TRIALSNET: TRials supported by Smart Networks beyond 5G
main goal: TrialsNet aims to deploy full large-scale trials to implement a heterogenous and comprehensive set of innovative 6G applications based on various technologies such as cobots, metaverse, massive twinning, Internet of Senses, and covering three relevant domains of the urban ecosystems in Europe. nextworks role: Our focus is on the coordination of the integration […]
UNICORE: A Common Code Base and Toolkit for Deployment of Applications to Secure and Reliable Virtual Execution Environments
main goal: Create a common code base from which to build unikernels, and develop tools that will make the creation of such unikernels as easy as compiling an app for an existing OS. The project applies the unikernel toolchain in four main scenarios: Serverless computing: lambda services, Network Function Virtualization, Home automation / IoT, Smart […]
TRILOGY2: Building the Liquid Net
main goal: Manage and control shared pools of resources by multiple operators for applications that can scale up and down in multiple dimensions (storage, processing, bandwidth). nextworks role: Develop a Virtual CPE integrating SDN tools (OpenDaylight & Openstack) with data plane (Open vSwitch) and routing protocols (Quagga). other key partners: Telefonica (ES), Universidad Carlos III […]
SOFIA: Smart Objects for Intelligent Applications
main goal: Create an Open Innovation Platform (OIP) providing the interoperability of “smart spaces” and a variety of users. nextworks role: Develop a unified monitoring and videosurveillance system (UMVS). other key partners: INDRA (ES), ACCIONA (ES), Centro Ricerche FIAT (IT), VTT (FI), ELSAG DATAMAT (IT) duration: 36 months, Start: 1/Jan/2009 project link: http://www.sofia-project.eu/
KnowlEdge: Towards AI powered manufacturing services, processes, and products in an edge-to-cloud-knowledge continuum for humans [in-the-loop]
main goal: Develop a new generation of AI methods, systems and data management infrastructure. This framework will provide means for the secure management of distributed data and the computational infrastructure to execute the needed analytic algorithms and redistribute the knowledge towards a knowledge exchange society. nextworks role: Implementation of a data collection platform for retrieval […]
iNGENIOUS: Next-GENeration IoT sOlutions for the Universal Supply chain
main goal: Aims to design and evaluate the Next-Generation IoT (NG-IoT) solution, with emphasis on 5G and the development of Edge and Cloud computing extensions for IoT, as well as providing smart networking and data management solutions with Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML). The project embraces the 5G Infrastructure Association (5G IA) and Alliance […]
EFPF: European Connected Factory Platform for Agile Manufacturing
main goal: Realise a federated smart factory ecosystem by primarily interlinking 4 smart factory platforms (COMPOSITION, DIGICOR, NIMBLE and vf-OS), to be offered to the manufacturing and logistic companies as an open platform EFPFData Spine and offer seamless interoperability of distributed tools and services. nextworks role: Contribute to the definition and establishment of EFPF platform […]
DOLFIN: Data Centres Optimization For Energy-Efficient And Environmentally Friendly Internet
main goal: Define tools and mechanisms for datacenter energy consumption optimization. nextworks role: Leader of Data Centre energy consumption optimisation platform: Nextworks energy manager + SDN (OpenDaylight). other key partners: Interoute S.P.A. (IT), Wind S.P.A. (IT), University College London (UK), Fundacio i2CAT (ES) duration: 36 months, Start: 1/Oct/2013 project link: http://www.dolfin-fp7.eu/sd
COMPOSITION
Ecosystem for Collaborative Manufacturing Processes – Intra- and Interfactory Integration and Automation Main goal Create a digital automation framework (COMPOSITION IIMS) that optimizes the manufacturing processes by exploiting existing data, knowledge and tools to increase productivity and dynamically adapt to changing market requirements. Consequently, open a new space for third party entities to actively interact […]
