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

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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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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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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On Internet of Things and Big Data in University Courses

International Journal of Embedded and Real-Time Communication Systems ◽

10.4018/ijertcs.2017010102 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 18-30 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

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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Characterization and Efficient Management of Big Data in IoT-Driven Smart City Development

Sensors ◽

10.3390/s19112430 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 19 (11) ◽

pp. 2430 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Alaa Alsaig ◽

Vangalur Alagar ◽

Zaki Chammaa ◽

Nematollaah Shiri

Keyword(s):

Big Data ◽

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

Smart City ◽

Smart Cities ◽

Communication Technologies ◽

City Development ◽

Efficient Management ◽

Information And Communication ◽

Service Oriented

Smart city is an emerging initiative for integrating Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in effective ways to support development of smart cities with enhanced quality of life for its citizens through safe and secure context-aware services. Major technical challenges to realize smart cities include resource use optimization, service delivery without interruption at all times in all aspects, minimization of costs, and reduction of resource consumption. To address these challenges, new techniques and technologies are required for modeling and processing the big data generated and used through the underlying Internet of Things (IoT). To this end, we propose a data-centric approach to IoT in conceptualizing the “things” from a service-oriented perspective and investigate efficient ways to identify, integrate, and manage big data. The data-centric approach is expected to better support efficient management of data with complexities inherent in IoT-generated big data. Furthermore, it supports efficient and scalable query processing and reasoning techniques required in development of smart city applications. This article redresses the literature and contributes to the foundations of smart cities applications.

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

Smart Cities and Smart Spaces ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-7030-1.ch039 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 870-892

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 ◽

Information And Communication ◽

The City ◽

Specification And Implementation

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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Cloud Computing, Big Data and the Industry 4.0 Reference Architectures

Journal of Computer Science and Technology ◽

10.24215/16666038.18.e29 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 18 (03) ◽

pp. e29 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Nancy Velásquez ◽

Elsa Estevez ◽

Patricia Pesado

Keyword(s):

Cloud Computing ◽

Big Data ◽

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

Industry 4.0 ◽

Communication Technologies ◽

Reference Architecture ◽

Architecture Model ◽

Industrial Internet ◽

Pyramid Model ◽

Information And Communication

The Industry 4.0 promotes the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in manufacturing processes to obtain customized products satisfying demanding needs of new consumers. The Industry 4.0 approach transforms the traditional pyramid model of automation to a network model of interconnected services, combining operational technology (OT) with Information Technology (IT). This new model allows the creation of ecosystems enabling more flexible production processes through connecting systems and sharing data. In this context, cloud computing and big data are critical technologies for leveraging the approach. Thus, this paper analyzes cloud computing and big data under the lenses of two leading reference architectures for implementing Industry 4.0: 1) the Industrial Internet Reference Architecture (IIRA), and 2) the Reference Architecture Model Industrie 4.0 (RAMI 4.0). A main contribution of this paper is to present a comparative analysis of IIRA and RAMI 4.0, discussing needs, benefits, and challenges of applying cloud computing and big data in the Industry 4.0.

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Technologies Disability and Inclusion

EDUCATION SCIENCES AND SOCIETY ◽

10.3280/ess1-2018oa6064 ◽

2018 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Tomas Brusell

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Augmented Reality ◽

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

Future Development ◽

Smart Cities ◽

Communication Technologies ◽

Modern Technology ◽

The Social ◽

The Disabled ◽

Information And Communication

When modern technology permeates every corner of life, there are ignited more and more hopes among the disabled to be compensated for the loss of mobility and participation in normal life, and with Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), Exoskeleton Technologies and truly hands free technologies (HMI), it's possible for the disabled to be included in the social and pedagogic spheres, especially via computers and smartphones with social media apps and digital instruments for Augmented Reality (AR) .In this paper a nouvel HMI technology is presented with relevance for the inclusion of disabled in every day life with specific focus on the future development of "smart cities" and "smart homes".

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Embodied AI-Driven Operation of Smart Cities: A Concise Review

10.36227/techrxiv.16370823 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

FARZAN SHENAVARMASOULEH ◽

Farid Ghareh Mohammadi ◽

M. Hadi Amini ◽

Hamid R. Arabnia

Keyword(s):

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

Smart City ◽

Smart Cities ◽

Communication Technologies ◽

Autonomous Driving ◽

Future Research ◽

Intelligent Network ◽

Concise Review ◽

Information And Communication ◽

Cloud Technologies

<div>A smart city can be seen as a framework, comprised of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). An intelligent network of connected devices that collect data with their sensors and transmit them using wireless and cloud technologies in order to communicate with other assets in the ecosystem plays a pivotal role in this framework. Maximizing the quality of life of citizens, making better use of available resources, cutting costs, and improving sustainability are the ultimate goals that a smart city is after. Hence, data collected from these connected devices will continuously get thoroughly analyzed to gain better insights into the services that are being offered across the city; with this goal in mind that they can be used to make the whole system more efficient.</div><div>Robots and physical machines are inseparable parts of a smart city. Embodied AI is the field of study that takes a deeper look into these and explores how they can fit into real-world environments. It focuses on learning through interaction with the surrounding environment, as opposed to Internet AI which tries to learn from static datasets. Embodied AI aims to train an agent that can See (Computer Vision), Talk (NLP), Navigate and Interact with its environment (Reinforcement Learning), and Reason (General Intelligence), all at the same time. Autonomous driving cars and personal companions are some of the examples that benefit from Embodied AI nowadays.</div><div>In this paper, we attempt to do a concise review of this field. We will go through its definitions, its characteristics, and its current achievements along with different algorithms, approaches, and solutions that are being used in different components of it (e.g. Vision, NLP, RL). We will then explore all the available simulators and 3D interactable databases that will make the research in this area feasible. Finally, we will address its challenges and identify its potentials for future research.</div>

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Next Generation Information-Based Infrastructures

Critical Information Infrastructure Protection and Resilience in the ICT Sector ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-2964-6.ch015 ◽

2013 ◽

pp. 304-317

Author(s):

Eric Luiijf

Keyword(s):

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

Cyber Security ◽

Smart Cities ◽

Communication Technologies ◽

Road Transport ◽

Transport Infrastructure ◽

Next Generation ◽

Tightly Coupled ◽

Information And Communication ◽

Ict Security

Advancements of information and communication technologies (ICT) cause infrastructure owners to augment current infrastructures with such ICT. The creation of more efficient and effective end-user services provides economical benefits and increases customer satisfaction. Concurrently, ICT advancements allow governmental and industrial sectors to develop complete new infrastructures and infrastructure services, the so called Next Generation Infrastructures (NGI). NGI will offer new services to society, end-users and the supply-chain of organisations and linked, dependent infrastructural services. For over fifty years, the introduction of new ICT-based services and infrastructures has been tightly coupled with failures in ICT-security. This chapter on NGI discusses the root causes of these security failures. Based on historical experiences, this chapter predicts threats and cyber security failures alike for the envisioned NGI such as smart (energy) grids, smart road transport infrastructure, smart cities, and e-health. This prediction will become reality unless fundamental changes in the approach to security of ICT-based and ICT-controlled infrastructures are taken.

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