报告题目：Agents, IoT, Big Data, and Smart Systems

报 告 人：Weiming Shen, PhD, P.Eng, FCAE, FIEEE, EFIC

报告时间：2019年11月15日上午10点

报告地点：21幢第三会议室

摘要：Agent technology represents a new paradigm for developing distributed software applications. An agent is defined as a software system that communicates and cooperates with other software systems to solve a complex problem that is beyond the capability of each individual software system. The Internet of Things (IoT) refers to uniquely identifiable objects as well as their virtual representations in an Internet-like structure. It is related to a number of disciplines and technologies that enable the Internet to reach out into the real world of physical objects and their environments. It has been hailed as the most potentially disruptive technological revolution of our lifetime after the Web and mobile accessibility. It becomes even more promising with smart applications like smart cities, smart Grid, smart factories, smart buildings, smart homes, and smart cars. On the other hand, Big Data is a broad term for data sets so large or complex that traditional data processing technologies are inadequate. It has recently been considered as a technology and become a very active research area primarily involving topics related to machine learning, database, and distributed computing. It has been claimed that “the success or failure of the Internet of Things hinges on Big Data”. Recent developments and fast advancements of Cloud/Fog/Edge Computing, Internet of Things, Cyber-Physical Systems, Big Data, and Blockchains provide new opportunities for applications of intelligent software agents, but also bring a lot of new research challenges. Based on 25+ years of first-hand research experience on agents, Internet of Things (IoT), Big Data, and their industrial applications, this talk will provide an overview of agents, IoT and Big Data, including stat-of-the-art and future trends, with a focus on how agents, IoT and Big Data are linked with and applied in various industrial domains and societies.

邀请人：郑忠龙