the real time cloud

The Real Time Cloud

Paul WatsonNewcastle University, UK

Real time Data Sources increasing

Sensors

Environmental

Medical

Location

CCTV ANPR

RFID

In Car

Real time Data Sources increasing

People (directly)

e-mail

twitter

text

Real time Data Sources increasing

Software as a Service

People (indirectly)

Professor Phil BlytheVisalakshmi Suresh

Can we help older drivers?

CENEX Electric Smart Car

TRIP SUMMARY1. Power Consumed

(.0611KWh)2. Average Temperature

(4)3. Break Pedal Pressed

(996)4. Distance (8.4 km)5. Speed (34 km/h)6. Carbon foot print (6.972

g)

Real-Time Telemetry

Helping Older Drivers

• Identify long-term trends?– cognitive impairments

• Short-term problems– effects of drugs

• Suggest the need for assistive technologies

Advice

Telemetry,Location

Medic,Optician,Assistive Technology Request

Pattern Match, Analyse, React

Weather, Maps, Trends,Medical Records

Professor Patrick Olivier

Can we use pervasive technologies to allow people to stay longer in their own homes?

Ambient Kitchen

PromptingAdvice

SensorsVideo

Medics,Family,Friends,Emergency Services

Pattern Match, Analyse, React

Trends,Medical RecordsInterestsPhotosVideo

Real Time Historic

App App App

ConsumersConsumers & Generators

App

Sensors

Generators

App

Data WarehouseEvent Processing

Our Current Architecture

InformCreate ModelsCalibrate ModelsAggregations

Filter

Sensor events→ Application events

Could & Should we move to Clouds?

Real-Time Cloud Computing: Thin Clients

simpler deviceslower energyflexibility...

Real-Time Cloud Computing: Flexibility

add new appsimprove apps

Navigation to charger

Assistance for Older Drivers

Congestion Avoidance

Dynamic Congestion Charging

Assistance for People with Dementia

Teaching Cookery

Interactive Cookery “Books”

Language Learning

Real-Time Cloud Computing: Scalability

5 cars to 50 millionmachine learning

information integration

Challenges

• Can clouds meet these needs?– Bandwidth– Latency– Cost ($)

• Can there be a generic real-time cloud platform?

Science Cloud Options

Cloud Infrastructure: Storage & Compute

Science Cloud Platform

ScienceApp 1 .... Science

App n

Users

Cloud Infrastructure:Storage & Compute

ScienceApp 1

....

ScienceApp n

Users

Science CloudPlatform

App ....

Workflow Enactment

App API

Social Networking

Security

Processing

e-Science Central

Storage

App

Analysis Services

CloudInfrastructure

Provenance

Metadata

Real-Time Cloud Options

Cloud Infrastructure: Storage & Compute

Real-Time Cloud Platform

App 1 .... App n

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