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access points to Internet services. The back end of these physical access points is a
geographically distributed system which integrates such diverse technologies as pervasive,
mobile and Cloud computing. This topic arises from synergically merging IoT and distributed
computing.
IoT relies on the advanced connectivity of devices, systems, and services that covers a variety
of protocols, domains, and applications. It is expected to usher in automation in nearly all
fields, while also enabling advanced applications like Smart Environments. A decentralized
system of cooperating smart objects (SOs) are emerging as a new paradigm for IoT. SOs are
able to sense/actuate, store, and interpret information created within themselves and around
the neighboring external world where they are situated, act on their own, cooperate with
each other, and exchange information with other kinds of electronic devices and human
users.
Distributed computing uses groups of networked computers for the same computational
goal. Distributed Computing has several common issues with concurrent and parallel
computing, as all these three falls in the scientific computing field. Nowadays, a large amount
of distributed computing technologies coupled with hardware virtualization, service-oriented
architecture, and autonomic and utility computing have led to Cloud computing. Novel
algorithms and techniques must be devised and analyzed to scalably execute complex
applications on Cloud facilities, also in the geographic InterCloud scenario, with a specific
focus on energy efficiency.
The topic of “Distributed Systems and Internet of Things” is the focus of some very relevant
research projects worldwide (e.g. the Roseline Project at UCLA, the ATLAS@home project at
CERN, the TerraSwarm project at Berkeley).
It is extremely important to develop applications as Smart Cities, Smart Home, Urban
Computing and we expect they will dominate the ICT sector in the next few years.
Involved Laboratories:
Smart PErvasivE and Distributed SYstems;
Engineering COmplex and Smart systems;
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