Decentralized systems are a subset of distributed systems where multiple authorities control
different components and no authority is fully trusted by all. This implies that any component …

Neighborhood and community battery projects signify a fundamental change in the way
energy is controlled and distributed within local communities. These initiatives are …

Internet and communication technologies have lowered the costs to collaborate for
communities, leading to new services like user-generated content and social computing …

Cloud based collaboration gives rise to many new applications and business opportunities
in both the private and the business domain. However, building such systems in a secure …

This chapter defines the basic concepts of big data analytic platforms. Big data analytic
platforms can be classified by different criteria. There are a variety of infrastructures for big …

In cryptographic decentralized storage systems, files are split into chunks and distributed
across a network of peers. These storage systems encode files using Merkle trees, a …

Cloud computing and, in particular, cloud storage, has successfully boosted a variety of
applications, in several domains; with proven acceptance and benefits by end users. While …

Community networks are IP networks constantly being improved that evolve into large-scale
computing platforms. This has resulted from the effort to adapt the cloud computing model …

This book provides an introduction to secret sharing, a key technology for practical
applications and higher-level cryptographic protocols. This survey analyzes existing work …

L'informatique utilitaire a évolué au fil des années pour aboutir à ce que nous appelons
aujourd'hui le Cloud Computing. Pourtant, ces infrastructures ne sont pas adaptées pour …