Results, Insights and Best-Practices from IIC Testbeds: INFINITE Testbed
worker health and enable a fast response to ensure their safety. Historical analysis of vital signs over multiple responses safeguards continued welfare of safety personnel.
First Responder brings together multiple technologies in a unique way and showcases the need for precise and robust measurement in mission-critical applications. First Responder’ s platform also allows for future integration of a broader range of sensing technologies to adapt to different mission profiles, including incorporation of precision inertial measurement units for deadreckoning navigation in GPS-denied environments. Analog Devices’ products, can augment the existing first responder platform with a fully integrated and calibrated sensor-suite( gyroscopes, accelerometers, magnetometers and pressure sensor), capable of supporting infrastructure-less navigation in complex extreme environments.
SPARKS: Another use case deployed on INFINITE is called“ SPARKS”, a European Union-funded H2020 project developing security-driven analytics techniques to detect anomalies or fraudulent behavior within the power grid. Soon, every home and business will have smart meters. Smart meters have an Internet connection that makes them a potential access point for attackers. Cyber-attacks on critical infrastructure can be devastating. In December 2015, a cyber-attack in the Ukraine disrupted the electricity supply to 80,000 people. An attacker could use a smart thermostat to take control of a home-heating system and demand a ransom payment from the home owner. In the SPARKS use case, Dell EMC has developed an analytics-based cyber-attack detection tool that identifies abnormal behavior in the electrical grid, which could indicate an attack. A key component to protection of critical infrastructure is cyber-attack detection. Through machine-learning algorithms, it will be possible to identify abnormal behavior in the grid and, then, use this information to alert other parts of the security system to limit the impact of attacks.
Some data sensitivity and privacy issues restrict the sharing of all results from the use cases described above. However, where there are opportunities for open data platforms, such as the Flood Event Advisory Service use case, the INFINITE testbed team plan to promote the results within the IIC community.
4. IIC ECOSYSTEM
Partnerships have emerged within the INFINITE Testbed that include relationships between IIC members as well as non-members. The IIC ecosystem facilitated some partnerships while others were serendipitous.
Analog Devices and Dell EMC were exploring a formal relationship when they realized they were both IIC members. This common denominator gave them each good reason to evolve the relationship. What began as speculative conversations deepened as their IIC memberships provided a common discussion topic and led more quickly to the discovery of similar goals. As conversations turned to testbeds, the relationship sped up. With the INFINITE Testbed only 6 months old( July 2015), Dell EMC’ s testbed activity and both parties’ involvement with the IIC helped to crystalize the problems they sought to address and work together to find the solutions.
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