Smart Cities and Internet of Things

Research Group at Centro de Informatica (CIn)- UFPE

Motivating statement

Smart Cities is a market buzzword that can be seen as a new technological paradigm for the twenty-first century, aimed at organizing major urban centers through the convergence of different information and communication technologies (ICT), relying on the so-called Internet of Things (IoT). Although there is no consensus on a formal definition of a Smart City, it is common view that it became a niche market growing worldwide. By the year 2020, 100 billion dollars will be invested globally only in telecommunications infrastructure in this new sector of urban computing. This new trend on computing involves acquisition, integration, and analysis of big and heterogeneous data generated by a diversity of sources in urban spaces.

Coming from a different direction, another trend within the scope of Smart Cities involves the creation of technological solutions made by the citizens themselves, encouraged the use of open data and transparency to the creation of civic innovation.

About Us

We are a research group in Software Engineering and Distributed Systems applied to the Smart Cities and Internet of Things domains. Our research interests can be grouped under two perspectives:

  • Tools and techniques for handling streaming data originated from Internet of Things applications.
  • The construction of a Smart City based on Civic Hacking, through Open Data and Open Innovation. Check our hack-n-joy advanced research cell web site

Team members

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Kiev Gama

Coordinator

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Alexandre Vianna

PhD Student

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Breno Alencar

MSc Student

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Carlos Zimmerle

MSc Student

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Claudia Ferraz

MSc Student

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Davino Junior

MSc Student

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Edwin Marinho

PhD Student

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Tassio Silva

MSc Student

Former members


Emanoel Ferraz (MSc)
Herbertt Diniz (MSc)
Thomas Cristanis (MSc)

Related Projects



We are part of the Brazilian National Institute of Science and Technology in Software Engineering (INES).

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IoT Flows

We are also involved in a two-year US-BR collaboration project focused on securing information flows in IoT applications.

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Hack-N-Joy

We have and advanced research cell focused on hackathons, jams and open innovation.

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Publications

ZIMMERLE, C. ; GAMA, K. Reactive CEP: Integrating Complex Event Processing into Web Reactive Languages. WebMedia 2018

FONSECA, J. ; FERRAZ, CARLOS ; GAMA, K. Migrating Complex Event Processing in the Web of Things. WebMedia 2018

GAMA, K.; ALENCAR, B.; CALEGARIO, F.; NEVES, A.; ALESSIO, P. A hackathon methodology for undergraduate course projects. 48th Annual Frontiers in Education (FIE) Conference. 2018.

VIANNA, A.; O. CRUZ, M.; BARBOSA, L.; GAMA, K. Análise do Impacto de Chuvas na Velocidade Média do Transporte Público Coletivo de Ônibus em Recife. 1o. Workshop Brasileiro de Cidades Inteligentes, Natal-RN, 2018

FERRAZ DUTRA, C. L.; GAMA, K. Participação feminina em game jams: um estudo sobre igualdade de generos em maratonas de desenvolvimento de jogos. 11o. WIT - Women in Information Technology, Natal-RN, 2018

ALENCAR, B. ; GAMA, K. Global Gov Jam. In: the International Conference, 2018, San Francisco. Proceedings of the International Conference on Game Jams, Hackathons, and Game Creation Events - ICGJ 2018. New York: ACM Press, 2018. p. 1.

ZIMMERLE, C. ; GAMA, K. A web-based approach using reactive programming for complex event processing in internet of things applications. In: the 33rd Annual ACM Symposium, 2018, Pau. Proceedings of the 33rd Annual ACM Symposium on Applied Computing - SAC '18. New York: ACM Press, 2018. p. 2167.

GAMA, K.; ALENCAR GONÇALVES, B. ; ALESSIO, P. . Hackathons in the formal learning process. In: the 23rd Annual ACM Conference, 2018, Larnaca. Proceedings of the 23rd Annual ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education - ITiCSE 2018. New York: ACM Press, 2018. p. 248.

GAMA, K. Crowdsourced Software Development in Civic Apps - Motivations of Civic Hackathons Participants. In: 19th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems, 2017, Porto. Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems, 2017. p. 550.

SILVA, E. C. G. F. ; GAMA, K. ; LOSCIO, B. F. . Ranqueamento de Produtores de Dados na Internet das Coisas. In: Simpósio Brasileiro de Sistemas de Informação (SBSI), 2017, Lavras, MG. Proceedings of the XIII Simpósio Brasileiro de Sistemas de Informação (SBSI), 2017. p. 238-245.

GAMA, K. Preliminary Findings on Software Engineering Practices in Civic Hackathons. In: 2017 IEEE/ACM 4th International Workshop on CrowdSourcing in Software Engineering (CSISE), 2017, Buenos Aires. 2017 IEEE/ACM 4th International Workshop on CrowdSourcing in Software Engineering (CSI-SE), 2017. p. 14.

GAMA, K.. Civic Apps Competitions: Preliminary Findings on the Longevity and Quality of their Outcomes. In: IEEE International Conference on Smart City Innovations, 2017, Fremont, CA. IEEE International Conference on Smart City Innovations, 2017.

DINIZ, HERBERTT B. M. ; SILVA, EMANOEL C. G. F. ; NOGUEIRA, THOMAS C. C. ; Gama, Kiev . A Reference Architecture for Mobile Crowdsensing Platforms. In: 18th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems, 2016, Rome. Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems, 2016. p. 600.

LIRA JUNIOR, O. O. ; FONSECA, J. ; GAMA, K. . Em direção a um Catálogo de Padrões para Arquiteturas de Processamento de Dados em Tempo Real. In: Simpósio Brasileiro de Sistemas de Informação, 2016, Florianópolis. Proceedings [of the] XII Brazilian Symposium on Information Systems, 2016. p. 466-469.

FONSECA, J. ; FERRAZ, CARLOS ; GAMA, K. A policy-based coordination architecture for distributed complex event processing in the internet of things: doctoral symposium. In: the 10th ACM International Conference, 2016, Irvine. Proceedings of the 10th ACM International Conference on Distributed and Event-based Systems - DEBS '16, 2016. p. 418.

GAMA, K; WANDERLEY, R. ; MARANHAO, D. ; GARCIA, V. C. . A web-based platform for scavenger hunt games using the Internet of Things. In: 2015 12th Annual IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference (CCNC), 2015, Las Vegas. 2015 12th Annual IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference (CCNC), 2015. p. 835.

OLIVEIRA, M. I. S. ; KS da GAMA ; LOSCIO, B. F. . Waldo: Serviço para Publicação e Descoberta de Produtores de Dados para Middleware de Cidades Inteligentes. In: Simpósio Brasileiro de Sistemas de Informação, 2015, Goiânia. Anais do XI Simpósio Brasileiro de Sistemas de Informação, 2015. v. 1.

DINIZ, H. M. ; SILVA, E. C. G. F. ; KS da GAMA . Uma Arquitetura de Referência para Plataforma de Crowdsensing em Smart Cities. In: Simpósio Brasileiro de Sistemas de Informação, 2015, Goiânia. Anais do IX Simpósio Brasileiro de Sistemas de Informação, 2015. v. 1.

SILVA, E. C. G. F. ; OLIVEIRA, M. I. S. ; OLIVEIRA, E. A. ; KS da GAMA ; LOSCIO, B. F. . Um Survey sobre Plataformas de Mediação de Dados para Internet das Coisas. In: 42º SEMISH - Seminário Integrado de Software e Hardware, 2015, Recife. Anais do XXXV Congresso da Sociedade Brasileira de Computação (CSBC 2015), 2015.

OLIVEIRA, M. I. S. ; KS da GAMA ; LOSCIO, B. F. . Análise de Desempenho de Catálogo de Produtores de Dados para Internet das Coisas baseado em SensorML e NoSQL. In: XIV Workshop em Desempenho de Sistemas Computacionais e de Comunicação (WPerformance), 2015, Recife. Anais do XXXV Congresso da Sociedade Brasileira de Computação (CSBC 2015), 2015.

GAMA, K.; WANDERLEY, R. ; MARANHAO, D. ; GARCIA, V. C. . TagHunt: Uma plataforma Combinando a Internet das Coisas com Scavenger Hunt Games. In: 7º SBCUP -Simpósio Brasileiro de Computação Ubíqua e Pervasiva, 2015, Recife. Anais do XXXV Congresso da Sociedade Brasileira de Computação, 2015.

GAMA, K.; LOSCIO, B. F. . Towards Ecosystems based on Open Data as a Service. In: 16th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems, 2014, Lisbon. Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems, 2014. p. 659-664.

BORJA, R. ; GAMA, K. . Middleware para Cidades Inteligentes baseado em um Barramento de Serviços. In: Simpósio Brasileiro de Sistemas de Informação, 2014, Londrina. X Simpósio Brasileiro de Sistemas de Informação (SBSI), 2014.

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