allowing the physical world to be accessed through
software (Contiki project, http://www.contiki-os.org)
• a layer of digital connectivity on top of existing infrastructure and things (IoT Council,
http://www.theinternetofthings.eu)
• a vision of employing the networked devices and applications in business, information,
and social processes
Characteristics, features:
• well established and continuously expanding research domain
• significant outcomes for many sectors of industry already available
• enabling technologies: sensor networks, RFID, multi-agent systems, event-driven
architectures, service-oriented architectures, web services
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Context of IoT research and applications
Internet of Things is an integrated part of the Future
Internet (see e.g. at http://www.future-internet.eu),
which includes IoT, IoM (media), IoS (services),
and IoE (enterprises) and provides respective
applications to society
Means of connecting
“things” (smart objects)
in IoT applications:
things / data / semantic
integration
Source: Internet of Things - Strategic Research Roadmap, IERC 2011,
O. Vermesan, Internet of Things - Vision and the Technology Behind
Connecting the Real, Virtual and Digital Worlds, 2009
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IoT objectives and applications
The major objectives for IoT are the creation of smart environments / spaces and
self-aware things (for example: smart transport, products, cities, buildings, rural
areas, energy, health, living, etc.) for climate, food, energy, mobility, digital
society and health applications.
Global challenges addressed
by IoT applications:
• energy efficiency - power grid,
connected electric vehicles,
energy efficient buildings, ...
• environmental protection - green
services, green intelligent cities,
CO2 reduction, ...
• public health, aging population
• safety, security and privacy
• business and economy,
continuation and growth of
economic prosperity
Source: Internet of Things - Strategic Research Roadmap, IERC 2011
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Challenges on application level
• Network management – network technologies should be reliable, intelligent, selfmanaged, context aware and adaptable
• Interfaces – to refine interaction between HW, SW, algorithms, devices, ...;
smart human / machine interfaces, enabling mobile SW
• Embedded smart functionality – further development of sensors, actuators, storage,
energy sources, middleware, sensor networks, etc.
• Multi-domain communications – to enhance information and signal processing,
identification technology, discovery and search engine technologies
• Security, privacy, business safety – improvements needed by developing novel
security techniques and concepts
• Standardisation, interoperability, validation and modularization of the IoT
technologies needs enhancements
• New governance principles should be defined – free access to knowledge for further
technology and business development (while maintaining respect for privacy, security and
safety)
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Challenges on technology enablers
• Energy – ultra low power devices needed
• Intelligence – capabilities of self-awareness, adaptability, inter-machine communication,
knowledge discovery, etc.
• Communication – new smart antennas, protocols, APIs, together with network
management and visualization techniques need to be developed
• Integration – wireless ID technologies (RFID) should be integrated to devices
• Dependability – individual authentication of billions of heterogeneous devices
• Semantic technologies – large scale distributed ontologies, semantic discovery of
devices, semantic web services, rule engines, ...
• Real world IoT scenarios – to evaluate IoT solutions in real large-scale industrial
applications; to illustrate business-based scenarios
• Modeling and design – innovative M-D frameworks needed for large scale IoT systems
• Interoperability, standards – ensure interoperability of devices by integrating different
standardized architectures, protocols, etc.; define open standards and reference models
• Manufacturing – to lower costs of key technologies (e.g., RFID)
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IoT research in Europe
7th Framework Programme of EC:
• IoT research is included into priorities of ICT
• Call 5, 2009-2010, Objective 1.3 : Internet of Things and Enterprise environments
• Call 7, 2011, Objectives 1.3: Internet-connected objects, 1.6: Future Internet Research and
Experimentation
• Call 8, 2011, Objectives 1.1: Future Networks
• Currently, in the last FP7 call – IoT-related areas:
• Smart Cities
• Secure clean and efficient energy
• Improving delivery of Public Sector Services
IoT-related EU research communities:
• IoT European Research Cluster (IERC),
http://www.internet-of-things-research.eu
• IoT Council, http://www.theinternetofthings.eu
• IoT Hub Europe, http://www.internet-of-things.eu
• Internet of Things Expert Group (IoT-EG) (E02514)
• FInES Cluster (Future Internet Enterprise Systems), http://www.fines-cluster.eu
• Internet of Things group on LinkedIn, http://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=73311
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IoT-related FP7 projects
IERC Members: http://www.internet-of-things-research.eu/partners.htm
• CASAGRAS2, Coordination and Support Action for Global RFID-related
Activities and Standardisation – 2, www.iot-casagras.org
• IoT-I, Internet Of Things Initiative, www.iot-i.eu
• IoT-A, Internet Of Things Architecture, www.iot-a.eu
• SPRINT, Software Platform For Integration Of Engineering And Things,
www.sprint-iot.eu
• SmartAgriFood, Smart Food and Agribusiness, www.smartagrifood.eu
• iCore, Internet Connected Objects for Reconfigurable Ecosystems,
www.iot-icore.eu
• IoT@Work, Internet of Things at Work, www.iot-at-work.eu
• Hydra, FP6 project on semantic IoT middleware, www.hydramiddleware.eu
• ...
• ebbits & ELLIOT
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EBBITS project – basic facts
ebbits: Enabling Business-Based Internet of Things and Services
• Integrated EU project, FP7 ICT,
Activity ICT-2009.1.3 “Internet of Things and Enterprise environments”,
Contract no.: 257852
• Duration: 09/2010 – 08/2014 (48 months)
• Web: www.ebbits-project.eu
• Coordinator: Fraunhofer Institute, Germany
• Project consortium: 9 partners (universities, research institutes, private
companies) from 5 countries (GE,SWE,DEN,IT,SK)
• 2 pilot applications - Italy and Denmark
Main project objective:
• To develop architecture, technologies and processes, which allow businesses to
semantically integrate the Internet of Things into mainstream enterprise systems
and support interoperable real-world, on-line end-to-end business applications
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The concept of ebbits
The ebbits platform:
1. a bridge between
enterprise and public
information systems,
between human users
and “things” in the
physical world
2. a communication
infrastructure that,
by means of SWS,
automatically and
dynamically connects to
sensors and devices in
the physical world - in
manufacturing facilities,
retails, smart homes, etc.
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Technology background
LinkSmart system:
• Outcome of the FP6 project Hydra, http://www.hydramiddleware.eu
• open source solution, http://sourceforge.net/projects/linksmart/
• semantic middleware
for IoT applications
Enhancements in ebbits:
• new types of devices and
services,
• semantic sensor fusion,
more advanced events
processing,
• business rules and
business process models,
• pilot applications in
automotive industry and
agriculture
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Outcomes and pilot applications
• Expected project outcomes:
• enhanced LinkSmart semantic middleware, optimized for real-world
business applications
• toolset for development of semantic models and semantically annotated
business rules / processes
• interfaces to new types of devices
• methodology for building a LinkSmart-based IoT solution
• Pilot #1: Deployment in the manufacturing stage:
• to manage production optimization with special emphasis on energy
savings and CO2 reduction;
• automotive industry, assembly processes;
• data collected from sensors in the assembly line, semantically annotated
and processed towards the optimization criteria.
• Pilot #2: Deployment in the consumption stage:
• traceability throughout the food chain, from “farm to fork”, across the lifecycle history of the food;
• collecting data automatically from various actors, sensors and systems,
indexing and intelligently registering it in public databases.
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Automotive manufacturing
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Food traceability
Organic T-Bone Steak
CO2 = 15kg CO2/kg
FarmIds = ES123312,
DE121211
PalateId = 223-12231-221
To=Aldi Süd 001, Outback
Steakhouse 002
Weight = 150 kg
CO2 = 2kg CO2/kg
Feed = organic
Origin = Spain
FarmId = ES123312
Organic T-Bone Steak
CO2 = 17kg CO2/kg
Born In Spain, Raised In
Free Farmvile Germany
100% organic grass fed
Rating = 4.5/5
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Achievements, future work
• Work done so far:
• architecture of updated LinkSmart specified, implementation is ongoing
• OWLIM ontology infrastructure employed for semantics and context awareness
• jBoss / Drools framework for business rules processing
• M24 demo prepared, focus on the automotive manufacturing scenario
• Next steps:
• project review in October 2012
• further development, focus on the food
traceability scenario
• Other activities:
• workshops and activities within the FInES Cluster
(Future Internet Week, IoT Week)
• CeBIT 2012 – ebbits co-exhibited with
ActionPlanT project at the stand: ICT for the
Factories of the Future
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ELLIOT project - basic facts
ELLIOT: Experiential Living Lab for the Internet Of Things
Framework Programme 7, ICT Call 5 : FP7-ICT-2009-5
Objective ICT-2009.1.3: Internet of Things and Enterprise environments
Project type: STREP / Collaborative research, Project No: 287560
Duration: 30 months (September 2010 - February 2013)
Web: www.elliot-project.eu
Coordinator: TXT Polymedia S.p.A., Italy
Partners: 9 + 3 (Italy, Germany, France, UK, Bulgaria, Hungary, Slovakia)
Aims of the project:
• the development of an Internet of Things experiential platform,
• to directly involve users (customers, citizens) in co-creating, exploring and
experimenting new ideas, concepts and technological artefacts,
• to study a potential impact of IoT and the Future Internet in the context of the
Open User-Centred Innovation paradigm and of the Living Lab approach.
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Living Lab approach to IoT
Objectives, principles of the approach in ELLIOT:
• Explore the potential of user co-creation techniques and tools, such as serious gaming,
participative requirements engineering and verification/validation, in the context of IOT.
• Study and develop a set of KSB (Knowledge-Social-Business) Experience Models
integrating social, intellectual-cognitive, economical, legal and ethical aspects related to
the use of IoT technologies and services into a single, “holistic”, meta model.
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ELLIOT-EEU extension
Extension to the Enlarged European Union (EEU):
• Duration: 18 months (September 2011 - February 2013)
• 3 new use cases - pilot applications: Bulgaria, Hungary, Slovakia,
as complements to former ELLIOT pilots
Focus of pilots:
• Logistics PLM: Logistics Product Life-cycle Management (PLM)
supported by IoT and RFID technologies
• BIBA LogDynamics Lab, Bremen, Germany
• SafePay Systems Ltd., Hungary
• Extended concept of “Well Being” in a hospital environment
• San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy
• Virtech Ltd., Bulgaria
• Green Services @ ICT Usage Lab
• INRIA (Sophia Antipolis), France
• InterSoft, a.s., Kosice, Slovakia
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ELLIOT Living Lab in Slovakia
Pilot name: ECOffices - Ambient Intelligence in energy saving
• The Smart Office use case:
• Integrates AmI-IoT & semantic technologies, with respect to the KSB
(knowledge-social-business) aspects of user interactions
• Targets the optimization of energy consumption in offices
• Focus, goals:
• experiment the ELLIOT outcomes and the new semantically enhanced AmI
technology in the Energy test case in Slovakia
• demonstrate the platform capabilities towards a positive impact on
environment (energy consumption, CO2 footprint)
• Technology:
• AmI-IoT: based on LinkSmart middleware, using outcomes of the FP7
project ebbits.
• Semantics: device ontology, fusion of generated events, business rules
• Devices: energy consumption, environment conditions, and occupancy
sensors - Plugwise, Arduino, …
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The Smart Office concept
From “Smart Houses” to “Smart Offices”
Smart House:
• a house that has advanced automatic systems for lighting, heating, air-conditioning,
window and door operations, security etc.
• many solutions, both commercial and research
Smart Office:
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to employ the paradigm of the smart house in a business environment,
inclusion of / integration with business processes,
optimization of existing processes in an organization (or office),
ability to implement new and more efficient business processes,
expected benefits on the user level regarding to more organized and coordinated
social interactions.
Challenges:
• correspondence of AmI-IoT with business processes,
• acceptance and support from the side of employees (and management),
• possible solution: AmI-enhanced services and processes should follow the
recommendations of IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL, http://www.itil-officialsite.com) and
the related standard ISO/IEC 20000:1-5.
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Application partner : RWE IT
RWE IT Slovakia,
http://www.rweit-slovakia.com
• belongs to RWE group, leading energy (gas,
electricity) distributor in Eastern Slovakia
• daughter company of RWE IT GmbH,
IT services provider for RWE
ECOffices pilot is implemented
in the premises of RWE IT:
• office type: open space room
• 8 employees in the office
(administration department)
• central heating, air conditioning individually
controlled within the office
• equipment: computers, monitors,
phones, 2 x printers, 1 x scanner / copier
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ECOffices : the Living Lab concept
General Goal: a systematic and iterative user co-creation approach integrating research
and innovation processes towards the energy efficiency in business environment, using
AmI-IoT technologies (enabled by the LinkSmart system).
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Living Lab scenarios
Scenario #1: Exploration of a suitable occupancy sensing device
• 4 different types of occupancy sensors identified by IoT experts
• Goal: Users exploring, experiments and evaluation; Focus: to find a balance between:
• Comfortable environment
• Amount of saved energy / CO2 emissions
• Privacy loss
Scenario #2: Process-based adaptation of the working environment
• Uses occupancy sensor as an output of scenario #1.
• Template process model given, e.g. predefined work hours, seasonal settings of
environment
• Adaptation of working environment according to user preferences
• Goal: Adapted process model as an explicit representation of the working environment
settings in a given time scale
Scenario #3: Exploration of a suitable occupancy sensing device
• Users playing a “game” saving real energy
• A visualization showing actual consumption and CO2 footprint data, overall ranking given
• Ranking provided to decision makers -> e.g. awarding of winners?
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Pilot implementation (1)
Schedule of the pilot:
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1st round: May 18th (completed)
2nd round: end of August
evaluation: end of 2012
Technology:
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Devices installed (see figure)
Data monitored and collected from the 1st
round, evaluation is ongoing, use of the data
in occupancy sensing
Interface to ECOffices system is a web portal
Arduino-based prototypes (see next slide)
Involvement of users:
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Initial user requirements and information about
user habits collected by a questionnaire
Smart Office Portal - Web application for
gathering user experiences was developed
Success factors and KPIs (focused on KSB
aspects) were specified and provided for
analysis into ELLIOT platform
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Pilot implementation (2)
Arduino-based open HW
Xbee, Thermometer,
Ambient light sensor
SmartOffice Portal – the main user interaction tool
Data - log example:
power usage: 46.00W on 000D6F000072AF09 at 11-07-12 11:17:17
power usage: 42.00W on 000D6F0000D33655 at 11-07-12 11:17:17
power usage: 3.00W on 000D6F000076937D at 11-07-12 11:17:17
power usage: 36.00W on 000D6F00007690CB at 11-07-12 11:17:17
Log format: [Immediate power consumption in watts] [ID: MAC address of sensor] [timestamp]
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Summary, future steps
Work done so far:
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LinkSmart middleware adapted for the ECOffices Living Lab
pilot prototype implemented
1st round of experiments on Scenario #1 accomplished
data from sensors collected and provided to the ELLIOT platform for KSB analysis
Next steps:
• new types of devices - actuators: air conditioning control, light switches
• business rule / process engine, based on Drools framework, www.drools.org
• template process model for Scenario #2 will be developed
• Scenario #2 experiments, evaluation
• the Smart Office portal will be enhanced to enable the “game” on energy savings
• Scenario #3 experiments, evaluation
• ECOffices Living Lab has an ambition to join the European Network of Living Labs
(ENoLL, www.openlivinglabs.eu) in its next wave.
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Conclusions
General observations:
• Innovative applications addressing global challenges needed
• Focus on practical applicability of IoT solutions in a real world business environment
• Advanced technologies (e.g., semantics, AmI, web services, clouds, ...) could be applied,
but a shift from research to real business is necessary
• Wider involvement of users, e.g by means of Living Lab approach, is needed
Challenges, future R&D directions:
• Living Lab, as a co-creative environment for design, development, and testing of IoT
solutions, seems to be very promising approach
• Semantics, if applied in IoT, should be improved in terms of powerful intelligent reasoning,
retrieval, matching, etc. (i.e., use relational DBs instead of ontologies, if appropriate)
• Business processes and rules are capable to control the interactions between devices
• A framework for managing provided IoT solutions as IT services – candidate: IT
Infrastructure Library (ITIL, http://www.itil-officialsite.com)
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Proposal for cooperation
Other IoT-related projects:
• VENIS, Virtual Enterprises enabled by Networked Interoperability Services,
www.venis-project.eu
• Adapt4EE, www.adapt4ee.eu
Technical University
• a holistic approach to the planning, design & evaluation of energy performance of construction
of Kosice
products at an early design phase and prior to their realization
www.tuke.sk
• occupancy behavior , business processes and assets, semantic models of enterprises
• INERTIA,
Maximizing Response Capacity and Surplus of HouseHold and Tertiary Prosumers
• starting in October 1st, 2012
• goal: to develop a framework addressing a) energy efficiency (for steady state load
minimization); b) peak load management (for daily operations); and c) dynamic demand (for
event driven dynamic peak load reduction)
• ... R&D in areas of Smart City, energy efficiency, IoT-supported manufacturing, ...
Opportunities:
InterSoft, a.s.
www.intersoft.sk
• Smart Cities and Communities EIP (European Innovation Partnership),
released by EC in July 2012
• areas of energy, mobility & transport, ICT in urban context (Smart Cities)
• international cooperation is encouraged – possibility of a joint project?
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Thank you for your attention!
Questions, suggestions, ...?
Contact:
• e-mail: Karol.Furdik@tuke.sk, Karol.Furdik@intersoft.sk
• web: http://web.tuke.sk/fei-cit/furdik/index-a.html
Acknowledgements: The presented work was supported by the ELLIOT project (http://www.elliotproject.eu) and the EBBITS project (http://www.ebbits-project.eu), co-founded by the European
Commission within the contracts No. 287560 and No. 257852, respectively.
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