Date: Saturday 10,  January 2026
Time: 13:30 – 15:30 (EST)

Room: Mesquite, Flamingo Hotel, Las Vegas

13:30 – 14:15: Keynote

Speaker: Dr. Francesco Poggi, Institute for Cognitive Science and Technology (ISTC) of the Italian National Research Council (CNR)

Title: From Design Models to Running Things: Enabling Model-Driven Engineering through IoT and the Web of Things 

Summary: Model-Driven Engineering (MDE) aims to address system complexity by using high-level models as primary engineering artifacts. While highly effective during design time, classical MDE approaches struggle to cope with the dynamic, heterogeneous, and failure-prone nature of modern cyber-physical systems. In particular, limited runtime observability, weak causal connections between models and the running system, and poor support for autonomous adaptation significantly hinder the applicability of MDE in real-world scenarios. The Internet of Things (IoT) and the Web of Things (WoT) offer a complementary perspective by providing uniform, interoperable, and runtime-accessible abstractions and interfaces. In particular, semantically enriched Thing Descriptions can strongly support the realization of the Models@run.time paradigm, simplifying the management of complex, distributed systems by enabling models to continuously reflect the dynamic nature of runtime environments. This talk argues that IoT and WoT are key enablers in overcoming the core limitations of MDE. It demonstrates how semantic representations of components, capabilities, and constraints facilitate runtime reasoning, enabling, for instance, the automatic synthesis and reconfiguration of system components in the event of failures. Additional use cases will be presented, focusing on smart buildings, where runtime models continuously adapt energy management strategies by reasoning over sensor data, user preferences, and contextual knowledge. Another scenario addresses industrial IoT systems, where semantic interoperability enables late binding of devices and services, supporting flexible production workflows and continuous system evolution. Overall, the talk argues that IoT and WoT, when combined with Semantic Web technologies, transform MDE from a predominantly design-time discipline into a runtime, knowledge-driven engineering approach. This integration enables the creation of adaptive, resilient, and interoperable systems, while opening new research directions at the intersection of MDE, semantic interoperability, and the Web of Things. 

14:15 – 14:35
Implementation and Evaluation of the iHAC Hub Leveraging the Web of
Things for Interoperability Between Matter and ECHONET Lite Devices

Ryosei Takaki, Kohei Yamashita and Hidekazu Suzuki (Meijo University, Japan)

14:35 – 14:55
Frugal Ontology Alignment for WoT Servients 

Mohammed Dahmani (Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 – LIRIS,
Morocco & Dahmani Limited, United Kingdom (Great Britain));
Alexandre Bento (Univ Lyon INSA Lyon, France); Nadia Yacoubi Ayadi and
Lionel Medini (Universite Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France)

15:00 – 15:30: Break

15:30 – 15:50
Toward a Unified Architecture for Smart Home Energy Monitoring: Requirements, Design, and Use-Case Validation

Manuel Andruccioli, Kelvin Olaiya, Alex Testa, Salvatore Bennici and Rares Vasiliu (University of Bologna, Italy); Cui Congwen, Lin Jingzhe, Lou Kuok Keon, Bao Rui, Wang Taoyuan and Cheng Xinyuan (Macao Polytechnic University, Macao); Yi Zhang (Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, China); Paola Salomoni (University of Bologna, Italy); Vittorio Ghini (Università di Bologna, Italy); Chan-Tong Lam and Su-Kit Tang (Macao Polytechnic University, Macao); Giovanni Delnevo (University of Bologna, Italy)

15:50 – 16:10
PTLM: A Passive TCP Latency Monitor for Enterprise and Living Lab Networks

Antonio Solida (University of Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy);
Gaetano Orazio Cauchi, Salvatore Iandolo, Martin Klapez, Maurizio Casoni
and Carlo Augusto Grazia (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia,
Italy)

16:10 – 16:30
Accelerating Anomaly Detection in Industrial Control Systems Using SmartNICs and DPDK 

Sergio Elizalde, Samia Choueiri and Ali Mazloum (University of South Carolina, USA); Jose Gomez (Fort Lewis College, USA); Elie F. Kfoury and Jorge Crichigno (University of South Carolina, USA)

16:30 – 16:50
Bridging Edge and Cloud for Smart City Data and Service Continuity: The MASA Approach

Enrico Rossini, Marcello Pietri, Marco Picone, Luca Bedogni and
Carlo Augusto Grazia (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy);
Marco Mamei (Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy)