2. THE INFINITY PROJECT
• Making the world
smarter: accelerated
sustainable innovation
• Making Europe a world
leader in Future
Internet technologies
Future Internet PPP
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ICT applications research
ICT technology research
Application Pull
Technology Push
FI-PPP
3. THE INFINITY PROJECT
• Phases
– Phase 1: scenarios and platforms
– Phase 2: capacity and trials
– Phase 3: innovation and expansion
• Objectives
– Technology foundations:
• Phase 1-2: platform
development
• Phase 3: extension and
usage
– Capacity building:
• Phase 1-2: identification
• Phase 2: adaptation,
integration and federation
– Use cases:
• Phase 1: requirements
• Phase 2: early trials
• Phase 3: expansion
– Facilitation and Support
FI-PPP Work Programme
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Phase 3
Use Case
Expansion
CONCORD
INFINITY
FINEST
XIFI
FI-WARE Technology Foundation
SmartAgriFood
FI-CONTENT
FINSENY
Instant Mobility
OUTSMART
SAFECITY
ENVIROFI
FI-CONTENT
C-SPACE
FINESCE
FI-STAR
FITMAN
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3
Call 1 Call 2 Call 3
4. THE INFINITY PROJECT
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FI-PPP Key Requirements
• Technology Foundation: commoditisation
– uniform (and inexpensive) access to FI resources
– reduce application development costs
• Use Cases: validation and expansion
– increase range of available FI applications
– increase user demand for FI applications
• Capacity Building: defragmentation
– allow applications developers and service providers to target
a European market, not one city or sensor network at a time
– make FI infrastructure installations multi-functional, not one
application at a time
5. THE INFINITY PROJECT
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Trade Offs
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FI-PPP
Complementary
Activities
Use
Cases
Infrastructure
Operators
Application
Developers
Service Providers
and End Users
Technology
Foundations
Capacity
Building
TF provides interoperability
CB provides capacity
More Applications
in More Smart
Cities/Spaces/
Regions/Enterprises
Lower Application
Development Time
and Cost
Greater Returns
on Investments
Simpler Access
via Software Enablers
6. THE INFINITY PROJECT
• Dedicated or shared?
– shared is typically cheaper
– dedicated provides greater
certainty over performance
and privacy/security
• Centralised or distributed?
– centralised eases portability
for data analytics components
– centralised brings more data
together for analysis
– distributed eliminates critical
dependencies (economic and
security dependencies)
FI-PPP Trade Offs
Example: Shared or separate back-office services?
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Dedicated or shared data
centre(s)?
Distributed data sources
and user communities
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7. THE INFINITY PROJECT
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Infrastructure Challenges
Concern Location-centric, e.g.
embedded sensor nets
User-centric, e.g. fixed
/mobile social networks
Resource-centric, e.g. data
transfer, storage, processing
User
adoption
Need multi-purpose infra-
structure enabling a wide
range of applications.
Need transparency and
reliability.
Content regulation across
borders.
Often decided by application
providers, not directly by the
end users. Driven by price,
branding, jurisdiction, etc.
Security Many sensor test beds seem
to lack basic security.
User tracking and cyber-
terrorism still a concern.
Basic security is addressed.
But user profiling/tracking is
still a concern, along with
cyber crime against users.
Basic security is addressed.
But secure value chains are
not well supported. Hard to
maintain end user trust.
Interop-
erability
Transfer of applications
between locations is still
difficult.
Technical access is not a
problem. But user lock-in and
monopolies are a concern.
Cloud Computing Strategy
already helping normalise
technical interfaces and
business terms/processes.
Sustain-
ability
Often depends on public
funding (local, regional or
national). Fragmentation
makes value less evident to
potential investors.
Valorisation depends on scale
of user community. Need to
show value (over Facebook,
etc.). Specialised networks
may need public support.
Commercial service model
clearly works in many cases.
Need to show added value
from FI (over Amazon, etc.).
8. THE INFINITY PROJECT
• INFINITY: identification
– online repository www.xipi.eu
– matchmaking for infrastructures
– analysis of opportunities and
challenges for FI-PPP participation
– road map to address challenges
• XIFI: integration and federation
– capacity adaptation and integration
– federation to address fragmentation
– finding sustainable business models
– supporting trials and sharing best
practices
Call To Arms
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Phase 3
Use Case
Expansion
CONCORD
INFINITY
FINEST
XIFI
FI-WARE Technology Foundation
SmartAgriFood
FI-CONTENT
FINSENY
Instant Mobility
OUTSMART
SAFECITY
ENVIROFI
FI-CONTENT
C-SPACE
FINESCE
FI-STAR
FITMAN
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3
Call 1 Call 2 Call 3
• Capacity Building Objective
– opportunity for infrastructure
to get involved
– FIRE, EIT ICT Labs, Living Labs,
National Programmes, …
– research test beds, pilots and
operational systems, …