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Microsoft Innovation Center Torino

Overview and Activities

ISMB is a non-profit Research & Innovation Center founded by

Compagnia di San Paolo and Politecnico di Torino. It counts

more than 120 researchers, expressing high competences on the

ICT domain and their related applications working on R&D

projects. The main goal is to create value-driven and socially

relevant technological & process innovations in close

collaboration with industry and institutions.

Istituto Superiore Mario Boella

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Microsoft Innovation Center Torino (MIC) is a joint innovation

unit of ISMB leveraging on Microsoft technologies and

ecosystem. MIC started the operations in June 2007, and in its

process of growth it became part of Istituto Superiore Mario

Boella (ISMB) in July 2010 extending its technology focuses that

are today embedded, mobile and cloud computing

Microsoft Innovation Center Torino


Mission and Position


Microsoft Innovation Centers ( MICs ) are

technology facilities in the LSE for

collaboration on innovative research,

technology or software solutions,

involving a combination of government,

academic and industry participants.

The mission of MIC Torino is to foster

the local products and processes

innovation by means of

Embedded, Cloud-Computing and

Mobile Microsoft technologies

Basic research

Certification, Deployment

Commercial Exploitation

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Mission and Position

MIC Torino - Overview and Activities

Basic research

Certification, Deployment

Commercial Exploitation

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BizSpark Prototype

DevelopmentTechnical Skills

Development

Dev Camps Imagine CupShowcase

Industries Training Internship &

Networking

Technologies and Innovation Approach• Scientific production and technology

scouting

• Industry & SMEs cooperation

• Leverage on Microsoft Technologies

& Ecosystem

• Prototypes and PoC Development

• Processes and Products Innovation

• Participation to R&D projects at

national and European level

• Look at the convergence of

complementary technologies

according with the Microsoft

Intelligent System paradigm


Industry Cooperation Model

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• Support in the innovation roadmap definition. Generation of the idea on the basis of the

competences in the specific domain (by the company)

2

• Selection of the most suitable approaches and value chain. Selection of HW/SW

platforms, tools and instruments

3

• Project financing. The MIC contributes to project proposal preparation to EC or to other

institutions creating the “competitive budget”

4

• Contribution to project development and implementation taking into account also

sustainability aspects

5• Participation to product/process development with a focus on innovation aspects

MIC Torino - Overview and Activities

Salt Spreaders ProjectsStory of a process and product innovation in cooperation with a producer

The Innovation Roadmap


Regional

ProjectFP7 Project

Innovation

roadmap

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PoC

State of the

art Analysis

State of the art analysis, process

evaluation, technology assessment

Definition of the innovation of product and

process, Requirements sketch out and PoC

realization Advanced navigation concepts and applied

research for a competitive advantage

Ecosat10: the new embedded product available

and ready for the next innovation step

Introduction of the cloud computing concept following the

intelligent system paradigm, focus on data aggregation

and a smart-centralized control of the on field resources

Bringing salt spreading to the cloud

Roads have to be maintained open and safe,

PAs and road managers needs to reduce costs

Operations can be automated and improved

Improved road security,

Environmental preservation

Data collection and analysis on cloud services,


Overall System Architecture


31.4%

Spreaders Management Center

Missions Manager

Tracking System

IDM

Telemetry

Additional Services Interface

SaaS

Service

Users

Traffic

Informations

Missions Interface

Highways

Systems

Meteo Forecasts

eCall

Service

Augmentation

Module

Additional

sensors

GNSS/EGNOS

Modules

Route Replay

Added values from the system


Test results:

- 20% salt usage

Trusted

positioning

Info collection

and aggregation

Data mining

in cloud

Flexible and

secure

service

EnercloudAn energy Management and Decision Support System for the PA

Needs and Goals

Energy management is generally not very efficient,

PAs and SMEs needs to reduce and optimize energy costs

Processes and technologies can be improved

Innovation and standardization,

Environmental preservation

Data collection and analysis on cloud services,


The process


Reporting

Decision

Support

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EE Actions

Targets

Matching

Data

Processing

Data

Acquisition

Utility Bills, Telematic flows or

Real data from smart meters

Thresholds defined according

to specific use case

Energy efficiency action with

centralized management

Algorithms defined with

energy expert

Definition of different class of

reports for different class of users

Example of reports


On-premises

Integration

Mobile Services

Overall System Architecture and Evolutions


Operational Center

Data

CollectionM2M Control

DSS and

ReportingIDM


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InvoicesSensors network for

point to point control

Meters

Public Lights

Embedded

Actuator

Meters &

Telematic Flows

Pilots Projects and Results

• More than 20 cities tests the energy monitoring system directly using the SaaS platform

• 1 pilot site running a full solution with energy monitoring and a street lighting management small municipality (pop. 7000)

700 street lights over 35 lines

Street lighting cost of about 100K€


Low cost

embedded

terminals

Flexible and

secure

service

Info collection

and aggregation

Pilot project

running since

June 2011

15% savings on

street lighting

in pilot project

from CAPEX to

OPEX

Market Opportunity in the Public Sector

Heating

Electricity

(buildings)Street

Lighting

Other

services

Italian PA

(energy expenditure: 4.5B€)

EU PA

(energy expenditure: 40B€)

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• 3700+ signatories (160M inhabitants)

• 1204 sustainability plans submitted

• Commitment: meeting 20% CO2 reduction objective by 2020

• Energy Monitoring and Reporting required

SIEPIAn Enercloud evolution for the Industries

Needs and Goals

Energy management is a major issue

Private companies need to reduce and optimize energy costs

On-site

Centralized and integrated control system

Energy consumption reduction and environmental preservation


Use of next generation phase cutting regulators

Enercloud Architecture Evolution in SIEPI


Operational Center

Data

CollectionM2M Control

DSS and

ReportingIDM


Pre

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Company IS Flow regulator

Meters & Sensors for

point to pointLights & Utilities

of SMEs

Embedded

Gateway

Meters &

Telematic Flows

On-premises

Integration

Mobile Services

WalkEGNOSSocial Web 2.0 Mapping Service

Needs and Goals

Tracks of mountains footpath

Professional mapping strategies

Mapping on voluntary basis

Web professional mapping service

Quality index associated to the tracks

EGNOS

WalkEGNOS project aims to create social web 2.0 mapping service leveraged on «EGNOS» brand




EGNOS

Storage

Post Processing

Engine

Tracks

Storage

2.0 Web Site

APIs

Website

Back Office

Website

Front-end

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Social Networks Other Web Portalswww.walkgps.com

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Preliminary Results

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WalkEGNOS

paradigm

enhances tracks

accuracy

Protection

Level

guarantees

confidential

accuracy

interval

Reference

Mass Market

WalkEGNOS

Added values of the System


Quality Index

based on

Protection Level

High accuracy

with mass market

receivers

Interoperability

with external web

portals

EGNOS

Accuracy and

Integrity

Custom Device

Developer

Community

Possibility to

upgrade

footpath tracks

Web 2.0

Mapping

Community

SmartPhones

tracks

compatibility

μCloudAn example of the Microsoft Intelligent Systems paradigm

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Needs and GoalsAssistance and guarantee management

process devices portfolio

Embedded devices

Traditional IT platforms

Intelligent Device Management

Embedded devices connectivity

Cloud computing platform

Smart embedded OS leveraged by powerful tool chain

Traditional embedded OS and development

tool chain


Market

Corporate Analysis

µCloud Service Center

µCloud SaaSDetection instrument (Enterprise 1)

Machines (Enterprise 2)

μCloud Overall System Architecture

Embedded-Embedded

Communication

Earth Movers (Enterprise 1)Cloud-Embedded

Services

Cloud-Embedded

Communication

Statistic Analysis

Data Market


Embedded System

µCloud OS

Embedded System

µCloud OS

Embedded System

µCloud OS

Embedded System

µCloud OS

Added Values from μCloud Concept


Measured

service

System ready to

be upgraded

Data mining in

the cloud

Real time

monitoring

Remote system

interventions

Remote

resources survey

Enhanced

interoperability

external systems

Easy and fast

embedded

development

Devices

management

cost reduction

Powerful cloud

computing

platform

Medical Proof of ConceptAn Intelligent System for assisted living

Needs and Goals

Health awareness is a key aspect of modern society,

Medical and health services have high impact on national budgets

Processes and products can be improved

Remote monitoring of patients and diagnosis,

Demonstrate the power of an integrated system

Data collection and delivery on cloud services,




Monitoring

Devices

Central Collector

Hub

Patients’ Home

Triggered Alerts

Mobile Services

Relatives/Caregivers

Connect to Labs,

Pharmacies, …

Applications/

Devices

HeathVault Partners

Clinical System

Integration

PC/Tablet

Applications

Doctors/Hospitals

A sample scenario: Diabetes


Health Care Providers Patient’s Home On the road

1. Diabetes Treatment Definition 2. Medical Parameters Measurement

3. Alert: Glucose Out of Range

4. Nurse Alerting & Appointment for

Patient Visit!

5. Patient Visit: Check data

6. Video Call: Check Medical and Patient

RecordChange of Medication

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7. Relative: Info about

Medication Change

Kinect/Azure Proof of Concept

An Intelligent System for public advertisement

Project overview

Interactive advertising captures the client attention

MS Kinect allows for a new User eXperience paradigm

MS Windows Azure cloud offers a flexible, scalable and highly available

Embedded systems


Remote content delivery

Demonstrate the Intelligent System paradigm

Overall System


System back-end

Data Collection

M2M

Customer

User details

Favorite Ads

Kinect/Kiosk

Content delivery

Basic customer

profile

Social networks

Share contents

On premise IT

Contents & Services

integration

Pre

sen

tati

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Architecture

Advanced

customer profile

Evolutions

Device

management

IDM

Reporting

Results overview


Kinect natural

user interface

enables

advanced

advertising

scenario

Added values of the System

• System that leverage on the full

Microsoft ecosystem

• Convergence between cloud and

embedded technologies for a full

Intelligent System;

• Flexibility for an easy prototype

extension in other domains;

• Modular system for enable the

build of new smart systems


Powerful

Embedded Systems

from CAPEX to

OPEX

Flexible, reliable

and secure

cloud platform

Natural User

Interface with

Microsoft Kinect

Integration with

existing IT

infrastructure

Interaction with

mobile devicesRemote content

management

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