http://www.nes.uni-due.de/ The Networked Embedded Systems group at the University of Duisburg-Essen is focusing on the design and development of algorithms, platforms, models and tools to support the whole lifecycle of embedded systems, sensor networks and pervasive computing. en http://www.nes.uni-due.de/fileadmin/layout/rss.gif http://www.nes.uni-due.de/ The Networked Embedded Systems group at the University of Duisburg-Essen is focusing on the design and development of algorithms, platforms, models and tools to support the whole lifecycle of embedded systems, sensor networks and pervasive computing. TYPO3 - get.content.right http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Tue, 06 Mar 2012 09:36:00 +0100 http://www.nes.uni-due.de/nc/news/view/46/ http://www.nes.uni-due.de/nc/news/view/46/ On February 21st, the GAMBAS project had its kickoff meeting. The meeting was hosted by NES in Duisburg Tue, 06 Mar 2012 09:36:00 +0100 http://www.nes.uni-due.de/nc/news/view/45/ http://www.nes.uni-due.de/nc/news/view/45/ The Networked Embedded Systems Group of Prof. Dr. Pedro José Marròn will present the project PLANET - Platform for the Deployment and Operation of Heterogeneous Networked Cooperating Objects - at the trade show CeBIT 2012 in Hannover here.]]> Wed, 29 Feb 2012 09:59:00 +0100 http://www.nes.uni-due.de/nc/news/view/43/ http://www.nes.uni-due.de/nc/news/view/43/ We are happy to present two papers at EWSN (www.ewsn.org) in February in Trento, Italy. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:36:00 +0100 http://www.nes.uni-due.de/nc/news/view/44/ http://www.nes.uni-due.de/nc/news/view/44/ We are happy to present a paper related to the projects WebDA and CONET at PERCOM (www.percom.org) in March. PERCOM is one of the most prestigious scientific conferences in the Pervasive Computing domain Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:36:00 +0100 http://www.nes.uni-due.de/nc/news/view/42/ http://www.nes.uni-due.de/nc/news/view/42/ We are happy to present a paper and a demo related to Living++ at PERCOM (www.percom.org) in March. PERCOM is one of the most prestigious scientific conferences in the Pervasive Computing domain Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:24:00 +0100 http://www.nes.uni-due.de/nc/news/view/41/ http://www.nes.uni-due.de/nc/news/view/41/ The PLANET project was successfully reviewed by the European commission in December 2011. Platform for the Deployment and Operation of Heterogeneous Networked Cooperating Objects" (PLANET) was reviewed in Brussels in December 2011. This was the first review of this project, conducted by the European Commission and it was very successful as the comment shows "Excellent progress; the project has fully achieved ist objectives and technical goals for the period and has even exceeded expectations".]]> Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:21:00 +0100 http://www.nes.uni-due.de/nc/news/view/40/ http://www.nes.uni-due.de/nc/news/view/40/ New Project GAMBAS - Generic Adaptive Middleware for Behavior-driven Autonomous Services funded under the FP7 by the European Commission will start with the kickoff meeting in Duisburg, Germany. http://www.gambas-ict.eu ]]> Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:53:00 +0100 http://www.nes.uni-due.de/nc/news/view/35/ http://www.nes.uni-due.de/nc/news/view/35/ Paper title: "A Peer-based Approach to Privacy-Preserving Context Management" Authors: Wolfgang Apolinarski, Marcus Handte, Danh Le Phuoc, Pedro José Marrón Thu, 29 Sep 2011 15:54:00 +0200 http://www.nes.uni-due.de/nc/news/view/38/ http://www.nes.uni-due.de/nc/news/view/38/ We are very sorry that Flavio Fabbri left our group on August 31st 2011. Flavio has found a new job in Aachen. We wish him well in his future. Tue, 06 Sep 2011 17:59:00 +0200 http://www.nes.uni-due.de/nc/news/view/37/ http://www.nes.uni-due.de/nc/news/view/37/ We are happy to welcome the new colleagues Ms Carina Kratz, Mr. Ngewi Fet and Mr. Falk Brockmann who are joining our group since Sept. 1st, 2011. Tue, 06 Sep 2011 17:47:00 +0200 http://www.nes.uni-due.de/nc/news/view/39/ http://www.nes.uni-due.de/nc/news/view/39/ Paper title: "Supporting Environment Configuration with Generic Role Assignment" Authors: Wolfgang Apolinarski, Marcus Handte, Pedro José Marrón Thu, 04 Aug 2011 15:54:00 +0200 http://www.nes.uni-due.de/nc/news/view/34/ http://www.nes.uni-due.de/nc/news/view/34/ The source code of the middleware developed by the PECES project has been released http://code.google.com/p/peces/).]]> Tue, 02 Aug 2011 11:11:00 +0200 http://www.nes.uni-due.de/nc/news/view/33/ http://www.nes.uni-due.de/nc/news/view/33/ In NOBEL, we investigate the impact of a small scale market on energy efficiency of a neighborhood. In order to better conduct our research, we would like to better understand how a small scale market could affect your interests. Therefore a survey has been initiated currently. You can find... www.ict-nobel.eu) takes a radical approach towards addressing these issues. We design and realize an IT infrastructure where consumers also become producers of electricity, as well as information, termed "prosumers" within the NOBEL project. One promising way to investigate this is to consider a market-driven approach as a tool to integrate the users and enable both information exchange and prosumption behaviour. For instance, a surplus of energy generated from a rooftop photo-voltaic panel of one user, could be used to cover partially the demand of another user. In NOBEL, we investigate the impact of such a small scale market on energy efficiency of a neighborhood. In order to better conduct our research, we would like to better understand how a small scale market could affect your interests. Therefore a survey has been initiated currently. You can find surveys for private consumers, business consumers and public utitlities. The survey can be found here. ]]> Mon, 01 Aug 2011 15:07:00 +0200 http://www.nes.uni-due.de/nc/news/view/32/ http://www.nes.uni-due.de/nc/news/view/32/ The CONET project was successfully reviewed by the European commission in July 2011. Cooperating Objects Network of Excellence" (CONET) was reviewed in Brussels in July 2011. This was the third review of this project, conducted by the European Commission and it was very successful. The project partner Technische Universität Berlin has shown a demo of the federated testbed and AICIA from Spain has shown a demo of the integrated testbed. Both demos were really great and the reviewers were very impressed. The next review will be in the end of 2012. For more information please visit our page or the homepage from CONET.]]> Mon, 01 Aug 2011 14:08:00 +0200 http://www.nes.uni-due.de/nc/news/view/31/ http://www.nes.uni-due.de/nc/news/view/31/ The paper "Boreas: Efficient Synchronization for Scalable Emulation of Sensor Networks" by Robert Sauter, Richard Figura, Olga Saukh and Pedro José Marrón has been accepted at IEEE MASS 2011. IEEE MASS 2011) will be held in Valencia, Spain on October 17-22. The acceptance rate is 20%. The paper investigates efficient synchronization algorithms to increase the speed and scalability of cycle-accurate wireless sensor network emulation. Paper Abstract: Cycle-accurate emulation of sensor networks allows a detailed analysis of platform target code for development and evaluation. However, the high overhead incurred by providing the necessary fidelity limits the size of the emulated networks considerably. The use of multiple cores provided by modern hardware can significantly improve the speed of emulation but requires synchronization algorithms to preserve causality. Based on the well-known multithreaded emulator Avrora, we investigate a number of synchronization methods including an algorithm that does not require any locks to improve the performance. We show that both the speed and the scalability can be significantly improved without sacrificing correctness. Additionally, we evaluate the impact of modern CPU technologies such as simultaneous multithreading on emulation performance.]]> Tue, 05 Jul 2011 11:15:00 +0200 http://www.nes.uni-due.de/nc/news/view/30/ http://www.nes.uni-due.de/nc/news/view/30/ Our Member Flavio Fabbri has passed his Phd successfully on May 23rd, 2011. Flavio Fabbri who has passed his Phd successfully on May 23rd, 2011. He finalized his doctoral thesis at the University of Bologna, Italy. The title of his thesis is "Environmental Opportunistic Wireless Networks. ]]> Tue, 05 Jul 2011 11:05:00 +0200 http://www.nes.uni-due.de/nc/news/view/36/ http://www.nes.uni-due.de/nc/news/view/36/ Paper title: "Context-dependent Smart Space Formation in PECES" Authors: Wolfgang Apolinarski, Marcus Handte, Pedro José Marrón Mon, 04 Jul 2011 16:28:00 +0200 http://www.nes.uni-due.de/nc/news/view/29/ http://www.nes.uni-due.de/nc/news/view/29/ On the 28th of June 2011 the "Living ++" project has been initiated with the kickoff meeting in Madrid, Spain. here.]]> Mon, 04 Jul 2011 11:40:00 +0200 http://www.nes.uni-due.de/nc/news/view/28/ http://www.nes.uni-due.de/nc/news/view/28/ The paper "Link Quality Ranking: Getting the Best out of Unreliable Links" by Marco Zuniga, Izabella Irzynska, Jan-Hinrich Hauer, Thiemo Voigt, Carlo Alberto Boano and Kay Römer has been presented at IEEE DCOSS 2011 in Barcelona, Spain. Thu, 30 Jun 2011 15:14:00 +0200 http://www.nes.uni-due.de/nc/news/view/27/ http://www.nes.uni-due.de/nc/news/view/27/ The project "Selbstheilende vernetzte eingebettete Systeme" (SEVERE) funded under MERCURE by the Mercator Research Center Ruhr will start with the Kick-off-Meeting July 12th, 2011...[ Thu, 30 Jun 2011 14:56:00 +0200