A5016329305- Advanced Computational Techniques and Applications
- Service-Oriented Architecture and Web Services
- Geographic Information Systems Studies
- Advanced Database Systems and Queries
- Semantic Web and Ontologies
- Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems
- Research Data Management Practices
- Scientific Computing and Data Management
- Mathematics, Computing, and Information Processing
- Environmental Monitoring and Data Management
- Big Data and Business Intelligence
- Data Management and Algorithms
- Geological Modeling and Analysis
- Data Quality and Management
- Business Process Modeling and Analysis
- Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
- Big Data Technologies and Applications
- Library Science and Information Systems
- Mobile and Web Applications
- Traffic Prediction and Management Techniques
- Soil Geostatistics and Mapping
- Algorithms and Data Compression
- Advanced Data Storage Technologies
- Soil and Land Suitability Analysis
- Digital Humanities and Scholarship
Institute of Atmospheric Pollution Research
2015-2020
National Research Council
2004-2020
National Research Council
2014
University of Florence
2002-2010
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
2006-2010
National Research Council - Institute of Methodologies for Environmental Analysis
2004-2010
Polo Universitario Città di Prato
2008
Hospital of Prato
2006
Big Data Analytics is an emerging field since massive storage and computing capabilities have been made available by advanced e-infrastructures. Earth Environmental sciences are likely to benefit from techniques supporting the processing of large number Observation datasets currently acquired generated through observations simulations. However, Science data applications present specificities in terms relevance geospatial information, wide heterogeneity models formats, complexity processing....
The international research community involved in the GMES, INSPIRE, and GEOSS initiatives is actively pursuing specification of information service oriented solutions for geospatial data interoperability. A prominent interoperability issue pertains to discovery services. From an technology point view, challenge implement interoperable services processing resources that are collected managed using multidisciplinary standards tools. We have designed experimented a new, improved model...
Abstract Data discoverability, accessibility, and integration are frequent barriers for scientists a major obstacle favorable results on environmental research. To tackle this issue, the Group Earth Observations (GEO) is leading development of Global Observation System Systems (GEOSS), voluntary effort that connects resources world‐wide, acting as gateway between producers users data. GEO recognizes importance capacity building education to reach large adoption, acceptance commitment data...
The ISTIMES project, funded by the European Commission in frame of a joint Call “ICT and Security” Seventh Framework Programme, is presented preliminary research results are discussed. main objective project to design, assess promote an Information Communication Technologies (ICT)-based system, exploiting distributed local sensors, for non-destructive electromagnetic monitoring critical transport infrastructures. integration technologies with new ICT information telecommunications systems...
The nature of contemporary spatial data infrastructures lies in the provision geospatial information an on-demand fashion. Although recent applications identified need to react real-time a time-critical way, research efforts field Internet Things particular have substantial gaps this context, ranging from lack standardisation for event-based architectures meaningful handling as “events”. This manuscript presents work event-driven part with focus on sensor networks and devices capturing...
Access to real-time distributed Earth and Space Science (ESS) information is essential for enabling critical Decision Support Systems (DSS). Thus, data model interoperability between the ESS DSS communities a decisive achievement cyber-infrastructure which aims serve important societal benefit areas. The community characterized by certain heterogeneity, as far models are concerned. Recent spatial infrastructures implement international standards in order achieve extensibility. This paper...
The identification of appropriate mechanisms for process sharing and reuse by means composition is considered a key enabler the effective uptake global Earth Observation infrastructure, currently pursued international geospatial research community. Modelers in need running complex workflows may benefit from outsourcing to dedicated external service, according brokering approach. This work introduces our architecture broker, as distributed information system creating, validating, editing,...
The development of a clearinghouse catalog solution arises from the need interoperability among different communities. This component, provides search and access capabilities across catalogs, inventory lists their registered resources. In an SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) approach, may be implemented as Broker/Mediation component applying mediation services to address standards multiplicity. An example such is GI-cat. this work we describe its architecture. GI-cat implements distributed...
We present the GI-Cat service: a SOAP-based Web service providing basic functionalities for GI dataset cataloguing and access. The GJ-Cat object model schema is instance of hierarchical, semistructured data based on ISO 19115 model. requirements, information (resources accompanying metadata) functional modules are introduced. Some architectural technological aspects an experimental implementation briefly described. Eventually, we relate to OWS/spl trade/ specifications. proposed solution...
One barrier to research at the boundaries of traditional Earth sciences is a lack interoperability among data systems employed in subdisciplines. Solid scientists (including hydrology community) have tended view their datasets as descriptions discrete objects with attributes that can be stored and manipulated conveniently database. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) work well this environment. On other hand, oceanographic atmospheric (the Fluid Sciences or FES) communities think points...
Abstract. As far as interoperability is concerned, in a service-oriented framework, it possible to distinguish different service tiers; each tier contains systems and tools which implement that tier's specific task. The present paper analyses such framework for the Earth Sciences GIS information communities. For community, heterogeneity of existing protocols data models outlined, considering experience Unidata community. opportunities laid by OGC's specifications are briefly introduced. need...
Abstract. We address the problem of data and information interoperability in Earth System Science domain. believe that well-established architectures standard technologies are now available to implement interoperability. In particular, we elaborate on mediated approach, present several technological aspects our implementation a Mediator-based Information for Data. highlight some limitations current standard-based solutions introduce possible future improvements.
We present the GI-Cat service: a SOAP-based Web service providing basic functionalities for GI dataset cataloguing and access. The GJ-Cat object model schema is instance of hierarchical, semistructured data based on ISO 19115 model. requirements, information (resources accompanying metadata) functional modules are introduced. Some architectural technological aspects an experimental implementation briefly described. Eventually, we relate to OWS/spl trade/ specifications. proposed solution...
The development of catalog clearinghouse solutions is a near-term challenge in support fully functional and useful infrastructures for spatial data. We present an experimental Imagery, gridded coverage solution supports data discovery, evaluation, query distribution mediation several well-known systems.
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) has conducted much work in the past on event-based models and architectures. However, current OGC standard baseline only supports synchronous web service capabilities, which have insofar primarily addressed request/reply model, where a client makes request server usually responds synchronously, with either requested information or failure. Recently, Publish/Subscribe 1.0 Standard introduced an abstract model for publish/subscribe message exchange,...
In the last years two important architectural and technological solutions have been proposed for improving Web applications design. The REST style has defined to describe WWW architecture guide its future evolution preserving fundamental characteristics of scalability. At same time AJAX related technologies changed way many are designed implemented enhancing responsiveness pervasiveness. integration this approaches seems promising, but several issues must be tackled. For testing possible...