Speaker: Emilia Cioroaica, Embedded Software Engineering Fraunhofer IESE

Abstract: In the context of Smart Ecosystems, systems engage in dynamic cooperation with
other systems to achieve their goals. Expedient operation is only possible when all
systems cooperate as expected. This requires a level of trust between the components of
the ecosystem. New systems that join the ecosystem therefore first need to build up a
level of trust. Humans derive trust from behavioral reputation in key situations. In
Smart Ecosystems(SES), the reputation of a system or system component can also be
based on observation of its behavior. In this talk, I will present a method
that enable virtual evaluation of decisions at runtime, thereby supporting trust
building within SES.