The FP7 PERSIST Project

Personal Smart Spaces version 0.5.1 is released. An new maintenance release of Personal Smart Spaces (PSS) is available, with over 55 issues addressed. This software allows the creation of a functional Personal Smart Space. This release includes an java installer to ease the installation and configuration process. To try this software for yourself please follow the link below to our Open Source Site: http://sourceforge.net/projects/psmartspace/

The PERSIST project was presented with an award for Best Poster (in the context of the "Self-Improving Personal Smart Spaces for Pervasive Service Provision" poster presented at the FIA Conference, November 2009, Stockholm) at the FIA Event in Valencia.

The award was presented by Mario Campolargo (CEC) and was received on behalf of the project by Nikos Kalatzis (ICCS).

PERSIST wins best poster award at FIA valencia

** UPDATE ** Download the workshop programme here

 

The PERSIST project will participate in a workshop addressing "Context-awareness in Smart Environments" at the upcoming ICT Mobile Summit.

Context -awareness in Smart Environments

15th June 2010, Florence

 

The ubiquity of mobile devices and proliferation of wireless networks will allow everyone permanent access to the Internet at all times and all places. The increased computational power of these devices has the potential to empower people to generate their own applications for innovative social and cognitive activities in any situation and anywhere. This wireless connection is not limited to user devices, almost any artefact from clothing to buildings can be connected and collaborate. Furthermore new sensor technologies and wireless sensor networks provide environmental intelligence and the capability to sense, reason and actuate. This leads to the exciting vision of the interconnection of artefacts embedded in our real environment, forming a society of "intelligent things" and "smart spaces". The workshop discusses the main concepts and role that context-awareness and context aware systems will play in this vision and the significance for future networks and future Internet. This workshop brings together researchers and practitioners in academia and industry to share recent results on context-awareness, as well as to foster collaboration and coordination in future EU research efforts.

This workshop is being jointly organised by C-Cast, PERSIST and SENSEI FP7 projects.

Programme:

8:45     Registration                           

9:00     Opening                                 

            R. Tönjes (University of Applied Science Osnabrück, C-CAST)

            A. Gluhak (University of Surrey, SENSEI)                                 

 

9:10     Session 1: Socio-economics and Standards: Monetarisation of Context and Location

            Chair: H. Schotten (University of Kaiserslautern, C-CAST)

M. Eurich (SAP Research, Zurich):”Analysis of the business value chain of future context-aware system”

K. Stanoevska (Uni. St. Gallen, C-Cast): “New Business Models for Context–aware Services”

E. Kovacs (NEC, OMA): “OMA Service API standardization - Open Access to Context-aware Service Enablers“

10:15   Coffee Break

10:45   Session 2: Context Acquisition: From Sensing to Meaningful Information

            Chair: A. Gluhak (University of Surrey, SENSEI)

J. Bernat (Telefonica I&D, SENSEI): “SENSEI: Enabling a global market place for real world information and interaction”

P. Barnaghi (University of Surrey): “An Ontology for Sensor Networks, W3C Semantic Sensor Networks Incubator Group”

O. Corcho (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, SensorGrid4Env Project):
“SPARQL-based access to sensor networks in environmental applications”

M. Palaniswami, (ISSNIP, Australia): “Interconnection large scale sensor networks for climate research”

R. Raulefs (WHERE Project): “The Where and Where2 Project: Recent Findings and New Tasks”

12:30   Lunch Break & Demonstrations

13:30   Session 3: Context Management Platforms: First Step towards Cyber-physical Systems

            Chair: R. Tönjes (University of Applied Science Osnabrück, C-CAST)

M. Ohashi (ATR, Japan): “Cross Ubiquitous Platform (CUBIQ) - Ubiquitous Network across Multiple Domains”

T. Mota (PT Inovação, C-Cast): “Context-aware Content Delivery”

B. Moltchanov (Telecom Italia Lab, C-CAST): “Context Management Platform”

A. Picón (Robotiker Tecnalia, m:CIUDAD): "Context-based Statistical User Behaviour Modelling for Mobile Service Recommendation" 

A. Laikari (VTT): “VTT Perspective on Context-aware Services - case Games@Large”

15:15   Coffee Break

15:45   Session 4: Context-awareness in Dynamic Smart Spaces                

            Chair: M. Roddy (Lake, PERSIST)

I. Roussaki (National Technical University of Athens, PERSIST): “Managing and Exploiting Context Information in Personal Smart Spaces”

H. Williams (HWU, PERSIST): “Using Context to Enhance Personalisation in Dynamic Smart Spaces”

F. Ramparany (Orange Labs, ITEA-MIDAS, SCS-SmartImmo): “Towards Context-aware Services for Smart Homes, Buildings, Cities” 

T. Strang (DLR, iTetris): “Context Awareness in Car to Car Communications”  

17:10   Short Break

17:15   Panel Discussion: Lessons Learnt and the Way Forward

            Chair: C. Licciardi (Telecom Italia Lab)

E. Kovacs (NEC/OMA)

O. Fuchs (IBM/C-Cast)

N. Baker (University of the West of England/C-Cast)

M. Palaniswami, (ISSNIP, Australia)

M. Ohashi (ATR, Japan)

18:00   Conclusion

 

PERSIST at Semantic Week '09 in Amsterdam

PERSIST engaged in a collaboration Session with SOA4ALL at Semantic Week '09 in Amsterdam.

PERSIST presenting at Semantic Week '09

Patrick Hayden presented PERSIST at the Future Internet Service Offer session at the Future Internet event in Prague and participated in panel 1 whose topic was "Challenges for the Future Internet". The other panelists were Juanjo Hierro (FAST and the SFE Open Alliance), Joe Butler (SLA@SOI), Barry Norton (Service Web 3.0), Sergio Gusmeroli (COIN), Arne Berre (SHAPE),  Nuria De-Lama Sanchez (SOA4All), Stefano de Panfilis (NEXOF-RA) and Philipe Massonet (GridTrust).

The panel discussed the challenges and functionalities of the future internet as provided by the Future Internet Taskforce. PERSIST addresses 69 of the 177 functionalities (39%) identified by the Future Internet Taskforce. In his presentation, Patrick outlined which functionalities are addressed by PERSIST and identified a number of the resulting research challenges.

 

The PERSIST project was disseminated at the recent Irish Future Internet Forum

 

Intel, TSSG, HWU and Lake representing PERSIST at the Irish FI Forum

PERSIST will be participating in the upcoming Daidalos project workshop.