NebulOuS Open Call #2

NebulOus will accomplish substantial research contributions in the realms of cloud and fog computing brokerage by introducing advanced methods and tools for enabling secure and optimal application provisioning and reconfiguration over the cloud computing continuum. NebulOus will develop a novel Meta Operating System and platform for enabling transient fog brokerage ecosystems that seamlessly exploit edge and fog nodes, in conjunction with multi-cloud resources, to cope with the requirements posed by low latency applications. The envisaged BRONCO solution includes the following main directions of work: i. Development of appropriate modelling methods and tools for describing the cloud computing continuum, application requirements, and data streams; these methods and tools will be used for assuring the QoS of the provisioned brokered services. ii. Efficient comparison of available offerings, using appropriate multi-criteria decision-making methods that are able to consider all dimensions of consumer requirements. iii. Intelligent applications, workflows and data streams management in the cloud computing continuum. iv. Addressing in a unified manner the security aspects emerging in of transient cloud computing continuums (e.g. access control, secure network overlay etc.). v. Conducting and monitoring smart contracts-based service level agreements.

Entité de financement

Commission Européenne - Horizon Europe

Clôture de l'appel

23 avril 2025

Zone géographique

eur

Thématiques

Cyber security

Data Science & Artificial Intelligence

Digital Infrastructure

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Objectif

The objective of the NebulOuS Open Call #2 is to give selected applicants the opportunity to discover NebulOuS at the second half of the project, when a mature release of the Meta-OS stack will be available.

It also aims to guarantee proper and wide external evaluation and validation of the project results, increase awareness, attract and engage key stakeholders and end-users, and ensure sustainability throughout and after the project end.

Critères d'éligibilité

NebulOuS will fund third-party projects that may be from:

• Single entity - Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) working on the IoT, Edge, Cloud or other related technologies.

• Consortium of maximum of 2 entities - Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) working on the IoT, Edge, Cloud or other related technologies.

Applicants must be established in one of the Member States (MS) of the European Union (EU), including their outermost regions, according to the updated list published by the EC.

Technologies clés

Workflow application
IoT application with variability
Serverless application
Open challenge

Typologie de consortium

Selected teams will test components of the NebulOuS architecture, by providing additional use cases where an IoT to Edge to Cloud infrastructure is needed, demonstrating the replicability and sustainability of NebulOuS framework covering a wide spectrum of use cases.

Equity-free funding of up to €150,000 will be granted to each selected project. They will enter a 7-month implementation programme and benefit from :
- Direct support and guidance from a pool of mentors
- Access to specialized and qualified resources
- A designated mentor during the implementation stage