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    COP-PILOT
    Collaborative Open Platform for PILOTing services across energing smart IoT and Edge computing environments

    Challenge

    The integration of edge computing, advanced 5G connectivity, and decentralized processing drives the widespread deployment of private edge ecosystems capable to reshape numerous industry sectors. However, unlocking the full potentials of edge-level intelligent management requires concerted efforts in platform development and cross-sector collaboration.

    Solution

    COP-PILOT, develops a Collaborative Open Platform framework geared towards orchestrating end-to-end services across diverse industry domains.
    In crafting an open platform, COP-PILOT provides a flexible solution designed to effectively manage various industry sectors while ensuring robust security, automation, and intelligence features. Furthermore, COP-PILOT empowers the development of advanced cross-sector applications by offering support for cutting-edge network services, thereby enabling heightened security, resource management, and automation capabilities.
    The implementation strategy revolves around two primary directions: enabling platform implementation and real environment integration. For the former, COP-PILOT adopts a modular orchestration approach, simplifying the onboarding of complex applications through a user-friendly generative AI interface. In terms of real environment integration, the platform is deployed across four large piloting clusters, addressing a diverse array of edge paradigms.
    These use cases span across energy, smart city, agriculture, and industrial manufacturing sectors, fostering the development of crosssector applications in mobility, logistics, and resource management.

    Objectives, Activities and Results expected / achieved

    Expected Objectives:
    Objective 1: To design and implement an open multi-layer orchestration platform for the deployment and runtime management of collaborative applications, across heterogeneous domains and multiple distributed sectors;
    Objective 2: To develop smart AI-based extensions for (i) dramatically lowering the onboarding time and complexity for large-scale services, using an LLM -based multi-modal user interface (UI) and (ii) automatically binding the SLAs of end user services with chains of closed-loop platform services that ensure these SLAs through the trinity of Intelligent Forecasting (IF) – Zero-Touch Invocation (ZI) – and-Secure Actuation (SA)
    Objective 3: To develop an “Auto-Pilot” IoT-to-edge-to-core cloud continuum tool allowing infrastructure owners and service providers to (i) easily register new (clusters of) domains (ii) automate the platform expansion process, (iii) declare domain resources (incl. IoT devices and swarms) and services (incl. IoT data management services) (iv) attach the domains to the secure integration fabric, and (v) use declarative policies to associate the services and resources with trusted parties eligible to consume them.
    Objective 4: To create large scale piloting clusters serving as the basis for the integration of the platform framework and the interconnection of pilot use cases, including 3rd party infrastructures and services
    Objective 5: To demonstrate emerging piloting use cases in strategic industrial sectors (incl. 3rd party solutions) that highlight cross-sector collaboration scenarios, intelligent resource management over heterogeneous environments and enhanced trustworthiness, verifiable through specific technical KPIs.
    Objective 6: To analyse and validate the market potentials and the sustainability impact fingerprint for both the COP-PILOT platform and the targeted strategic piloting use case sectors.
    Objective 7: To maximise the impact and adoption of COP-PILOT, through specific standardisation and dissemination actions.

    Project Reference

    Grant Agreement No 101189819

    Funding


    Intervention Region

    Europe

    Total Investment

    27.710.415,00

    IPN Investment

    413.562,50

    Total Eligible

    27.710.415,00

    IPN Eligible

    413.562,50

    EC Funding – Total

    22.499.384,25

    EC Funding – IPN

    413.562,50

    Duration

    36 Months

    Start Date

    2025-01-01

    End Date

    2027-12-31

    Approval Date

    2024-09-30

    Consortium

    Netcompany - Intrasoft SA
    Nova Telecommunications & Media Single Member SA
    Organismos Tilepikoinonion Tis Ellados OTE AE
    Tata Communications Ltd
    Gioumpitek Meleti Schediasmos Ylopoiisi Kai Polisi Ergon
    Pliroforikis Etaireia Periorismenis Efthynis
    One Source Consultoria Informatica Lda
    Suite5 Data Intelligence Solutions Limited
    Agentscape AG
    Axon Logic Idiotiki Kefalaiouxiki Etaireia
    Konnekt Able Technologies Limited
    Incites Consulting SA
    Arthur´s Legal BV
    Erevnitiko Panepistimiako Institouto Systimaton Epikoinonion Kai Ypologiston
    University of Bradford
    Instituto Pedro Nunes
    Fiware Foundation EV
    Digital For Planet-D4P
    Lulea Tekniska Universitet
    Rise Research Institutes of Sweden AB
    HOSCH Fordertechnik Recklinghausen GmbH
    Thingwave AB
    Predge AB
    Rocksigma AB
    LTU Business AB
    Universitat Politecnica de Valencia
    Fundacion de La Comunidad Valencia Para La Investigacion, Promocion Y Estudios Comerciales de La Valenciaport
    Telefonica Innovacion Digital SL
    Nespra SL - Nespra Smart Devices
    5G Communications for Future Industry Vertical SL
    Fundacion de La Comunitat Valenciana para La Promocion Estrategica El Desarrollo Y La Innovacion Urbana
    Ayuntamiento de Almussafes - Municipality of Almussafes
    Panepistimio Patron - University of Patras
    Agricultural University of Athens
    Universita Degli Studi Di Roma Tor Vergata
    Dimosia Epicheirisi Ilektrismou Anonymi Etarirea
    Mparmpa Stathis Monoprosopi Anonymi Viomichaniki Kai Emporiki Etairia
    Agricultural Applications Ike - AgroApps P.C.
    P-Net Anadyomena Diktya Neas Genias & Efarmoges Idiotiki Kefalaiouchiki Etaireia
    Ilink Nees Texnologies OE
    Enakronik Katanemimenes Lyseis Technitis Effyias Ike
    IONOS SE
    Arsys Internet SL
    Redzinc Services Limited
    J.I.G. Internet Consulting SL
    Terraview Gmbh

    Keywords

    IoT;
    Edge Computing;
    LLMs;
    Orchestration.