Project description Software Engineering, Services and Cloud Computing Show the project objective Hide the project objective Most things we rely on in our everyday life will contain sensors and electronic-based information and have enough computing power to run embedded software applications which connect to the Internet and clouds to get access to virtually unlimited resources. This future computing continuum, composed of a wide set of heterogeneous platforms, promises to be a fertile environment to engineer advanced services with high added value. In practice however, the extreme heterogeneity of platforms and networks is a major lock for software and service developers who are not able to exploit to their full potential the diversity of platforms capabilities.Current software engineering approaches indeed tend to provide dedicated support for managing and exploiting only parts of the continuum. For example, current cloud computing and service-oriented software engineering practices provide efficient abstractions for virtualizing the infrastructure in order for the software engineers to concentrate on the business logic of the applications. However these techniques merely support integration of mobile devices, sensors and actuators "as-a-service" and lack specific support for advanced exploitation of these small devices.Furthermore, although sensor network nodes, gateways, smart-phones, and most smart-objects tend to be provided with clear documentation and proper interfaces, different vendors rely on different standards and conventions to use and customize their devices. Thus, most pervasive systems tend to be proprietary silos not easily exploitable by others.The HEADS project leverages Model-Driven Software Engineering and generative programming techniques to provide a new integrated software engineering approach which enables the advanced exploitation of the full range of diversity and specificity of the future computing continuum.The main result of the HEADS project is an open-source Integrated Development Environment (IDE) supporting the collaboration between platform experts (having a deep knowledge of a reduced set of platforms) and service developers (needing to deal with a large set of platforms to develop added-value services). This IDE will include a Domain Specific Modeling Language and a methodology for the specification, validation, deployment and evolution of software-intensive services distributed across the future computing continuum.The HEADS IDE will benefit to services developers by allowing them to easily exploit a set of heterogeneous platform (mobile devices, sensors, smart objects, etc.) in the design of their cloud based services. The HEADS IDE will also benefit platform experts which can capitalize their knowledge of a specific platform as a reusable plug-in for the HEADS IDE. Depending on the platforms and commercial objectives the HEADS plug-ins can be developed with different licensing models ranging from open-source to fully proprietary. Fields of science natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesinternetengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensorssmart sensorsengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringinformation engineeringtelecommunicationsmobile phonesnatural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftwaresoftware applications Programme(s) FP7-ICT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Information and communication technologies Topic(s) ICT-2013.1.2 - Software Engineering, Services and Cloud Computing Call for proposal FP7-ICT-2013-10 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP - Collaborative project (generic) Coordinator STIFTELSEN SINTEF EU contribution € 1 529 146,00 Address STRINDVEIEN 4 7034 Trondheim Norway See on map Region Norge Trøndelag Trøndelag Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Arnor Solberg (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (6) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all SOFTWARE AG Germany EU contribution € 539 311,00 Address UHLANDSTRASSE 12 64297 Darmstadt See on map Region Hessen Darmstadt Darmstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Andreas Gruebel (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE EN INFORMATIQUE ET AUTOMATIQUE France EU contribution € 420 954,00 Address DOMAINE DE VOLUCEAU ROCQUENCOURT 78153 Le Chesnay Cedex See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Yvelines Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Jean-Paul Guillois (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data ATHENS TECHNOLOGY CENTER ANONYMI VIOMICHANIKI EMPORIKI KAI TECHNIKI ETAIREIA EFARMOGON YPSILIS TECHNOLOGIAS Greece EU contribution € 260 750,00 Address RIZAREIOU 10 15233 Athina See on map Region Αττική Aττική Βόρειος Τομέας Αθηνών Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Stathis Dimakos (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data GEOGRAPHICAL INFRASTRUCTURE SOLUTIONS LIMITED Participation ended Ireland EU contribution € 33 288,00 Address Rose Inn Street 2 Kilkenny See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Eamonn Roarke (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data TELLU AS Norway EU contribution € 609 351,00 Address LENSMANNSLIA 4 1386 Asker See on map Region Norge Oslo og Viken Viken Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Knut Eilif Husa (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITE DE RENNES I France EU contribution € 67 200,00 Address RUE DU THABOR 2 35065 RENNES CEDEX See on map Region Bretagne Bretagne Ille-et-Vilaine Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Yolaine BOMPAYS (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data