Sentient Spaces: Intelligent Totem Use Case in the ECSEL FRACTAL Project
Federica Caruso, Tania Di Mascio, Daniele Frigioni, Luigi Pomante, Giacomo Valente, Stefano Delucchi, Paolo Burgio, Manuel Di Frangia, Luca Paganin, Chiara Garibotto, Damiano Vallocchia · 2022 25th Euromicro Conference on Digital System Design (DSD) · 2022
The objective of the FRACTAL project is to create a novel approach to reliable edge computing. The FRACTAL computing node will be the building block of scalable Internet of Things (from Low Computing to High Computing Edge Nodes). The node will also have the capability of learning how to improve its performance against the uncertainty of the environment. In such a context, this paper presents in detail one of the key use cases: an Internet-of-Things solution, represented by intelligent totems for advertisement and wayfinding services, within advanced ICT-based shopping malls conceived as a sentient space. The paper outlines the reference scenario and provides an overview of the architecture and the functionality of the demonstrator, as well as a roadmap for its development and evaluation.