CONET	
  2013	
  
                	
  4th	
  International	
  Workshop	
  on	
  Networks	
  of	
  Cooperating	
  	
  
                     Objects	
  for	
  Smart	
  Cities	
  2013	
  (CONET/UBICITEC	
  2013)	
  
	
  
                                            jointly	
  held	
  with	
  
                                CPSWeek	
  2013,	
  Philadelphia,	
  PA,	
  USA	
  
                                              April	
  8,	
  2013	
  
                                                        	
  
                                   http://conet2013.deis.unical.it	
  	
  
	
  
	
  
There	
  are	
  three	
  important	
  concepts	
  that	
  have	
  gained	
  relevance	
  over	
  the	
  past	
  
years.	
  First,	
  the	
  concept	
  of	
  classic	
  embedded	
  systems	
  where	
  the	
  focus	
  is	
  on	
  
the	
  control	
  of	
  physical	
  processes	
  (machinery,	
  automobiles,	
  planes,	
  etc.).	
  Se-­‐
cond,	
   the	
   notion	
   of	
   pervasive	
   computing	
   (or	
   ubiquitous	
   computing)	
   that	
  
foresees	
  everyday	
  objects	
  as	
  having	
  some	
  form	
  of	
  computation	
  capacity	
  and,	
  
in	
   most	
   cases,	
   sensing	
   and	
   communication	
   facilities.	
   Third,	
   wireless	
   sensor	
  
networks	
   where	
   small	
   computing	
   devices	
   are	
   able	
   to	
   sense	
   their	
   environ-­‐
ment	
  and	
  cooperate	
  in	
  order	
  to	
  achieve	
  a	
  common	
  goal.	
  We	
  refer	
  to	
  the	
  uni-­‐
fied	
  vision	
  of	
  these	
  three	
  systems	
  as	
  networks	
  of	
  Cooperating	
  Objects	
  (COs).	
  
	
  
This	
   new	
   vision	
   is	
   more	
   powerful	
   and	
   has	
   a	
   larger	
   scope	
   than	
   each	
   of	
   the	
  
individual	
  system	
  concepts	
  out	
  of	
  which	
  it	
  evolved.	
  The	
  vision	
  of	
  Cooperating	
  
Objects	
  is,	
  therefore,	
  quite	
  new	
  and	
  needs	
  to	
  be	
  understood	
  in	
  more	
  detail	
  
and	
  probably	
  extended	
  with	
  inputs	
  from	
  the	
  relevant	
  individual	
  communities	
  
that	
  compose	
  it.	
  Building	
  on	
  the	
  success	
  of	
  the	
  previous	
  CONET	
  workshops,	
  
CONET/UBICITEC	
   2013	
   aims	
   at	
   providing	
   a	
   forum	
   to	
   discuss	
   the	
   similarities,	
  
complementariness	
  and	
  advances	
  of	
  the	
  areas	
  mentioned	
  above	
  in	
  order	
  to	
  
integrate	
  them	
  into	
  single	
  coherent	
  systems.	
  
	
  
Topics	
  of	
  interest	
  included:	
  
        • Resource	
  management	
  of	
  COs	
  
        • Quality-­‐of-­‐Service	
  in	
  networks	
  of	
  COs	
  
        • Hardware	
  platforms	
  for	
  COs	
  
        • Mobile	
  and	
  distributed	
  sensing	
  
        • Hybrid	
  cooperation	
  of	
  static	
  and	
  mobile	
  nodes	
  
      •      Communication	
  and	
  control	
  of	
  mobile	
  COs	
  
      •      Distributed	
  control	
  and	
  estimation	
  over	
  networks	
  
      •      Decentralized	
  algorithms	
  for	
  control	
  over	
  wireless	
  sensor	
  networks	
  
      •      Decentralized,	
  distributed,	
  and	
  cooperative	
  optimization	
  
      •      Applications	
  of	
  control	
  of	
  COs	
  
      •      Real-­‐time	
  aspects	
  of	
  COs	
  
      •      System	
  software	
  for	
  COs	
  
      •      Communication	
  support	
  for	
  COs	
  
      •      Real-­‐world	
  deployments	
  of	
  COs	
  
      •      Applications	
  of	
  COs	
  to	
  body	
  area	
  networks	
  
      •      COs	
  in	
  Complex	
  Systems	
  
      •      Security	
  and	
  Privacy	
  in	
  COs	
  
      •      Enterprise	
  Integration	
  of	
  COs	
  
      •      Application	
  of	
  wireless	
  sensor	
  networks	
  on	
  Pervasive	
  computing	
  
      •      Closed-­‐loop	
  applications	
  of	
  pervasive	
  computing	
  
      •      IoT	
  Technologies	
  for	
  Smart	
  Cities	
  
	
  
The	
  scientific	
  contributions	
  included	
  five	
  referred	
  as	
  well	
  as	
  two	
  invited	
  pa-­‐
pers	
   reported	
   in	
   these	
   proceedings.	
   Due	
   to	
   their	
   breadth	
   and	
   depth	
   with	
  
respect	
   to	
   the	
   proposed	
   topics,	
   the	
   selected	
   scientific	
   articles	
   allowed	
   the	
  
analysis	
  of	
  the	
  state	
  of	
  the	
  art	
  of	
  techniques	
  and	
  methodologies	
  for	
  Cooper-­‐
ating	
  Objects	
  and	
  the	
  development	
  of	
  new	
  wireless	
  sensor	
  networks	
  applica-­‐
tion.	
   Moreover,	
   the	
   main	
   potential	
   directions	
   of	
   future	
   research	
   were	
   identi-­‐
fied	
   along	
   with	
   the	
   technologies	
   that	
   will	
   drive	
   future	
   innovation	
   in	
   the	
   CO	
  
domain.	
  
	
  
The	
  Organizing	
  Scientific	
  Committee	
  would	
  like	
  to	
  thank	
  the	
  invited	
  speakers,	
  
the	
   authors	
   of	
   the	
   scientific	
   contributions,	
   the	
   members	
   of	
   the	
   CONET	
   steer-­‐
ing	
  and	
  program	
  committees,	
  and	
  all	
  people	
  involved	
  in	
  the	
  organization	
  of	
  
CONET	
   2013	
   whose	
   precious	
   contribution	
   made	
   possible	
   to	
   perform	
   such	
  
successful	
  initiative.	
  
	
  
	
  
The	
  Organizing	
  Scientific	
  Committee	
  
             Giancarlo	
  Fortino,	
  University	
  of	
  Calabria,	
  Italy	
  
             Stamatis	
  Karnouskos,	
  SAP	
  Research,	
  Germany	
  
             Pedro	
  José	
  Marrón,	
  University	
  of	
  Duisburg-­‐Essen,	
  Germany	
  
             Jose	
  L.	
  Martinez	
  Lastra,	
  Tampere	
  University	
  of	
  Technology,	
  Finland	
  
CONET	
  2013	
  COMMITTEES	
  
	
  
General	
  Chairs	
  
	
  
         Pedro	
  José	
  Marrón,	
  University	
  of	
  Duisburg-­‐Essen	
  
         Stamatis	
  Karnouskos,	
  SAP	
  Research	
  
	
  
	
  
Technical	
  Program	
  Committee	
  Chairs	
  
	
  
         Giancarlo	
  Fortino,	
  University	
  of	
  Calabria	
  
         Jose	
  L.	
  Martinez	
  Lastra,	
  Tampere	
  University	
  of	
  Technology	
  
	
  
	
  
Program	
  Committee	
  
	
  
         Antonio	
  Liotta,	
  Eindhoven	
  University	
  of	
  Technology	
  
         Gabriella	
  Carrozza,	
  SESM	
  
         Nuno	
  Pereira,	
  CISTER/ISEP,	
  Polytechnic	
  Institute	
  of	
  Porto	
  
         Carla	
  Seatzu,	
  University	
  of	
  Cagliari	
  
         Yu	
  Hua,	
  Huazhong	
  University	
  of	
  Science	
  and	
  Technology	
  
         Chenyang	
  Lu,	
  Washington	
  University	
  in	
  St.	
  Louis	
  
         Daniel	
  Mosse,	
  University	
  of	
  Pittsburgh	
  
         Luca	
  Mottola,	
  Swedish	
  Institute	
  of	
  Computer	
  Science	
  
         Peter	
  Corke,	
  Queensland	
  University	
  of	
  Technology	
  
         Zhiyun	
  Lin,	
  Zhejiang	
  University	
  
         Mario	
  	
  Alves,	
  CISTER	
  Research	
  Unit,	
  Politecnico	
  do	
  Porto	
  
         Marco	
  Zuniga,	
  TU	
  Delft	
  
         Kamin	
  Whitehouse,	
  University	
  of	
  Virginia	
  
         Lucia	
  Pallottino,	
  University	
  of	
  Pisa	
  
         Ioannis	
  Andreopoulos,	
  University	
  College	
  London	
  
         Silvia	
  Santini,	
  Institute	
  for	
  Pervasive	
  Computing,	
  ETH	
  Zurich	
  
         Raffaele	
  Gravina,	
  University	
  of	
  Calabria,	
  Italy	
  
         Raja	
  Jurdak,	
  CSIRO,	
  Australia	
  
         Melanie	
  Bouroche,	
  Trinity	
  College	
  Dublin	
  
         Stefano	
  Galzarano,	
  University	
  of	
  Calabria,	
  Italy	
  
         Jose	
  Ramiro	
  Martinez	
  de	
  Dios,	
  University	
  of	
  Sevilla,	
  Spain