Periodic Reporting for period 1 - aerOS (Autonomous, scalablE, tRustworthy, intelligent European meta Operating System for the IoT edge-cloud continuum)
Reporting period: 2022-09-01 to 2024-02-29
aerOS overarching goal is to design and build a virtualised, platform-agnostic meta operating system for the IoT edge-cloud continuum. As a solution, to be executed on any Infrastructure Element within the IoT edge-cloud continuum – hence, independent from underlying hardware and operating system(s)
aerOS is being carried out by a Consortium of 27 partners from 11 European countries, specialised in IoT, edge and cloud S/W and H/W technologies as well as in the verticals where the solution will be tested.
aerOS covers the following goals:
•O1: Design, implementation and validation of aerOS for optimal orchestration
•O2: Intelligent realisation of smart network functions for aerOS
•O3: Definition and implementation of decentralised security, privacy and trust
•O4: Definition and implementation of distributed AI components with explainability
•O5: Specification and implementation of a Data Autonomy strategy for the IoT edge-cloud continuum
•O6: Definition, deployment, and evaluation of real-life use cases (5)
•O7: Global ecosystem creation, maximisation of impact and Open Call conduction
Regarding impact, aerOS aims at achieving the following schema:
EXPECTED RESULTS:
R1 - aerOS architecture of meta operating system
R2 - Infrastructure Element (IE) design
R3 - aerOS orchestrator
R4 - Smart Network functions developed over aerOS
R5 - Data Autonomy strategy for edge-cloud continuum
R6 - Trust, Authentication and Authorisation Framework
R7 - AI Explainable ML and advanced services running over aerOS
R8 - Data models specification
R9 - DevSecPrivOps
R10 - Publications
R11 - New business models for edge-cloud deployments
R12 - Standardisation elements, network and ecosystem
IMPACTS:
•Scientific: (i) Cover the gap between data spaces reference trends and edge-to-cloud European computing OS, (ii) Pose a new paradigm for better and faster data / resources / services orchestration along IoT edge-cloud continuum path.
•Economic: (i) Nurturing of a growing start-up and SMEs European ecosystem on edge-cloud solutions, (ii) Alignment of Data Strategy, Industrial Strategy and the goals for Digital Decade in a single meta operating system platform transforming EU roadmap into a smart investment.
•Societal: (i) Transparent usage of trustworthy EU-promoted technologies via user-friendly UIs and full control on the data flows in use and how they are processed and stored, (ii) Transparent usage of trustworthy EU-promoted technologies via user-friendly UIs and full control on the data flows in use and how they are processed and stored, (iii) Contribute towards the goal of 10.000 climate-neutral and secure edge nodes by 2030, (iv) Lower energy consumption of IoT/Edge deployments.
aerOS is being carried out by a Consortium of 27 partners from 11 European countries, specialised in IoT, edge and cloud S/W and H/W technologies as well as in the verticals where the solution will be tested.
aerOS covers the following goals:
•O1: Design, implementation and validation of aerOS for optimal orchestration
•O2: Intelligent realisation of smart network functions for aerOS
•O3: Definition and implementation of decentralised security, privacy and trust
•O4: Definition and implementation of distributed AI components with explainability
•O5: Specification and implementation of a Data Autonomy strategy for the IoT edge-cloud continuum
•O6: Definition, deployment, and evaluation of real-life use cases (5)
•O7: Global ecosystem creation, maximisation of impact and Open Call conduction
Regarding impact, aerOS aims at achieving the following schema:
EXPECTED RESULTS:
R1 - aerOS architecture of meta operating system
R2 - Infrastructure Element (IE) design
R3 - aerOS orchestrator
R4 - Smart Network functions developed over aerOS
R5 - Data Autonomy strategy for edge-cloud continuum
R6 - Trust, Authentication and Authorisation Framework
R7 - AI Explainable ML and advanced services running over aerOS
R8 - Data models specification
R9 - DevSecPrivOps
R10 - Publications
R11 - New business models for edge-cloud deployments
R12 - Standardisation elements, network and ecosystem
IMPACTS:
•Scientific: (i) Cover the gap between data spaces reference trends and edge-to-cloud European computing OS, (ii) Pose a new paradigm for better and faster data / resources / services orchestration along IoT edge-cloud continuum path.
•Economic: (i) Nurturing of a growing start-up and SMEs European ecosystem on edge-cloud solutions, (ii) Alignment of Data Strategy, Industrial Strategy and the goals for Digital Decade in a single meta operating system platform transforming EU roadmap into a smart investment.
•Societal: (i) Transparent usage of trustworthy EU-promoted technologies via user-friendly UIs and full control on the data flows in use and how they are processed and stored, (ii) Transparent usage of trustworthy EU-promoted technologies via user-friendly UIs and full control on the data flows in use and how they are processed and stored, (iii) Contribute towards the goal of 10.000 climate-neutral and secure edge nodes by 2030, (iv) Lower energy consumption of IoT/Edge deployments.
In the first half of the project, the advance has been massive. The technological foundations of aerOS meta operating system have been established (architecture published in D2.6 in M12), and the way all the components intertwine has been oriented to relevant use cases (divided in 5 pilots) is already giving its fruits.
The various technological tasks defined clearly the individual and integrated pieces to be delivered, and proper tools and plans for such integration (and the packaging and publication) were established (in task T5.1). A prioritisation within the tasks was made in order to structure the work. Network components, APIs, cybersecurity elements, self-* toolsuite and more have been progressed. Here, the most relevant and promising outcome is the innovative multi-layer orchestrator. On the other hand, tools related to data composition (including the first comprehensive data model for the continuum); AI pipelines, serverless analytics and other trustworthiness tool have been initiated. By M18, the most prioritised software pieces of the previous list conformed the delivery of an MVP (condensed as compressed repositories in the software deliverables D3.2 and D4.2). Such MVP has already been deployed in various lab scenarios, including the demonstration performed in the mid-term review. All of that governed by a private, secure CI/CD methodology named DevPrivSecOps.
Evolving from lab scenarios, pilots in aerOS are advancing at different speeds. While thorough description of their objectives, requirements, KPIs, needs, etc. is well completed in all (D2.2 and D2.3) the transfer of aerOS technology will intensify since the beginning of RP2.
Managerially, all expected deliverables (17) and milestones (4) have been delivered and met on time, having needed 5 Plenary Meetings, one KickOff and two Technical Workshops. An amendment to the Grant Agreement was launched and successfully incorporated as a new official document within the period. One round of Open Calls has concluded, and 7 projects from SMEs or Universities are about to land into the project.
More information is provided in the Technical Report Part B.
The various technological tasks defined clearly the individual and integrated pieces to be delivered, and proper tools and plans for such integration (and the packaging and publication) were established (in task T5.1). A prioritisation within the tasks was made in order to structure the work. Network components, APIs, cybersecurity elements, self-* toolsuite and more have been progressed. Here, the most relevant and promising outcome is the innovative multi-layer orchestrator. On the other hand, tools related to data composition (including the first comprehensive data model for the continuum); AI pipelines, serverless analytics and other trustworthiness tool have been initiated. By M18, the most prioritised software pieces of the previous list conformed the delivery of an MVP (condensed as compressed repositories in the software deliverables D3.2 and D4.2). Such MVP has already been deployed in various lab scenarios, including the demonstration performed in the mid-term review. All of that governed by a private, secure CI/CD methodology named DevPrivSecOps.
Evolving from lab scenarios, pilots in aerOS are advancing at different speeds. While thorough description of their objectives, requirements, KPIs, needs, etc. is well completed in all (D2.2 and D2.3) the transfer of aerOS technology will intensify since the beginning of RP2.
Managerially, all expected deliverables (17) and milestones (4) have been delivered and met on time, having needed 5 Plenary Meetings, one KickOff and two Technical Workshops. An amendment to the Grant Agreement was launched and successfully incorporated as a new official document within the period. One round of Open Calls has concluded, and 7 projects from SMEs or Universities are about to land into the project.
More information is provided in the Technical Report Part B.
O1:
•Establishment of aerOS Glossary
•Delivery of the first formalised version of aerOS architecture (D2.6)
•The design and implementation of the Data Fabric provides infrastructure for distributed data sharing in the continuum.
• aerOS operations in orchestration arbe supported by Management Portal and management services (commission of services via the portal)..
•aerOS Federator (first version delivered
O2:
•First designs and preliminary tests of TSN in lab (towards future application in 2 pilots).
•First (usable in lab environment) version of:
oNetwork Load balancer
oIntra and inter-domain service mesh
oSchema of APIs interconnecting all aerOS services
O3:
•First (usable in lab environment) version of:
oIdM (Keycloak)
oAPI Gateway (KrakenD)
oTrust Manager skeleton
oIOTA Tangle for trusted message exchange
O4:
•Creation of (novel) Data Model of the Continuum.,
•First (usable in lab environment) version of:
oSemantic translator
oSemantic annotator
oAI workflow (MLOps)
oModel reduction service
O5: Specification and implementation of a Data Autonomy strategy for the IoT edge-cloud continuum
•Definition and customization of the Linked Open Terms (LOT) methodology for aerOS ontologies creation.
•Semantic Annotator and Semantic Translator tools to enable semantic interoperability on streaming data realising the concept of a semantic pipeline.
•Data products and Data Fabric to provide a distributed data sharing infrastructure in which data producers and data consumers can operate.
•aerOS Continuum Ontology was released in its first version to propose a data model in which continuum structure and state can be expressed.
O6: Definition, deployment, and evaluation of real-life use cases
•Delivery of a guide on how aerOS is progressing in the installation instructions, including the creation of domains, IEs, etc.
•A detailed description of all KPIs for evaluating both the technical outcomes and the pilot results.
•Definition of the plan of sKVIs creation.
O7: Global ecosystem creation, maximisation of impact and Open Call conduction
•First round of Open Calls has been concluded. Announcement is being made.
•aerOS Website Social media accounts in LinkedIn, X (Twitter), Facebook, Instagram and aerOS YouTube channel up, running and constantly updated
•Communication activities ranging from articles, press releases, news, to posts, videos, mentions, references, reshares etc
•Publications in reputable journals and in high-profile conferences, many from the IEEE ecosystem
•Establishment of aerOS Glossary
•Delivery of the first formalised version of aerOS architecture (D2.6)
•The design and implementation of the Data Fabric provides infrastructure for distributed data sharing in the continuum.
• aerOS operations in orchestration arbe supported by Management Portal and management services (commission of services via the portal)..
•aerOS Federator (first version delivered
O2:
•First designs and preliminary tests of TSN in lab (towards future application in 2 pilots).
•First (usable in lab environment) version of:
oNetwork Load balancer
oIntra and inter-domain service mesh
oSchema of APIs interconnecting all aerOS services
O3:
•First (usable in lab environment) version of:
oIdM (Keycloak)
oAPI Gateway (KrakenD)
oTrust Manager skeleton
oIOTA Tangle for trusted message exchange
O4:
•Creation of (novel) Data Model of the Continuum.,
•First (usable in lab environment) version of:
oSemantic translator
oSemantic annotator
oAI workflow (MLOps)
oModel reduction service
O5: Specification and implementation of a Data Autonomy strategy for the IoT edge-cloud continuum
•Definition and customization of the Linked Open Terms (LOT) methodology for aerOS ontologies creation.
•Semantic Annotator and Semantic Translator tools to enable semantic interoperability on streaming data realising the concept of a semantic pipeline.
•Data products and Data Fabric to provide a distributed data sharing infrastructure in which data producers and data consumers can operate.
•aerOS Continuum Ontology was released in its first version to propose a data model in which continuum structure and state can be expressed.
O6: Definition, deployment, and evaluation of real-life use cases
•Delivery of a guide on how aerOS is progressing in the installation instructions, including the creation of domains, IEs, etc.
•A detailed description of all KPIs for evaluating both the technical outcomes and the pilot results.
•Definition of the plan of sKVIs creation.
O7: Global ecosystem creation, maximisation of impact and Open Call conduction
•First round of Open Calls has been concluded. Announcement is being made.
•aerOS Website Social media accounts in LinkedIn, X (Twitter), Facebook, Instagram and aerOS YouTube channel up, running and constantly updated
•Communication activities ranging from articles, press releases, news, to posts, videos, mentions, references, reshares etc
•Publications in reputable journals and in high-profile conferences, many from the IEEE ecosystem