The NOUS consortium holds the 2nd General Assembly of the project in Salamanca

The NOUS consortium held its second General Assembly on 16th and 17th January in Salamanca. Project partners gathered to discuss the progress made and the next steps towards the creation of a European cloud service architecture that allows for the use of computational and data storage resources from peripheral devices, connecting platforms across the European Union.

As coordinators of the project, AIR Institute identified the current needs and challenges in the implementation of the NOUS infrastructure, as well as setting priorities for the upcoming months. The Institute of Informatics & Telecommunications at NCSR, Demokritos, responsible for developing the computational component, presented the ongoing development of computational capabilities to support the cloud platform.

Meanwhile, ITML, in charge of the edge component at NOUS, explained how peripheral devices are integrated into the overall infrastructure. Netcompany Intrasoft is working with data, focusing on the management and storage of large volumes of data.

The second day of the assembly began with a presentation from AETHON Engineering, who introduced the initial concepts for developing the global architecture of the project. The day continued with the presentation of four use cases related to the data economy by Politecnico di Torino, where researchers presented the following solutions:

• Perception of connected vehicles through camera data.
• Energy prediction and management of the lifecycle of energy data.
• Crisis management and civil protection platform.
• Scientific data storage in HPC and analysis with AI.

F6S highlighted strategies for maximising the project’s impact and visibility in the European arena, explaining the communication strategy that will be applied throughout the project.

The day concluded with the coordinators presenting the partial results of the project and outlining the next steps for the development of a next-generation European cloud.