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Semantic Description of IoT Security for Smart Grid
2017
Master's thesis Information- and communication technology IKT590 - University of Agder 2017 This research work proposed, developed and evaluated IoT Security ontology for smart home energy management system (SHEMS) in smart grids. The ontology description includes infrastructure, attacks, vulnerabilities and counter measures for the main components of SHEMS such as Smart Meter, Smart Appliance, Home Gateway, and Billing data. The ontology extends the SAREF energy management ontology with security features. We have two main reasons for selecting SAREF ontology to base our work on. First, SAREF is standardized by ETSI. Second, it is specifically designed for energy management and efficiency. …
Perceived-Value-driven Optimization of Energy Consumption in Smart Homes
2020
Residential energy consumption has been rising rapidly during the last few decades. Several research efforts have been made to reduce residential energy consumption, including demand response and smart residential environments. However, recent research has shown that these approaches may actually cause an increase in the overall consumption, due to the complex psychological processes that occur when human users interact with these energy management systems. In this article, using an interdisciplinary approach, we introduce a perceived-value driven framework for energy management in smart residential environments that considers how users perceive values of different appliances and how the us…
IoT-Based Home Monitoring: Supporting Practitioners' Assessment by Behavioral Analysis.
2019
This paper introduces technical solutions devised to support the Deployment Site - Regione Emilia Romagna (DS-RER) of the ACTIVAGE project. The ACTIVAGE project aims at promoting IoT (Internet of Things)-based solutions for Active and Healthy ageing. DS-RER focuses on improving continuity of care for older adults (65+) suffering from aftereffects of a stroke event. A Wireless Sensor Kit based on Wi-Fi connectivity was suitably engineered and realized to monitor behavioral aspects, possibly relevant to health and wellbeing assessment. This includes bed/rests patterns, toilet usage, room presence and many others. Besides hardware design and validation, cloud-based analytics services are intro…
Social-Behavioral Aware Optimization of Energy Consumption in Smart Homes
2018
Residential energy consumption is skyrocketing, as residential customers in the U.S. alone used 1.4 trillion kilowatt-hours in 2014 and the consumption is expected to increase in the next years. Previous efforts to limit such consumption have included demand response and smart residential environments. However, recent research has shown that such approaches can actually increase the overall energy consumption due to the numerous complex human psychological processes that take place when interacting with electrical appliances. In this paper we propose a social-behavioral aware framework for energy management in smart residential environments. We envision a smart home where appliances are int…
Definition and application of innovative control logics for residential energy optimization
2014
In this paper different innovative control logics for electric and thermal loads control in residential buildings are presented. The designed control logics are implementable in residential buildings thanks to Building Automation Control Systems (BACS) and Technical Building Management (TBM) systems. They have been tested using a simulation tool developed by the authors that is able to assess their effects on residential buildings having various characteristics and equipments. An application example is presented.
Managing sensor data streams in a smart home application
2020
A challenge in developing an ambient activity recognition system for use in elder care is finding a balance between the sophistication of the system and a cost structure that fits within the budgets of public and private sector healthcare organisations. Much activity recognition research in the context of elder care is based on dense networks of sensors and advanced methods, such as supervised machine learning algorithms. This paper presents the data processing aspects of an activity recognition system based on a simpler, knowledge-based unsupervised approach, designed for a sparse network of sensors. By structuring sensor data management as a streaming system, we provide a simple programmi…
Avoimen lähdekoodin alustojen sopivuus älykotiin
2017
Internet of Things kasvaa jatkuvasti ja sen eräs suurimmista sovelluskohteista on älykoti. IoT:n ongelmana on kuitenkin ollut keskimäärin erittäin huono tietoturva ja tämä on heijastunut myös älykoteihin esimerkiksi hakkeroituina kameroina ja itkuhälyttiminä. Toinen, älykodissa erityisen suuri ongelma on kerätyn tiedon yksityisyys. Tässä tutkielmassa kartoitetaan, kuinka hyvin avoimen lähdekoodin ohjelmistot soveltuvat toimivan ja turvallisen älykodin toteuttamiseen. Turvallisuuden osalta painopisteenä on erityisesti etäyhteys. Tutkimus toteutettiin konstruktiivisena tutkimuksena. Se ei käsittele yksittäisiä ohjelmistoja kovin syvällisesti, vaan sen tarkoituksena oli saada kattavahko yleisk…
Forme dell’abitare: Abitare cos'altro ... Abitare è altro
2017
Il Contributo tratta delle forme dell'abitare , intese come modi d'essere a casa propria in ogni luogo. Tale aforisma (derivato da Ugo La Pietra, espressione in Performance, a Linz -Austria - nel 1979), è stato il tema conduttore del percorso mostrato a più livelli d'uso. Abitare in senso stretto oggi rimane una questione prima di tutto tecnologica e non più meramente sociale o stilistica. Il tema dell'abitare , oggi, deve esser affrontato ripensando l'architettura in genere quale azione di salvaguardia di un territorio ormai devastato da brutture quanto da forme vetuste che non sono più coerenti con le necessità di questo tempo. Quindi una nuova architettura "leggera", diremmo "smart", ovv…