A LIGHTWEIGHT SOFTWARE STACK AND SYNERGETIC META-ORCHESTRATION FRAMEWORK FOR THE NEXT GENERATION COMPUTE CONTINUUM

Project Information

NEPHELE

Grant agreement ID: 101070487

DOI

10.3030/101070487

Project closed

EC signature date 17 June 2022

Start date 1 September 2022

End date 30 September 2025

Funded under

• Digital, Industry and Space

Total cost

€ 9 127 711,25

EU contribution

€ 9 127 711,00

Coordinated by

ETHNICON METSOVION POLYTECHNION
Greece

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Deliverables

Other (3)

First Release of NEPHELE Platform, Dashboard and DevOps Environment Setup

This deliverable includes the outcomes of all WP5 tasks and provides the first release of the NEPHELE platform and dashboard, including documentation of the DevOps/EdgeOps Environment setup and maintenance processes.

Initial Release of VOStack Layers and Intelligence Mechanisms on IoT Devices

This deliverable includes the outcomes of tasks T3.1-T3.4 tasks and provides initial description and implementation of the VOStack Layers. It also includes the outcomes of T3.5 regarding the support of intelligence on IoT devices.

Initial Release of Hyper-distributed Applications Synergetic Meta-Orchestration Framework, Development Environment and Repository

This deliverable includes the outcomes of all WP4 tasks and provides initial description and implementation of the Hyper-distributed Applications Synergetic Meta-Orchestration Framework, Development Environment and Repository.

Documents, reports (4)

Dissemination, Communication and Exploitation Plan

This deliverable describes the strategy for dissemination, communication and exploitation and provides the communication and dissemination roadmap of the project, along with the implementation of the project website.

Initial Dissemination, Communication, and Exploitation Activities Report

This deliverable includes the initial activities done in T8.1 for dissemination, T8.2 for communication, T8.3 for standardization, T8.4 for exploitation & innovation management and T8.5 for open-source ecosystem creation, community building and sustainability of the NEPHELE outcomes.

Requirements, Use Cases Description and Conceptualization of the NEPHELE Reference Architecture

This deliverable includes the outcomes of all WP2 tasks and provides the set of IoT devices/VOs management and synergetic orchestration requirements, description of the use cases that will be realised within NEPHELE and a set of data processing requirements and description of the NEPHELE reference architecture.

NEPHELE Reference Architecture Final Specification

This deliverable includes the outcomes of T2.4 and provides description of the revised version of the NEPHELE reference architecture.

Publications

Conference proceedings (25)

IRIS: Interference and Resource Aware Predictive Orchestration for ML Inference Serving

Author(s): Aggelos Ferikoglou; Panos Chrysomeris; Achilleas Tzenetopoulos; Manolis Katsaragakis; DImosthenis Masouros; Dimitrios Soudris
Published in: 2023 IEEE 16th International Conference on Cloud Computing (CLOUD), 2023, ISSN 2159-6190
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8135715

Efficient, Reliable and Secure Framework for the 5G Virtualization of the UltraSound Medical System

Author(s): Carrega, A., Bruschi, R., Bolla, R., Passalacqua, A.
Published in: IEEE International Conference on E-health Networking, Application & Services (HealthCom), 2024
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.17105099

Virtual Objects for Robots and Sensor Nodes in Distributed Applications over the Cloud Continuum

Author(s): Arteaga, Adriana; Filinis, Nikos; Fu, Lei; Habib, Carol; MILITANO, Leonardo; Spatharakis, Dimitrios; Zafeiropoulos, Anastasios; Bohnert, Thomas; Mitton, Nathalie; Papavassiliou, Symeon
Published in: 2024 IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC), 2024
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.12581565

Demo: Virtualized Wireless Sensor Networks for Distributed Applications over the Cloud Continuum

Author(s): Arteaga-arce, Adriana; Veremme, Alexandre; Habib, Carol; Mitton, Nathalie
Published in: 2024 7th Conference on Cloud and Internet of Things (CIoT), 2024
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.16940495

Dynamic Schedule Computation for Time-Aware Shaper in Converged IoT-Cloud Environments

Author(s): Papathanail, George; Sakellariou, Ilias; Mamatas, Lefteris; Papadimitriou, Panagiotis
Published in: 27th IEEE Conference on Innovation in Clouds, Internet and Networks (ICIN 2024), 2024
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.10991840

Nephele - Remote Healthcare Services, Ultrasound Medical Device Dematerialization

Author(s): Antonio Passalacqua, Giacomo Pedemonte, Silvia Volta, Alessandro Carrega
Published in: 2025 10th International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Technologies (SpliTech), 2025
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.16902436

Dynamic Management of Wireless Sensor Networks using Virtual Objects and a Rule Engine

Author(s): Veremme, A., Habib, C., Mitton, N
Published in: 28th Conference on Innovation in Clouds, Internet and Networks (ICIN), 2025
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.16940420

Data Management and Exchange between a Meta-Orchestration Platform and Data Spaces

Author(s): Anastasios Zafeiropoulos, Nikos Filinis, Dimitrios Spatharakis, Ioannis Dimolitsas, Eleni Fotopoulou, Constantinos Vassilakis, Symeon Papavassiliou
Published in: Proceedings of the 4th Eclipse Security, AI, Architecture and Modelling Conference on Data Space, 2025
Publisher: ACM
DOI: 10.1145/3685651.3686698

Towards the Integration of TAPRIO-based Scheduling with Centralized TSN Control

Author(s): George, Papathanail; Mamatas, Lefteris; Papadimitriou, Panagiotis
Published in: 3rd IEEE International Workshop on Time-Sensitive and Deterministic Networking (TENSOR 2023), 2023, ISSN 1861-2288
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10077655

A Fuzzy Based Approach for Managing Smart Edge-Enhanced IoT Devices in Mission-Critical Applications

Author(s): Habib, Carol; Mitton, Nathalie
Published in: 2025 28th Conference on Innovation in Clouds, Internet and Networks (ICIN), 2025
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.16940448

A Platform for Time-Sensitive Networking in Converged IoT-Cloud Environments

Author(s): Papathanail, George; Sakellariou, Ilias; Mamatas, Lefteris; Papadimitriou, Panagiotis
Published in: 27th IEEE Conference on Innovation in Clouds, Internet and Networks (ICIN 2024), 2024
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.10991844

Multi-Partner Project: Orchestrating Deployment and Real-Time Monitoring - NEPHELE Multi-Cloud Ecosystem

Author(s): Manolis Katsaragakis, Orfeas Filippopoulos, Christos Sad, Dimosthenis Masouros, Dimitrios Spatharakis, Ioannis Dimolitsas, Nikos Filinis, Anastasios Zafeiropoulos, Kostas Siozios, Dimitrios Soudris, Symeon Papavassiliou
Published in: 2025 Design, Automation & Test in Europe Conference (DATE), 2025
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.23919/DATE64628.2025.10993012

Joint Placement and Scheduling for Time-Sensitive Applications in Edge Computing

Author(s): Sakellariou, Ilias; Papathanail, George; Papadimitriou, Panagiotis
Published in: IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC) 2025, 2025
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.15813486

On the Implications of Heterogeneous Memory Tiering on Spark In-Memory Analytics

Author(s): Katsaragakis, Manolis; Masouros, Dimosthenis; Papadopoulos, Lazaros; Catthoor, Francky; Soudris, Dimitrios
Published in: 2023 IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium Workshops (IPDPSW), 2023, ISBN 979-8-3503-1199-0
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10683722

A Virtual Object Stack for IoT-Enabled Applications Across the Compute Continuum

Author(s): Papathanail, George; Mamatas, Lefteris; Theodorou, Tryfon; Sakellariou, Ilias; Papadimitriou, Panagiotis; Filinis, Nikos; Spatharakis, Dimitrios; Fotopoulou, Eleni; Zafeiropoulos, Anastasios; Papavassiliou, Symeon
Published in: International Workshop on the Cloud-Edge-IoT Continuum for Hyper-Distributed Applications and Services (CEICO 2023), 2023, ISBN 978-3-903176-57-7
Publisher: ACM
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10363417

Overlay_dx - Automating forecasting evaluation

Author(s): Chamli M.A., Jaillon T., Ngo L. H., Rivalan J.
Published in: International Conference on Optimization and Learning (OLA2025), 2025
Publisher: Springer
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.17053604

A Multi-Tenant System for 5/6G Testbed as-a-Service

Author(s): Bolla, R., Bruschi, R., Lombardo, C., Mangialardi, S., Mohammadpour, A., Rabbani, R., & Siccardi, B.
Published in: 15th International Conference on COMmunication Systems & NETworkS (COMSNETS), 2023, ISSN 2155-2509
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10654015

Palindrome. js: 3D monitoring for distributed systems visual analysis

Author(s): Rivalan, J., Ngo, L. H., Leclercq, E., Zafeiropoulos, A.
Published in: 2024 IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC), 2024
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.17053326

TinyReptile: TinyML with Federated Meta-Learning

Author(s): Haoyu, Ren; Darko, Anicic; Thomas, Runkler
Published in: International Joint Conference on Neural Network (IJCNN) 2023, 2023, ISSN 2161-4407
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/IJCNN54540.2023.10191845

Intent-Driven Distributed Applications Management Over Compute and Network Resources in the Computing Continuum

Author(s): Zafeiropoulos, A., Fotopoulou, E., Vassilakis, C., Tzanettis, I., Lombardo, C., Carrega, A., & Bruschi, R
Published in: 2023 19th International Conference on Distributed Computing in Smart Systems and the Internet of Things (DCOSS-IoT), 2023, ISSN 2325-2944
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10620928.

Multi-Robot Exploration via Flocking Coordination and Machine Learning-Driven Connectivity Assessment

Author(s): Chaabi, H., Mitton, N.
Published in: 23rd International Symposium on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc, and Wireless Networks (WiOpt), 2025
Publisher: IFIP/IEEE
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.16941232

Distributed multi-robot exploration approach with connectivity maintenance

Author(s): Chaabi, H., Mitton, N.
Published in: 21st Annual International Conference on Distributed Computing in Smart Systems and the Internet of Things, 2025
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.16941308

A. Securing Authentication and Authorization in Computing Continuum

Author(s): Caballero, M., Arias Jiménez, A. Marin-Perez, R. Skarmeta Gómez
Published in: 8th International Conference on Mobile Internet Security (MobiSec 2024), 2024
Publisher: IEICI
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.15275068

Open Source approach in two metaOS projects

Author(s): Rosaria Rossini, Marco Jahn, Anastasios Zafeiropoulos, Nikos Filinis, Dimitrios Spatharakis, Ioannis Dimolitsas, Eleni Fotopoulou, Constantinos Vassilakis, Symeon Papavassiliou, Theodore Zahariadis, Ilias Nektarios Seitanidis, Enric Pages, Guillermo Gomez, Sergiy Remezov Grynchenko
Published in: Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on MetaOS for the Cloud-Edge-IoT Continuum, 2025
Publisher: ACM
DOI: 10.1145/3721889.3721930

A Lightweight Software Stack for IoT Interoperability within the Computing Continuum

Author(s): Spatharakis, D., Dimolitsas, I., Genovese, G., Tzanettis, I., Filinis, N., Fotopoulou, E., Vassilakis, C., Zafeiropoulos, A., Iera, A., Molinaro, Antonella., Papavassiliou, S
Published in: 19th International Conference on Distributed Computing in Smart Systems and the Internet of Things (DCOSS-IoT), 2023, ISSN 2325-2944
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10620911

Peer reviewed articles (10)

The Cloud-to-Edge-to-IoT Continuum as an Enabler for Search and Rescue Operations

Author(s): Leonardo Militano; Adriana Arteaga; Giovanni Toffetti; Nathalie Mitton
Published in: Future Internet 2023, Issue Volume 15, 2023, ISSN 1999-5903
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/fi15020055

Intelligent and Resource-Conserving Service Function Chain (SFC) Embedding.

Author(s): Rodis, Panteleimon; Papadimitriou, Panagiotis
Published in: Journal of Network and Systems Management, Issue Volume 31, 2023, ISSN 1064-7570
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
DOI: 10.1007/s10922-023-09771-y

Lightweight authenticated key exchange for low-power IoT networks using EDHOC

Author(s): Alejandro Arias-Jimenez, Jorge Gallego-Madrid, Jesus Sanchez-Gomez, Rafael Marin-Perez
Published in: Internet of Things, Issue 31, 2025, ISSN 2542-6605
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.IOT.2025.101539

Deterministic and Probabilistic P4-Enabled Lightweight In-Band Network Telemetry

Author(s): Papadopoulos, Konstantinos; Papadimitriou, Panagiotis; Papagianni, Chrysa
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, Issue Volume 20, 2023, ISSN 1932-4537
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10522553

On-device Online Learning and Semantic Management of TinyML Systems

Author(s): Haoyu Ren, Darko Anicic, Xue Li, Thomas Runkler
Published in: ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems, Issue 23, 2025, ISSN 1539-9087
Publisher: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
DOI: 10.1145/3665278

CLINT: Controller-Assisted Lightweight In-Band Network Telemetry

Author(s): Konstantinos Papadopoulos, Panagiotis Papadimitriou
Published in: IEEE Access, Issue 12, 2024, ISSN 2169-3536
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.15813486

Unsupervised Deep Learning for Distributed Service Function Chain Embedding

Author(s): Rodis, Panteleimon; Papadimitriou, Panagiotis
Published in: IEEE Access, Issue Volume 11, 2023, ISSN 2169-3536
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3308492

AI-Assisted Synergetic Orchestration Mechanisms for Autoscaling in Computing Continuum Systems

Author(s): Anastasios Zafeiropoulos, Nikos Filinis, Eleni Fotopoulou, Symeon Papavassiliou
Published in: IEEE Communications Magazine, Issue 63, 2025, ISSN 0163-6804
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
DOI: 10.1109/MCOM.001.2200583

Innovative security and compression for constrained IoT networks

Author(s): 5. Feijoo-Añazco, A., Garcia-Carrillo, D., Sanchez-Gomez, J., & Marin-Perez, R
Published in: Internet of Things, Issue Volume 24, 2023, ISSN 2542-6605
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10638695

Intent-driven orchestration of serverless applications in the computing continuum

Author(s): Filinis, N., Tzanettis, I., Spatharakis, D., Fotopoulou, E., Dimolitsas, I., Zafeiropoulos, A., Vassilakis, C., & Papavassiliou, S
Published in: Future Generation Computer Systems, Issue Volume 154, 2023, ISSN 0167-739X
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10620887