1. 06-05-2010 Luigi Cicchese Partner Reply Building a Smarter City

2. Concept Reply Confidential Smart Cities: Concept vision An ecosystem of connected people, objects and services enabled by pervasive and transparent technology built to improve our quality of life.

3. Concept Reply Confidential Population For the first time in 2008 the number of people living in urban areas equaled the number living outside. This number will reach 70% of the world’s population by 2050 (Source Population Reference Bureau) Aging The average life expectancy in Europe grew 5 years in the last 15 (Source Eurofund) Congestion Up to 10% of traffic in the large cities is of cars looking for a place to park (ITN Forum) Energy 60 percent of electrical energy is lost due to inefficiencies in the grid. (Source Off-Grid) Cost Changing economic condition is forcing change in the way we manage and provide services Environment Global warming, pollution, climate changes. What’s driving the vision?

4. Concept Reply Confidential Web Evolution Web 1.0 Connecting Data Data are somewhere else Web 2.0 Connecting People The applications are somewhere else Web 3.0 Connecting Objects The hardware is somewhere else www.violet.net

5. Concept Reply Confidential Key elements for a Smart City Platform Applications End-to-End Vertical Applications Mash-up portals Business Intelligence City Management Dashboards Orchestration City- or Region-level Interoperable Service Bus Flexible Process Platforms Smart Objects Platform Services Service Aggregation & Adaptation Context Management and Location Awareness Real-time Service Brokering, Discovery and Publishing Semantic-based Distributed Reasoning Data Sensors Locations Identifications Security Privacy and Trust Security Privacy and Trust Web Historical databases

6. Concept Reply Confidential Smart Objects Sensing things Tagging things Adaptive things Thinking things Talking things

7. Concept Reply Confidential IoT Network LAN/WAN EnterpriseCloud Internet Simple Node Intelligent Node Virtualization Node Aggregation Node Sub-Net

8. Concept Reply Confidential Key Characteristics for Smart Objects Pervasiveness Intelligent systems will be all around as well as on the person Seamlessness The services will be continuos and transparent to the person Awareness The machines will be aware of the location and of the personal context as it is happening Adaptiveness The machines will interoperate with the network, service and content of the person’s needs

9. Concept Reply Confidential Building Smarter Objects Web Service Layer Public unified interface Single/Dual binding support Web Service Layer Public unified interface Single/Dual binding support Logical Device Layer Translation of device specific data into common logical structure Logical Device Layer Translation of device specific data into common logical structure Physical Device Layer Legacy network adaptation Device message parsing & formatting Physical Device Layer Legacy network adaptation Device message parsing & formatting..... => 00F1BAC00237F <= C498FF05..... => 00F1BAC00237F <= C498FF05..... 20 20

10. Concept Reply Confidential IoT Principles SOA IoT Platform adheres to SOA principles and implements a Rootstock Architecture SOA IoT Platform adheres to SOA principles and implements a Rootstock Architecture W3C Standards Interfaces are defined according to W3C Standards: HTTP, SOAP, WSDL W3C Standards Interfaces are defined according to W3C Standards: HTTP, SOAP, WSDL Unified Data Modeling All nodes share the same common Web Service interface, the same data model and can be freely interconnected Unified Data Modeling All nodes share the same common Web Service interface, the same data model and can be freely interconnected Data Caching Data changes provided by limited capability devices are cached and made persistent Data Caching Data changes provided by limited capability devices are cached and made persistent Event Driven Architecture Physical device changes are translated into Event Notifications Event Driven Architecture Physical device changes are translated into Event Notifications Physical Things Abstraction Physical Entities are converted into Logical Entities to provide an abstract homogeneous view Physical Things Abstraction Physical Entities are converted into Logical Entities to provide an abstract homogeneous view IoT Platform IoT Platform

11. Concept Reply Confidential Building a Smarter City Management Tool The Project focus is to develop: Application Framework (Software Middleware) based on Concept’s Internet of Thing (IoT) platform, on SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) technologies and Web Services Orchestra. Vertical Business Applications to respond quickly to the market changes and companies demand. The Application Framework will include: Common Web Services: web services providing services more complex and compatible to different kind of Vertical Applications Dedicated Web Services: web services with functionalities dedicated to specific areas:  Smart Building  Smart Transportation  Protection & Safety  Health&Care and Wellness

12. Concept Reply Confidential Data Conversion Database Service Semantic Engine Common and Dedicated Web Services Environmental phenomena Modeling Service Environmental phenomena Modeling Service Tracking Service Identification Module Access Service Access Service Alerting Service Alerting Service Water service Occupancy service Electronic Asset service Individual Comfort service Plug Load service Maintenance service Transportation Modeling Service Transportation Modeling Service Map & Diagram Service Health Monitoring Service Health Monitoring Service Remote Diagnosis Service Remote Diagnosis Service Indoor Localization & Navigation Service Indoor Localization & Navigation Service Climatic Service Lighting service HVAC service City Modeling Service City Modeling Service Smart Building Web Services Smart Transportation Web Services Protection&Safety Web ServicesSmart Wellness Web Services Common Web Services Dedicated Web Services

13. Concept Reply Confidential Context awareness “Context is any information that can be used to characterize the situation of an entity“ “A system is context-aware if it uses context to provide relevant information and/or services to the user, where relevancy depends on the user’s task“ A.K. Dey Rules Semantics: OWL ontology Semantics: OWL ontology Extensibility Key aspects of our solution Context recognition combining data from heterogeneous sources Decision making Adaptive interfaces Semantic web W3C languages Configurability and extensibility Distributed reasoning

14. Concept Reply Confidential Semantic reasoner Context awareness is a key enabler for ubiquitous computing systems or pervasive computing. “Semantic reasoner” is a building block that makes easier the development of context aware applications in different domains: health, vehicles, logistics, domotics, infomobility,... Context manager Ontology manager Ontology manager Query engine Rule Engine Clients, adaptive interfaces Clients, adaptive interfaces IoT Network WebServices

15. Concept Reply Confidential Smart City Management Layers TCP/IP TCP/IP Adapter Legacy Sensor Communication Layer Message Queue Data Convertion Tracking Service Identification Module Occupancy service Climatic Service Lighting service.... XMLXML Adapter Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) Orchestra (Business Process Management Layer) Business Process Layer Web Services Layer Smart Trasportation Smart Building Smart Wellness Protection & Safety Vertical Business Applications Internet of Services Internet of Things Access Service Access Service Alerting Service Alerting Service

16. Concept Reply Confidential Main Stakeholders Public Will need to provide the necessary funds for infrastructure Will need to have partnership initiatives to develop services and applications Industry Will need to provide the technology and the produce the objects Will need to develop and manage the services Consumer Will have to adopt the services and use the Smart objects

17. Concept Reply Confidential Contatti l.cicchese@reply.it