SmartEdge’s primary goal is to provide an comprehensive toolchain that simplifies the process of building edge intelligence. By leveraging semantic descriptions of sensing and computing capabilities, along with data queries, the SmartEdge toolchain strives to detach application logic from the intricate layers of software, hardware, and networking components.

The diversity and changing nature of IoT devices present substantial challenges for data integration and application development. The SmartEdge project has introduced Continuous Semantic Integration (CSI), an advancement aimed at enhancing edge intelligence by creating standardized semantic interfaces that act as a unified access point to IoT device data, enriched with semantic metadata and based on well-established standards.

In the rapidly advancing domain of digital and network technologies, the Dynamic and Secure Swarm Networking Work Package (WP4), within the SmartEdge project, seeks to address the challenges of automatic discovery, dynamic network swarm formation, embedded network security and isolation, and hardware-accelerated in-network operations.