i3-MARKET chaired a workshop,  co-located with the 11th International Conference on the Internet of Things (IoT 2021), that focused on Interoperability and Open Source Software Solutions for European businesses.

Concept

The evolution of the Internet of Things has created a complex ecosystem populated by various Internet of Things (IoT) platforms that provide access to a broad range of things. These IoT platforms typically promote their specific interfaces and information models, and often adopt non-standard, sometimes fully proprietary, protocols to control a variety of things. This fragmentation and missing interoperability currently prevent the emergence of cooperative IoT ecosystems in which applications can be built to simply use things, or to enable things operated by different platforms to interact.

Workshop

The 4th Workshop on Interoperability and Open-Source Solutions for the Internet of Things focused on addressing this challenge, bringing together the community of industry players, stakeholders and open source communities. The main objective of the event was to exchange experiences and ideas with the IoT and Data communities as well as contribute to build new knowledge analyzing open issues and identify gaps on interoperability, architectural principles, marketplaces and standardization for future. It featured the voice of industrial experts, by providing an environment where attendees (presential or remotely) had the opportunity to explore interoperability solutions stemming from research and innovation projects and showcase practical experiences on interoperable IoT solutions and promote open-source solutions.

Papers

The 2021 InterOSS – Interoperability and Open Source Solutions Workshop paper will be online in due course.

The authors and their papers are below:

Dr. Helmi Ben Hmida, T-Systems International – IoT & Digital Transformation Expert – Senior Program Manager

Industrial keynote Central Topic: Paper KS1: IoT & Digital Transformation: Challenges and Opportunities

Dr. Helmi Ben Hmida spoke about the current challenges that Digital Transformation impose over the current Technologies and Markets. After managing several large scale IoT projects touching several verticals and domains (City, health, building, mobility, weather, work…etc. ), Dr. Helmi Ben Hmida believes that a successful Digital\IoT business needs some characteristics that are the baseline for success. Based on his experience, Dr. Helmi Ben Hmida provided a vision on the Opportunities for progressing the state of the art with technologies like Big Data, IoT and AI.

Semantic Interoperability: A review for IoT Edge Computing and Robotics Applications

Presenter: Eoin Jordan

Graph Neural Networks for Personalized Research Paper Recommendation

Presenter: Rishabh Chandaliya

Geospatial data: Overview of the state of the art and insight into future applications

Presenter: Alex Acquier

Boosting the interoperability of isolated data and services in rural areas across Europe

Presenter: Diego Casado-Mansilla

Dr. John Soldatos, Internet of Things and Artificial Intelligence Expert – (Industrial IoT, Industry 4.0, Finance 4.0)

Expert keynote Central Topic: Paper KS2: AI, IoT and BIG Data:  Research Problems Unsolved

Dr. John Soldatos spoke about the Trends and current big issues on using IoT, Big Data and AI, from IoT Data to Big Data and Cloud Technology to a more human-Centric social and ethical aspects on AI. Dr. John Soldatos provided a vision on the most relevant research topics that remain unresolved and activities that can progress the state of the art in coming years with technologies like Big Data, IoT and AI.

Eco-Credits: Designing interoperable datasets and innovative blended financial techniques to restore ecosystems and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

Presenter: Niall O’Brolchain

Introducing a Data Marketplace design approach: A Step towards Data Monetisation, a Jump into a Digital Single Data Marketplace.

Presenter: Chi Hung Le

Towards lowering the barriers for BigData, IoT and AI-driven technologies, boosting regulatory compliance and stimulating FinTechs and InsuranceTechs Innovation.

Presenter: Martin Serrano

Supporting the creation of Online Interoperable Data Services for the European Digital Data Marketplace Industry.

Presenter:  Achille Zappa

Contact

Organizers:

Martin Serrano (National university of Ireland; Insight SFI Research Centre for Data Analytics, Ireland), martin.serrano@insight-centre.org

Achille Zappa (National university of Ireland; Insight SFI Research Centre for Data Analytics, Ireland), achille.zappa@insight-centre.org