Roadmap for next generation computing technologies from IoT device level to edge to cloud to HPC (CSA)

The next stage of the data economy will shift data flows from the consumer-to-business model to business-to-business, business-to-consumer, consumer-to-consumer, business-to-government and government-to-business models.

Destination 3 will continue to support technologies that are crucial for the next stages of the data economy, such as privacy preserving technologies and compliance technologies, source and transaction integrity (such as blockchain), and technologies underpinning interoperable and compliant industrial, public and personal data spaces and secure data exchanges. Rebalancing the data, computing, and learning capacity across the cloud-to-edge/internet of things continuum will let businesses, public organisations and individuals exploit data for trustworthy and bias-free decision making.

Wide availability of reliable data, like from the European data spaces in the Digital Europe Programme, together with new interactive, immersive and context-aware technologies – digital twins, cyber-physical systems, internet of things and virtual worlds – will make this easier than ever before. This will help all people groups benefit from the power of data and AI in a fair, unbiased and compliant way.

Industrial virtual worlds that are open and interconnected bring alternative but realistic and coherent views on what are widely distributed, diverse and complex devices, processes and value chains. Beyond visualisation and simulation, and thanks to new types of interfaces (like XR/VR), secure data sharing and distributed computing technologies, they allow for safe and natural ways of interaction and control, high level of response to local events, real-time optimisation and dynamic re-configuration in key application areas like for: i) the integration of renewable energy sources, ii) smart farming, iii) agile supply chains and logistics, and iv) hyperflexible manufacturing and manufacturing-as-a-service. Similarly, data-driven tools, AI, language technology, adaptive and self-programmed robotics, and new energy-aware programming solutions will improve operational and energy efficiency in lead sectors like healthcare, manufacturing, mobility, and the energy sector itself.

Quantum technologies will further expand the data economy in high value-added areas where traditional approaches struggle to deliver, for instance, highly secure communication of critical data, or on exponentially complex simulations, machine learning and optimisation. Quantum networks will provide highly secure, tamper-free data storage and transmission, which can be critical in situations where the integrity and confidentiality of the data are paramount, like in the health sector, smart cities, energy systems or other critical infrastructure.

The strategic development of communication networks (5G, 6G) as well as the future structures of data intermediation and governance, high-capacity computing and artificial intelligence through the cloud and the edge are very important to the single market, Europe´s economic security and sustainable competitiveness. They are also vital for trustworthy data- and AI-based services.

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