RATIONAL
RATIONAL: Secure Mobile Networks of Selfish Individuals
| Coordinatore |
Organization address
address: Piazzale Aldo Moro 5 contact info |
| Nazionalità Coordinatore | Non specificata |
| Totale costo | 0 € |
| EC contributo | 0 € |
| Programma | FP7-PEOPLE
Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) |
| Anno di inizio | 2010 |
| Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) | 2010-08-15 - 2012-08-14 |
Partecipanti
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| 1 |
UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA
Organization address
address: Piazzale Aldo Moro 5 contact info |
IT (ROMA) | coordinator | 210˙283.60 |
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Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)
'We envision a near future in which most individuals will be equipped with powerful mobile communication devices, like smart phones or PDAs, able to establish direct communication links with each other by using short-range communication technologies like blue-tooth or wi-fi. Personal devices will be able to build completely distributed, infrastructure-less networks where nodes are carried by humans, and links appear as they get in contact. We call these networks mobile networks of individuals. Many believe that mobile networks of individuals will become one challenging and exciting technology of the future society and that they will be used to run revolutionary applications based on the social patterns of mobility and contacts. Messages will flow from individual to individual, as links appear, and fundamental information about our communities of friends or personal interests will be used to deliver personalized services like sending news on our favorite places, or information about what our friends are up to. Or, in case of emergencies or disasters, these networks could work as a basic message forwarding system to help rescue operations and to localize victims. While the societal impact of this technology can be enormous, it is also true that these networks can show critical issues in terms of tolerance of selfish behavior and security. Malicious activity and rational, egoistic user's choices are increasingly recognized as unavoidable realities in today's cooperative services. Without reliable counter-measures to these issues, the citizen will not use this technology, with a negative impact on its scientific and industrial development. This project has the goal to build some of the fundamental mechanisms that are needed to build secure, selfish-tolerant distributed systems based on mobile networks of individuals.'
Introduzione (Teaser)
Mobile networks of individuals offer the prospect of enhanced communication, but also raise questions regarding their potential for dangerous use. A European research project is addressing relevant concerns in the hopes of promoting ongoing development of supporting technologies.