Date of Graduation

5-2026

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science in Computer Science (MS)

Degree Level

Graduate

Department

Computer Science & Computer Engineering

Advisor/Mentor

Nelson, Alexander

Committee Member

Farnell, Chris

Second Committee Member

Gauch, Susan

Keywords

Telemetry; decentralized data framework; legacy energy control systems; interoperable energy infrastructures

Abstract

This thesis explores the integration of the Solid decentralized data framework within embedded and legacy energy control systems to enable secure, access-controlled, and interoperable data exchange. Two implementations were developed to evaluate Solid’s practical applicability: an ESP32 client implementing Solid-OIDC authentication and telemetry publication to a Solid Pod, and a Modbus-to-Solid bridge translating Modbus RTU communications into RDF-based data for bidirectional control. Experimental evaluation highlighted the effects of task scheduling and blocking operations on the ESP32, and polling-based communication latency within the Modbus bridge. These findings reveal the architectural and computational trade-offs involved in extending Solid to constrained or protocol-bound devices, while also demonstrating the advantages of Solid’s semantic modeling and WebID-based access control. Together, the implementations provide a grounded perspective on bridging decentralized web technologies with device-level systems and outline directions for advancing toward intelligent, agent-assisted, and interoperable energy infrastructures.

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