NOUS FINAL EVENT: Towards a Sovereign European Cloud-to-Edge Continuum

NOUS (A Catalyst for European Cloud Services in the Era of Data Spaces, High-Performance and Edge Computing) is a Horizon Europe-funded initiative developing a federated and sovereign European cloud ecosystem. The project integrates edge computing, High-Performance Computing (HPC), and emerging quantum resources to provide scalable computing and storage capabilities across the full cloud-to-edge continuum. Through its open-source architecture, secure networking, and interoperability with initiatives such as Gaia-X, FIWARE, EOSC, and European Data Spaces, NOUS enables trusted, privacy-preserving, and efficient data management. It supports researchers, public authorities, and industry in processing and sharing large-scale data workloads while strengthening Europe’s digital sovereignty.

The NOUS Final Event will present the project’s main achievements, technological developments, and long-term impact. Participants will gain insights into:

• Advanced orchestration of HPC resources
• Intelligent and adaptive edge processing
• Secure and sovereign data management
• The NOUS open-source architecture, available through Eclipse Research Labs’ GitLab

The event will also showcase four representative use cases:

• Connected Vehicle Perception
• Energy Prediction and Data Lifecycle Management
• Crisis Management and Civil Protection
• Scientific Data Management, HPC Storage, and AI Analytics

The session will highlight NOUS collaborations with related European initiatives and explore how its open-source results can support future research, innovation, and industrial applications in sovereign distributed computing and AI.

The event will take place on the morning of Friday, 23 October. The final timing will be confirmed in the coming weeks.

Agenda

PART I – The Strategic Mandate. Aligning NOUS with the European Digital Strategy to establish a sovereign, federated infrastructure.
Duration	Keynote	Speaker
10 min	Contextualize NOUS within the European Digital Sovereignty strategy.
15 min	Why open source should be done in research projects such as NOUS.
15 min	Multi-agent systems in the NOUS platform.
PART II – Technical Validation. Presenting the modular reference architecture, and its operational impact across four field-tested use cases.
Duration	Keynote	Speaker
15 min	Architecture overview. Modular reference architecture deep-dive: components, secure overlay, interoperability with European Data Spaces. Establishes the common framework for all UC presentations.
10 min	Use Case 1: Connected Vehicle Perception. How NOUS architecture is utilized for connected vehicle perception. Specific links to architecture components.
10 min	Use Case 2: Energy Prediction & Data Lifecycle Management. How NOUS architecture is utilized for energy prediction and data lifecycle management. Specific links to architecture components.
10 min	UC3: Crisis Management & Civil Protection. How NOUS architecture is utilized for crisis management and civil protection. Specific links to architecture components.
10 min	UC4: Scientific Data Management, HPC Storage & AI Analytics. How NOUS architecture is utilized for scientific data management, HPC storage and AI analytics. Specific links to architecture components.
PART III – Knowledge Transfer. Facilitating a technical exchange to transition NOUS from a closed project to an open community asset for future research and integration.
Duration	Keynote	Speaker
30 min	Round table. Technical exchange: transitioning NOUS from a closed project to an open community asset.
10 min	Q&A session. Addressing integration ideas, technical doubts, and future adoption paths.
PART IV – The Ecosystem Handover. Executing the final sustainability handover by mobilizing the community toward the open-source repository.
Duration	Keynote	Speaker
10 min	NOUS exploitation. From Results to Impact: NOUS Key Exploitable Results and the Road to Adoption.
5 min	Closing remarks. Call to action: mobilizing the community toward the open-source repository on ECL Research Labs' GitLab.

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