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Project Information

CLEVER

Grant agreement ID: 101097560

DOI

10.3030/101097560

EC signature date 29 November 2022

Start date 1 January 2023

End date 31 December 2025

Funded under

• Digital, Industry and Space

Total cost

€ 14 974 655,00

EU contribution

€ 4 497 177,77

Coordinated by

SCUOLA SUPERIORE DI STUDI UNIVERSITARI E DI PERFEZIONAMENTO S ANNA
Italy

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Deliverables

Documents, reports (7)

Testbed setup and data collection

Report on the lab infrastructures and capabilities for test validation required to conduct the use cases in CLEVER. In addition, this deliverable will report on the dataset used for AI training and execution.

Implementation status at M22 of Middleware for Enabling Edge-AI

This deliverable will report on the status at M22 of the WP4 activities related to the implementation of middleware software for enabling AI.

Dissemination, Communication, and Standardization at M24

This report highlights the dissemination, communication, and standardization activities and outcomes during the second year of the project.

Design and preliminary implementation of Middleware for Enabling Edge-AI

This deliverable will report on the design and preliminary implementation of the (i) security solutions for trustworthy edge computing and networking, (ii) graph generation and orchestration through AI-techniques; (iii) semantic representation and smart allocation solutions, (iv) automated orchestration/maintenance technology, and (v) monitoring and telemetry infrastructure. In addition, it will provide the indicators that show how much progress has been achieved with regard to the completion of the activities the limitations, as well as the potential changes in the plans and the corrective actions taken (if needed) to compensate for the deviations.

Design and first implementation of AI-driven applications for the use cases

This deliverable will communicate the detailed status of the CLEVER applications enabling the use cases and based on the CLEVER HW and SW building components and technologies. It will report on the technical progress of all the WP5 tasks and subtasks. In addition, it will provide the indicators that show how much progress has been achieved with regard to the completion of the deliverables, the limitations, as well as the potential changes in the plans and the corrective actions taken (if needed) to compensate for the deviations.

Final CLEVER requirements, specifications, and detailed use case definition

Report on the technical and architectural requirements and system functional specifications (related to Task T2.1) and on the specification of AI solutions for use cases (related to Task T2.2). Furthermore, this deliverable will report on the use case definition, including motivations, reference scenario, expected progresses beyond state of art, specific requirements and KPIs (in-line with Project KPIs), and execution plan with per-partner contributions (related to T3.3)

Dissemination, Communication, and Standardization at M12

This report highlights the dissemination and communication efforts and outcome of activities during the first year of the project. In addition, it lies down the standardization plans for CLEVER.

Publications

Conference proceedings (44)

ARM Architecture Optimizations for Line-Rate PQC Communications

Author(s): A. Cano Aguilera, I. Tafur Monroy, J. J. Vegas Olmos, José L. Imaña
Published in: 2025 International Conference on Optical Network Design and Modeling (ONDM), 2025
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.23919/ONDM65745.2025.11029331

Using Distributed Ledgers To Build Knowledge Graphs For Decentralized Computing Ecosystems

Author(s): Tarek Zaarour, Ahmed Khalid, Preeja Pradeep, Ahmed Zahran
Published in: Proceedings of the 33rd ACM International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management, 2024
Publisher: ACM
DOI: 10.1145/3627673.3679644

Comparative analysis of machine learning algorithms for the classification of underwater marine debris

Author(s): B. Jalil, L. Maggiani and L. Valcarenghi
Published in: 2023
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/MetroSea58055.2023.10317314

Safeguarding Blockchain and Dlts From Arbitrary and Malicious Content

Author(s): Alan Barnett, Merry Globin, Tarek Zaarour, Sean Ahearne, Ahmed Khalid
Published in: 2024 IEEE 32nd International Conference on Network Protocols (ICNP), 2025
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ICNP61940.2024.10858544

Power-aware RoCE Edge Transfer Agent

Author(s): A. H. Khan, M. Guaitolini, F. Paolucci
Published in: 2025 25th Anniversary International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2025
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ICTON67126.2025.11125285

Fiber To The Room Challenges and Opportunities

Author(s): A. Marotta, L. Valcarenghi, K. Kondepu, C. Centofanti, C. Rinaldi, F. Graziosi, D. Cassioli
Published in: 2024 16th International Conference on COMmunication Systems & NETworkS (COMSNETS), 2024
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/COMSNETS59351.2024.10427248

ELEVATE: Optimal Scheduling of Time-Sensitive Tasks on the Heterogeneous Reconfigurable Edge

Author(s): Ingo Hoyer, Tarek Zaarour, Ahmed Khalid, Alexander Utz, Karsten Seidl, Ken Brown, Ahmed H. Zahran
Published in: 2024 IEEE 32nd International Conference on Network Protocols (ICNP), 2025
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ICNP61940.2024.10858561

First Line-rate End-to-End Post-Quantum Encrypted Optical Fiber Link Using Data Processing Units (DPUs)

Author(s): A. Cano Aguilera, R. Abu Bakar, F. Alhamed, C. Rubio Garcia, J.L. Imana, I.Tafur Monroy, F. Cugini, and J.J Vegas Olmos
Published in: 2024
DOI: 10.1364/OFC.2024.M1G.4

Computation offloading in beyond 5G/6G networks with edge computing: implications and challenges

Author(s): Catalina Stan; Simon Rommel; Juan José Vegas Olmos; Idelfonso Tafur Monroy
Published in: Crossref, 2023, ISBN 978-3-031-38317-5
Publisher: Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-38318-2_47

Adaptive Retraining of AI/ML Model for Beyond 5G Networks: A Predictive Approach

Author(s): 11. V. Gudepu, V. R. Chintapalli, P. Castoldi, L. Valcarenghi, B. R. Tamma and K. Kondepu
Published in: 2023
DOI: 10.1109/NetSoft57336.2023.10175451

Coordinated vDU relocation for an Energy Efficient PON-based Open SD-RAN

Author(s): L. Valcarenghi
Published in: 2024 24th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2024
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ICTON62926.2024.10647660

Secure Onboarding of Devices and Applications to a Smart Decentralized Ecosystem

Author(s): Ali Amin, Tarek Zaarour, Ahmed Khalid, Seàn Óg Murphy, Utz Roedig, Cormac J. Sreenan
Published in: 2025 IEEE International Conference on Smart Computing (SMARTCOMP), 2025
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/SMARTCOMP65954.2025.00034

Energy-Efficient Integrated O-RAN/PON Access Network

Author(s): L. Valcarenghi, A. Marotta, C. Centofanti, F. Graziosi, K. Kondepu
Published in: ICC 2024 - IEEE International Conference on Communications, 2024
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ICC51166.2024.10622867

First Demonstration of 200 Gbps Regime Line-Rate Quantum-Secure MACsec Optical Links Using Commodity Hardware Offloads

Author(s): Abraham Cano Aguilera, Carlos Rubio Garcia, Daniel C. Lawo, Idelfonso Tafur, J.L Imaña, J.J Vegas Olmos
Published in: Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC) 2025, 2025
Publisher: Optica Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1364/OFC.2025.TU2D.2

Poster: Using Machine Learning to Infer Network Structure from Security Metadata

Author(s): Asfa Khalid, Seán Óg Murphy, Cormac J. Sreenan, Utz Roedig
Published in: Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Detection of Intrusions and Malware, and Vulnerability Assessment, 2025
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-97623-0_6

Efficient Data Confidence Fabrics with Compact Annotations

Author(s): Asfa Khalid, Seán Óg Murphy, Cormac Sreenan, Utz Roedig
Published in: 2024 IEEE 32nd International Conference on Network Protocols (ICNP), 2025
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ICNP61940.2024.10858579

5G New Radio Techniques for 3D Networks in Connection-critical Scenarios

Author(s): Luca Valcarenghi, Justine Cris Borromeo, Riccardo Bassoli, Frank H.P. Fitzek, Koteswararao Kondepu, Nicola Andriolli, Henok Berhanu Tsegaye, Claudio Sacchi
Published in: 2024 IEEE Aerospace Conference, 2024
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/AERO58975.2024.10521105

Marine Litter Classification Through Multi-Camera System: Perception and Latency

Author(s): B. Jalil, L. Maggiani, L. Valcarenghi
Published in: 2024 IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for the Sea; Learning to Measure Sea Health Parameters (MetroSea), 2025
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/METROSEA62823.2024.10765735

GAN-Based Drift and Anomaly Detection for Open Radio Access Networks

Author(s): Venkateswarlu Gudepu, Bhargav Chirumamilla, Venkatarami Reddy Chintapalli, Piero Castoldi, Luca Valcarenghi, Bheemarjuna Reddy Tamma, Deepak Kataria, Koteswararao Kondepu
Published in: 2024 IEEE 25th International Conference on High Performance Switching and Routing (HPSR), 2024
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/HPSR62440.2024.10635911

Enhancing UAV Systems via Task Offloading at the EDGE

Author(s): R. R. Tella, A. Marotta, P. Castoldi, L. Valcarenghi and K. Kondepu
Published in: 2023
DOI: 10.1109/ANTS59832.2023.10469506

Hierarchical Software-Defined Control for coordinated RAN and PON-based Transport Scaling

Author(s): Alessandro Pacini, Andrea Sgambelluri, Carlo Centofanti, Andrea Marotta, Emilio Paolini, Alessio Giorgetti, Luca Valcarenghi
Published in: NOMS 2024-2024 IEEE Network Operations and Management Symposium, 2024
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/NOMS59830.2024.10575208

A Decentralized Federated Learning-Based Approach for Fault Detection in Optical Networks

Author(s): Andrei N. Ribeiro, Fabrício R. Lobato, Moisés F. Silva, Carlos Natalino, Lena Wosinska, Luca Valcarenghi, Andrea Sgambelluri, João C. W. A. Costa
Published in: 2025 International Conference on Optical Network Design and Modeling (ONDM), 2025
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.23919/ONDM65745.2025.11029366

In-network AI Capabilities through Hardware Switches and Optical Computing

Author(s): Lorenzo De Marinis, Francesco Paolucci, Filippo Cugini
Published in: 2025 IEEE Photonics Society Summer Topicals Meeting Series (SUM), 2025
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/SUM65312.2025.11121821

Photonic-accelerated AI for cybersecurity in sustainable 6G networks

Author(s): E. Paolini, L. Valcarenghi, L. Maggiani and N. Andriolli
Published in: 2023
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/EuCNC/6GSummit58263.2023.10188264

Scalable User-Centric Distributed Massive MIMO Systems with Limited Processing Capacity

Author(s): M. M. M. Freitas et al.
Published in: 2023
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ICC45041.2023.10279694

Optimized Monitoring of Underwater Marine Waste Using Knowledge Distillation

Author(s): B. Jalil, L. Maggiani, L. Valcarenghi
Published in: 2024 IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for the Sea; Learning to Measure Sea Health Parameters (MetroSea), 2025
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/METROSEA62823.2024.10765682

A Programmable 5G DU-RU SmartNIC based on MPSoC FPGA

Author(s): Abdelghani Bourenane, Emilio Paolini, Nicola Andriolli, Luca Valcarenghi
Published in: 2024 IEEE 25th International Conference on High Performance Switching and Routing (HPSR), 2024
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/HPSR62440.2024.10635977

Virtual Try-On Application leveraging RoCE in Low-latency Edge Computing Networks

Author(s): Michelangelo Guaitolini, Abdul H. Khan, Emilie Le Rouzic, Francesco Paolucci, Filippo Cugini
Published in: 2024 24th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2024
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ICTON62926.2024.10647389

AI/ML Model Training in O-RAN: Assessing Datasets for Hoarding and Choosing Strategies

Author(s): Venkateswarlu Gudepu, Bhargav Chirumamilla, Venkatarami Reddy Chintapalli, Piero Castoldi, Luca Valcarenghi, Koteswararao Kondepu
Published in: 2023 IEEE International Conference on Advanced Networks and Telecommunications Systems (ANTS), 2024
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ANTS59832.2023.10468670

Programmable Packet-Optical Networks using Data Processing Units (DPUs) with Embedded GPU

Author(s): Piero Castoldi, Rana Abu Bakar, Andrea Sgambelluri, Juan Jose Vegas Olmos, Francesco Paolucci, and Filippo Cugini
Published in: 2024
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11030206

A pilot study to classify salt treated poplar plants using machine learning algorithms

Author(s): Bushra Jalil, Iqra Sarfraz, Lorenzo Della Maggiora, Alessandra Francini, Luca Valcarenghi, Luca Sebastiani
Published in: 2023 IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for Agriculture and Forestry (MetroAgriFor), 2024
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/METROAGRIFOR58484.2023.10424065

Towards Trust-Based Data Weighting in Machine Learning

Author(s): Seán Óg Murphy, Utz Roedig, Cormac J. Sreenan, Ahmed Khalid
Published in: 2023 IEEE 31st International Conference on Network Protocols (ICNP), 2023
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ICNP59255.2023.10355606

"Virtual Try-On Application leveraging RoCE in Low-latency Edge Computing Networks"", 24th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2024"

Author(s): M. Guaitolini, A. H. Khan, E. Le Rouzic, F. Paolucci, F. Cugini
Published in: 2024

Positioning Stabilization With Reinforcement Learning for Multi-Step Robot Positioning Tasks in Nvidia Omniverse

Author(s): Abishek Sunilkumar, Fouad Bahrpeyma, Dirk Reichelt
Published in: 2024 IEEE 22nd International Conference on Industrial Informatics (INDIN), 2024
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/INDIN58382.2024.10774286

91 1 Gbit/s Quantum-Resistant IPsec Programmable Encryptor

Author(s): Carlos Rubio Garcia, Abraham Cano, J.J. Vegas Olmos, Simon Rommel, Idelfonso Tafur Monroy
Published in: Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC) 2025, 2025
Publisher: Optica Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1364/OFC.2025.TU2D.3

Analysis of Noise-Tolerant Free Space Optical Convolution Neural Networks

Author(s): Maryam Dehbashizadeh Chehreghan, Ripalta Stabile
Published in: 2025 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe & European Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO/Europe-EQEC), 2025
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/CLEO/EUROPE-EQEC65582.2025.11109773

A Cooperative Energy Saving Scheme for NG-PON2-Based 5G X-Haul

Author(s): L. Valcarenghi, A. Marotta, C. Centofanti, F. Graziosi and K. Kondepu
Published in: 2023
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/PSC57974.2023.10297278

"""A Flexible Forecasting Platform Enabling Zero Touch Networking and Digital Twinning,"" 2023 23rd International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), Bucharest, Romania, 2"

Author(s): L. Valcarenghi, P. Castoldi, A. Sgambelluri, E. Paolini and A. Pacini,
Published in: 2023

Cross-Domain DRL Agents for Efficient Job Placement in the Cloud-Edge Continuum

Author(s): Theodoros Aslanidis, Sokol Kosta, Spyros Lalis, Dimitris Chatzopoulos
Published in: Proceedings of the 5th Workshop on Machine Learning and Systems, 2025
Publisher: ACM
DOI: 10.1145/3721146.3721934

Enabling Lightweight Federated Learning in NextG Wireless Networks

Author(s): Emilio Paolini, Luca Valcarenghi, Nicola Andriolli, Luca Maggiani, Flavio Esposito
Published in: 2024 IEEE 10th International Conference on Network Softwarization (NetSoft), 2024
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/NetSoft60951.2024.10588916

Effectiveness of Confidentiality-Preserving Clustering Algorithms for Soft Failure Detection in Optical Networks

Author(s): Azarm Yeganehfallah, Andrea Sgambelluri, Alessandro Pacini, Luca Valcarenghi, Moises Felipe Silva
Published in: 2024 IEEE 25th International Conference on High Performance Switching and Routing (HPSR), 2024
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/HPSR62440.2024.10636007

Cascaded Look Up Table Distillation of P4 Deep Neural Network Switches

Author(s): De Marinis, Lorenzo Paolini, Emilio Rana, Abu Bakar Cugini, Filippo Paolucci, Francesco
Published in: 2023
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11029806

CATER: A Policy-Based Data Placement Framework for Edge Storage

Author(s): 5. Ahmed Khalid, Sean Ahearne, Hemant K. Mehta, Utz Roedig, Cormac J. Sreenan
Published in: 2024
DOI: 10.1109/PDP62718.2024.00013

A Flexible Forecasting Platform Enabling Zero Touch Networking and Digital Twinning

Author(s): L. Valcarenghi, P. Castoldi, A. Sgambelluri, E. Paolini and A. Pacini
Published in: 2023
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ICTON59386.2023.10207209

Peer reviewed articles (5)

Real-Time Clustering Based on Deep Embeddings for Threat Detection in 6G Networks

Author(s): E. Paolini, L. Valcarenghi, L. Maggiani and N. Andriolli
Published in: IEEE Access, 2023, ISSN 2169-3536
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3325721.

PCA-assisted clustering approaches for soft-failure detection in optical networks

Author(s): A. N. Ribeiro, F. R. L. Lobato, M. F. Silva, A. Sgambelluri, L. Valcarenghi, L. Wosinska, J. C. W. A. Costa
Published in: Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, Issue 17, 2025, ISSN 1943-0620
Publisher: Optica Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1364/JOCN.549205

Enhancing Network Visibility and Security with Advanced Port Scanning Techniques

Author(s): Rana Abu Bakar, Boonserm Kijsirikul
Published in: Sensors, Issue 23, 2023, ISSN 1424-8220
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/s23177541

tinyHLS: a novel open source high level synthesis tool targeting hardware accelerators for artificial neural network inference

Author(s): Ingo Hoyer, Alexander Utz, Christoph Hoog Antink, Karsten Seidl
Published in: Physiological Measurement, Issue 46, 2025, ISSN 0967-3334
Publisher: IOP Publishing
DOI: 10.1088/1361-6579/ADA8F0

Optimal procurement under backwardation and the benefits of the manifestation of demand aggregators

Author(s): Ioannis Avramopoulos, Prodromos Makris, Emmanouel Varvarigos
Published in: Operations Research Letters, Issue 61, 2025, ISSN 0167-6377
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.ORL.2025.107286