Big Data and Web Intelligence for Condition Monitoring

Condition Monitoring (CM) is the process of determining the state of a system according to a certain number of parameters. This ‘condition' is tracked over time to detect any developing fault or non desired behaviour. As the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) continue expanding the range of possible applications and gaining industrial maturity, the appearing of new sensor technologies such as Macro Fiber Composites (MFC) has opened a new range of possibilities for addressing a CM in industrial scenarios. The huge amount of data collected by MFC could overflow most conventional monitoring systems, requiring new approaches to take true advantage of the data. Big Data approach makes it possible to take profit of tons of data, integrating in the appropriate algorithms and technologies in a unified platform. This chapter proposes a real time condition monitoring approach, in which the system is continuously monitored allowing an online analysis.

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Oversharing in the time of selfies: an aesthetics of disappearance?

Connecting Families? ◽

10.1332/policypress/9781447339946.003.0005 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 81-96

Author(s):

Amanda du Preez

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Social Interactions ◽

Real Time ◽

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

Intergenerational Relationships ◽

Communication Technologies ◽

Life Stages ◽

Social Media Platforms ◽

Information And Communication ◽

Over Time

This chapter examines the affordances of information and communication technologies (ICTs) and the different intergenerational practices of oversharing online. Using the concepts of ‘aesthetics of appearance’ (representation that endures over time and space) and ‘aesthetics of disappearance’ (constant presentism), it asks what prompts oversharing, what oversharing reveals about our life stages and the state of being human in an age of over-acceleration dominated by ICTs, and how oversharing affects our embodied phenomenology. The chapter first provides an overview of ideas about acceleration and the resulting aesthetics of disappearance, as proposed by philosopher and urbanist Paul Virilio, before discussing how the phenomenon of oversharing is mediated by social media platforms such as Facebook and Snapchat. It then considers whether posting selfies on a Facebook page constitutes oversharing and whether oversharing (real-time presence) achieves what Virilio calls an aesthetics of disappearance. Finally, it explores how oversharing impacts social interactions and intergenerational relationships.

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Timing approaches toward scientific organization of webinars in libraries

Scientific and Technical Libraries ◽

10.33186/1027-3689-2018-10-22-30 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 22-30

Author(s):

Yu. V. Sokolova ◽

P. A. Kolchin

Keyword(s):

Continuing Education ◽

Real Time ◽

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

Real Life ◽

Working Hours ◽

Communication Technologies ◽

Scientific Organization ◽

Organizational Processes ◽

Technological Processes ◽

Information And Communication

Due to advancing information and communication technologies webinars have become a means of continuing education which demands methodological support and standardization. The authors analyze the methods of labor rating, in particular, timing of technological and organizational processes. The factors of time input for webinar organization are defined: i. e. number of lecturers, including those remote ones, various formats and number of demonstrated materials (presentations, video, audio, texts, links), scenario multitasking (for example, polling, displaying related materials, linking, etc.), simultaneous broadcasting to another videohosting (i.e YouTube). The list of technological processes for webinar organization is presented along with the findings of labor rating as exemplified by the NPLS&T’s experience. The calculations of real time consumed are obtained through the judgment-based method as well as through the continuous timing method. The authors conclude on the rate between real-life and typical timing of webinar organization and the proportion of this time within working hours in NPLS&T.

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On Internet of Things and Big Data in University Courses

Smart Cities and Smart Spaces ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-7030-1.ch062 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 1393-1406

Author(s):

Dmitry Namiot ◽

Manfred Sneps-Sneppe

Keyword(s):

Big Data ◽

Internet Of Things ◽

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

Smart Cities ◽

Communication Technologies ◽

Machine To Machine ◽

University Courses ◽

Information And Communication ◽

The University ◽

Educational Course

In this paper, the authors discuss Internet of Things educational programs for universities. The authors' final goal is to provide a structure for a new educational course for Internet of Things and related areas such as Machine to Machine communications and Smart Cities. The Internet of Things skills are in high demands nowadays and, of course, Internet of Things models, as well as appropriate Big Data proceedings elements should have a place in the university courses. The purpose of the proposed educational course is to cover information and communication technologies used in Internet of Things systems and related areas, such as Smart Cities. The educational course proposed in this paper aims to introduce students to modern information and communication technologies and create the formation of competencies needed for such areas as Machine to Machine communications, Internet of Things, and Smart Cities. Also, the authors discuss Big Data issues for IoT course and explain the importance of data engineering.

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Towards a Secure, Distributed, and Reliable Cloud-Based Reference Architecture for Big Data in Smart Cities

Advances in Civil and Industrial Engineering - Big Data Analytics for Smart and Connected Cities ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-6207-8.ch003 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 38-70 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Jens Kohler ◽

Thomas Specht

Keyword(s):

Big Data ◽

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

Traffic Management ◽

Smart Cities ◽

Communication Technologies ◽

Distributed Data ◽

Reference Architecture ◽

Urban Services ◽

Confidential Data ◽

Information And Communication

Current revolutions with respect to big data affect people's everyday life more and more. New ways of living, communication, and knowledge sharing have been created under the smart city umbrella. Information and communication technologies (ICT) are used to improve urban services. Examples are car sharing, energy consumption, adaptive traffic management, etc. A closer look at these services reveals that data, produced and consumed by people (or automatically by devices), are the cornerstone for working and reliable urban services. For this, large volumes of data with a great variety have to be processed at a high velocity which is commonly known as big data. This chapter designs a secure, distributed, and reliable cloud-based reference architecture that logically separates confidential data and distributes them to various databases in different clouds. It increases the reliability of the distributed data with high-availability mechanisms to protect data against various threads (e.g., hackers, terrorists, data collecting companies, etc.).

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The New “ABC” of ICTs (Analytics + Big Data + Cloud Computing)

Big Data ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-9840-6.ch099 ◽

2016 ◽

pp. 2165-2198

Author(s):

José Carlos Cavalcanti

Keyword(s):

Cloud Computing ◽

Big Data ◽

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

Communication Technologies ◽

Data Capture ◽

Unstructured Data ◽

Network Computing ◽

Time Data ◽

Trade Off ◽

Information And Communication

Analytics (discover and communication of patterns, with significance, in data) of Big Data (basically characterized by large structured and unstructured data volumes, from a variety of sources, at high velocity - i.e., real-time data capture, storage, and analysis), through the use of Cloud Computing (a model of network computing) is becoming the new “ABC” of information and communication technologies (ICTs), with important effects for the generation of new firms and for the restructuring of those ones already established. However, as this chapter argues, successful application of these new ABC technologies and tools depends on two interrelated policy aspects: 1) the use of a proper model which could help one to approach the structure and dynamics of the firm, and, 2) how the complex trade-off between information technology (IT) and communication technology (CT) costs is handled within, between and beyond firms, organizations and institutions.

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The New “ABC” of ICTs (Analytics + Big Data + Cloud Computing)

Handbook of Research on Innovations in Information Retrieval, Analysis, and Management - Advances in Knowledge Acquisition, Transfer, and Management ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-8833-9.ch006 ◽

2016 ◽

pp. 152-186

Author(s):

José Carlos Cavalcanti

Keyword(s):

Cloud Computing ◽

Big Data ◽

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

Communication Technologies ◽

Data Capture ◽

Unstructured Data ◽

Network Computing ◽

Time Data ◽

Trade Off ◽

Information And Communication

Analytics (discover and communication of patterns, with significance, in data) of Big Data (basically characterized by large structured and unstructured data volumes, from a variety of sources, at high velocity - i.e., real-time data capture, storage, and analysis), through the use of Cloud Computing (a model of network computing) is becoming the new “ABC” of information and communication technologies (ICTs), with important effects for the generation of new firms and for the restructuring of those ones already established. However, as this chapter argues, successful application of these new ABC technologies and tools depends on two interrelated policy aspects: 1) the use of a proper model which could help one to approach the structure and dynamics of the firm, and, 2) how the complex trade-off between information technology (IT) and communication technology (CT) costs is handled within, between and beyond firms, organizations and institutions.

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Managing Large Amounts of Data Generated by a Smart City Internet of Things Deployment

International Journal on Semantic Web and Information Systems ◽

10.4018/ijswis.2016100102 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 12 (4) ◽

pp. 22-42 ◽

Cited By ~ 17

Author(s):

Jorge Lanza ◽

Pablo Sotres ◽

Luis Sánchez ◽

Jose Antonio Galache ◽

Juan Ramón Santana ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Big Data ◽

Internet Of Things ◽

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

Smart City ◽

Smart Cities ◽

Communication Technologies ◽

Added Value ◽

Amount Of Information ◽

Information And Communication ◽

The City

The Smart City concept is being developed from a lot of different axes encompassing multiple areas of social and technical sciences. However, something that is common to all these approaches is the central role that the capacity of sharing information has. Hence, Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) are seen as key enablers for the transformation of urban regions into Smart Cities. Two of these technologies, namely Internet of Things and Big Data, have a predominant position among them. The capacity to “sense the city” and access all this information and provide added-value services based on knowledge derived from it are critical to achieving the Smart City vision. This paper reports on the specification and implementation of a software platform enabling the management and exposure of the large amount of information that is continuously generated by the IoT deployment in the city of Santander.

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ONLINE ANIMATION SYSTEM FOR PRACTICING CUED SPEECH

International Journal of Image and Graphics ◽

10.1142/s0219467810003925 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 10 (04) ◽

pp. 497-512

Author(s):

BLAGICA JOVANOVA ◽

IVICA ARSOV ◽

MARIUS PREDA ◽

FRANÇOISE PRETEUX

Keyword(s):

Real Time ◽

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

Three Dimensional ◽

Communication Technologies ◽

3D Graphics ◽

Core Technology ◽

Potential Applications ◽

User Acceptability ◽

Information And Communication ◽

Cued Speech

This paper presents a set of information and communication technologies developed with the goal to improve the practice of cued speech. They are based on three-dimensional (3D) graphics and are covering the entire end-to-end content chain: production, transmission, and visualization. Starting from defining a set of potential applications, the requirements of the targeted system for cued speech are set. The research and development path takes into account high-quality animation, real-time constraints, personalization, user acceptability and, equally important, the easiness and feasibility of the deployment. The latter led to a strong orientation toward open standards. The original components of the system include 3D graphics and animation encoders, streaming servers, and visualization engines. The core technology is validated in two real-time applications: a web service for text to animation conversion and a chat service supporting two or more users.

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Technological innovation, globalization, and varieties of capitalism: the case of Siemens AG as example for contingent institutional adaptation

Business and Politics ◽

10.1515/bap-2014-0020 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 17 (1) ◽

pp. 125-159 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Stefan Fritsch

Keyword(s):

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

Single Case ◽

Communication Technologies ◽

Institutional Evolution ◽

Firm Level ◽

Institutional Adaptation ◽

Information And Communication ◽

Innovation Patterns ◽

Over Time

Contemporary discussions in the comparative political economy of innovation revolve specifically around the question of globalization's impact on the observable diversity of innovation patterns, institutionally grounded comparative advantages of firms and countries as well as their evolution over time. The paper develops the concept of “contingent institutional adaptation” to trace institutional evolution at the firm level. It advances the idea that contingent adaptation can cause institutional hybridization, an evolutionary path defined by change and continuity, thereby offering a more nuanced concept of institutional evolution over time. In a historic single-case study the paper investigates the German Siemens AG and its efforts to remain on the cutting-edge of major information and communication technologies in two time periods (1847–1914; 1989–2013), both marked by institutional adaptations resulting in hybridization. Ultimately, institutional hybridization led to Siemens’ retreat from all information and communication technology sectors.

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