FInES Research Roadmap 2025

Updated State of PlayMichele Missikoff (CNR)

FInES RR RapporteurTask Force of the FInES Cluster, Unit D4

December 2011

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Brief recap• Drawing the main lines for future research

in the domain of FInES: Future Internet Enterprise Systems

• Such research lines are positioned in a long-term, highly innovative vision, with 2025 as time horizon.

• We assume a socio-economic marked discontinuity in the next decade (… forget ‘business as usual’!)

• Contribute to Horizon 2020 Work Programme

The 4 FInES Knowledge Spaces

1. Socio-economic Space (SOCE)The larger context in which we operate that includes the model of development, the system of values, ...

2. Enterprise Space (ENTP)the (desired) key traits of future enterprises:

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1. Humanistic Enterprise

2. Inventive Enterprise

3. Agile Enterprise

4. Cognisant Enterprise

5. Sensing Enterprise

6. Community-oriented Enterprise

7. Liquid Enterprise

8. Glocal Enterprise

9. Sustainable Enterprise

And the behavioural paradigm: Invent – Plan – Build – Operate – Manage - Dissolute

The 4 FInES Knowledge Spaces (cont’)

3. Future Enterprise Systems (ESYS)The FInES Research Challenges, organised in:- Enterprise Knowledge (RC1 – RC2 – RC3)- Enterprise Applications (RC4 – RC5 – RC6)- FInES Engineering (RC7 – RC8 – RC9)

4. Enabling Technology Space (TECH) - Networking tech-meth- Knowledge tech-meth- Application development- Computing and Storage- Natural interaction

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Summary of comments & suggestions on RR v1.0 (Oct

2010)

Many suggestions and comments, of different nature

• From specific improvements on the text...

• to the use of different labels for key knowledge elements,

• to suggestions to rethink entire parts• to the introduction of new chapters

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Summary of comments & suggestions

• Make evident that Chapter 1 is a framing / introd chapter.

• Add a diagram representing the FInES Knowledge Spaces

• Provide a view of the interplay (ako ‘fil rouge’) of the different knowledge spaces

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Socio-economic Space

EnterpriseSpaceHumanistic

Inventive

Agile

Sensing

Community

Cognitive

Liquid

Sustainable

Glocal

FInESSpace

Enterprise Knowledge

Application Systems

FInES Engineering

RC1 RC2 RC3 RC4 RC5 RC6 RC7 RC8 RC9

Networking

Knowledge Tech

App Software

Computing & Storage

Natural Interaction

TechnologySpace

Social requirements, Drivers, Values

Impacts

Business requirements, Functions

Technical requirements,

Enablers

Support of FInES to EQ

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Humanistic Enterprise

Inventive Enterprise

Agile Enterprise

Cognitive Enterprise

Comm’ty Enterprise

Sensing Enterprise

Liquid Enterprise

Sust’ble Enterprise

Glocal Enterprise

Enterprise Knowledge RC1. Unified Digital Enterprise X X X X RC2. Linked Open Knowledge X X X RC3. Complex Systems Modelling X X X X X

Application Systems RC4. Innovation-oriented enterprise production platforms

X X X

RC5. Unified Digital Enterprise (UDE) Management System

X X X X X

RC6. Cooperation and collaboration platforms

X X X

FInES Engineering RC7. Proactive FInES Mashup X X X RC8. Autonomic Computing Components and Subsystems

X X

RC9. Flexible Execution platforms X X

Tech Support to FInES

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Enterprise Knowledge Aplication Systems FInES Engineering

RC1. Unified Digital Enterprise

RC2. Linked Open Knowledge

RC3. Complex Systems Modelling

RC4. Innovation-oriented enterprise application

RC5. Unified Digital Enterprise Mgt System

RC6. Cooperation and collaboration platforms

RC7. Proactive FInES Mashup

RC8. Autonomic Computing

RC9. Flexible Execution platforms

Knowledge Technology

X X X X X X X

Application Software

X X X X X

Computing & Storage Technology

X X X X X X

Natural Interaction

x x X

Networking Technology

X

X X X X X

Further comments

• On the EB extended meeting (in the Commission) of end Sept 2011 was decided to freeze the Knowledge Architecture

• Updates would be on specific issues, in absence of some contradicting evidence

• But big effort will be put on the collaborative elaboration of the FInES RR

• Beyond collaborative commenting: building a consituency ‘àla Wikipedia’

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Further advices

General – Focus on advanced research, avoiding to

addressing topics/technologies that presumably will be maturing in the next years (e.g., SOA)

– Introduce an Executive Summary (10p? May be 2p)

– Introduce a level for “Grand Challenges” introducing 3 Grand Challenges to opt for in the next years (…. But our horizon is 2025)

– Create explicit links to EISB (… ok, but is should be symmetrical, from EISB to FInES RR as well)

– Introduce Timelines / Recommendations for the different Stakeholders

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Specific comments

• Grand Objectives become Qualities of Being then another proposal: Enterprise Qualities)

• Add Sensing Enterprise• Green Enterprise Sustainable Enterprise• Cloud Enterprise Liquid Enterprise• The cycle - Invent / Plan / Build / Operate / Manage: not a

linear process• Change ‘Quality of Being’ into ‘Enterprise Qualities’• Include also the idea of Dissolution• Future Internet ... term over-used. May by use Multinet?

Futurenet? Converging Net?• Swarm Computing, as IoT computing

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Proposal

• We will consolidate the current architecture, introducing the focused suggestions FInES RR v.1.9

• Big / diverging intervention will be hosted in specific Annexes

• We launch the final phase to have the final RR end of Fanruary

• Please use the most easy way to send your opinions: Cluster portal, collaboration environment (CommentPress), Wiki, ...

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Future Activities

• Consolidation of Vers. 1.9– Early Jan 2012– 20 December 2011

• Activate a wide consultation process– 1 month until early Feb 2012

• Issueing of the ‘Final’ FInES RR 2.0– End of February

• Start the design of the: – OnLine FInES Research Roadmap– The supporting consituency– Terminate August 2012

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ADDITIONAL SLIDES

1. A Vision on the Socio-economic Space in 2025

1. The need for a socio-economic discontinuity

2. Different growths for wealth and well-being in reduced economic expansion

3. Towards a totally connected Society

4. Innovation in a Knowledge-based Society

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2. The Future Internet-based Enterprise

2a. Quality of Being: a first characterization

2b. The Operational Dimension

2c. New approaches to Future Enterprises Governance

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2a. Quality of Being: a first characterization

1. Humanistic Enterprise

2. Inventive Enterprise

3. Agile Enterprise

4. Cognisant Enterprise

5. Sensing Enterprise

6. Community-oriented Enterprise

7. Cloud Enterprise

8. Glocal Enterprise

9. Green Enterprise

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2b. The Operational Dimension

The following operational areas are connected in a spiral/fractal fashion

• Invent• Plan• Build• Operate• Manage&Monitor• Dissolute

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2c. New approaches for Future Enterprises Governance

• Enterprise as a complex artefact• Enterprise Engineering: need for a

systematic approach• A World of Models, based on Design

Science• But... Accepting the limitations of a

modelling approach• Surviving with partial models, to be

addressed with Complexity Theory• E.g., from BPM to Complex Event Proc

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2. Enterprise Space key comments

• the “value creating" models (constellations) are replacing the traditional “value adding" ones, such as value chain.

• “Inventive” is a too demanding characteristic for an enterprise

• Enterprise Engineering methods address low-level practical issues, missing the holistic socially interlinked trends

• Humanities, natural sciences and the arts need to be considered in harmony to support a successful FI enterprise

• Green Enterprise… enough! Better Recycling Enterprise

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3. The Future Internet-based Enterprise Systems

This the Core Space, organised in three dimensions:

1. Knowledge Dimension, since before doing it is necessary to know,

2. Functional Dimension, to see what will be the main functions of a FInES,

3. Engineering Dimension investigate new development techniques, with a specific focus on software applications.

Each dimension will be articulated with its Research Challenges

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3.1 The Knowledge Dimension

RC1. Unified Digital Enterprisefull digital image of the enterprise (Enterprise

Architecture Fwk), with conceptual and factual (data) knowledge, behavioural and structural aspects, at various levels of details

RC2. Linked Open Knowledgeto connect and integrate actual knowledge/ data,

in/outside of the enterprise (Web of Knowledge)

RC3. Complex Systems Modellingwith sections fully specified and sections

characterised by non deterministic behaviour

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3.2 The Functional Dimension of a FInES

RC4. Innovation-oriented enterprise production platforms

Invent – Plan – Build – Operate – Manage&Monitor – Dissolute

RC5. Unified Digital Enterprise (UDE) Management System

Constantly evolving the UDE to guarantee a digital reality mirroring the analogical reality

RC6. Cooperation and collaboration platformsSmart Objects, Apps, people: all seamlessly Intp

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3.3 The Engineering Dimension of FInES

RC7. Proactive FInES Mashup (Design)combined top-down (goal- and human-driven) and

bottom-up (event- and object-driven) design

RC8. Autonomic Computing Components and Subsystems (Build)

Dynamic (re)organization of computational business resources resources mirroring (collective intelligence).

RC9. Flexible Execution platforms (Exec)Different integrated paradigms, Agents, Smart

Objects, Utility and Commodity Clouds

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The Science Base of FInES

• Much of the above Research Challenges need rigorous, well-founded approaches

• In the future FInES researches it is highly advisable to include activities related to Science Base

• Beyond EISB. E.g.:– Design Science– Complexity Theory– Fuzzy self-organising systems– Semantics– Enterprise Engineering

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4. Future Technologies for FInES

ICTs are not our core research interest, but we rely on to achieve the sought FInES

• Networking• Knowledge• Application• Computation and Storage• Natural interaction

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4. Future Technologies for FInES

4.1 Future Networking technologiesConverging, seamless scaling networking

infrastructures

4.2 Future Knowledge technologiesa – Diffused Knowledge Base Technology

b – From raw data to knowledge assets

c – Innovation-oriented knowledge assets

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(4. Future Technologies for FInES)

4.3 Future Application Technologies

a - Proactive and autonomic computingb - From deterministic to fuzzy

computingc - Beyond system consistencyd - Governance application technologiese - Top-down problems definition and

bottom-up systems aggregation

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(4. Future Technologies for FInES)

4.5 Future computation and storage technologies

From Cloud to Ground Computing (IoT). Glocal computing. Interoperability, trust&security, ...will be largely achieved. New computational models

4.6 Future Natural InteractionDisappearance of HCI. Evolution of NUI.

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Consultation process

• Consultation method and tools– Online form– Voting on key issues– Adding text to comment or propose

alternative ideas

• Experts consultation– 15 experts, almost 100 contributions

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FInES Research Roadmap Second Version Development Timeline

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CLl2 Cluster Meeting 20/12

31/8 30/9 31/10 30/11 31/12 31/1 28/2

SAG & ESC input

Project input

Cl1 Cluster Meeting 12/10

Include Knowledge

Cafe

V1.9 = V1.0 + R1 +R2 + Cl1

R1 Consultation

R2 Consultation

V2.0 = V1.9R3 +Cl2

R3 Consultation

Fourth Semester: M18 – M24. Development of Online FInES RR Portal

Conclusions

• The key work (first RR draft) has been achieved ahead of schedule

• Final version expected on M18 (planned M24)

• Focussed activities in the last semester:– Implementation and test of advanced

online co-working platforms– Community building– FInES Folksaurus and FInESpedia

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A Possible Dream

• Possibility of Governance of research initiatives and programs

• FInES Research Roadmap as a ‘territory’ to explore

• Projects are the ‘explorers’– Where are their research efforts heading to?– Can we trace their achievements?– Are there (undiscovered) overlappings?

Complementarities?– What are the ‘crwded territories? And the

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