Koncept IRMA primijenjen na rijeku Cetinu i splitsko slivno područje

Integrated coastal zone and river basin management systems are being developed to meet important societal needs such as the sustainable development of coastal areas, the exploitation of their resources and the protection of the coastal environment. The sustainable development of coastal areas depends on the quality of the marine environment. In this context, the ADRICOSM project (ADRIatic sea integrated COastal areaS and river basin Management system pilot project) has developed an assessment/forecasting system that enables policy decisions to be taken in a modern and efficient way. The integrated approach imposed by the EC’s Water Framework Directive has been validated in a pilot area located in Croatia that includes all the main components responsible for pollution generation and transportation: urban watershed, river basin and coastal area. An integrated model has been developed combining different tools to simulate the hydraulic and waterquality performance of the overall system. This model has then been used to forecast the benefits derived from priority works focused on reducing land-based pollution.Izrađen je integralni sustav upravljanja obalnim područjem i riječnim bazenom s ciljem ostvarenje društvenih ciljeva veznih uz održivi razvoj obalnih područja te korištenje i zaštite prirodnih resursa - okoliša. Održivi razvoj obalnih područja u znatnoj mjeri ovisi o kakvoći morskog okoliša pa se isti mora cjelovito obuhvatiti i tretirati. U skladu s tim ciljem izrađen je ADRICOSM projekt (Pilot projekt Integralnog sustava upravljanja jadranskim obalnim područjima i riječnim bazenima). To je jedan moderan i učinkovit sustav -alat za analizu i prognozu stanja okoliša koji pomaže i omogućava donosiocima odluke da donose dobre dugoročne razvojne odluke. Integralni koncept i pristup upravljanja vodnim bogatstvima koji se zahtjeva EU okvirnom direktivom o vodama je u ovom projektu primijenjen, analiziran i vrednovan. Razvijeni su modeli za simulaciju i prognozu stanja u urbanom vodnom sustavu, riječnom bazenu i obalnom moru te integrirani u jedan jedinstveni upravljački sustav. Ovaj alat je primijenjen na rješavanje problema vezanih za upravljanje rijekom Cetinom, kanalizacijskim sustavom Splita i splitskim obalnim područjem. Rezultat ovog projekta su smjernice za upravljanje vodnim resursima pilot područja, te integralne mjere za kontrolu zagađenja mora i vode riječnog bazena

The AXIOM software layers

AXIOM project aims at developing a heterogeneous computing board (SMP-FPGA).The Software Layers developed at the AXIOM project are explained.OmpSs provides an easy way to execute heterogeneous codes in multiple cores. People and objects will soon share the same digital network for information exchange in a world named as the age of the cyber-physical systems. The general expectation is that people and systems will interact in real-time. This poses pressure onto systems design to support increasing demands on computational power, while keeping a low power envelop. Additionally, modular scaling and easy programmability are also important to ensure these systems to become widespread. The whole set of expectations impose scientific and technological challenges that need to be properly addressed.The AXIOM project (Agile, eXtensible, fast I/O Module) will research new hardware/software architectures for cyber-physical systems to meet such expectations. The technical approach aims at solving fundamental problems to enable easy programmability of heterogeneous multi-core multi-board systems. AXIOM proposes the use of the task-based OmpSs programming model, leveraging low-level communication interfaces provided by the hardware. Modular scalability will be possible thanks to a fast interconnect embedded into each module. To this aim, an innovative ARM and FPGA-based board will be designed, with enhanced capabilities for interfacing with the physical world. Its effectiveness will be demonstrated with key scenarios such as Smart Video-Surveillance and Smart Living/Home (domotics).Peer ReviewedPostprint (author's final draft

The AXIOM platform for next-generation cyber physical systems

Cyber-Physical Systems (CPSs) are widely used in many applications that require interactions between humans and their physical environment. These systems usually integrate a set of hardware-software components for optimal application execution in terms of performance and energy consumption. The AXIOM project (Agile, eXtensible, fast I/O Module), presented in this paper, proposes a hardware-software platform for CPS coupled with an easy parallel programming model and sufficient connectivity so that the performance can scale-up by adding multiple boards. AXIOM supports a task-based programming model based on OmpSs and leverages a high-speed, inexpensive communication interface called AXIOM-Link. The board also tightly couples the CPU with reconfigurable resources to accelerate portions of the applications. As case studies, AXIOM uses smart video surveillance, and smart home living applicationsThis work is partially supported by the European Union H2020 program through the AXIOM project (grant ICT-01-2014 GA 645496) and HiPEAC (GA 687698), by the Spanish Government through Programa Severo Ochoa (SEV-2015-0493), by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology through TIN2015-65316-P project, and by the Generalitat de Catalunya (contracts 2014-SGR-1051 and 2014-SGR-1272). We also thank the Xilinx University Program for its hardware and software donations.Peer ReviewedPostprint (author's final draft

Symbolic Techniques for Planning With Extended Goals in Non-Deterministic Domains

Several real world applications require planners that deal with non-deterministic domains and with temporally extended goals. Recent research is addressing this planning problem. However, the ability of dealing in practice with large state spaces is still an open problem. Indeed, this is one of the main obstacles to the practical applicability of planners in such a general setting. In this pape