EDGELESS

The EDGELESS project aims to leverage the serverless concept across all layers of the edge-cloud continuum to fully benefit from diverse and decentralised computational resources available on demand, close to where data is produced or consumed. In particular, we aim to realise an efficient and transparent horizontal pooling of resources on edge nodes with constrained capabilities or specialised hardware, smoothly integrated with cloud resources, which represents a significant leap forward compared to state-of-the-art vertical offloading solutions where the edge is merely a supplement to the cloud.

This project will focus on developing cognitive tools and techniques for the efficient use of resources in networks of constrained and specialised edge nodes, taking into consideration computational needs and performance, while ensuring the most efficient implementation of function-oriented execution. Furthermore, it will enable the efficient operation of data-intensive applications with dynamic behaviour for the realisation of a cognitive framework spanning the edge-cloud continuum, considering resource-constrained and heterogeneous edge computing resources under fast-changing conditions.

About the objectives, EDGELESS will enable trusted access to functions executed on edge nodes, including devices with limited computational capabilities, define interfaces and models to deploy edge applications in a continuum multi-provider environment according to specific functional and non-functional requirements and evaluate the solution in a wide range of realistic use cases, with heterogeneous requirements.

In this project, Ubiwhere will contribute by building an Autonomous Smart City Surveillance Pilot and providing edge computing solutions.

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under the Grant Agreement No 101092950.