Abstract: A method of providing a representation of temporal dynamics of a first system comprising sensors by using a middleware system. The middleware system includes two or more network nodes. A first set of the two or more network nodes are connectable to the sensors, the method includes: receiving activity information from the sensors indicative of the temporal dynamics of the first system, wherein the activity information evolves over time; applying a set of unsupervised learning rules to each of the one or more network nodes; learning a representation of the temporal dynamics of the first system by organizing the middleware system in accordance with the received activity information and in accordance with the applied sets of unsupervised learning rules; and providing the representation of the temporal dynamics of the first system. A middleware system, a controller system, computer program products and non-transitory computer-readable storage media are also described.