The roots of innovation Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) The roots of innovation Proactive initiative on: Global Computing (GC) Proactive initiative on: Global Computing (GC)

The roots of innovation Global Computing Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) Proactive initiative to be launched in the area of Global Computing: co-operation of autonomous and mobile entities in dynamic environments ( What is FET and What’s a proactive initiative?) See Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) Proactive initiative to be launched in the area of Global Computing: co-operation of autonomous and mobile entities in dynamic environments ( What is FET and What’s a proactive initiative?) See

The roots of innovation visionvision n Everyday objects will have processors and embedded software n Many will communicate with each other and interact with the `environment' n Developments in information technologies will lead to computational systems based entirely on available infrastructure and processing power around us. challenge è define and exploit dynamically configured systems of mobile entities that interact in novel ways with their environment to achieve or control their computational tasks for. De n Everyday objects will have processors and embedded software n Many will communicate with each other and interact with the `environment' n Developments in information technologies will lead to computational systems based entirely on available infrastructure and processing power around us. challenge è define and exploit dynamically configured systems of mobile entities that interact in novel ways with their environment to achieve or control their computational tasks for. De

The roots of innovation Scientific goals n Overall goal of the initiative is to obtain techniques –models, –frameworks, –methods, –algorithms for constructing systems that are flexible, dependable, secure, robust, efficient / New paradigms of computer science may be needed dependable, secure, robust and efficient. n Overall goal of the initiative is to obtain techniques –models, –frameworks, –methods, –algorithms for constructing systems that are flexible, dependable, secure, robust, efficient / New paradigms of computer science may be needed dependable, secure, robust and efficient.

The roots of innovation Scientific goals n Research to focus on systems of the following kind:  The systems are composed of autonomous computational entities where activity is not centrally controlled,  The computational entities are mobile,  The configuration varies over time.  The systems operate with incomplete information about the environment. n Research to focus on systems of the following kind:  The systems are composed of autonomous computational entities where activity is not centrally controlled,  The computational entities are mobile,  The configuration varies over time.  The systems operate with incomplete information about the environment.

The roots of innovation Focus of the research Fundamental issues with long-term impact Proposals should address one or more of these aspects: the design of systems analysing and reasoning about their behaviour avoiding and/or detecting undesirable behaviour through control of the system and/or its environment understanding their limits and potential. Fundamental issues with long-term impact Proposals should address one or more of these aspects: the design of systems analysing and reasoning about their behaviour avoiding and/or detecting undesirable behaviour through control of the system and/or its environment understanding their limits and potential.

The roots of innovation Criteria of selection The research proposed should address foundational aspects contributing to scientific and engineering principles for the design of systems having the features outlined. issues of long-term concern with potential to lead to innovations in the theory and design of the described systems and that can potentially bring about breakthroughs in the creation of these systems. The research proposed should address foundational aspects contributing to scientific and engineering principles for the design of systems having the features outlined. issues of long-term concern with potential to lead to innovations in the theory and design of the described systems and that can potentially bring about breakthroughs in the creation of these systems.

The roots of innovation Criteria of selection (cont.) –Teams with a clear common objective and partners complementing each other. Team composition should reflect the complementarity of the work. –Experimental work, if included, should aim to shed light on the fundamental issues of the research or to validate ideas. –Research that attacks the issues at a superficial level or that will lead to only minor incremental progress at the foundational level is less appropriate –Teams with a clear common objective and partners complementing each other. Team composition should reflect the complementarity of the work. –Experimental work, if included, should aim to shed light on the fundamental issues of the research or to validate ideas. –Research that attacks the issues at a superficial level or that will lead to only minor incremental progress at the foundational level is less appropriate

The roots of innovation Examples of systems n Mobile telephone system: Mobile users will want the environment to create the computational processes they require, wherever they are and wherever they are going. n Future road and air traffic management: cars or planes will communicate among themselves and with devices in the environment in order to make efficient use of available road or air space n Mobile entities over the internet: “global computation” originates from the discussion of these future systems in computer science n Information artefacts: See the Disappearing Computer initiative n Mobile telephone system: Mobile users will want the environment to create the computational processes they require, wherever they are and wherever they are going. n Future road and air traffic management: cars or planes will communicate among themselves and with devices in the environment in order to make efficient use of available road or air space n Mobile entities over the internet: “global computation” originates from the discussion of these future systems in computer science n Information artefacts: See the Disappearing Computer initiative

The roots of innovation Examples of Research issues At the foundational level, the following issues may be relevant (not prescriptive list): Openness n What is the nature of tradeoffs between openness and issues like security and trust? Models of computation n What is a suitable model of computation? n What are the programming abstractions that "package" these models so as to enable ordinary programmers to construct reliable and robust applications? Efficiency and computational limits: n The choice of a particular model of computation has implications for the notion of performance and efficiency and may lead to limitations on computational power. At the foundational level, the following issues may be relevant (not prescriptive list): Openness n What is the nature of tradeoffs between openness and issues like security and trust? Models of computation n What is a suitable model of computation? n What are the programming abstractions that "package" these models so as to enable ordinary programmers to construct reliable and robust applications? Efficiency and computational limits: n The choice of a particular model of computation has implications for the notion of performance and efficiency and may lead to limitations on computational power.

The roots of innovation Examples of Research issues (Cont.) Models of communication/interaction n New and probably completely different way of dealing with co-ordination and network control than that investigated hitherto in the context of distributed computing. Novel assumptions may have to be made about the nature and/or quality of communication. Algorithms n Coping with faulty and dynamic components is a known challenge in the design of robust algorithms. The lack of uniformity in the systems to be designed leads to new problems. Programming n Well-engineered programming languages that provide direct but flexible support for building such systems need to be designed and implemented. n Subsequently, many questions arise in the development, analysis and transformation/optimisation of programs in such languages. Models of communication/interaction n New and probably completely different way of dealing with co-ordination and network control than that investigated hitherto in the context of distributed computing. Novel assumptions may have to be made about the nature and/or quality of communication. Algorithms n Coping with faulty and dynamic components is a known challenge in the design of robust algorithms. The lack of uniformity in the systems to be designed leads to new problems. Programming n Well-engineered programming languages that provide direct but flexible support for building such systems need to be designed and implemented. n Subsequently, many questions arise in the development, analysis and transformation/optimisation of programs in such languages.

The roots of innovation Examples of Research issues (Cont.) System development n What is an appropriate logic for specifying and reasoning about such concepts? n How do you understand a computation when you have only a partial view of it and your collaborators also have only (different) partial views? n How does one test such a system? n How does one organise distributed development of software? n How does one define safety criteria and which architectures will meet them? System development n What is an appropriate logic for specifying and reasoning about such concepts? n How do you understand a computation when you have only a partial view of it and your collaborators also have only (different) partial views? n How does one test such a system? n How does one organise distributed development of software? n How does one define safety criteria and which architectures will meet them?

The roots of innovation Examples of Research issues (Cont.) Adaptability n How can an entity adapt to the situation it finds itself in, given its lack of knowledge of the state of the computation and the configuration of the environment? Security n Networks are partitioned into administrative domains by firewalls and other security barriers. Movement of entities through security barriers should be possible under appropriate circumstances, without undermining the security of the facilities or the entities. Resources n How do entities become aware of the available resources and their cost? n Should there be mechanisms for entities to secure resources temporarily? Adaptability n How can an entity adapt to the situation it finds itself in, given its lack of knowledge of the state of the computation and the configuration of the environment? Security n Networks are partitioned into administrative domains by firewalls and other security barriers. Movement of entities through security barriers should be possible under appropriate circumstances, without undermining the security of the facilities or the entities. Resources n How do entities become aware of the available resources and their cost? n Should there be mechanisms for entities to secure resources temporarily?

The roots of innovation Global Computing Provisional Agenda n Oct Apr Workshops / Conferences Local Information days n 31st JanuaryINFORMATION DAY BRUSSELS n Jan./Feb Call for proposals n Jan./Feb. - Apr./May 2001 Submission of proposals n May/June 2001 Evaluation n July - Oct Negotiation of successful proposals n Jan Start of projects Start moving now !! n Oct Apr Workshops / Conferences Local Information days n 31st JanuaryINFORMATION DAY BRUSSELS n Jan./Feb Call for proposals n Jan./Feb. - Apr./May 2001 Submission of proposals n May/June 2001 Evaluation n July - Oct Negotiation of successful proposals n Jan Start of projects Start moving now !!

The roots of innovation InformationInformation n For further information: Leonardo Flores Añover David Pearce n GC Web page: n For further information: Leonardo Flores Añover David Pearce n GC Web page: