Due to the increasing penetration of distributed generation, storage, electric vehicles and new ICT technologies, distribution networks are evolving towards the Smart Grid paradigm. For this reason, new control strategies, algorithms and technologies need to be tested and validated before their actual field implementation. In this paper we present a novel modular distributed infrastructure, bas...

Information and communication technologies are the most recent scientific achievements of mankind's ability seems to have much to offer society and are expected to be useful in solving the problems of human society. Many around the world believe that accelerates the process of adjustment in the exchange of knowledge and information through information and communication technologies a vital role...

Given that, nowadays, access to ICT is required for almost any kind of education, employment and commerce form, and is increasingly required for travel, it is mandatory to focus on integrating groups of users with any type of disability at a personally and societally affordable cost. In this paper, we outline an ICT-enabled novel infrastructure that significantly facilitates user access to a la...

The sustainability concerns of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) go well beyond energy efficient computing and require techniques for minimizing environmental impact of ICT infrastructure over its entire life-cycle. The number and popularity of large scale datacenters that host various Internet services, has increased significantly in the recent past. Electricity costs contribute t...

As the humanitarian aid sector is expanding, the need for enhancing coordination capabilities increases as well. This holds especially for the area of logistics, because humanitarian operations typically take place in unstable and risky environments, where infrastructure is poor, while staff turnover is high. The effectiveness of humanitarian logistics critically depends on the availability and...

Household electrical energy consumption represents a major chunk of the total demand. This demand is also exhibiting steady increase whereas supplies are struggling to keep up. This poses two key challenges to Demand-Side Management (DSM) – achieving unrealized energy savings and, reducing peak loads. Energy saving in households has not yet achieved its potential chiefly because of poor feedbac...