Project description
Associations of IoT devices, edge and cloud resources for efficient data processing and storage
Collaborations between IoT devices, edge and cloud resources can enhance efficiency, availability, flexibility and security. The EU-funded EMPYREAN project aims to establish Associations, a hyper-distributed computing paradigm, by leveraging collaborative, heterogeneous IoT devices and federated computing and storage resources that may belong to different users. Associations will be seamlessly interconnected via AI-enabled decision-making, leading to optimised resource utilisation, while data and resource access will be tightly controlled to ensure confidentiality. EMPYREAN will focus on developing technologies for efficient AI workload data processing, secure distributed edge storage, and native application development. It will also offer open and standardised APIs, using, extending and developing open-source software. EMPYREAN’s capabilities will be demonstrated through three use cases: advanced manufacturing, smart agriculture and warehouse automation.
Objective
EMPYREAN envisages a hyper-distributed computing paradigm, based on federations of collaborative and heterogeneous IoT devices and resources (e.g. on RISC-V) across different providers and networks. These federations, namely Associations, operate autonomously and interconnect seamlessly utilizing distributed, cognitive and dynamic AI-enabled decision-making, to balance computing tasks and data inside an Association as well as between Associations in a multi-agent manner and across central computing environments, optimizing resources and providing scalability, resiliency, energy efficiency and quality of service. An Association will constitute a trusted execution environment, while identity and data access management schemes will assure controlled access and confidentiality of data, utilizing Cluster 3 related outcomes from participating partners. EMPYREAN will also be empowered with automated tools and mechanisms for efficient data processing of AI-workloads and secure distributed edge storage. Developed technologies will also enable Associations-native application development and deployment, contributing to the entire application lifecycle and interoperability. EMPYREAN will provide open and standardized APIs, while utilizing and extending open-source platforms maintained by European companies from the consortium. EMPYREAN will demonstrate its advanced and innovative capabilities through three well-defined use cases that involve device- and data-rich applications in advanced manufacturing, smart agriculture and warehouse automation, involving AI-driven value extraction from high volume and dynamic IoT data generated by multiple sources (e.g. robots) at the edge of the network. Also, a South Korea based use case in smart factories will further showcase the benefits of the EMPYREAN’s technologies. EMPYREAN will develop its Association-based continuum through synergies with emerging IPCEI initiatives and EU bodies (e.g. GAIA-X, IDSA) by involved partners.
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HORIZON.2.4 - Digital, Industry and Space
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HORIZON.2.4.5 - Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
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HORIZON-RIA - HORIZON Research and Innovation Actions
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(opens in new window) HORIZON-CL4-2023-DATA-01
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