@proceedings {537, title = {Using InfluxDB Time Series Database To Manage Smart Environments}, journal = {4th Italian Conference on ICT for Smart Cities And Communities (iCities 2018)}, year = {2018}, month = {09/2018}, address = {L{\textquoteright}Aquila, Italy}, abstract = {

The data of the Public Administrations (PAs), together with technologies and platforms developed to provide services to citizens, are the basis of the PA digital heritage.

Referring to the Italian context, the Three-Year Plan for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the PA addresses the optimization of both the front-end and the back-end management in order to enable a new paradigm that (i) goes beyond the old {\textquoteleft}{\textquoteleft}silos logic{\textquoteright}{\textquoteright} and (ii) puts software components in common among the PAs.

In this work we present our vision and the related strategy, based on continuous queries and retention policies, resulting from the $\#$SmartME project experience.

Specifically, we present a case study related to the use of the InfluxDB\ time series database at the back-end side.

The goal is to enable new opportunities for heterogeneous stakeholders (i.e., people, PA, academia, industries) to meet and define new synergies in Smart Environments.

}, keywords = {Continuous Queries, E-government, InfluxDB, Retention Policies, smart cities, smart environments, SmartME}, url = {http://icities2018.disim.univaq.it/program.html$\#$abstracts}, author = {Maurizio Giacobbe and Riccardo Di Pietro and Antonino Longo Minnolo and Marco Todaro and Antonio Puliafito} } @proceedings {505, title = {A Context-aware Strategy To Properly Use IoT-Cloud Services}, journal = {2017 IEEE International Conference on Smart Computing (SMARTCOMP)}, year = {2017}, month = {05/2017}, pages = {1-6}, publisher = {IEEE}, address = {Hong Kong - China}, abstract = {

Nowadays, we can talk about the Internet of Things (IoT) and Cloud computing union to indicate a new generation of distributed system.

An IoT-Cloud system mainly consists of a set of smart objects which are interconnected through the Internet with a remote Cloud infrastructure, platform, or software.

It allows to achieve new benefits in several contexts, such as smart cities and industrial businesses.

In this paper we propose a context-aware strategy focused on the correct use of the IoT-Cloud services. In particular, a use case driven scenario and a three-step algorithm to define the strategy are presented and discussed.

}, keywords = {Big Data, cloud computing, context-aware systems, Internet of Things, multi criteria decision making, smart cities, smart environments, smart factories}, doi = {10.1109/SMARTCOMP.2017.7946976}, author = {Maurizio Giacobbe and Antonio Puliafito and Riccardo Di Pietro and Marco Scarpa} } @proceedings {485, title = {The ESSB System: A Novel Solution To Improve Comfort And Sustainability In Smart Office Environments}, journal = {The14th IEEE International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control (ICNSC 2017)}, year = {2017}, month = {05/2017}, pages = {311-316}, publisher = {IEEE}, address = {Calabria, Italy}, abstract = {

Getting cities and communities smarter is a strategic but also very complex process that involves several actors (e.g., governments, industries, scientific researchers) and addresses many challenges. Among these, energy efficiency and cost-saving are indispensable. Following this line, in this paper we propose a novel energy-aware management system, we name Energy Saving Smart Building (ESSB), for smart environments. More specifically, we present its experimental use at University of Messina\ in order to optimize the use of all the electrical equipments. The results are the reduction of energy consumptions and costs improving comfort and sustainability in smart office environments.\ 

}, keywords = {energy cost-saving, Energy Efficiency, Energy-aware systems, Internet of Things, smart buildings, smart cities, smart office, sustainability.}, author = {Maurizio Giacobbe and Giuseppe Pellegrino and Marco Scarpa and Antonio Puliafito} } @proceedings {480, title = {The Big Bucket: An IoT Cloud Solution For Smart Waste Management in Smart Cities}, journal = {The 4th International Workshop on CLoud for IoT (CLIoT 2016)}, volume = {Advances in Service-Oriented and Cloud Computing}, year = {2016}, month = {01/2018}, pages = {43-58}, publisher = {Springer International Publishing}, address = {Vienna, Austria}, abstract = {

Research and industries are devoting a great effort in getting cities and communities smarter, thus to improve citizens{\textquoteright} Quality of Life (QoL) and paying serious attention to e-government and e-inclusion processes.\ 
This is a strategic but also very complex objective that involves both governance and citizens to address many challenges.\ 
Following this line, this paper discusses the necessity for new smart waste management systems and presents a comprehensive state of the art on the use of the Internet of Things (IoT) for smart waste recycling.\ 
In particular, we present and argue the Big Bucket IoT Cloud environment, where smart dumpsters are equipped with low-cost sensors and open source easy-to-use hardware and software. Its architectural model is discussed and compared with other existing solutions in the future perspective.

}, keywords = {cloud computing, E-government, E-inclusion, IoT, Quality of Life, Recycling Systems, smart cities, Smart Communities, Smart Waste Management}, issn = {978-3-319-72125-5}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-72125-5_4}, author = {Maurizio Giacobbe and Carlo Puliafito and Marco Scarpa} } @booklet {474, title = {Smart Waste and Recycling Systems: The Big Bucket Solution}, journal = {CINI Annual Workshop on ICT for Smart Cities \& Communities (i-CiTies 2016). September 29-30. Benevento, Italy.}, year = {2016}, abstract = {

Research and industries are devoting a great effort in getting cities and communities smarter. This is a strategic but also very complex process that involves several actors to address many challenges. Following this line, in this paper, we propose a new recycling system based on smart wastes. To this end, we present the Big Bucket IoT Cloud environment where smart dumpsters are equipped with low-cost sensors and open source easy-to-use hardware and software.

}, keywords = {cloud computing, E-government, E-inclusion, IoT, smart cities, Smart Communities, Smart Waste Recycling Systems}, url = {http://www.unisannio.it/I-CiTies2016/}, author = {Maurizio Giacobbe and Carlo Puliafito and Marco Scarpa} }