Overview
The 8ra Initiative is a strategic European endeavour dedicated to create a resilient and scalable digital infrastructure tailored to Europe’s needs.
At its core is the Important Project of Common European Interest on Next Generation Cloud Infrastructure and Services (IPCEI-CIS), bringing together 12 EU member states and about 120 industrial and research partners to drive Europe’s digital sovereignty. The main goal of IPCEI-CIS is to establish a “Multi-Provider Cloud-Edge Continuum” that operates independently of any single provider. This continuum embodies the seamless fusion of cloud and edge computing, enabling the flexible allocation of resources and applications between the cloud and the network edge.
In 8RA, FBK is responsible for the project Cybersecurity & AI at the Edge (CAITE) whose aim is twofold. First, it aims to bring AI at the edge, by providing scalability and resource efficiency through the development of cooperative, distributed AI algorithms, optimising data, energy, and processing resources while adapting to the different computational environments and capabilities. Second, the project emphasises the creation of security, privacy-enhancing, and trust-aware services to ensure resilience and compliance in distributed AI-enabled applications.
Three research centers of FBK cooperate and develop CAITE: the Augmented Intelligence Center, the Center for Cybersecurity, and the Digital Society Center.
Details
- Reference in FBK: Silvio Ranise.
- Period: from 02/05/2024 until 05/01/2029.
- Funding: This work was supported by Ministero delle Imprese e del Made in Italy (IPCEI Cloud DM 27 giugno 2022 – IPCEI-CL-0000007) and European Union (Next Generation EU).
- Website: Official website.
Related Publications
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Stefano Berlato, Roberto Carbone, Silvio Ranise
A Methodology for the Experimental Performance Evaluation of Access Control Enforcement Mechanisms based on Business Processes
In: Journal of Information Security and Applications (JISA) (DOI)
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Enrico Sorbera, Federica Zanetti, Giacomo Brandi, Alessandro Tomasi, Roberto Doriguzzi-Corin, Silvio Ranise
Adaptive Federated Learning with Functional Encryption: A Comparison of Classical and Quantum-safe Options
In: 2025 Artificial intelligence Models and Systems Symposium (AIMS 2025) (DOI)
Post-Quantum Cryptography Secure Aggregation -
Simone Brunello, Stefano Berlato, Roberto Carbone, Adam J. Lee, Silvio Ranise
Relying on Trust to Balance Protection and Performance in Cryptographic Access Control
In: 2025 ACM Symposium on Access Control Models and Technologies (SACMAT) (SACMAT 2025) (DOI)
Access Control Cryptographic Access Control Cloud Computing -
Ion Andy Ditu, Stefano Berlato, Matteo Busi, Roberto Carbone, Silvio Ranise
Work-in-Progress: Optimizing Performance of User Revocation in Cryptographic Access Control with Trusted Execution Environments
In: 2025 IEEE European Symposium on Security and Privacy Workshops (EuroS&PW) (OSVS 2025) (DOI)
Access Control Cryptographic Access Control Cloud Computing Cloud Native Hardware-based Security
