Continuums Of Game NETs: swarm intelligence as information processing (CoGNETs)
With the continuing explosive growth of the internet of things (IoT) and cloud-connected devices, so-called middleware is becoming ever more versatile and functional. Middleware is the bridge between the devices at the edge of a network and the cloud. The EU-funded CoGNETs project aims to impart a dynamic, intelligent and largely automated formation of IoT-to-cloud swarm continuums by the edge devices to respond to common AI and cognitive computing tasks. The project’s middleware will integrate a new, decentralised, federated, multi-context broker architecture. Enriched with game-intelligent agents, collaborative federated learning and end-to-end security mechanisms, it will enable energy optimisation and secure dynamic data and resource management across devices.