Towards an organic middleware for the smart doorplate project

Abstract

We envision future office buildings that partly or fully implement a flexible office organization, i.e. office space is assigned dynamically on request. These organizational principles save office space, but require a sophisticated software system that is highly dynamic, scalable, context-aware and self-organizing by means of selfconfiguration, self-optimization and self-healing. We propose an organic middleware approach to support self-organization in ubiquitous in-door environments as exemplified by the Smart Doorplate Project.