FORGE: An eLearning Framework for Remote Laboratory Experimentation on FIRE Testbed Infrastructure

The Forging Online Education through FIRE (FORGE) initiative provides educators and learners in higher education with access to world-class FIRE testbed infrastructure. FORGE supports experimentally driven research in an eLearning environment by complementing traditional classroom and online courses with interactive remote laboratory experiments. The project has achieved its objectives by defining and implementing a framework called FORGEBox. This framework offers the methodology, environment, tools and resources to support the creation of HTML-based online educational material capable accessing virtualized and physical FIRE testbed infrastruc- ture easily. FORGEBox also captures valuable quantitative and qualitative learning analytic information using questionnaires and Learning Analytics that can help optimise and support student learning. To date, FORGE has produced courses covering a wide range of networking and communication domains. These are freely available from FORGEBox.eu and have resulted in over 24,000 experiments undertaken by more than 1,800 students across 10 countries worldwide. This work has shown that the use of remote high- performance testbed facilities for hands-on remote experimentation can have a valuable impact on the learning experience for both educators and learners. Additionally, certain challenges in developing FIRE-based courseware have been identified, which has led to a set of recommendations in order to support the use of FIRE facilities for teaching and learning purposes

Gestión sostenible de clústers de recursos virtuales

Este proyecto tiene como finalidad ofrecer un servicio de computación en forma de máquina virtual, utilizando los recursos internos de Atos Research & Innovation. Además, se pretende implementar este servicio sobre os excendentes de máquinas del propio departamento. La prestación de este servicio se realiza mediante un gestor de la infraestructura de forma centralizada. Para la implantación de este entorno se ha definido la adopción en fases y profundizado en dos de los gestores más activos en la investigación del modelo Cloud Computing (Open Nebula, Eucalyptus).Aquest projecte té com a finalitat oferir un servei computacional en forma de màquina virtual, utilitzant els recursos interns d'Atos Research & Innovation. A més, es preten implementar aquest servei sobre les màquines excedents d'aquest departament. La prestació del servei es realitza mitjantçant un gestor per a la infraestructura de forma centralitzada. Per a la implantació d'aquest entorn s'ha definit l'adopció en fases i profunditzat en dos dels gestors més actius en l'investigació del model Cloud Computing (Open Nebula, Eucalyptus).This project aims to offer a computational service as a virtual machine, using the Atos Research and Innovation's internal resources. Furthermore, it aims to implement this service upon the surplus machines of this department. The delivery of this service will be carried out using a centralised management infrastructure. To achieve this end, adoption according to phases has been defined and in depth investigation of the two management tools most used in cloud computing reserch has been carried out (Open Nebula, Eucalyptus).Nota: Aquest document conté originàriament altre material i/o programari només consultable a la Biblioteca de Ciència i Tecnologia

Hexa-X the European 6G Flagship Project

Hexa-X will pave the way to the next generation of wireless networks (Hexa) by explorative research (X). The Hexa-X vision is to connect human, physical, and digital worlds with a fabric of sixth generation (6G) key enablers. The vision is driven by the ambition to contribute to objectives of growth, global sustainability, trustworthiness, and digital inclusion. Key 6G value indicators and use cases are defined against the background of technology push, society and industry pull as well as objectives of technology sovereignty. Key areas of research have been formulated accordingly to include connecting intelligence, network of networks, sustainability, global service coverage, extreme experience, and trustworthiness. Critical technology enablers for 6G are developed in the project including, sub-THz transceiver technologies, accurate stand-alone positioning and radio-based imaging, improved radio performance, artificial intelligence (AI) / machine learning (ML) inspired radio access network (RAN) technologies, future network architectures and special purpose solutions including future ultra-reliable low-latency communication (URLLC) schemes. Besides technology enablers, early trials will be carried out to help assess viability and performance aspects of the key technology enablers. The 6G Hexa-X project is integral part of European and global research effort to help define the best possible next generation of networks

Hexa-X the European 6G Flagship Project

Hexa-X will pave the way to the next generation of wireless networks (Hexa) by explorative research (X). The Hexa-X vision is to connect human, physical, and digital worlds with a fabric of sixth generation (6G) key enablers. The vision is driven by the ambition to contribute to objectives of growth, global sustainability, trustworthiness, and digital inclusion. Key 6G value indicators and use cases are defined against the background of technology push, society and industry pull as well as objectives of technology sovereignty. Key areas of research have been formulated accordingly to include connecting intelligence, network of networks, sustainability, global service coverage, extreme experience, and trustworthiness. Critical technology enablers for 6G are developed in the project including, sub-THz transceiver technologies, accurate stand-alone positioning and radio-based imaging, improved radio performance, artificial intelligence (AI) / machine learning (ML) inspired radio access network (RAN) technologies, future network architectures and special purpose solutions including future ultra-reliable low-latency communication (URLLC) schemes. Besides technology enablers, early trials will be carried out to help assess viability and performance aspects of the key technology enablers. The 6G Hexa-X project is integral part of European and global research effort to help define the best possible next generation of networks

The Akogrimo Mobile Grid Framework as Enabling Technology for Next Generation eLearning Paradigms

The next generation of eLearning will be represented by mobile learning (mLearning). This consideration is justified by the observation that the next dimension of learning and training is the development of wireless communication and wireless learning in our society over the coming years. Future is becoming ever more wireless and at the eLearning domain there is an increasing effort to put in place wireless solutions to replace the wired computer scenarios of today’s eLearning. At the same time, there is a significant effort to introduce an enhanced learning approach, based on a paradigm that focuses on the learner and on new forms of learning: the learner will have an active and central role in the learning process and the learning activities will be aimed at facilitating the learner’s construction of knowledge and skills. Grid technologies can have a leading role in this approach since they are able to provide, in the next generation, the suitable features to achieve this vision. Mobile and Grid Technologies provide complementary features that can address the requirements of next generation eLearning applications and therefore the merging of both Technologies is a relevant challenge to be accomplished. The result of Akogrimo project will be a platform based on both mobile and Grid technologies. This platform will be able to support different application domains and it will be validated through an eLearning application as well. This paper describes a hypothetical mLearning scenario and how Akogrimo will support it [1

An Enhanced Strategy for SLA Management in the Business Context of New Mobile Dynamic VO

Abstract: This paper presents an approach for managing SLA contracts in new highly dynamic mobile Grid scenarios tackled in the Akogrimo project [1]. The problem of controlling context, negotiate and control QoS as well as undertake corrective actions is outlined. The main outcome is the validation of emergin

Urban media experiences powered by FLAME

Today, users want more engaging and meaningful media experiences, especially localized to their context and community. Physical and virtual spaces are colliding, allowing mobile users to move between increasingly interactive and content-rich spaces, and to participate in co-creation of experiences that bring together digital and physical worlds. User demands and technology trends are pushing media companies to search for new technologies that engage with users, communities and spaces to create places for culture, entertainment and learning. FLAME is building a software-based 5G platform for the deployment of Future Media Internet (FMI) services across the city. 5G technologies and new network paradigms fulfil the strict requirements of the new trends of media services in terms of low latency, flexibility, high fidelity, etc. This whitepaper identifies these market trends and pays special attention to the offering of localised experiences in the city. This is one of the relevant media and entertainment use cases for 5G. The city is not only a place to live or to consume media content. The city is also a place to enjoy cultural experiences that involve media, to interact with other people, to learn about symbolic values (like the city’s history) or to play games. In fact, one of the main city trends is the generation of content by users, who immediately share it via social networks. As described in this whitepaper, the project has deployed the FLAME platform on real smart city infrastructures to enable new media validation experiments. These experiments have confirmed the FLAME technical proposition for media services and have revealed insights into the way users interact with the city

DevOps for network function virtualisation: An architectural approach

The Service Programming and Orchestration for Virtualised Software Networks (SONATA) project targets both the flexible programmability of software networks and the optimisation of their deployments by means of integrating Development and Operations in order to accelerate industry adoption of software networks and reduce time‐to‐market for networked services. SONATA supports network function chaining and orchestration, making service platforms modular and easier to customise to the needs of different service providers, and introduces a specialised Development and Operations model for supporting developers

Gestión sostenible de clústers de recursos virtuales

Este proyecto tiene como finalidad ofrecer un servicio de computación en forma de máquina virtual, utilizando los recursos internos de Atos Research & Innovation. Además, se pretende implementar este servicio sobre os excendentes de máquinas del propio departamento. La prestación de este servicio se realiza mediante un gestor de la infraestructura de forma centralizada. Para la implantación de este entorno se ha definido la adopción en fases y profundizado en dos de los gestores más activos en la investigación del modelo Cloud Computing (Open Nebula, Eucalyptus).Aquest projecte té com a finalitat oferir un servei computacional en forma de màquina virtual, utilitzant els recursos interns d'Atos Research & Innovation. A més, es preten implementar aquest servei sobre les màquines excedents d'aquest departament. La prestació del servei es realitza mitjantçant un gestor per a la infraestructura de forma centralitzada. Per a la implantació d'aquest entorn s'ha definit l'adopció en fases i profunditzat en dos dels gestors més actius en l'investigació del model Cloud Computing (Open Nebula, Eucalyptus).This project aims to offer a computational service as a virtual machine, using the Atos Research and Innovation's internal resources. Furthermore, it aims to implement this service upon the surplus machines of this department. The delivery of this service will be carried out using a centralised management infrastructure. To achieve this end, adoption according to phases has been defined and in depth investigation of the two management tools most used in cloud computing reserch has been carried out (Open Nebula, Eucalyptus).Nota: Aquest document conté originàriament altre material i/o programari només consultable a la Biblioteca de Ciència i Tecnologia