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A catalyst for EuropeaN ClOUd Services in the era of data spaces, high-performance and edge computing

Project description

Building a sovereign European cloud ecosystem for high-performance and edge computing

The EU-funded NOUS project aims to build the architecture for an exclusively European cloud ecosystem that enables the use of computational and data storage resources from edge devices and supercomputers through high-performance and quantum computing networks. The resulting platform-as-a-service cloud provider will leverage edge computing and decentralisation models, providing interoperability among a range of devices and high-volume data processing. The pipeline will feature computational components to process data, edge components to communicate with edge devices, and data storage components to manage and store data. The project will test and validate its developed technologies in four designated use cases that reflect real-world industry scenarios.

Objective

NOUS will develop the architecture of a European Cloud Service that allows computational and data storage resources to be used from edge devices and supercomputers through the HPC network and Quantum Computers. NOUS will be an Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)/Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) cloud provider, harnessing edge computing and decentralisation paradigms to incorporate a wide array of devices and machines in its computational flow to provide leaps in Europe’s capability to process vast amounts of data.
The pipeline of the NOUS in the project will include three types of components: i) computational components that are responsible for executing computations, ii) edge components that are responsible for communicating with edge devices (such as IoT sensors/ actuators/ devices), iii) data storage components that are responsible for data storage and storage management. Components are researched individually, expecting to yield breakthroughs, and jointly, to create the architecture and cloud-level services such as syndication with other platforms and virtual labs. The project has defined four use cases that will allow the testing of the developed technologies in real-world scenarios that industry leaders face.
The NOUS architecture will be open source to allow companies and organisations to capitalise. Furthermore, a set of workshops and collaboration activities is envisioned with Data Spaces Support Centre, Gaia-X, FIWARE and EOSC powered by a strong consortium of 21 partners from 11 European countries.

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Funding Scheme

HORIZON-RIA - HORIZON Research and Innovation Actions

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Call for proposal

(opens in new window) HORIZON-CL4-2023-DATA-01

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Coordinator

FUNDACION INSTITUTO INTERNACIONAL DE INVESTIGACION EN INTELIGENCIA ARTIFICIAL Y CIENCIAS DE LA COMPUTACION
Net EU contribution
€ 596 750,00
Address
PAZA DEL AYUNTAMIENTO 1
37188 Carbajosa De La Sagrada
Spain
Region
Centro (ES) Castilla y León Salamanca
Activity type
Research Organisations
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Total cost
€ 596 750,00

Participants (20)