Dastbaz / Pattinson / Akhgar Green Information Technology

A Sustainable Approach
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-0-12-801671-8
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 348 Seiten

We are living in the era of 'Big Data' and the computing power required to deal with 'Big Data' both in terms of its energy consumption and technical complexity is one of the key areas of research and development. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates that centralized computing infrastructures (data centres) currently use 7 giga watts of electricity during peak loads. This translates into about 61 billion kilowatt hours of electricity used. By the EPA's estimates, power-hungry data centres consume the annual output of 15 average-sized power plants. One of the top constraints to increasing computing power, besides the ability to cool, is simply delivering enough power to a given physical space. Green Information Technology: A Sustainable Approach offers in a single volume a broad collection of practical techniques and methodologies for designing, building and implementing a green technology strategy in any large enterprise environment, which up until now has been scattered in difficult-to-find scholarly resources. Included here is the latest information on emerging technologies and their environmental impact, how to effectively measure sustainability, discussions on sustainable hardware and software design, as well as how to use big data and cloud computing to drive efficiencies and establish a framework for sustainability in the information technology infrastructure. Written by recognized experts in both academia and industry, Green Information Technology: A Sustainable Approach is a must-have guide for researchers, computer architects, computer engineers and IT professionals with an interest in greater efficiency with less environmental impact. - Introduces the concept of using green procurement and supply chain programs in the IT infrastructure. - Discusses how to use big data to drive efficiencies and establish a framework for sustainability in the information technology infrastructure. - Explains how cloud computing can be used to consolidate corporate IT environments using large-scale shared infrastructure reducing the overall environmental impact and unlocking new efficiencies. - Provides specific use cases for Green IT such as data center energy efficiency and cloud computing sustainability and risk.

Professor Dastbaz's main research work over the recent years has been focused on the use and impact of emerging technologies in society, particularly learning, training and the development of 'government. Mohammad has led EU and UK based funded research projects and has been the Symposium Chair of Multimedia Systems in IEEE's Information Visualisation (IV) conference since 2002. He has over 50 refereed publications, including numerous journal paper articles, conference papers, book chapters and Books on e-learning, eGovernment and design and development of Multimedia Systems. Professor Dastbaz is a Fellow of the British Computer Society and UK's Higher Education Academy as well as the professional member of ACM and IEEE's computer society."

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dastbaz, Mohammad

Pattinson, Colin

Akhgar, Babak

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Front Cover;1
2;Green Information Technology: A Sustainable Approach;4
3;Copyright;5
4;Contents;6
5;Foreword;14
6;Preface;16
7;About the Editors;18
8;Contributor Biographies;20
9;Acknowledgments;26
10;Section I: Green IT: Emerging Technologies and Challenges;28
10.1;Chapter 1: Green ICT: History, Agenda, and Challenges Ahead;30
10.1.1;Introduction;30
10.1.2;The Second Industrial Revolution—The Emergence of Information and Communication Technologies;31
10.1.2.1;The Integrated Circuit (IC) Revolution;31
10.1.2.2;New Age of Computer Technology;32
10.1.2.3;Global Mobile Computing and Its Environmental Impact;33
10.1.3;The Agenda and Challenges Ahead;34
10.2;Chapter 2: Emerging Technologies and Their Environmental Impact;38
10.2.1;Introduction;38
10.2.2;Number of Connected Devices;40
10.2.3;Increased Functionality;42
10.2.4;Increased Number of Separate Functions;43
10.2.5;Increased Demand for Speed and Reliability;44
10.2.6;Obsolescence-The Problem of Backward Compatibility;45
10.2.7;The Other Side of the Balance Sheet-Positive Environmental Impacts or the ``Other 90%´´;46
10.2.8;Videoconference as an Alternative to Business Travel;47
10.2.9;Dematerialization of Product Chain;47
10.2.10;Travel Advice/Road Traffic Control;48
10.2.11;Intelligent Energy Metering;49
10.2.12;Building Management Systems;50
10.2.13;Saving IT Resources-A Drop in the Ocean?;51
10.2.14;Conclusion;51
11;Section II: Green IT: Law and Measurement;54
11.1;Chapter 3: Measurements and Sustainability;56
11.1.1;Introduction;56
11.1.2;ICT Technical Measures;59
11.1.2.1;Introduction;59
11.1.2.2;Service of Data Processing;60
11.1.2.3;Service of Data Transport;61
11.1.2.4;Service of Data Storage;61
11.1.2.5;Multimedia Service;61
11.1.2.6;Conclusion;62
11.1.3;Ecological Measures and Ethical Consideration;62
11.1.3.1;Introduction;62
11.1.3.2;ICT Impact on Pollution;63
11.1.3.3;Resource Efficiency;67
11.1.3.4;Main Green Measures of Performances;69
11.1.3.4.1;MoP on Recyclability;69
11.1.3.4.2;MoP on Energy Consumption;70
11.1.3.4.3;MoP on Carbon Emission;71
11.1.3.5;Ethics in ICT;72
11.1.3.6;Conclusion;73
11.1.4;Systems Engineering for Designing Sustainable ICT-Based Architectures;74
11.1.4.1;Introduction;74
11.1.4.2;Stakeholder Requirements Definition;74
11.1.4.3;System Requirements Analysis;75
11.1.4.4;System Requirements Validation and Verification;77
11.1.4.5;ICT Expertise and Results;77
11.1.4.6;Traceability Matrix;79
11.1.4.7;Ecoefficiency Metrics;80
11.1.5;Conclusion;82
11.2;Chapter 4: The Law of Green IT;88
11.2.1;General Remarks on Law and the Regulation of Environmental Behavior;88
11.2.1.1;Direct and Indirect Governance of ``Green IT´´;88
11.2.1.2;Norm Addressees and Efficient Regulation;89
11.2.1.2.1;Producers and the Production Process;89
11.2.1.2.2;Consumers and Market-Related Mechanisms;89
11.2.1.2.3;Nonstate Standard Setting and Voluntary Instruments (Codes of Conduct);90
11.2.2;The Mechanisms of EU and National Law-Basics;91
11.2.2.1;Primary Law: Principles of Supremacy and Market Freedoms;91
11.2.2.2;Secondary Law: Directives and Regulations and Direct Effect;92
11.2.2.2.1;Legal Bases in EU Environmental Law;92
11.2.2.2.2;Regulations;92
11.2.2.2.3;Directives;93
11.2.2.3;Comitology and Implementing Measures: Delegated Legislation by the Commission;93
11.2.3;Sustainability in EU Law;94
11.2.3.1;Article 3 TEU: Principle of Sustainable Development and Green IT;94
11.2.3.2;Integrated Product Policy (IPP);95
11.2.3.3;Birth of a ``Law for the Conservation of Natural Resources´´;95
11.2.4;Specific European Legal Instruments Relevant to Green Computing and Their Implementation;96
11.2.4.1;Public Procurement: Environmental Standards as Criteria for Tenders;97
11.2.4.1.1;Risk of Market Distortion, Discrimination, and Intratransparency;97
11.2.4.1.2;Strategy Europe 2020 and Renewed Sustainable Development Strategy;98
11.2.4.1.3;New Approach in ECJ Case Law;98
11.2.4.1.4;Use of Certificates and Ecolabels as Assessment Criteria;99
11.2.4.1.5;Implementation in German Law;99
11.2.4.2;Ecodesign Directive: Regulation of Manufacturing and Encouraging Green Innovation;99
11.2.4.2.1;Scope and Relevance for IT Equipment and Devices;100
11.2.4.2.2;Energy Efficiency or General Resource Efficiency and Sufficiency;100
11.2.4.2.3;Responsibilities for Compliance with Ecodesign Requirements and Supervision;101
11.2.4.2.4;Implementing Measures and Harmonized Product Design Requirements;101
11.2.4.2.5;Guarantee of Harmonized Interpretation and Application;102
11.2.4.3;Energy Labeling Directive and Voluntary Ecolabeling;103
11.2.4.3.1;Voluntary EU Ecolabel and Energy Star Label;103
11.2.4.3.2;Commission Measures on the Requirements;104
11.2.4.3.3;Critical Assessment of Functioning Mechanisms of Voluntary Labels;104
11.2.4.3.4;Danger of ``Label Shopping´´ and Incoherent Requirements;105
11.2.4.4;Mandatory Indication of Energy Consumption by Retailers;105
11.2.4.5;Restriction of the Use of Hazardous Substances and Conservation of Natural Resources;106
11.2.4.6;Recycling and Disposal;107
11.2.5;Conclusions;107
11.3;Chapter 5: Quantitative and Systemic Methods for Modeling Sustainability;110
11.3.1;Introduction;110
11.3.2;Complexity;110
11.3.3;Modeling Approaches;111
11.3.3.1;System Dynamics and Control;112
11.3.3.2;Influence Diagrams and Knowledge Representation;113
11.3.3.3;Influence Diagram vs. Decision Tree;114
11.3.4;Modeling Approaches and Decision Support Systems;115
11.3.5;Criticisms;116
11.3.6;Conclusions;117
12;Section III: Sustainable Computing, Cloud and Big Data;120
12.1;Chapter 6: Sustainable Cloud Computing;122
12.1.1;Introduction;122
12.1.2;Challenges in the Use of Cloud Computing As Green Technology;125
12.1.3;Cloud Computing and Sustainability;126
12.1.4;Sustainable Applications of Cloud Computing;127
12.1.5;Technologies Associated With Sustainable Cloud Computing;132
12.1.6;Future Prospects of Sustainable Cloud Computing;132
12.1.7;Reflections on Sustainable Cloud Computing Applications;133
12.1.8;Conclusions;134
12.2;Chapter 7: Sustainable Software Design;138
12.2.1;Overview and Scope;138
12.2.2;Evaluating Sustainability Effects;138
12.2.3;Sustainability and the Product Life Cycle;139
12.2.4;Direct Effects: Sustainability During Use;141
12.2.5;Runtime Energy Consumption Basics;142
12.2.6;Analyzing the Energy Consumption of an Application;142
12.2.7;Energy Consumption Reduction Using Physical Properties of Semiconductors;144
12.2.8;Optimizing the Energy Consumption of an Application: Compiler Techniques;145
12.2.9;Optimizing the Energy Consumption of an Application: Runtime Approaches;146
12.2.10;Optimizing the Energy Consumption of an Application: Probabilistic Approaches;147
12.2.11;Indirect Effects: Sustainability vs. Production;148
12.2.12;Conclusions and Outlook;151
12.3;Chapter 8: Achieving the Green Theme Through the Use of Traffic Characteristics in Data Centers;156
12.3.1;Introduction;156
12.3.1.1;Green IT and the Cloud;156
12.3.1.2;Virtualization Behavior;158
12.3.1.3;Chapter Coverage;159
12.3.2;Rationale;159
12.3.2.1;Relationship Between Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Power;159
12.3.2.2;Network Processes and Power;160
12.3.2.3;Need for Thermal-Aware Virtualization;160
12.3.3;Understanding Sustainability on the Cloud;160
12.3.3.1;Current State of Affairs;160
12.3.3.2;Achieving Sustainability on the Cloud;162
12.3.3.3;Sustainability with VM Management;163
12.3.4;Green Cloud as a Network Management Problem;163
12.3.4.1;Importance of Virtualization Management;163
12.3.4.2;Relationship Between Networking and Power Consumption;164
12.3.4.3;Need for Traffic Characterization in Virtualized Environments;165
12.3.4.4;Role of Hypervisors in Traffic Characterization;166
12.3.5;SNMP for Green Cloud Traffic Characterization;166
12.3.5.1;SNMP Operation in Context of Green Clouds;166
12.3.5.2;Related Work;167
12.3.6;A Model for Network Management for Green Cloud;168
12.3.6.1;Model Outline;168
12.3.6.2;Gathering and Using Statistics;170
12.3.7;Conclusions and Future Work;173
13;Section IV: Future Solutions;176
13.1;Chapter 9: Energy Harvesting and the Internet of Things;178
13.1.1;Energy Harvesting: Intelligence and Efficiency;178
13.1.2;The IoT, ``Hyped´´ and ``Hidden´´: A Green Technology;181
13.1.3;Conclusions;187
13.2;Chapter 10: 3D Printing and Sustainable Product Development;188
13.2.1;Introduction;188
13.2.1.1;3D Printing Design Pipeline;189
13.2.2;The Underlying Printing Processes;193
13.2.2.1;Stereolithography Apparatus;193
13.2.2.2;Selective Laser Sintering;195
13.2.2.3;Solid Ground Curing;195
13.2.2.4;Laminated Object Manufacturing;197
13.2.2.5;Fused Deposition Modeling;198
13.2.3;Inkjet Technology: Powder-Based Printers;199
13.2.4;Hybrid Systems: Integrating 3D Printing with Subtractive Machining Technology;200
13.2.5;Environmental Considerations;202
13.2.5.1;The Factory 2.0 Philosophy;204
13.2.5.2;Agile Manufacturing;205
13.2.5.3;Recycling;205
13.2.5.4;Organic Materials;206
13.2.5.5;Factory of the Future: The Next Steps;208
13.2.6;Conclusions;209
14;Section V: Case Studies;212
14.1;Chapter 11: Automated Demand Response, Smart Grid Technologies, and Sustainable Energy Solutions;214
14.1.1;Abbreviations;214
14.1.2;Background;215
14.1.2.1;The Challenge of Maintaining Equilibrium in the UK Electricity System;215
14.1.2.1.1;Buildings and Flexible Load;218
14.1.2.2;The Opportunity;221
14.1.2.2.1;The Flexible Load in any Building has Potential Value;221
14.1.2.3;The Solution;221
14.1.2.4;ADR Value Streams;222
14.1.3;ADR Solution Platform;224
14.1.3.1;ADR Solution Overview;224
14.1.3.2;ADR Solution Description;225
14.1.3.2.1;Background to STOR and DR Initiatives;225
14.1.3.2.2;Technical Requirements for Providing STOR;226
14.1.3.2.3;Payments from NG;227
14.1.3.3;Summary of ADR Project Goals and ADR Project Phases;227
14.1.3.4;Designing Reliable Load-Shed Strategies;228
14.1.3.5;Turnkey Implementation;229
14.1.3.6;Solution Elements;230
14.1.3.6.1;Cyber Security;230
14.1.3.6.2;Architectural Approach;230
14.1.3.6.3;Automating Market Anticipation;230
14.1.3.6.4;Open Standard;230
14.1.3.6.5;OpenADR Gateway;232
14.1.3.6.6;ADR System Architecture;232
14.1.3.6.7;Flexible Method for Scheduling;233
14.1.3.6.8;Hardware;233
14.1.3.7;Demand Forecasting;234
14.1.3.8;DR Event Optimization;234
14.1.3.9;Intuitive Web Interface;235
14.1.3.10;Demand Response Automation Server;235
14.1.3.11;DRAS Baselining;236
14.1.3.11.1;Morning Adjustment;237
14.1.3.11.2;Virtual Meter Data;237
14.1.4;Case Study1: Thames Valley Vision Project, United Kingdom (Auto DR Element);238
14.1.5;Key Utility Objectives:;239
14.1.6;How ADR Element of the TVV Project Supports These Objectives:;239
14.1.7;Honeywell Building Solutions Scope: Phase 1;239
14.1.8;Key Success Factors for SSEPD:;239
14.1.9;SSEPD's Definition of Success for Honeywell's Role in this Project:;240
14.1.10;Tier 1 Pilot: Three organizations, three buildings completed 2011. These are:;240
14.1.11;Tier 2 Deployment:;240
14.1.11.1;Why is ADR Important?;240
14.1.11.2;How Does ADR Work?;242
14.1.11.3;What are the Benefits?;243
14.1.11.4;SSEPD TVV Project SDRC Report;243
14.1.11.5;Early DSR Adopters;244
14.1.11.6;Trial of Promotion Success;244
14.1.12;Case Study2: US Utility-Driven ADR Programs;246
14.1.12.1;CenterPoint Energy, Houston, Texas, United States;246
14.1.12.2;Consolidated Edison, New York, United States;247
14.1.12.3;CPS Energy, San Antonio, Texas, United States;248
14.2;Chapter 12: Critical Issues for Data Center Energy Efficiency;250
14.2.1;Introduction;250
14.2.1.1;Aim and Objectives;251
14.2.2;Literature Survey;252
14.2.2.1;Green ICT;252
14.2.3;Data Centers;253
14.2.3.1;Data Center Efficiency;253
14.2.3.2;Data Center Efficiency Measurements and Metrics;256
14.2.4;Methodology;257
14.2.4.1;Implementation;264
14.2.4.2;Operation of the Experiment;265
14.2.4.3;Assumptions;265
14.2.5;Results and Discussion;265
14.2.5.1;Results;265
14.2.5.2;PUE Analysis;265
14.2.5.3;Effect of Set Point Temperature;268
14.2.5.4;Effect of a Change in the Cooling System;268
14.2.5.5;Immediate Impact;271
14.2.5.6;Future Impact;272
14.2.6;Conclusions;273
14.2.7;Implications for the Future;273
14.3;Chapter 13: Communitywide Area Network and Mobile ISP;276
14.3.1;Introduction;276
14.3.1.1;Context of Application;276
14.3.2;Prototype Mobile Learning Environment;277
14.3.2.1;Architecture of Prototype;277
14.3.2.2;General Requirements;278
14.3.2.3;Infrastructure;280
14.3.2.4;Hardware Stack;280
14.3.2.5;Software Stack;283
14.3.2.6;Electrical Topology;284
14.3.3;Prototype;287
14.3.3.1;Prototype Specifications;287
14.3.3.2;Configuration;287
14.3.4;Langdale Pilot Study;289
14.3.4.1;Requirements;289
14.3.4.2;Core Equipment;289
14.3.4.3;Client Equipment;290
14.3.4.4;Measuring Cellular Backhaul Signal Strength;290
14.3.4.4.1;UMTSmon;291
14.3.4.4.2;NetworkManager;291
14.3.4.4.3;Minicom;292
14.3.4.4.4;Configuring Minicom (Figure13.6);293
14.3.4.4.5;Using Minicom;293
14.3.4.4.6;AT+CSQ/RSSI Lookup (Table13.3);295
14.3.4.5;Measuring WAN Bandwidth/Latency;295
14.3.4.5.1;Measuring WAN Bandwidth;295
14.3.4.5.2;Measuring WAN Latency;296
14.3.4.6;WAN Backhaul Conclusion;297
14.3.4.7;WLAN Planning;297
14.3.4.8;WLAN Propagation Losses;298
14.3.4.9;Squid Proxy-Control Measures;298
14.3.4.10;Squid Proxy-Policy;301
14.3.5;Feedback on the Mobile Learning System;301
14.3.5.1;Feedback (by Module Leader);301
14.3.5.2;Feedback (Tutors);301
14.3.6;Conclusions;302
14.4;Chapter 14: Thin-Client and Energy Efficiency;306
14.4.1;Introduction;306
14.4.2;Aims and Objectives;307
14.4.3;Literature Review;308
14.4.3.1;Green IT;308
14.4.3.2;Comparison of Thick and Thin Client Power Consumption;310
14.4.3.3;Project Reports on the Performance of Thin-Client Systems;311
14.4.4;Methodology;312
14.4.4.1;Overview;312
14.4.4.2;Variations of Thick and Thin Clients;312
14.4.4.3;Implementation;314
14.4.4.4;Operation of the Experiment;314
14.4.4.5;Assumptions;315
14.4.5;Results;315
14.4.5.1;Immediate Impact;315
14.4.5.2;Future Impact;317
14.4.6;Conclusions;318
14.4.7;Recommendations;318
14.4.8;Implications for the future;318
14.5;Chapter 15: Cloud Computing, Sustainability, and Risk: Case Study: A Quantitative Fuzzy Optimization Model for Determinin ...;322
14.5.1;Introduction;322
14.5.2;Cloud Architecture and Risk Preferences;324
14.5.3;Green Cloud Computing and Risk Management;328
14.5.4;Risk Appetite and Tolerance;329
14.5.5;Risk Target and Optimization Model;332
14.5.6;Case Study: Petrogas Jahan Co;334
14.5.7;Conclusion;337
15;Index;340

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Contributor Biographies
Dr. Christian DeFeo has worked in the information technology industry since 1994, when he was a management intern with International Computers Limited. He has since had roles as a webmaster, developer, and project manager; he was the Site Producer for Ebookers.com, the Web Development Manager for the Marine Trader Media branch of Trader Media Group, and had the opportunity to work with leading Digital Economy thinkers while working as a Collaboration Manager at the University of Southampton. He presently works as the Global Community Supplier Manager for the element14 community; he is responsible for working with leading electronics manufacturers, including Texas Instruments, Cisco, and Würth Elektronik and finding new means to increase user engagement and generate innovation. Among his successful projects were extensive community marketing and education programs involving webinars, product road tests, and competitions to publicize the advent of new Wireless Power technologies (http://www.element14.com/beyondthephone), Energy Harvesting technologies (http://www.element14.com/community/groups/energy-harvesting-solutions), Smarter Homes technologies (http://www.element14.com/smarterlife), and the Internet of Things (http://www.element14.com/forgetmenot). He is also the program manager for a unique “crowdsourced” project to develop a mobile application for the Bath Institute for Medical Engineering (http://www.element14.com/project-nocturne). Dr. Azad Camyab has held senior business development and project management roles in the energy sector for over 25 years. He started his career with CEGB and National Power in the UK where he was involved in the development and construction of a number of CCGTs in the early 1990s and developing and managing IPP (Independent Power Producer) projects globally. Azad is currently the CEO of Pearlstone Energy Limited and an Associate of the Laing O'Rourke Centre for the Masters course in Construction Engineering & Technology, and the Masters programme in Sustainability Leadership, at the University of Cambridge. He is also a Visiting Professor at the London Met Business School. Azad is a Fellow of The Institute of Engineering and Technology (FIET), a member of the Renewable Energy World Europe (Power-Gen Europe) Executive Advisory Board, and a Fellow of the Leeds Sustainability Institute Advisory Board. Kiran Voderhobli is a Senior Lecturer at Leeds Beckett University who specializes in teaching Network Management and Network Security, among other areas related to networking systems. He is the course leader for Masters in Networking and Masters in Computer Science at Leeds Beckett. Before becoming an academic, Mr. Voderhobli also worked in industry, developing secure commercial VoIP solutions. His research areas include network security and sustainable computing. He received the MPhil degree from Leeds Beckett University after undertaking research into ubiquitous paradigms for network security. He is currently working toward a PhD in the area of sustainable networks and green ICT. He is an active researcher in the sustainability research group at Leeds Beckett University. Dr. Nick Cope is currently Associate Dean for Enterprise and Employability in the Faculty of Arts, Environment and Technology, Leeds Beckett University. Nick holds a BSc in Bio-Medical Electronics from the University of Salford and a PhD in Human Interface/Assistive Technology from the Department of Electronics at Southampton University. Dr. Cope's research interests include 3-D computer graphics, the application of 3-D print technologies, computer simulation, computer game technologies, augmented reality, 3-D motion capture, 3-D scanning technologies, and digital applications in medical technology. Previously Dr. Cope had a Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship at Aston University, Department of Mechanical Engineering (Manufacturing Systems and Factory Simulation); he was also Senior Research and Development Software Engineer, Ferranti Computer Systems, Human Interface Technology Group. Dr. Stephen Wilkinson worked in industry in the design office, designing very large machine tools, before entering academia. He has been a lecturer for more than 32 years, having taught a range of subjects from Robotics and Automation to 3-D Visualization in both undergraduate and postgraduate courses. He used this experience while obtaining his PhD on 3-D simulation of flexible manufacturing systems and in his research on augmented reality for the 3-D simulation of hand operations. This work has enabled him to co-author two books in the areas of manufacturing technology and e-manufacture. His current research and course development have concentrated on eco engineering using 3-D printing as an advanced manufacturing technology. His other interests include the development of new engineering courses. Professor Eric Rondeau is a full professor at the University of Lorraine, France. His research domain is Networked Control Systems (NCS) and green ICT. He was the coordinator of the FP6 NeCST STREP project. He is the coordinator of Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree in PERCCOM (Pervasive Computing and Communications for Sustainable Development). He is participating in an Ecotech ANR (Research National Agency) project on indoor pollution in designing a new smart formaldehyde sensor. He is a member of IFAC TC 1.5 on Networked Systems. He has supervised 10 doctoral students, and he is co-author of more than 100 conference or journal papers. Professor Francis Lepage is a full professor at Lorraine University in Nancy, France. His research interest previously focused on time-driven systems, especially critical real-time controlled systems. Now he studies time-constrained communication networks and large wireless sensor networks. He has supervised 25 PhD theses, and he is author or co-author of six books and about 100 publications. Dr. Jean-Philippe Georges received his PhD in network engineering from the University of Lorraine (France) in 2005. In 2006, he worked as a researcher at Aalto University, Finland. He is currently an associate professor with the Research Centre for Automatic Control of Nancy at the University of Lorraine. He has conducted research in areas such as ethernet-based real-time networks and performance evaluation of embedded networks, especially for spatial launchers. He has published more than 50 journal and conference papers. His current research interests include performance evaluation, dependability and sustainability of wired and wireless networks with quality of service, and green IT metrics. He is also involved in the Complex Systems Engineering master program and in the Erasmus Mundus Master PERCCOM (Pervasive Computing and Communications for Sustainable Development). Professor Gérard Morel is a full professor at the University of Lorraine. He has supervised about 30 PhD theses and Accreditations to Supervise Research and published more than 150 articles in the area of systems and automation engineering. He has held scientific positions in national and international research networks and served in several positions in IFAC (International Federation of Automatic Control), as well as working as the journal editor for Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence and for Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing. He has also held evaluator positions for the European Commission and for the French Agency for the Evaluation of Research and Higher Education. He has also served as vice-chairman of AFIS, the French chapter of the International Council on Systems Engineering. Professor Hamid Jahankhani recently joined the Department of Digital Technology and Computing, Faculty of Social Sciences, Law and Technology, GSM-London. He obtained his PhD from Queen Mary College, University of London. In 2000 he moved to the University of East London, and he became the first Professor of Information Security and Cyber Criminology at the university in 2010. Over the last 10 years Hamid has also been involved in developing new and innovative programs and introducing the “block mode” delivery approach at UEL, including MSc Information Security and Computer Forensics (block mode delivery), Professional Doctorate Information Security. Hamid's principal research area for a number of years has been in the field of information security and digital forensics. In partnership with key industrial sectors, he has examined and established several innovative research projects that are of direct relevance to the needs of UK and European information security, digital forensics industries, Critical National Infrastructure (CNI), and law enforcement agencies. Professor Jahankhani is the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Electronic Security and Digital Forensics published by Inderscience, www.inderscience.com/ijesdf, and general chair of the annual International Conference on Global Security, Safety and Sustainability (ICGS3). Professor Jahankhani has edited and contributed to more than 10 books and has more than 100 conference and journal publications. Dr. Michael Engel is currently a Senior Lecturer for Computer Systems Engineering at the School of Computing, Creative Technologies and Engineering at Leeds Beckett University. Before this, he was Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Computer Science at TU Dortmund, Germany. In 2006/2007, he was interim Professor for Operating Systems at TU Chemnitz, Germany. He received his doctoral degree in...