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}
    }
    

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