HOBSENSE 2011 - 1st IEEE Workshop on Holistic Building Intelligence through Sensing Systems (HOBSENSE)

HOBSENSE: 1st IEEE DCOSS Workshop on Building Intelligence through IPv6 Sensing Systems
Co-located with the 7th IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems (DCOSS 2011)

June 27-29, 2011, in Barcelona.

This Workshop is organized by FP7 FIRE project HOBNET.

HOBSENSE is a research forum that investigates technology solutions for the next generation building intelligence, networking algorithms, and application development aspects to support future Internet systems of tiny embedded devices operating in buildings. The workshop emphasizes interdisciplinary research efforts and results on systems' issues in the area of building controls, energy management, embedded, and networked sensors. The workshop provides an ideal convergence venue for the community of sensor network, future Internet solutions and energy in buildings to address the research challenges facing the design, deployment, use, and fundamental limits of these systems.

The recent years are experiencing a dramatic increase of IT intelligence in buildings aiming at a better building management, an improved comfort and energy-efficiency. On the other hand, significant technology advances on embedded sensing systems are providing reliable, cost-effective and extensible sensing solution that can be placed in existing as well as new structures and be controlled via the Internet. It is clear that Wireless Sensor Networks are the next generation building monitoring solutions to enable a smarter and greener built environment by allowing plug-and-play building automation systems, and a real-time monitoring of the energy consumption.

TOPICS OF INTEREST

We solicit contributions that focus on sensor-based techniques and intelligent algorithms for smart buildings leveraging connected sensing systems, networks, and devices. We expect concise papers (max. 6 pages) presenting innovative solutions, results from field trials, theoretical and practical issues for building intelligence by using embedded sensing systems written from both an academic and an industrial perspective. The workshop welcomes sensor network-based techniques and applications that study:

IPv6/6LoWPAN infrastructure of buildings and how IPv6 can integrate heterogeneous technology (sensors, actuators, mobile devices etc.);
Standardization advances towards a new embedded application protocol for building automation;
Novel algorithmic models and scalable solutions for energy efficiency;
Innovative studies and experimentations of building radiation-awareness, data dissemination, localization and mobility
Mobile applications within a building;
Rapid development and integration of building management applications Support for the deployment and monitoring of resulting;
Issues and a applications and experimentations on Future Internet solutions;
everaging on sensing systems/social networking/mobile phones novel visualization and reporting tools and other forms of media to convey relevant information to users;
Innovative Sensor Network-assisted building monitoring systems (BMS);
Sensor systems for the identification of appliances in industrial and home environments, which can be used to estimate the energy usage/production model and to predict future demands;
Monitor and control alternative energy sources aiming at an increase of production efficacy;
how sensor networks can improve the state of the art in building energy management;
Integration of WSNs and wired sensor systems (e.g., Powerline, exing BMS, etc.) for the energy management in buildings.

General Chair

Sotiris Nikoletseas (U. of Patras and CTI, GR)

Steering Committee

D K Arvind (UEdimburgh, UK)
Srdjan Krco (Ericsson, SR)
Sotiris Nikoletseas (U. of Patras and CTI, GR)
Jose Rolim (UNIGE, CH)
Antonio Ruzzelli (UCD, IE)
Zach Shelby (Sensinode, FI)
Sebastien Ziegler (Mandat, CH)
About HOBNET

The main objective of HOBNET is to ease and maximize the use of FIRE platforms by multidisciplinary developers of Future Internet applications focused on automation and energy efficiency for smart/green buildings.

The project's research addresses algorithmic, networking and application development aspects of Future Internet systems of tiny embedded devices: a) an all IPv6/6LoWPAN infrastructure of buildings and how IPv6 can integrate heterogeneous technology (sensors, actuators, mobile devices etc) b) 6lowApp and its standardization towards a new embedded application protocol for building automation c) novel algorithmic models and scalable solutions for energy efficiency and radiation-awareness, data dissemination, localization and mobility d) rapid development and integration of building management applications e) support for the deployment and monitoring of resulting applications on FIRE test beds.

Key research innovations will be experimentally validated at an integrated platform of a large scale smart building proof of concept application, in two buildings of a UN related foundation in Geneva and two existing FIRE test-beds. The buildings will act as source of research challenges for smart services like energy optimization, control access, safety, audio/video provision and automatic control. Developed algorithms and technology solutions will be tested via deploying large numbers of diverse smart devices at the buildings and FIRE test-beds. These tests will also provide real data traces towards accurate models. A repository of implemented algorithms and a multipurpose building automation demonstration for connecting with external activities will be provided.