An Information-Centric Platform for Social- and Location-Aware IoT Applications in Smart Cities

Recent advances in Smart City infrastructures and the Internet of Things represent a significant opportunity to improve people's quality of life. Corresponding research often focuses on Cloud-centric network architectures where sensor devices transfer collected data to the Cloud for processing. However, the formidable traffic generated by countless IoT devices and the need for low-latency services raise the need to move away from centralized architectures and bring the computation closer to the data sources. To this end, this paper discusses SPF, a middleware solution that supports IoT application development, deployment, and management. SPF runs IoT services on capable devices located at the network edge and proposes an information-centric programming model that takes advantage of decentralized computation resources located in the proximity of application users and data sources. SPF also adopts Value-of-Information based methods to prioritize the transmission of essential information

A Microservice Architecture Use Case for Persons with Disabilities

none6noApplications supporting the independent living of people with disabilities are usually built in a monolithic fashion for a specific purpose. On the other hand, a crucial sector for the livability of urban spaces such as mobility is undergoing a deep transformation, heading towards flexible composition of standardized services. This paper shows how this approach allows to build better applications for people with specific needs, making them seamlessly integrated in the most modern approach to smart mobility.mixedMelis, Andrea; Mirri, Silvia; Prandi, Catia; Prandini, Marco; Salomoni, Paola; Callegati, FrancoMelis, Andrea; Mirri, Silvia; Prandi, Catia; Prandini, Marco; Salomoni, Paola; Callegati, Franc