Presentation about current developments around the Future Internet, the next Work Programme for Internet of Services, and the current constituency's culture, for the eChallenges conference, Istanbul (Turkey), 21 October 2009

1. At Crossroads:
Internet of Services Research
beyond Call 5
Arian Zwegers
European Commission
Information Society and Media Directorate General
Software & Service Architectures and Infrastructures Unit Copied from Elize Swanepoel

2. Overview
• Past
• Present
• Changes in ‘modalities’
– Work Programme 2011-13
– Future Internet PPP
• Changes in contents?
– Future Internet
– Cloud Computing
– Software Engineering
– New ideas?
• Work Programme 2011-13
• Culture
– On missionaries and mercenaries
– The good, the bad, and the ugly
• Conclusions

3. Past
Internet of Services vision
A multitude of connected IT services,
which are offered, bought, sold,
used, repurposed, and composed
by a worldwide network of
service providers, consumers,
aggregators, and brokers
- resulting in -
a new way of offering, using, and
organising IT supported
functionality
Number of Web services found by SEEKDA
Adapted from SAP Research, 2008, and SEEKDA, 2009 crawler during the past 26 months

4. Past
FP7 projects Call 1
Service front-ends
FAST, m:Ciudad, OPEN, Persist, ServFace Service/Software
Engineering
(complexity,
dependability)
Service Architectures
DEPLOY, ALIVE,
SLA@SOI, SOA4ALL, OMP, Romulus, SHAPE
COMPAS, DIVA,
MANCOOSI, MOST,
Protest, Q-ImPrESS
Virtualised Infrastructures
IRMOS, RESERVOIR, ADMIRE, SmartLM, STREAM
Reference service architecture
NEXOF-RA
Network of Excellence: S-Cube
Support actions
NESSI 2010, Service Web 3.0, Flossinclude
• 181 M€ invested, 120 M€ EC contribution
• Timeframe 2008-2011
http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ict/ssai/projects_en.html

5. Past
Service Framework Functional Blocks
Engineering
tools
Service consumers Interaction End user
Services Interface Context
Modelling
Consumer Mapping users perspectives to Context
Adaptation business/Integration Handling
Knowledge
“System” Platform
Modelling
BPM view SVN SVN
Business Information Modeling
Lifecycle Business
Process Execution Services
Management Process
Service Platform
Modeling
Composition
Service SLA Service
Coordination Mediation
Negotiation Discovery
Service SBS/SBA
Communication Modelling
Service
Lifecycle Service
Service Management Registration
Execution
Service
External Native Integration Modelling
Reasoning
Services Services Services
Abstracted Infrastructure and Data
Monitoring
Infrastructure Abstraction
Infrastructure
Infrastructure Resources Data Modelling
Management Management

6. From past to present

7. Present
Internet of Services, Software and Virtualisation

8. Present
Internet of Services, Software and Virtualisation
•Continued strong emphasis on core research topics!!
•Little variation in research topics during last 4 years!!

9. Present
What’s hot: Cloud Computing
Cloud computing is a model for
enabling convenient, on-demand
network access to a shared pool of
configurable computing resources (e.g.,
networks, servers, storage, applications,
rapidly
and services) that can be
provisioned and released
with minimal management
effort or service provider interaction
(Source: NIST Cloud Computing Project)
http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/SNS/cloud-computing/cloud-def-v14.doc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UYa6gQC14o

10. Present
What’s hot: Cloud Computing
Cloud computing is a model for
enabling convenient, on-demand
network access to a shared pool of
configurable computing resources (e.g.,
networks, servers, storage, applications,
and services) that can berapidly
provisioned andnew challenges!!
•New ‘delivery model’, released
with minimal industry reality!!
•Fast becoming management
effort or service provider interaction
(Source: NIST Cloud Computing Project)
http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/SNS/cloud-computing/cloud-def-v14.doc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UYa6gQC14o

11. Present
What’s hot: Future Internet, convergence
Communication Resources
Instant
messaging IaaS
Free email
Cable
Mobile VPN PaaS
Search Public Internet SaaS
engines Business Services
Satellite Broadcast
Information
PSTN Virtual Worlds
Sharing
files
Social & Professional Other content-related
networks Content services
Adapted from Zwegers (2008) and Li (2009)

12. Present
What’s hot: Future Internet, convergence
Communication Resources
Instant
messaging IaaS
Free email
Cable
Mobile VPN PaaS
Public Internet SaaS
•Possible source of inspiration for years to come!! Services
Search
engines Business
•Is happening all around us!!
Satellite
Information Broadcast
PSTN Virtual Worlds
Sharing
files
Social & Professional Other content-related
networks Content services
Adapted from Zwegers (2008) and Li (2009)

13. From present to future

14. Changes in ‘modalities’
WP 2011-13
5. ICT for 6. ICT for 7. ICT for the 8. Digital
Health and a low-carbon enterprise and libraries and
well-being economy manufacturing learning
1. Networking, computing and service infrastructure
Future and Emerging
Future Internet PPP
Technologies
2. Smart environments, cognition, interaction and control
JTIs ENIAC and ARTEMIS
3. Alternative paths to components
4. Content, information management & media technologies
International cooperation – Other horizontal actions
GC PPP
AAL EeB PPP FoF PPP

15. Changes in ‘modalities’
WP 2011-13
5. ICT for 6. ICT for 7. ICT for the 8. Digital
Health and a low-carbon enterprise and libraries and
well-being economy manufacturing learning
1. Networking, computing and service infrastructure
Future and Emerging
Future Internet PPP
Technologies
2. Smart environments, cognition, interaction and control
New modalities and some fine-tuning!!
JTIs ENIAC and ARTEMIS
3. Alternative paths to components
4. Content, information management & media technologies
International cooperation – Other horizontal actions
GC PPP
AAL EeB PPP FoF PPP

16. Changes in ‘modalities’
Future Internet Communication
Future Internet Communication
• Strengthening R&D investments
– Comprehensive approach to R&D
– Minimum 200 M€/year for 2011-2013
– Future Internet Assembly
• Leveraging Member States initiatives
• Building a public-private partnership
– Use of FP7 instruments for 2011-2013
– Specific WP and modalities
– Additional 300 M€ for 2011-2013
– Approach for FP8 by end 2011
To be published in Autumn 2009
http://ec.europa.eu/foi

17. Changes in ‘modalities’
Future Internet Communication
Future Internet Communication
• Strengthening R&D investments
– Comprehensive approach to R&D
– Minimum 200 M€/year for 2011-2013
– Future Internet Assembly
• Leveraging Member States initiatives
Increasing emphasis on Future Internet!!
• Building a public-private partnership
– Use of FP7 instruments for 2011-2013
– Specific WP and modalities
– Additional 300 M€ for 2011-2013
– Approach for FP8 by end 2011
To be published in Autumn 2009
http://ec.europa.eu/foi

18. Changes in ‘modalities’
Future Internet PPP
Future Internet public-private partnership (PPP)
• Objectives
– Advancing European industrial know-how in Future
Internet technologies and systems
– Supporting emergence of Future Internet-enhanced
applications of public relevance
• Recently initiated and proposed by industry
– Industry leadership expected!
– Industry leadership expected!!
– Industry leadership expected!!!
• Role of European Technology Platforms?
• EC report on instruments
• EC report on contents
• First call: ??
http://ec.europa.eu/foi, http://www.future-internet.eu

19. Changes in ‘modalities’
Future Internet PPP
Future Internet public-private partnership (PPP)
• Objectives
– Advancing European industrial know-how in Future
Internet technologies and systems
– Supporting emergence of Future Internet-enhanced
applications of public relevance
• Recently initiated and proposed by industry
– Industry leadership expected!
– Industry leadership expected!!innovation!!
New way of doing
– Industry leadership expected!!!
• Role of European Technology Platforms?
• EC report on instruments
• EC report on contents
• First call: ??
http://ec.europa.eu/foi, http://www.future-internet.eu

20. Changes in contents
Future Internet: convergence vs software focus
• Convergence
– Specific focus in Call 1 and Call 5
– More orientation towards network
communications and media
– Involvement of other communities
• Software
– ‘Old’ issues are still relevant issues
– ‘New’ issues?
– Majority of existing constituency

21. Changes in contents
Cloud Computing: research vs practice
• Research
– Open issues
– Timing
• Practice
– Industry reality
– What’s in it for Europe?
http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ict/ssai/events-20100126-cloud-computing_en.html
http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14637206

22. Changes in contents
Software Engineering: innovative vs traditional
• Innovative
– Ever changing topics
– Finding new green pastures
– Supporting creation new industry and
markets
• Traditional
– ‘Old’ issues are still relevant issues
– Solving industry’s main problems
– Upholding the incumbents

23. Changes in contents
New ideas beyond the horizon
• ????
• Multi-core programming
• Energy-efficiency
• Smart XYZ

24. Changes in contents
Some considerations
• Treaty
– “To increase competitiveness of
European industry”
• vs
– ‘Highly innovative’ research
– ‘Me too’ research
– ‘Same old’ research
– ‘Creative destruction’ research

25. Changes in contents
Some considerations
• Treaty
– “To increase competitiveness not enough;
“Knowing is of
European industry” we must apply.
Willing is not enough;
• vs we must do.”
– ‘Highly innovative’ research
– ‘Me too’ research
– ‘Same old’ research
– ‘Creative destruction’ research

26. Work Programme 2011-13
Planning
FP&SP Proposed
text Orientations
(ICT Dirs)
ISTAG
Reports
Consul- Draft WP
tation (ICT Dirs)
Reports
ETP SRAs First draft to
ICTC for
Consolidation discussion
workshop
IPPA
report Full text
report
for opinion
Road-
Commission
mapping
Reports Decision
WP
Workshop published
reports
Call(s)
published
Online
consultation
12/2009 12/2009 02/2010 07/2010 07/2010 07/2010
Note: dates are tentative

27. Work Programme 2011-13
Events (Objective 1.2 only)
• Past
– Long-term research challenges, 4 May 2009
– Convergence, 7 May 2009
– Software evolution & maintenance, 24 Sept 2009
• Future
– Multi-core software engineering, ?? Nov 2009
– Theseus – NESSI meeting, 18 Nov 2009
– Cloud computing, 26 Jan 2010
– Other consultations?
• Ongoing
– Cloud computing report
– Online consultation via ECSS, until 2 Nov 2009
See http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ict/ssai/, http://www.eu-ecss.eu/

28. Culture
The good, the bad, and the ugly
The Missionary The Mercenary

29. Culture
The good, the bad, and the ugly
What the missionaries say and don’t
say:
• “All projects end successfully”
• “We need more money”
• Facilitates cooperation and research
across EU borders
• Supports European research
community, ERA
• Targets EU industry competitiveness
• Some success stories

30. Culture
The good, the bad, and the ugly
What the mercenaries say and
don’t say:
• “All projects end successfully”
• “We need more money”
• Proposal phase strategies
• Disappointing results
• Exploitation below potential

31. Culture
The good, the bad, and the ugly
What EC says and doesn’t say:
• “All projects end successfully”
• “We need more money”
• Results are due to evaluators
and/or reviewers and thanks to
<fill in favourite here>…
• Business as usual
• Reputation risk

32. Culture
The good, the bad, and the ugly
Taking into account
• “There is no point telling the devil he’s bad”
• Co-dependence and co-evolution
Some suggestions
• Not everything can be successful
– Annual termination of worst project(s)
– Distribute savings among the best project(s)
• Getting the “right” proposals (kind of tricky)
– “Interpret WP” with workshops
– “Focus WP” by summarising domain / workshops
– Spread the word
• Do not favour the incumbents
– Stop “counselling” process after call is opened
– Technology providers as technology providers, not end users
• Instruct evaluators in evaluation criteria interpretation
– Do not overly penalise on “correctable” issues
– Let a hundred flowers blossom
• Get serious or get out

33. And now what?
WE have a problem!
What are YOU going to do about it?

34. Conclusions
Research means change so research means change
• Research is a means to an end
• Research modalities change to
(better) reach the ends
• What research contents is needed to
reach the ends?
• How to address cultural issues?
• Knowing is not enough; we must
apply. Willing is not enough; we must
do

35. Questions?

36. For more information
FP7
http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/
http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ict/
Software & Service Architectures and Infrastructures
http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ict/ssai/
Future Internet
http://ec.europa.eu/foi
http://www.future-internet.eu/
This presentation
http://www.slideshare.net/azwegers
E-mail
Arian.Zwegers@ec.europa.eu