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Processing sensor data to recognize and interpret human activity and human-human interaction in smart room environments is a computationally intensive task. Thus, processing components in smart rooms must be spread over multiple computers in a network. Dealing with the complexity of distributing and managing these components puts a considerable burden on these components’ developers. In this paper we introduce ChilFlow, a distributed data-transfer middleware specifically designed to ease the work of smart room developers. We describe flows, the network-transparent, typed, one-to-many communication channels used for communication between processing components. We also present ChilFlow’s programming interface for flows and demonstrate how it assures type-safety and network-transparency.
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Szeder, G., Tichy, W.F. (2007). A Communication Middleware for Smart Room Environments. In: Schiele, B., et al. Ambient Intelligence. AmI 2007. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4794. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-76652-0_12
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