Towards Empowering Ubiquitous Computing as a Service with Blockchain Capabilities for Sustainable Manufacturing, Agriculture, Cities, and Buildings

Towards Empowering Ubiquitous Computing as a Service with Blockchain Capabilities for Sustainable Manufacturing, Agriculture, Cities, and Buildings

연구 분야: Software Development

학회: 2025 IEEE 25th International Symposium on Cluster, Cloud and Internet Computing Workshops (CCGridW)

Pervasive computing, or ubiquitous computing, integrates connectivity functionalities into objects so that they can interact with one another and perform automated tasks with minimal human effort. Although concerns have been raised regarding material and energy consumption, as well as radiations, ubiquitous computing can positively impact environmental sustainability through process optimisations in manufacturing, agriculture, and city management. This work extends our software framework for Ubiquitous Computing as a Service. The framework uses containerisation, low-code platforms, modularity, parallel computing, MQTT, and API to support the creation, configuration, operation, and modification of remote software. In this work, some degree of blockchain integration is added, which makes it possible to ingest Blockchain transactions in real-time, and to submit new transactions. The benefits of integrating pervasive computing and blockchain technologies include context-aware authentication, traceability, auditing, integrity, and security. All software artefacts produced in this work are available on GitHub, including a Postman collection of API requests for demo purposes.