A5107030942- Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies
- High-Energy Particle Collisions Research
- Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions
- Particle Detector Development and Performance
- Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena
- Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
- Energy Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks
- Neutrino Physics Research
- IoT and Edge/Fog Computing
- Computational Physics and Python Applications
- IoT-based Smart Home Systems
- IoT Networks and Protocols
- Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks
- Wireless Networks and Protocols
- Black Holes and Theoretical Physics
- Blockchain Technology Applications and Security
- Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies
- Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems
- Context-Aware Activity Recognition Systems
- Smart Agriculture and AI
- Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems
- Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
- Bluetooth and Wireless Communication Technologies
- IPv6, Mobility, Handover, Networks, Security
- Water Quality Monitoring Technologies
Neapolis University Pafos
2018-2023
Max Planck Institute for Physics
2017-2023
Université de Lorraine
2021
University at Buffalo, State University of New York
2021
The University of Adelaide
2013-2020
Boğaziçi University
2019
University of Göttingen
2014-2017
AGH University of Krakow
2012-2016
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati
2015-2016
University of Pisa
2012-2016
Motivated by the recent explosion of interest around Educational Robotics (ER), this paper attempts to re-approach area suggesting new ways thinking and exploring related concepts. The contribution is fourfold. First, future readers can use as a reference point for expected learning outcomes educational robotics. From an exhaustive list potential gains, we propose set six that offer starting viable model design robotic activities. Second, aims serve survey most ER platforms. Driven growing...
Today's industrial facilities, such as oil refineries, chemical plants, and factories, rely on wired sensor systems to monitor control the production processes. The deployment maintenance of cabled is expensive inflexible. It is, therefore, desirable replace or augment these using wireless technology, which requires us overcome significant technical challenges. Process automation applications are mission-critical require timely reliable data delivery, difficult provide in environments with...
The 21st century is considered to be “The Century of Cities”. By the end this century, over 80% global population expected living in urban areas. To become smart, a city should develop an approach services that will focus mainly on citizens primary beneficiaries offered by Smart City. In work, we present through survey 545 participants, citizens’ perception about smart concept and reveal Greek Cypriot level knowledge regards City’s actions, applications, elements. final results study...
Image transmission over Low-Power Wide Area Networks (LP-WAN) protocols has always been a difficult task since it necessitates high data rates and energy consumption. Long Range (LoRa) is one such protocol, which excellent for transferring long distances but generated severe doubts regarding the viability of image due to its low rate. This paper demonstrates application results an integrated LoRa Deep Learning-based computer vision system that can efficiently identify grape leaf diseases...
The COVID-19 pandemic is stress-testing existing health information exchange systems. There exists an increasing demand for sharing patient and efficiently responding to medial data requests. Current technologies lack fluidity, especially remotely medical beyond their protected, local storage. This paper presents a blockchain-based data-sharing framework that leverages the properties of immutability decentralization ensure secure, user-centric approach accessing controlling access sensitive...
The IoT ecosystem is evolving quickly, developing several applications in different sectors. majority of these use centralized infrastructures something that poses challenges especially related to trust and data security. Recently, blockchain has been introduced as an effective solution trying provide solutions challenges. In this paper, we introduce a new decentralized application using technology, namely, ParkChain. ParkChain operates way no one can delete, revert, hack or question the...
More and more Internet of Things (IoT) devices are deployed around the world, due to convenience extra functionality they enable. This growth, while great for industry as a whole, has come at price with respect ensuring maintaining security privacy. Having that in mind, one most common solutions IoT problem is update frequently. Recently, LoRa Alliance released new specification (FUOTA) on how perform firmware updates using technology. In this paper, we propose blockchain-based framework...
The goal of this paper is to evaluate the performance an adaptive beamforming approach in fifth-generation millimeter-wave multicellular networks, where massive multiple-input multiple-output configurations are employed all active base stations considered orientations. In context, performed with help a predefined set that can deal various traffic scenarios by properly generating highly directional beams on demand. parallel, machine learning (ML) based k-nearest neighbors (<i>k</i>-NN)...
Recent critical application sectors of sensor networks like military, health care, and industry require the use mobile nodes, something that poses unique challenges in aspects handoff delay, packet loss, reliability. In this paper we propose a novel mobility model handles those effectively by providing on-time detection triggering. way soft handoffs controlled disconnections are assured. The proposed solution uses cross-layer information from MAC Network layers. Our was implemented evaluated...
Wireless sensor networks have recently been widely used in several applications and scenarios, especially because they the ability flexibility for establishing a scalable reliable wireless network. Cooperative multi-robotic systems (CMRS) are one example of these where network between robots is essential paramount to their operation. Further, can utilize mobility provide sensing functionality areas that not covered by static sensor. This be achieved equipping with specific sensors sense area...
The research and industrial community started to think of more complex application scenarios for wireless sensor networks, where the use mobile nodes is essential. support in such applications requires existence a suitable mobility management protocol. However, existing protocols, like MIPv6, can not be directly applied on nodes, since they are inefficient terms energy, communication, computation cost, fail meet stringent operational requirements node. In this paper we propose new protocol...
Wireless sensor and actuator networks (WSANs) have been studied for about ten years now. However, a gap between research real applications implementations remains. The lack of an integrated solution, capable providing the reliability levels monitoring actuation required by critical applications, postponed replacement extension existing inflexible expensive wired solutions with low-cost, easy-to-deploy, portable wireless options. In order to assist this transition paper presents new method...
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been flourishing recently as a viable solution for many applications and scenarios, including smart irrigation weather forecasting systems. In these systems, it is crucial to have an accurate prediction the soil conditions optimize process such that minimal amount of water provided. this paper, system utilizing Long Range Wide Area Network (LoRaWAN) communication link proposed. The composed sensors are used measure moisture, atmosphere temperature, humidity....
Undoubtedly, the popularity of educational robotic platforms has disrupted way students are educated while forming an important and promising new market for robotics consumer electronics companies. Selecting a platform education is task, as it can affect learning process respective outcome. To effectively select kit specific activity, several factors should be taken into account. However, choosing robot one particular application become more complicated in recent years because increased...
Plant automation and control are mission-critical applications require timely reliable data delivery, which is difficult to provide using a wireless technology. This especially more in industrial environments with harsh radio conditions. In this paper we present dynamic distributed topology algorithm for Wireless Sensor Networks use performance critical environments. assumes small number of sensor nodes connected single sink communicating TDMA-based MAC protocol designed the application...
In current research studies and testbed deployments of sensor networks, individual nodes are usually assumed to be static. However, recent applications require mobile nodes, something that poses unique challenges in aspects like resource management, topology control, performance. this paper we propose a novel soft-handoff mobility protocol provides zero handoff time packet losses. The proposed solution uses cross-layer information from the MAC layer, Topology Control, Performance Debugging...
Hardware complexity reduction is a key concept towards the design and implementation of next generation broadband wireless networks. To this end, goal study presented in paper to evaluate performance an adaptive hybrid analog-digital beamforming approach fifth-generation (5G) massive multiple input output (MIMO) millimeter wave (mmWave) cellular orientations. In context, generated beams are formed dynamically according traffic demands, via on-off analog activation radiating elements per...
In recent years, sensor networks characteristics have led to incremental utilization in different types of applications. Several techniques been proposed evaluate the performance WSNs; two most popular being mathematical analysis and simulations. An important drawback these is that they provide evaluation results usually are not similar those real deployments. One reason for this fact both introduce physical layer modeling assumptions, which do corresponded real-life environments. paper, we...
The GINSENG project develops performance-controlled wireless sensor networks that can be used for time-critical applications in hostile environments such as industrial plant automation and control. aims at integrating with existing enterprise resource management solutions using a middleware. A cornerstone is the evaluation challenging environment - an oil refinery Portugal. In this paper we first present our testbed. Then introduce solution to access, debug flash nodes remotely from...
This paper focuses on the optimization of line-tracking and following control technique used in high speed autonomous movable IoT devices such as line-following robotic vehicles. A fusion a new pro-active / feed-forward system, based simultaneous use computer vision an array analog infrared reflective phototransistors with optimised PID feed-back implementation is proposed. Experimental evaluations demonstrate that proposed approach aids improves performance robots compared to traditional technique.
The remarkable evolution of the IoT raised need for an efficient way to update device's firmware. Recently, a new process was released summarizing steps firmware updates over air (FUOTA) on top LoRaWAN protocol. FUOTA needs be completed quickly reduce systems' interruption and, at same time, maximum number devices with lowest power consumption. However, as literature showed, single gateway cannot optimize procedure and offer above mentioned goals since various trade-offs arise. In this...
In this paper, we deal with mobility management for wireless sensor networks and focus on the first phase of a handoff procedure which is concerned mechanics measuring important parameters initiating (triggering) decision process. We introduce range metrics that could potentially be used in triggering two easy-to-find local values, namely Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) Local Link Loss. investigate these their ability to provide correct triggers process, taking into account...