Descrizione del progetto
L’evoluzione dell’edge computing
L’edge computing è costituito da un ecosistema di elementi di calcolo altamente eterogenei, che possono situarsi praticamente ovunque nel percorso che va dai dispositivi finali al cloud centrale, passando per la rete di accesso. In questo contesto, il progetto VERGE, finanziato dall’UE, progetterà una piattaforma edge flessibile, modulare e convergente per sostenere l’IA distribuita al margine della rete. Concentrando l’attenzione su sicurezza, privacy e affidabilità, VERGE svolgerà due casi d’uso: il primo riguarderà applicazioni industriali di realtà mista oltre al 5G basate sull’edge computing in Turchia, mentre il secondo studierà le operazioni tranviarie autonome basate sullo stesso sistema di calcolo in Italia. I risultati saranno divulgati al mondo accademico, a quello industriale e alla più ampia comunità di parti interessate.
Obiettivo
VERGE will tackle evolution of edge computing from three perspectives: “Edge for AI”, “AI for Edge” and security, privacy and trustworthiness of AI for Edge. “Edge for AI” defines a flexible, modular and converged Edge platform that is ready to support distributed AI at the edge. This is achieved by unifying lifecycle management and closed-loop automation for cloud-native applications, MEC and network services, while fully exploiting multi-core and multi-accelerator capabilities for ultra-high computational performance. “AI for Edge” enables dynamic function placement by managing and orchestrating the underlying physical, network, and compute resources. Application-specific network and computational KPIs will be assured in an efficient and collision-free manner, taking Edge resource constraints in to account. Security, privacy and trustworthiness of AI for Edge are addressed to ensure security of the AI-based models against adversarial attacks, privacy of data and models, and transparency in training and execution by providing explanations for model decisions improving trust in models.
VERGE will verify the three perspectives through delivery of 7 demonstrations across two use cases - XR-driven Edge-enabled industrial B5G applications across two separate Arçelik sites in Turkey, and Edge-assisted Autonomous Tram operation in Florence. VERGE will disseminate results to academia, industry and the wider stakeholder community through liaisons and contributions to relevant standardization bodies and open sources, a series of demonstrations showing progression through TRLs and by creating an open dataspace for enabling public access to the datasets generated by the project.
Campo scientifico
Parole chiave
Programma(i)
- HORIZON.2.4 - Digital, Industry and Space Main Programme
Meccanismo di finanziamento
HORIZON-JU-RIA - HORIZON JU Research and Innovation ActionsCoordinatore
08034 Barcelona
Spagna