To achieve these goals, GLACIATION followed a structured approach made up of three phases: (i) Early Platform and Basic Component, (ii) Complete Platform and Completed Components and (iii) Complete Platform and Advanced Components. During the first eighteen months of the project, the consortium focused on the first phase, and it is currently in the midst of the Complete Platform and Completed Components phase. Until now, the main activities developed include defining software and hardware requirements, researching the state of the art, including industry standards, defining benchmarks, and roadmaps. Other relevant activities include also the design of prototypes, the conduction and integration of technical and non-technical tasks, and the definition and execution of lab testing procedures.
More concretely, the project successfully submitted 14 out of 25 deliverables during the covered period, including technical reports, prototypes, research findings, and dissemination and exploitation strategies. Additionally, 5 out of 9 milestones were achieved, namely the initiation of scientific and technical work in each task and use case, the consolidation of the reference architecture, and the initiation of lab tests on sample of methods and use case data.