Agile and Cognitive Cloud edge Continuum management

Informazioni relative al progetto

AC3

ID dell’accordo di sovvenzione: 101093129

DOI

10.3030/101093129

Progetto chiuso

Data della firma CE 21 Novembre 2022

Data di avvio 1 Gennaio 2023

Data di completamento 30 Giugno 2026

Finanziato da

• Digital, Industry and Space

Costo totale

€ 5 975 500,00

Contributo UE

€ 5 975 000,00

Coordinato da

ATHINA-EREVNITIKO KENTRO KAINOTOMIAS STIS TECHNOLOGIES TIS PLIROFORIAS, TON EPIKOINONION KAI TIS GNOSIS
Greece

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Risultati finali

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (1)

WebSite

Launch of public project website and initiation of targeted media channels

Documents, reports (8)

Report on technological tools for CECC

Report on the technological enablers that are envisioned to implement the CECCM. The document surveys the existing tools and technological enablers, such as Kubernetes, Openshift, LFEdge, Kubedge, and provides classification whether adapted to micro-service, cloud, edge, and far edge.

Report on the resource management procedures over CECC – Initial

Initial report on mechanisms that enable green-oriented zero touch management of CECC resources, covering activities related to resource discovery and monitoring, AI/ML methods for resource management, LCM decisions, and networking programmability.

1st Release of the CECC framework and CECCM

Initial report on the CECC framework and CECCM covering the federated and open API, functional blocks of the CECCM.

Business analysis of CECC and use case requirements

Report analysing the technico-economic aspects of the CECC resource federation and identifying the interactions between the stakeholders. Moreover, exploring novel incentive methods to motivate end-users to participate in the CECC infrastructure. Finally, providing detailed requirements of the AC3 use-cases.

Dissemination Communication and Exploitation (D-C-E) plans

Initial version D-C-E plans and mapping of stakeholders.

Report on data management for applications in CECC – Initial

Initial report on the data management mechanisms adopted in AC3 allowing application developers to handle data life cycle.

Report on the application LCM in the CEC – Initial

Initial report on mechanisms to ease application LCM in the CEC, including solutions related to SLA and intent models, application profile models, and stateful service migration

Security and trust management for CECC - Initial

Initial report detailing the security and trust management mechanisms and tools and enablers.

Data Management Plan (2)

Data Management Plan - Initial

Initial Data management plan

Data Management Plan - Intermediate

Second Version of the Data Management Plan including the generated datasets from test and trials.

Pubblicazioni

Conference proceedings (23)

XAI-enabled fine granular vertical resources autoscaler

Autori: Mekki, Mohamed; Brik, Bouziane; Ksentini, Adlen; Verikoukis, Christos
Pubblicato in: 2023 IEEE 9th International Conference on Network Softwarization (NetSoft), 2023, ISSN 2693-9789
Editore: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/NetSoft57336.2023.10175438

Dynamic Intelligence Placement for Real-Time Data Analytics in Smart Buildings

Autori: Dimitrios Amaxilatis, Jhofre Ojeda, Kostas Ramantas, Themistoklis Sarantakos, Nikolaos Tsironis, Christos Verikoukis
Pubblicato in: 2026 IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications Workshops and other Affiliated Events (PerCom Workshops), 2026
Editore: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/PERCOMWORKSHOPS68308.2026.11585252

A Unified Application Profile Model for Microservices-Based Applications in the Cloud-Edge Computing Continuum

Autori: Abdelhak Kadouma, Ibrahim Afolabi, Amit Shukla, Miloud Bagaa, Adlen Ksentini, Mohammed Elmusrati
Pubblicato in: 2025 IEEE Conference on Network Function Virtualization and Software-Defined Networking (NFV-SDN), 2025
Editore: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/NFV-SDN66355.2025.11349369

TimeTrack: A Dataset for Exploring Temporal Patterns and Predictive Insights into OpenAirInterface (OAI) CI/CD Cluster

Autori: Meliani Abd Elghani, Arora Sagar, Adlen Ksentini, Raymond Knopp
Pubblicato in: ICC 2025 - IEEE International Conference on Communications, 2025
Editore: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ICC52391.2025.11161298

Dynamic deployment prediction and configuration in hybrid cloud / edge computing environments using influence-based learning

Autori: Chrysostomos Symvoulidis , Athanasios Kiourtis, Argyro Mavrogioroug, Jean-Didier Totow Tom-Ata, George Manias, Dimosthenis Kyriazis
Pubblicato in: 2023 10th International Conference on Electrical Engineering, Computer Science and Informatics (EECSI), 2023, ISBN 979-8-3503-0686-6
Editore: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/EECSI59885.2023.10295768

Technology Infrastructure for energy aware: supporting the use of green energy

Autori: Cristina Catalán-Torrecilla
Pubblicato in: El papel de las universidades en los objetivos de desarrollo sostenible: innovación docente y experiencias significativas // The Role of Universities in Sustainable Development Goals: Educational Innovation and Meaningful Experiences, 2023, ISBN 978-84-09-55515-4
Editore: Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Mapping stellar populations and star formation in nearby galaxies fromMEGADES: An AC3 project application

Autori: Mario Chamorro-Cazorla, Cristina Catalán-Torrecilla, Armando Gil de Paz, África Castillo-Morales, J. Gallego and MEGADES Team
Pubblicato in: Sociedad Española de Astronomía Scientific Meeting, 2026
Editore: Sociedad Española de Astronomía Scientific Meeting

"""Leveraging Interpretability in the Transformer to Automate the Proactive Scaling of Cloud Resources """

Autori: Amadou Ba; Pavithra Harsha; Chitra Subramanian
Pubblicato in: AAAI-2025 Deployable AI Workshop, 2025
Editore: IEEE
DOI: 10.48550/ARXIV.2409.03103

Future Workload and Cloud Resource Usage: Insights from an Interpretable Forecasting Model

Autori: Amadou Ba
Pubblicato in: 2024 IEEE International Conference on Big Data (BigData), 2024
Editore: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/BIGDATA62323.2024.10825137

SD-WAN for Cloud Edge Computing Continuum interconnection

Autori: Ayoub Mokhtari, Adlen Ksentini
Pubblicato in: GLOBECOM 2024 - 2024 IEEE Global Communications Conference, 2025, ISSN 2576-6813
Editore: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/GLOBECOM52923.2024.10901751

Data Management Over Cloud Edge Continuum in the Context of AC³

Autori: Dimitrios Amaxilatis, Dimitrios Klonidis, Adlen Ksentini, Vrettos Moulos, Souvik Sengupta, Nikolaos Tsironis, Christos Verikoukis
Pubblicato in: 2024 IEEE 29th International Workshop on Computer Aided Modeling and Design of Communication Links and Networks (CAMAD), 2024
Editore: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/CAMAD62243.2024.10942767

"""Harnessing Data Spaces to Build Intelligent Smart City Infrastructures Across the Cloud-Edge Continuum """

Autori: Dimitrios Amaxilatis; Themistoklis Sarantakos; Nikolaos Tsironis; Souvik Sengupta; Kostas Ramantas; Jhofre Ojeda
Pubblicato in: IEEE NFV-SDN 2025, 2025
Editore: IEEE
DOI: 10.48550/ARXIV.2512.21340

SDN-based L4S Congestion Control in Beyond 5G

Autori: Sofiane Messaoudi, Adlen Ksentini, Franck Messaoudi, Christian Bonnet
Pubblicato in: 2024 IEEE 25th International Conference on High Performance Switching and Routing (HPSR), 2024, ISSN 2325-5609
Editore: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/HPSR62440.2024.10636004

Filling in the Blanks: Applying Data Imputation in incomplete Water Metering Data

Autori: Dimitrios Amaxilatis; Themistoklis Sarantakos; Ioannis Chatzigiannakis; Georgios Mylonas
Pubblicato in: 10th IEEE International Smart Cities Conference, 2024
Editore: IEEE
DOI: 10.48550/ARXIV.2506.08882

Real-Time Machine Learning-Based IoT Data Analysis in the Edge Cloud Continuum Using AC³

Autori: Jhofre Ojeda, Dimitrios Amaxilatis, Nikolaos Tsironis, Themistoklis Sarantakos, João Fonseca, Gereziher Adhane, Golshan Famitafreshi, Swastika Roy, Shreya K. Chari, Navideh Ghafouri, Kostas Ramantas, Christos Verikoukis
Pubblicato in: 2024 IEEE 29th International Workshop on Computer Aided Modeling and Design of Communication Links and Networks (CAMAD), 2024
Editore: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/CAMAD62243.2024.10942957

Causal Latency Modelling for Cloud Microservices

Autori: Christopher Lohse, Diego Tsutsumi, Amadou Ba, Pavithra Harsha, Chitra Subramanian, Martin Straesser, Marco Ruffini
Pubblicato in: 2025 IEEE 18th International Conference on Cloud Computing (CLOUD), 2025
Editore: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/CLOUD67622.2025.00024

Scalable and Distributed Processing of 3D Astronomical Data Cubes for Galaxy Evolution Studies Using the AC3 Framework

Autori: Mario Chamorro-Cazorla, Cristina Catalán-Torrecilla, Ray Carroll, Ben Capper, Ryan Jenkins
Pubblicato in: 2025 IEEE Conference on Network Function Virtualization and Software-Defined Networking (NFV-SDN), 2025
Editore: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/NFV-SDN66355.2025.11349539

Budget-Aware Resource Pricing in Cloud and Edge Computing Continuum

Autori: Akram Boutouchent, Karim Boutiba, Adlen Ksentini
Pubblicato in: 2024 20th International Conference on Network and Service Management (CNSM), 2024, ISSN 2165-963X
Editore: IEEE
DOI: 10.23919/CNSM62983.2024.10814451

Security and Trust Management in Cloud Edge Continuum: AC³ Project Approach

Autori: Sofiane Messaoudi, Abd-Elghani Meliani, Ayoub Mokhtari, Adlen Ksentini
Pubblicato in: 2024 IEEE 29th International Workshop on Computer Aided Modeling and Design of Communication Links and Networks (CAMAD), 2024
Editore: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/CAMAD62243.2024.10942825

"""Distributed processing of Integral Field Spectroscopy data within the European AC3 Project """

Autori: Cristina Catalán-Torrecilla
Pubblicato in: XVI Scientific Meeting of the Spanish Astronomical Society, 2024
Editore: IEEE
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.13914767

AI-Native CECC Management architecture: Enabling Scalable and Intelligent Cloud-Edge Computing

Autori: Abd Elghani Meliani, Adlen Ksentini, Mekki Mohamed, Abdelhak Kadouma, Dimitrios Amaxilatis, Amadou Ba, Eduardo Ojeda Coronado, John Beredimas, Vrettos Mouloss, Souvik Sengupta, Dimitris Klonidis, Christos Verikoukis
Pubblicato in: 2025 IEEE Conference on Network Function Virtualization and Software-Defined Networking (NFV-SDN), 2025
Editore: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/NFV-SDN66355.2025.11349565

Bridging Cognitive Computing with Multi-Cloud Integration

Autori: Souvik Sengupta, Ali Nikoukar, Maria Barros Weiss, Sara Madariaga, Asimakis Lykourgiotis, Athanasios Kordelas, John Beredimas
Pubblicato in: 2024 IEEE 29th International Workshop on Computer Aided Modeling and Design of Communication Links and Networks (CAMAD), 2024
Editore: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/CAMAD62243.2024.10942944

Proof of concept: the potential of Use Case 3 within the AC3 Project to process astronomy data

Autori: Mario Chamorro-Cazorla; Cristina Catalán-Torrecilla; Ray Carroll; Ben Capper; Ryan Jenkins; Valeriia Shapoval
Pubblicato in: IEEE CAMAD 2024, 2024
Editore: IEEE

Peer reviewed articles (5)

Optimizing service migration in AC3: A cache-aided, data-mobility-aware framework

Autori: Jeffrey Redondo, Kostas Ramantas, Christos Verikoukis
Pubblicato in: Journal of Network and Computer Applications, Numero 254, 2026, ISSN 1084-8045
Editore: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.JNCA.2026.104547

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Autori: Artemi Camps-Fariña, Mario Chamorro-Cazorla et al.
Pubblicato in: Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2025, ISSN 0004-6361
Editore: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.48550/ARXIV.2511.04745

Resiliency focused proactive lifecycle management for stateful microservices in multi-cluster containerized environments

Autori: Abd Elghani Meliani, Mohamed Mekki, Adlen Ksentini
Pubblicato in: Computer Communications, Numero 236, 2025, ISSN 0140-3664
Editore: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.COMCOM.2025.108111

MEGADES: MEGARA galaxy disc evolution survey

Autori: M. Chamorro-Cazorla, A. Gil de Paz, A. Castillo-Morales, A. Camps-Fariña, J. Gallego, E. Carrasco, J. Iglesias-Páramo, R. Cedazo, M. L. García-Vargas, S. Pascual, N. Cardiel, A. Pérez-Calpena, P. Gómez-Álvarez, I. Martínez-Delgado, C. Catalán-Torrecilla, J. Zamorano
Pubblicato in: Astronomy & Astrophysics, Numero 705, 2026, ISSN 0004-6361
Editore: EDP Sciences
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202556147

A Tutorial on Cognitive Biases in Agentic AI-Driven 6G Autonomous Networks

Autori: Hatim Chergui, Farhad Rezazadeh, Merouane Debbah, Christos Verikoukis
Pubblicato in: IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society, Numero 7, 2026, ISSN 2644-125X
Editore: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
DOI: 10.1109/OJCOMS.2026.3692946

Other (1)

Containerized Spectral Analysis in a Federated Cloud-Edge Continuum: The AC3 Approach

Autori: C. Catalán-Torrecilla, M. Chamorro-Cazorla, B. Capper, R. Carroll, and R. Jenkins
Pubblicato in: European Astronomical Society Annual Meeting, 2026
Editore: European Astronomical Society Annual Meeting

Book chapters (1)

Edge-Based Federated Learning Methods for Remaining Useful Life Estimation in IIoT

Autori: Dimitrios Amaxilatis, Sarantis Papachristofilou, Christos Zaroliagis
Pubblicato in: Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Algorithmic Aspects of Cloud Computing, 2025
Editore: Springer Nature Switzerland
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-94677-6_6