Abstract: It is provided an IoT system, comprising: a communication device in which an identification module for controlling a communication requirement is installed, and which is configured to communicate to/from a cloud server; an asset which is connected to the communication device; and a control server which is configured to manage setting of the communication between the communication device and the cloud server, wherein the control server is configured to: manage a relationship between the identification module and the communication device and a relationship between the communication device and the asset; and set the communication between the communication device and the cloud server in order to transfer information from the asset to the cloud server.

Abstract: One or more information processing apparatuses to process information are provided. The information processing apparatus includes: a division function that divides processing information into a plurality of pieces, under a division condition that designates parallel processing among the information processing apparatuses, the processing information indicating a data processing procedure from a plurality of start points to one or more end points; a determination function that uniquely determines an assignee of each piece of the processing information divided by the division function, as any of the information processing apparatuses; and an execution function that executes a process in the information processing apparatus determined by the determination function.

Abstract: Software that implements processing executed through coordination between multiple hubs is efficiently developed. An information processing system comprises a plurality of AP execution devices that are information processing apparatuses provided in each of a plurality of hubs to execute AP software. Each of the AP execution devices stores common AP software that executes the same processing blocks in the same order. The AP software includes transfer processing blocks implementing processing to coordinate processing of the processing blocks executed by a first one of the AP execution devices in a first one of the hubs with a second one of the AP execution devices in a second one of the hubs. Once the processing reaches a first one of the transfer processing blocks during sequential execution of the processing blocks of the AP software, the first AP execution device transmits a coordination start message notifying of start of the coordination, to the second AP execution device.

Abstract: In an optical waveguide element which uses a rib type optical waveguide, light propagating in the rib type optical waveguide is monitored stably and accurately. The optical waveguide element includes a rib type optical waveguide provided on a optical waveguide substrate and configured of a convex portion protruding in a thickness direction of the optical waveguide substrate and extending in a plane direction of the optical waveguide substrate, and a light receiving element configured of a light receiving part formed on a light receiving element substrate disposed on the rib type optical waveguide and configured to receive at least a part of light propagating through the rib type optical waveguide, and the light receiving element substrate is supported by at least one first convex portion having the same height as that of the rib type optical waveguide provided on the optical waveguide substrate.

Abstract: An optical waveguide device includes: a substrate having an electro-optic effect, an optical waveguide formed on the substrate, a light-receiving element disposed on the substrate and monitoring a light wave propagating through the optical waveguide or a light wave that is radiated from the optical waveguide; and a monitoring optical waveguide extending from the optical waveguide to the light-receiving element, in which the monitoring optical waveguide has a U-turn waveguide with respect to an output direction of the optical waveguide, and the light-receiving element is disposed at a part of the monitoring optical waveguide after the U-turn waveguide.

Abstract: An optical waveguide element includes: a substrate; and a plurality of optical waveguides causing light to turn between a first direction and a second direction that is an opposite direction of the first direction in a plane of the substrate, the plurality of optical waveguides includes first portions extending in the first direction with a predetermined distance therebetween, second portions extending in a third direction that is different from the first direction, and third portions extending in the second direction, and each of the plurality of optical waveguides except for the optical waveguide in which the second portion extending in the third direction is located on an innermost side in the first direction intersects, at the third portion, another optical waveguide in which the second portion extending in the third direction is located further inward in the first direction.

Abstract: Provided is an optical waveguide element capable of connection such as wire bonding, suppressing usage of gold, and suppressing deterioration of a conductor loss. An optical waveguide element includes a substrate 1 having an electro-optic effect, an optical waveguide 2 formed on the substrate, and a control electrode (30, 31) provided on the substrate and controlling a light wave propagating through the optical waveguide. The control electrode is made of a material other than gold, and the gold is disposed on at least a wire bonding portion 4 of the control electrode.

Abstract: Software that implements processing executed through coordination between multiple hubs is efficiently developed. An information processing system comprises a plurality of AP execution devices that are information processing apparatuses provided in each of a plurality of hubs to execute AP software. Each of the AP execution devices stores common AP software that executes the same processing blocks in the same order. The AP software includes transfer processing blocks implementing processing to coordinate processing of the processing blocks executed by a first one of the AP execution devices in a first one of the hubs with a second one of the AP execution devices in a second one of the hubs. Once the processing reaches a first one of the transfer processing blocks during sequential execution of the processing blocks of the AP software, the first AP execution device transmits a coordination start message notifying of start of the coordination, to the second AP execution device.

Abstract: A computer system that processes data among a plurality of sites each including a computer having a processor and a memory. The computer includes an application for performing predetermined processing on data, an execution manager for managing execution of the application, and data transfer policies specifying whether data of a processing result of the application is allowed to be transmitted to the external. The execution manager generates information on data used by the application being executed as information on data to be transmitted and applies the data transfer policies to the data in the information on data to be transmitted to determine whether the data to be transmitted can be transmitted to the outside of the site.

Abstract: An optical waveguide device includes: a substrate having an electro-optic effect, an optical waveguide formed on the substrate, a light-receiving element disposed on the substrate and monitoring a light wave propagating through the optical waveguide or a light wave that is radiated from the optical waveguide; and a monitoring optical waveguide extending from the optical waveguide to the light-receiving element, in which the monitoring optical waveguide has a U-turn waveguide with respect to an output direction of the optical waveguide, and the light-receiving element is disposed at a part of the monitoring optical waveguide after the U-turn waveguide.

Abstract: In an optical waveguide element which uses a rib type optical waveguide, light propagating in the rib type optical waveguide is monitored stably and accurately. The optical waveguide element includes a rib type optical waveguide provided on a optical waveguide substrate and configured of a convex portion protruding in a thickness direction of the optical waveguide substrate and extending in a plane direction of the optical waveguide substrate, and a light receiving element configured of a light receiving part formed on a light receiving element substrate disposed on the rib type optical waveguide and configured to receive at least a part of light propagating through the rib type optical waveguide, and the light receiving element substrate is supported by at least one first convex portion having the same height as that of the rib type optical waveguide provided on the optical waveguide substrate.

Abstract: Provided is an optical waveguide element capable of connection such as wire bonding, suppressing usage of gold, and suppressing deterioration of a conductor loss. An optical waveguide element includes a substrate 1 having an electro-optic effect, an optical waveguide 2 formed on the substrate, and a control electrode (30, 31) provided on the substrate and controlling a light wave propagating through the optical waveguide. The control electrode is made of a material other than gold, and the gold is disposed on at least a wire bonding portion 4 of the control electrode.

Abstract: The design and development of a data analysis process is assisted and the burden on the user such as a data analyst in data analysis process is reduced.

Abstract: A data flow containing a distributed processing starting block, a distributed processing ending block, and a distributed processing target block which is a block described between the distributed processing starting block and the distributed processing ending block is edited by using a flow editor. A master apparatus forming a cluster transmits a message containing an execution instruction of the distributed processing target block to worker apparatuses forming the cluster when the distributed processing starting block has been reached at the time executing the data flow, and upon receipt of the message, each of the worker apparatuses executes the distributed processing target block and transmits a message containing an execution result of the distributed processing target block to the master apparatus, and upon receipt of the execution results from the worker apparatuses, the master apparatus executes a block of the data flow which follows the distributed processing ending block.

Abstract: The design and development of a data analysis process is assisted and the burden on the user such as a data analyst in data analysis process is reduced.

Abstract: A distributed data processing system configured to perform distributed processing of multiple data processing processes at multiple processors includes: a data storage configured to store data to be processed through the data processing processes; a data processing section configured to cause the data processing processes to be executed; and a scheduler configured to produce a data processing schedule as a data processing procedure of the data processing processes to be executed by the data processing section based on a data processing model obtained by modeling the data processing procedure to be executed by the data processing section. The data processing section causes the processors to execute the data processing processes in accordance with the data processing procedure set in the data processing schedule.