RAIS consortium conducted research through four technical workpackages: WP1 Distributed Sensing Infrastructure & Networking, WP2 Security, Privacy and Trust, WP3 Data Mining & Edge Analytics and WP4 Predictive Analytics for IoS.
In particular, WP1 focused on designing the main components for a novel overlay network infrastructure comprising peers that provide the run-time environment, the platform, and the communication functionality required for basic collective sensing services and for deploying new applications. Four RAIS fellows made contributions on the tasks of WP1 and produced 4 peer-reviewed publications.
WP2 focused on designing a suite of security and user-centric privacy-preserving mechanisms for securing IoT-generated data against some of the most challenging threats while, at the same time, keeping the utility of the data for the intended consumer. The fellows designed services both for standard centralized architectures as well as for more challenging distributed use cases. Blockchain has been used as an underlying trust framework to enable accountability and transparency among the collaborating parties. Four RAIS fellows made contributions on the tasks and produced 18 peer-reviewed publications.
WP3 focused on developing novel ML algorithms for Human Activity Recognition (HAR), designing of novel and lightweight Graph Representation Learning (GRL) algorithms for linked data as well as building Federated and Decentralized ML Solutions for massively distributed data. Several ESRs contributed to the workplackage tasks and produced 18 peer-reviewed publications.
WP4 focused on leveraging data analytics, machine learning, and behavioral science to advance understanding of user exercise habits, social contagion, anomaly detection, well-being, and sustained engagement. The resulting technologies directly contribute to practical and responsible applications and interventions that promote healthier lifestyles, enhance performance, and improve overall well-being. Four fellows were involved on the tasks and produced 17 peer-reviewed publications.
The RAIS fellows underwent extensive "hands-on" research training and gained valuable exposure to non-academic environments through industrial secondments. Overall, the project facilitated a wide range of network-wide events, including 17 Interactive Online Seminars, 3 summer schools, 1 entrepreneurship event, 1 hackathon, 2 workshops, 1 conference and 21 secondments, fostering teamwork among the fellows while also supporting their individual development as experts.
