Philippe Gautier is the main author of a "landmark book' in the history of the understanding of the technological, economic, legal and societal stakes or issues of the "Internet of Things

Internet of Things

The Internet of Things refers to uniquely identifiable objects and their virtual representations in an Internet-like structure. The term Internet of Things was first used by Kevin Ashton in 1999. The concept of the Internet of Things first became popular through the Auto-ID Center and related...

" (quotation by Gerald Santucci, Head of Unit “Internet of Things and Future Internet Enterprise Systems - Enterprise Networking and RFID" at European Commission

European Commission

The European Commission is the executive body of the European Union. The body is responsible for proposing legislation, implementing decisions, upholding the Union's treaties and the general day-to-day running of the Union....

”, Direction of "Information Society and Media"). This book is actually an essay on the Future Internet

Future Internet

Future Internet is a general term for research activities on new architectures for the Internet.-History:While the technical development of the Internet has been an extensive research topic from the beginning, an increased public awareness of several critical shortcomings in terms of performance,...

 and points out why the contributions of both sciences of complexity

Complexity

In general usage, complexity tends to be used to characterize something with many parts in intricate arrangement. The study of these complex linkages is the main goal of complex systems theory. In science there are at this time a number of approaches to characterizing complexity, many of which are...

 and cybernetics

Cybernetics

Cybernetics is the interdisciplinary study of the structure of regulatory systems. Cybernetics is closely related to information theory, control theory and systems theory, at least in its first-order form...

 are necessary in the conception and realization of information systems

Information systems

Information Systems is an academic/professional discipline bridging the business field and the well-defined computer science field that is evolving toward a new scientific area of study...

 to meet the new challenges of sensory technologies - such as NFC

NFC

NFC may refer to:* Nagacorp FC, a Cambodian sporting club* National Finance Center, a division of the United States Department of Agriculture* National Football Conference, a constituent conference of the National Football League...

, RFID, Barcodes, GPS, etc. - and fully open value chain. This essay discusses also the particular impacts on economics, sociology and governance, with a philosophical conclusion.

He is also the founder and managing director of Business2Any, a company specialized in the programming of complex (Complex systems

Complex systems

Complex systems present problems in mathematical modelling.The equations from which complex system models are developed generally derive from statistical physics, information theory and non-linear dynamics, and represent organized but unpredictable behaviors of systems of nature that are considered...

), decentralized and distributed systems and software (Distributed computing

Distributed computing

Distributed computing is a field of computer science that studies distributed systems. A distributed system consists of multiple autonomous computers that communicate through a computer network. The computers interact with each other in order to achieve a common goal...

) for the Internet of Things

Internet of Things

The Internet of Things refers to uniquely identifiable objects and their virtual representations in an Internet-like structure. The term Internet of Things was first used by Kevin Ashton in 1999. The concept of the Internet of Things first became popular through the Auto-ID Center and related...

.

He has a long former experience as a Chief information officer

Chief information officer

Chief information officer , or information technology director, is a job title commonly given to the most senior executive in an enterprise responsible for the information technology and computer systems that support enterprise goals...

 which, among other things, allowed him to be the first to implement all EPCglobal

EPCglobal

EPCglobal is a joint venture between GS1 and GS1 US .It is an organization set up to achieve worldwide adoption and standardization of Electronic Product Code technology....

 standardized technologies in Europe (including RFID/UHF/GEN2, EPCIS and an independent ONS root(Object Naming Service

Object Naming Service

Object Name Service is a mechanism that leverages Domain Name System to discover information about a product and related services from the Electronic Product Code . It is a component of the EPCglobal Network....

) in an innovative pilot and at an operational level. The purpose was to manage, in a semi-open loop, the traceability of pallets amongst various logistics players in the supply chain.

He received for his works:

• the “GS1
  GS1
  Founded in 1977, GS1 is an international not-for-profit association dedicated to the development and implementation of global standards and solutions to improve the efficiency and visibility of supply and demand chains globally and across multiple sectors...
  
  France 2005” price of innovation
• the SME Award 2006 (Le Monde Informatique)
• two trophies for "CIO 2007" (01 Informatique): "Winner SMEs" and "Jury Special Prize”.

Last, he is a founding member of the SEI (Société européenne de l'Internet/IES France), regularly write articles, give conferences and act as a consultant for many companies.

External links

• Blog: http://www.i-o-t.org

• Press review: http://www.i-o-t.org/pages/Community-manager

• Regular chronicles : http://www.atelier.net/authors/philippe-gautier

• Quotations on the ies-France website: http://www.ies-france.eu/projet/search/gautier/

• Interview: 3 questions to Philippe Gautier : http://www.i-o-t.org/post/3questionstoPhilippeGAUTIERbyDavidFayon

• Twitter : @neuzemayo