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aerOS

Autonomous, scalablE, tRustworthy, intelligent European meta Operating System for the IoT edge-cloud continuum

Full project details (EU Research results portal): https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101069732

Project description:

The project aerOS aims at transparently utilising the resources on the edge-to-cloud computing continuum for enabling applications in aneffective manner, incorporating multiple services deployed on such a path. Therefore, aerOS will establish the missing piece: a commonmeta operating system that follows a collaborative IoT-edge–cloud architecture supporting flexible deployments (e.g., federated orhierarchical), bringing tremendous benefits as it enables the distribution of intelligence and computation – including Artificial Intelligence(AI), Machine Learning (ML), and big data analytics – to achieve an optimal solution while satisfying the given constraints.The overarching goal of aerOS is to design and build a virtualized, platform-agnostic meta operating system for the IoT edge-cloud continuum. As a solution, to be executed on any Infrastructure Element within the IoT edge-cloud continuum – hence, independent from underlying hardware and operating system(s) – aerOS will: (i) deliver common virtualized services to enable orchestration, virtual communication (network-related programmable functions), and efficient support for frugal, explainable AI and creation of distributed data-driven applications; (ii) expose an API to be available anywhere and anytime (location-time independent), flexible, resilient and platform-agnostic; and (iii) include a set of infrastructural services and features addressing cybersecurity, trustworthiness and manageability. aerOS will: (a) use context-awareness to distribute software task (application) execution requests; (b) support intelligence as close to the events as possible; (c) support execution of services using “abstract resources” (e.g., virtual machines, containers) connected through a smart network infrastructure; (d) allocate and orchestrate abstract resources, responsible for executing service chain(s) and (e) support for scalable data autonomy.

EuroVoc IDs: /natural sciences/computer and information sciences/internet/internet of things

EU Programme: Horizon Europe

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 ==[[EU Project short name::aerOS]]==
-===[[EU Project full name::Flexible, scaLable and secUre decentralIzeD Operating System]]===
+===[[EU Project full name::Autonomous, scalablE, tRustworthy, intelligent European meta Operating System for the IoT edge-cloud continuum]]===
-'''Full project details (EU Research results portal):''' [[CORDIS URL::https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101070473]]
+'''Full project details (EU Research results portal):''' [[CORDIS URL::https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101069732]]
 === '''Project description:''' ===
-FluiDOS leverages the enormous, unused processing capacity at the edge, scattered across heterogeneous edge devices that struggle to integrate with each other and to coherently form a seamless computing continuum. By way of a disruptive, open-source paradigm that hinges upon secure protocols for advertisement and discovery, AI-powered resource orchestration and intent-based service integration, FluiDOS will create a fluid, dynamic, scalable and trustable computing continuum that spans across devices, unifies edge and cloud in an energy-aware fashion, and possibly extends beyond administrative boundaries. Notwithstanding its innovation signature, FluiDOS will build upon consolidated Operating Systems and orchestration solutions like Kubernetes, on top of which it will provide a new, enriched layer enacting resource sharing through advertisement/agreement procedures (in the horizontal dimension), and hierarchical aggregation of nodes, inspired by Inter-domain routing in the Internet (in the vertical dimension). Intent-based orchestration will leverage advanced AI Algorithms to optimize costs and energy usage in the continuum, promoting efficient usage of edge resources. A Zero-Trust paradigm will allow FluiDOS to securely control and access geographically diverse resources, while Trusted Platform Modules will provide strong isolation and guarantee a safe deployment of applications and services. FluiDOS will pursue the above goals through the creation of an open, collaborative ecosystem, focused on the development of a multi-stakeholder market of edge services and applications, promoting European digital autonomy. The involvement of stakeholders is planned from the outset of the project through pilots and demonstrator in the fields of intelligent energy, agriculture and logistics, which will challenge FluiDOS capabilities to adapt to different environments and operating conditions, while showcasing its ground-breaking innovation potential.
+The project aerOS aims at transparently utilising the resources on the edge-to-cloud computing continuum for enabling applications in aneffective manner, incorporating multiple services deployed on such a path. Therefore, aerOS will establish the missing piece: a commonmeta operating system that follows a collaborative IoT-edge–cloud architecture supporting flexible deployments (e.g., federated orhierarchical), bringing tremendous benefits as it enables the distribution of intelligence and computation – including Artificial Intelligence(AI), Machine Learning (ML), and big data analytics – to achieve an optimal solution while satisfying the given constraints.The overarching goal of aerOS is to design and build a virtualized, platform-agnostic meta operating system for the IoT edge-cloud continuum. As a solution, to be executed on any Infrastructure Element within the IoT edge-cloud continuum – hence, independent from underlying hardware and operating system(s) – aerOS will: (i) deliver common virtualized services to enable orchestration, virtual communication (network-related programmable functions), and efficient support for frugal, explainable AI and creation of distributed data-driven applications; (ii) expose an API to be available anywhere and anytime (location-time independent), flexible, resilient and platform-agnostic; and (iii) include a set of infrastructural services and features addressing cybersecurity, trustworthiness and manageability. aerOS will: (a) use context-awareness to distribute software task (application) execution requests; (b) support intelligence as close to the events as possible; (c) support execution of services using “abstract resources” (e.g., virtual machines, containers) connected through a smart network infrastructure; (d) allocate and orchestrate abstract resources, responsible for executing service chain(s) and (e) support for scalable data autonomy.
-'''EuroVoc IDs:''' [[EuroVoc ID::/natural sciences/computer and information sciences/internet]]
+'''EuroVoc IDs:''' [[EuroVoc ID::/natural sciences/computer and information sciences/internet/internet of things]]
 '''EU Programme:'''
 [[Programme::Horizon Europe]]