Research

PhD - Distributed Systems, IoT & Microservices Thesis · Marc Vila Gómez (2024) IoT semantic-based monitoring of infrastructures using a microservices architecture.

I designed scalable systems to monitor physical infrastructures using IoT data, semantics, and microservices architectures.

What this work is about

This work started from a simple but challenging question: how can we turn raw IoT data into reliable, actionable systems at scale?

During my PhD, I focused on:

• Designing architectures that bridge physical infrastructures and software systems
• Structuring heterogeneous IoT data using semantics and ontologies
• Building scalable systems using microservices architectures
• Enabling real-time monitoring and decision-making

The results of this work were published in peer-reviewed journals (50+ citations), bridging academic research with real-world industrial applications.

Research Stay

Part of this work was carried out in collaboration with international research groups, including a research stay at TU Wien (Vienna University of Technology) under Prof. Schahram Dustdar, focusing on edge-to-cloud service orchestration and context-aware distributed systems.

This experience expanded the work into real-world distributed environments and international collaboration.

Publications

Google Scholar - DBLP - ORCID

• [PhD Thesis] IoT semantic-based monitoring of infrastructures using a microservices architecture. M. Vila, M.-R. Sancho, E. Teniente (2024).

• Critical Infrastructure Awareness based on IoT Context Data. M. Vila, M.-R. Sancho, E. Teniente, X. Vilajosana. Actas de las XIX Jornadas de Ciencia e Ingeniería de Servicios (JCIS 2024). Sistedes (2024).

• Relating Context and Self Awareness in the Internet of Things. D. Arnaiz, M. Vila, E. Alarcón, F. Moll, M.-R. Sancho, E. Teniente. International Conference on Cooperative Information Systems, CoopIS, 2023.

• Critical Infrastructure Awareness based on IoT Context Data. M. Vila, M.-R. Sancho, E. Teniente, X. Vilajosana. Advances in Context-awareness in Internet of Mobile Things. Internet of Things Journal, Volume 23, 2023.

• Modeling Context-Aware Events and Responses in an IoT Environment. M. Vila, M.-R. Sancho, E. Teniente. International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering, CAiSE, 2023.

• Monitoring, IoT Devices, and Semantics. M. Vila, M.-R. Sancho, E. Teniente. International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications, Demo Track, PerCom, 2023.

• Internet of Things Semantic-Based Monitoring of Infrastructures using a Microservices Architecture. M. Vila. International Conference on Service-Oriented Computing. Ph.D. Symposium, ICSOC Workshops, 2022.

• Edge-to-Cloud Sensing and Actuation Semantics in the Industrial Internet of Things. M. Vila, V. Casamayor, S. Dustdar, E. Teniente. Pervasive and Mobile Computing Journal, 2022.

• Semantics for Connectivity Management in IoT Sensing. M. Vila, MR. Sancho, E. Teniente, X. Vilajosana. International Conference on Conceptual Modeling, ER, 2021.

• XYZ Monitor: IoT Monitoring of Infrastructures Using Microservices. M. Vila, MR. Sancho, E. Teniente. International Conference on Service-Oriented Computing, STRAPS, ICSOC Workshops, 2020.

• [MSc Thesis] Consuming data sources to generate actionable items.
  M. Vila, MR. Sancho, J. Gorchs, 2019 (MSc Thesis).

• [BSc Thesis] APi-City: Integrant i-City en Android.
  M. Vila, J. Montero, J. Casanovas, 2016 (BSc Thesis).