IoTCRAFT: Toward a Declarative Approach for IoT System Specification and Deployment

Abstract

Developing and deploying IoT systems remains a complex

task, often involving the manual integration of heterogeneous compo- nents for implementing data pipelines, data storage, visualization, and

machine learning workflows. This paper proposes IoTCRAFT, a declar- ative platform designed to define high-level specifications and automate

the deployment of Internet of Things (IoT) systems. The platform is intended to support complete data processing pipelines, including data ingestion, validation, normalization, storage, and visualization, as well as the training and inference of machine learning models. By using a high-level specification to describe system behavior, the platform’s code

generation and orchestration engine can automatically provision the re- quired infrastructure using container-based technologies. This approach

aims to reduce the need for manual configuration and simplifies the de- ployment of IoT systems.