ILVO (Instituut voor Landbouw, Visserij- en Voedingsonderzoek) and NEC (NEC Laboratories Europe) participated in the European Big Data Value (EBDVA) Forum 2024 on 2-4 October in Budapest, Hungary. Our partners presented and explained to a large audience their activities at the EMPYREAN project and how a cognitive, secure, and collaborative EdgeAI, IoT, and Robotics computing continuum can support the GreenDeal objectives for sustainability, soil health, and crop protection.
EMPYREAN at NexusForum2024 Summit
ICCS represented EMPYREAN at the NexusForum2024 Summit “Building a European Edge Cloud From Theory to Action”, which took place in Brussels, Belgium, on September 19-20, 2024. Supported by the European Commission through the Horizon Europe programme, NexusForum2024 is a physical event aimed at exploring technological synergies between the European Alliance for Industrial Data, Edge and Cloud, the EU companies and Members States involved in the IPCEI on Cloud Infrastructure & Services, and the community of EU-funded research and innovation projects. The event focused on creating a unique space for exploring new, high-impact technological collaborations between European research and industry ecosystems. The event was attended by more than 200 registered participants bringing their expertise in cloud, edge, and digital sovereignty, EMPYREAN participated in Pitch Sessions: HORIZON EUROPE PROJECTS, where presented its vision, objectives, and innovations.
Special Session on Secure and Cognitive Continuum (SECON)
EMPYREAN project co-organizes the Secure and Cognitive Continuum (SECON) special session collocated with the 8th International Conference on Mobile Internet Security, Sapporo, Japan on December 17~19, 2024. The submission of contributions to MobiSec 2024 must occur through the conference submission system: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mobisec20240 TOPICS Submissions should focus on contributing in the following areas: Orchestration of resources Cognitive Resources Management Hyper-distributed computing AI-enabled management Data and services discovery Data Spaces and applications on distributed environment Cybersecurity of IoT-edge-cloud continuum Secure data sharing Secure execution environment Application areas of the continuum computing Joint synergies between South Korean, Japan and European activities on the area of IoT-edge-cloud continuum IMPORTANT DATES – Paper submission deadline: September 16, 2024 (KST/JST) – Acceptance Notification: October 11, 2024 (KST/JST) – Final version deadline: November 1, 2024 (KST/JST) Download CfP
EMPYREAN 1st newsletter is now available
The first issue of EMPYREAN’s newsletter is now available! Read here all about EMPYREAN’s progress (February 24 – May 24).
EMPYREAN 2nd Plenary Meeting
EMPYREAN project organized its second plenary meeting on July 2 & 3, 2024, in Madrid, Spain, with all 11 partners in attendance. The meeting offered a great opportunity for collaboration among partners. The progress achieved was presented, and the project’s next steps, focusing on architecture design and requirements analysis, were discussed. The team made significant progress, laying a strong foundation for the next phases of our project.
EMPYREAN at the Final EUCloudEdgeIoT Open Continuum Conference
Our technical coordinator, Panagiotis Kokkinos from ICCS, represented EMPYREAN at the final EUCloudEdgeIoT Open Continuum Conference, which took place in The Claridge, Brussels, Belgium, on June 18, 2024. The event focused on the value of the EUCloudEdgeIoT.eu (EUCEI) community research for the industry, highlighting the latest advancements and results of the Open Continuum CSA and the more than 50 research and innovation actions that it has supported. EMPYREAN participated in Research Panel #5, “Cognitive Computing,” along with other speakers from the “Cognitive Computing Continuum: CL4-2023-DATA-01-04” call. During the event, EMPYREAN presented its vision, objectives, and innovations.
EMPYREAN at Cognitive Computing Continuum Panel at Digital Transformation Summit
EMPYREAN was honored to participate as a panelist in the session titled “Cognitive Computing Continuum: Connecting 40 Billion IoT Devices with 200ZB of Data in the Cloud” during the Digital Transformation Summit held on June 26th, 2024, on Madeira Island, Portugal. During the session, EMPYREAN presented its vision, objectives, and innovations, highlighting its contributions to the field. The event was a highly successful clustering opportunity, bringing together projects from the “Cognitive Computing Continuum: CL4-2023-DATA-01-04” call, including ENACT, INTENT, and Swarmchestrate. Representatives from these research projects engaged in meaningful discussions about the latest advancements and challenges in developing a trustworthy, AI-driven, autonomous, and cognitive computing continuum. The focus was on efficient data processing in hyper-distributed and dynamic applications, marking significant progress in the field.
Webinar – Get to know the research initiatives about Cognitive Computing Continuum: Intelligence and automation for more efficient data processing
EMPYREAN will participate in the upcoming webinar “Get to know the research initiatives about Cognitive Computing Continuum: Intelligence and automation for more efficient data processing”, on October 8th 2024 (11:00-12:30) organized by HYPER-AI. It is a joint webinar to discover the innovative work of six cutting-edge projects funded by the HORIZON Europe call “Cognitive Computing Continuum: Intelligence and Automation for More Efficient Data Processing”: HYPER-AI, INTEND, EMPYREAN, ENACT, MYRTUS, and Swarmchestrate. This joint webinar will highlight the collaborative efforts and breakthroughs in the integration of the IoT-Edge-Cloud continuum, AI-driven resource management, and hyper-distributed computing ecosystems. Each project will share its future goals and expected contributions to advancing research in AI and the IoT-Edge-Cloud continuum, outlining their planned achievements within their respective domains. Details & Agenda Register Now
EMPYREAN – Zenodo community
We are excited to announce the launch of our Zenodo community page for the EMPYREAN project. This page will serve as a central repository for all research outputs, including publications, datasets, and other valuable resources. Join us to explore cutting-edge advancements and collaborate on innovative solutions in the field of cognitive computing. Visit our Zenodo community page here to stay updated and contribute to the future of AI-driven technologies.
EMPYREAN at HPDC 2024
EMPYREAN project in the EU Track of the International Symposium on High-Performance Parallel and Distributed Computing (HPDC 2024), 3-7 June, in Pisa. ICCS presented EMPYREAN’s ideas and objectives in a new publication entitled “EMPYREAN: Trustworthy, Cognitive and AI-driven Collaborative Associations of IoT Devices and Edge Resources for Data Processing”, A. Kretsis, P. Kokkinos, E. Varvarigos,D. Syrivelis, P. Bakopoulos, M. Sipos, M. Fehér, D.E. Lucani, J. M. Bernabe, A. Skarmeta, I. Paez, L. Cominardi, M. Mercier, P. Velho, Y. Georgiou, C. Mainas, A. Nanos, J. Martin, A. F. Gomez, R. Gonzalez, P. Ilias , T. Chalazas, K. Chintamani.