WORKSHOP PROGRAM
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09:00 - 09:10: Workshop Opening
09:10 - 10:20: Keynote - Thais Batista (Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil)
Title:
Breaking Smart Cities Silos with Systems-of-Systems
Abstract:
The Smart City idea has emerged as a response to the challenges that cities have
faced with the huge population growth and rapid urbanization. It relies on Information and
Communication Technologies (ICTs) to provide systems that improve the city services to deliver a better
quality of life to citizens. However, smart cities initiatives are commonly designed and implemented as
isolated strategies, forming information silos that are not aware of each other. The lack of integration reduces the
potential of achieving the purpose of smart cities, which demands a synergic cooperation among multiple systems.
In this scenario, the adoption of Systems-of-Systems (SoS) principles, methodologies, and tools can enable a holistic
view of the involved smart city systems, enabling them to work in harmony. This talk gives an overview of how
SoS principles can provide effective ways to foster cross-silos interaction and seamless integration between systems to
achieve the global mission of a smart city.
Short bio:
Thais Batista is a full professor at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil.
She holds MSc (1994) and PhD (2000) degrees in Computer Science from the Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
She was also a post-doctoral researcher (2003-2004) and a senior fellow (2013-2014) at Lancaster University, United Kingdom.
She currently is a Level 1D research fellow of the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development and has
served as a member of the Advisory Board for Computer Science at the Brazilian Coordination for Improvement of Higher Education
Personnel (2008-2013). She has also served in the Program Committees of several Brazilian and international conferences and
workshops on topics related to software architecture, computer networks, distributed systems, and software engineering-related
topics. She published three books and more than 200 papers, besides being the supervisor of 30 MSc students and 10 PhD theses.
Her main research interests are in distributed systems and software engineering, specifically Internet of Things,
Cloud Computing, middleware, smart cities, and software architecture.