The TerraSwarm Research Center
Edward A. Lee

Citation
Edward A. Lee. "The TerraSwarm Research Center". Talk or presentation, 5, November, 2013; Presented at the 2013 TerraSwarm Annual Meeting.

Abstract
"The swarm," in this project, refers to the vast collection of networked sensors and actuators being installed in our connected world. The project is pursuing a vision of these sensors and actuators as an extension of ``the cloud,'' an extension from the infosphere into the physical world. It gives the cloud eyes, ears, hands, and feet, enabling services that are directly embedded in the physical world rather than just the cyber world. While the pervasive integration of smart, networked sensors and actuators into our connected world has huge potential to address societal problems and to improve our quality of life, it comes with enormous technical challenges and both technical and non-technical risks. This project is tackling these challenges and risks, primarily through the creation of an open and universal platform to enable the simple, reliable, and secure deployment of a multiplicity of distributed sense and control applications. We call these swarm applications "swapps." The platform supporting the development of swapps is a systems architecture providing access control, resource brokerage, and service-level contracts. Making the platform open and well-defined promises to unleash the creativity of millions of swapp developers, just as smart-phone platforms opened the door to millions of app developers.

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  Edward A. Lee. <a
  href="http://www.terraswarm.org/pubs/181.html"><i>The
  TerraSwarm Research Center</i></a>, Talk or
  presentation,  5, November, 2013; Presented at the <a
  href="http://www.terraswarm.org/conferences/13/annual"
  >2013 TerraSwarm Annual Meeting</a>.

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  Edward A. Lee. "The TerraSwarm Research Center".
  Talk or presentation,  5, November, 2013; Presented at the
  <a
  href="http://www.terraswarm.org/conferences/13/annual"
  >2013 TerraSwarm Annual Meeting</a>.

• BibTeX

  @presentation{Lee13_TerraSwarmResearchCenter,
      author = {Edward A. Lee},
      title = {The TerraSwarm Research Center},
      day = {5},
      month = {November},
      year = {2013},
      note = {Presented at the <a
                href="http://www.terraswarm.org/conferences/13/annual"
                >2013 TerraSwarm Annual Meeting</a>.},
      abstract = {"The swarm," in this project, refers to the vast
                collection of networked sensors and actuators
                being installed in our connected world. The
                project is pursuing a vision of these sensors and
                actuators as an extension of ``the cloud,'' an
                extension from the infosphere into the physical
                world. It gives the cloud eyes, ears, hands, and
                feet, enabling services that are directly embedded
                in the physical world rather than just the cyber
                world. While the pervasive integration of smart,
                networked sensors and actuators into our connected
                world has huge potential to address societal
                problems and to improve our quality of life, it
                comes with enormous technical challenges and both
                technical and non-technical risks. This project is
                tackling these challenges and risks, primarily
                through the creation of an open and universal
                platform to enable the simple, reliable, and
                secure deployment of a multiplicity of distributed
                sense and control applications. We call these
                swarm applications "swapps." The platform
                supporting the development of swapps is a systems
                architecture providing access control, resource
                brokerage, and service-level contracts. Making the
                platform open and well-defined promises to unleash
                the creativity of millions of swapp developers,
                just as smart-phone platforms opened the door to
                millions of app developers. },
      URL = {http://terraswarm.org/pubs/181.html}
  }
  

Posted by Christopher Brooks on 5 Nov 2013.