from smart objects to social objects
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The presentation deals with how Smart Objects can become Socail Objects in the IoTTRANSCRIPT
From “Smart Objects”
to “Social Objects”:
The Next Evolutionary Step of the
Internet of Things
BY
MOHAMMED RASHID HUSSAIN
1604-13-742-006
Outline
Abstract
Introduction
Literature Survey
Proposed System
Setup and Results
Future Work
Conclusion
References
From Smart Objects to Social Objects
Abstract
Boom in technological objects like smartphones, wearable tech etc. in past decade
The result is a networking paradigm known as, The Internet of Things(IoT)
In IoT, all that is real becomes virtual
Why not the same for our technological objects?
Can objects interact with each other and extract
services from other objects?
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From Smart Objects to Social Objects
Introduction – Basic Definitions
Internet of Things
Uniquely identifiable objects and their virtual representation in an Internet like structure.
Smart Objects
Objects that act in a “smart” way by providing certain services and information
Social Objects
Objects that interact with other such “smart” objects
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Introduction
Are there new potentials that smart objects are still expected to manifest?
Can smart objects allow everything to be encompassed in a fully connected network?
The above two questions can be answered.
New type of Social Objects:
That interact with other objects autonomously
That crawl the IoT to discover services & information in a trust-oriented way
That are able to advertise their presence to other smart objects
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From Smart Objects to Social Objects
Introduction – Categories of Objects in IoT
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Res Sapiens
(Smart Objects)
Res Socialis
(Social Objects)
Res Agens
(Active Objects)
• Increased interoperability with external systems
• Capability to communicate in Human Social Networks
• Capability of building their own social network
• Proficiency in building added-value complex services through
collaboration in the object social network
• Awareness of the Environment
• Interactivity with the surrounding environment
• Pseudo-social behavior with neighbors
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Literature Survey – Stages of Smart Objects
In current scenario, high level of fragmentation exists in how res sapiens communicate with
each other
In order for them to communicate, web protocols and communication paradigms are
being designed
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Intranet of
ThingsWoT
Interoperable
ObjectsSocial WoT
Multi-Social
WoT
Web Language & APIs Objects visible in SN
Web Platforms for ObjectsObjects visible in more SN in parallel
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Literature Survey – Stages of Smart Objects
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The Web of Things(WoT) was the first innovative step taken
Allowed to integrate existing web protocols into smart objects
Currently uses the REpresentational State Transfer(REST) APIs
Applications can be created using standard web languages and tools
Currently IoT is being integrated into the Internet of Services
Still the WoT paradigm has limits due to difficulties in advertising, discovering, accessing other
objects
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Proper digital representational of smart objects in the virtual world
Accounting for relationships between objects
Methodology to crawl the Internet and find objects in order to exploit them
Technological solutions to autonomously sense other objects & exchange information
Analysis of Relational Graph
How do you analyze the relational networks between social objects?
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Literature Survey – Current Open Research Issues
From Smart Objects to Social Objects
Architecture Based problems
How to devise a multi-technology platform architecture to cope with smart objects?
Communication Based Problems
How to accommodate broadcast models like unicast, broadcast, multicast and anycast?
Has to decide whether a node is to be included in the travel path based on relationship to source
The proposed methodology should deal with security-based trust issues
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Literature Survey – Current Open Research Issues
From Smart Objects to Social Objects
Why is there a need for forming a
social network between the
objects?
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Literature Survey
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Proposed System
From Smart Objects to Social Objects
Practical Setup & Results
Embodied Microblogging(EM) was the first step in realizing Social WoT
Mediates human-to-human communication
Support additional ways for making noticeable and noticing activities in everyday life
Platforms have been established
Toyota Friend
Nike+
Xively
Evrything
Microsoft SensorMap
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From Smart Objects to Social Objects
Practical Setup & Results – Toyota Friend
Features
Uses Salesforce Chatter to communicate between cars
Minimal Interaction between things
Has a Clear Business/Application Case
Proprietary System for development of apps
No autonomous relationship establishment
Objectives
Improve customer service
Build virtual community to increase customer loyalty
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From Smart Objects to Social Objects
Practical Setup & Results – Nike+
Features
Minimal Interaction between things
Has a Clear Business/Application Case
Proprietary System for development of apps
No autonomous relationship establishment
Objectives
Increase fidelity to the Nike brand
Posts data from shoes to private social network
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From Smart Objects to Social Objects
Practical Setup & Results – Xively
Features
Wide Interaction between things
Open System for development of apps
No autonomous relationship establishment
Unspecified Business/Application Case
Scalable
Mobile
Objectives
Support connection, use, sharing of things, services to
create new WoT applications
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From Smart Objects to Social Objects
Practical Setup & Results – Evrything
Features
Wide Interaction between things
Open System for development of apps
Autonomous relationship establishment
Unspecified Business/Application Case
Objective
Provide each object with unique Active Digital Identity(ADI)
Provide access to ADI using URL
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From Smart Objects to Social Objects
Practical Setup & Results – Microsoft Sensor Maps
Microsoft established a sensor map across the globe
Allows collection from the sensors worldwide and identify patterns of behavior of users
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Future Work
Objects can have Res Socialis features like
Find Service Providers
Publish information
Evaluate trustworthiness
Get Filtered Information
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From Smart Objects to Social Objects
Conclusion
Identified stages of Smart Objects
Stage I – Objects post about their state in SN of humans
Stage II – Objects can interact with humans at application layer(Current)
Stage III – Objects socially interact with other objects to build social networks with humans and other
humans
Object interaction is increasing and in the future in 2020, around 20 billion objects will be connected
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References
M.R. Schurgot, C. Comaniciu, and K. Jaffres Runser, “Beyond Traditional DTN Routing: Social
Networks for Opportunistic Communication,” IEEE Commun. Mag., July 2012.
G. Kortuem, F. Kawsar, D. Fitton, V. Sundramoorthy, “Smart Objects as Building Blocks for the
Internet of Things,” IEEE Internet Computing, vol. 14, no 1, 2010, pp. 44–51.
J. He et al., “A Smart Web Service Based on the Context of things,” ACM Trans. Internet Technology, vol. 11, no. 3, 2012.
D. Guinard, M. Fischer, and V. Trifa, “Sharing Using Social Networks in A Composable Web of
Things,” Proc. IEEE PERCOM 2010, Mar.–Apr. 2010.
Xively – www.xively.com
Nike+ - www.nikeplus.nike.com
Evrything – www.everything.com
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From Smart Objects to Social Objects