Twinning action for spreading excellence in Artificial Intelligence of Things

The detailed program for the third and final AIoTwin Summer School has been released. Set to take place from June 16 to June 18, 2025 , in Split, Croatia , the event will focus on the intersection of Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) . The Summer School will be co-located with the 10th SpliTech Conference , offering attendees the unique opportunity to participate in both events. This collaboration will provide enhanced networking and learning opportunities, making it a must-attend for those interested in the latest developments in IoT and AI. The detailed programme is available  here . More information about the summer school is available here .

The AIoTwin consortium met in Vienna from May 6–9, 2025 for the plenary meeting, where they reviewed the project's progress and discussed the next steps. Alongside the plenary sessions, participants attended a talk, a tutorial, and a workshop, each aimed at enhancing their knowledge and supporting collaboration. The meeting kicked off with a dedicated PhD student roundtable , fostering dialogue and exchange among PhD candidates within the consortium. This session provided a platform for emerging researchers to discuss their work and engage with fellow researchers. On the second day, participants took part in an Innovation Management Workshop organized by TU Wien's Innovation Incubation Center (I2C) , with Alexandra Negoescu leading the session. The workshop concentrated on strategies for translating academic research into practical applications, offering valuable insights into innovation, entrepreneurship, and technology transfer. Later in the day, Prof. Schahram Dustdar delivered a talk on “ The Art and Science of Writing Publishable Research ”, offering guidance on navigating the paper publishing process. The day concluded with a tutorial on " Autonomous Orchestration of Computing Continuum Systems through Active Inference ", presented by Boris Sedlak (TUW) . The session provided practical knowledge, enhancing participants’ understanding of these emerging technologies. The final two days were dedicated to plenary sessions, during which consortium members presented updates on work packages, shared progress, and engaged in discussions. The consortium will be meeting soon again, in Split, Croatia, for the third and final AIoTwin Summer School , co-located with the SpliTech Conference. Find out how to participate here .   For more pictures from the plenary meeting, open the detailed news content.

As we prepare for the 3rd and final AIoTwin Summer School , we’re taking a moment to reflect on the incredible experience we had in Dubrovnik, Croatia , during our 2nd Summer School . The event took place at the  Centre for Advanced Academic Studies (CAAS)   of the  University of Zagreb , which offers a stunning view of Dubrovnik's Old Town's famous City Walls and Lovrijenac Fortress. The event was organized in  collaboration with the EU funded  SmartEdge  project . The summer school program included invited talks, technical tutorials, hands-on sessions with advanced hardware, poster sessions showcasing the latest research, and other insightful presentations and discussions. In addition, the program included a technical workshop on “ Edge AI meets Swarm Intelligence “, featuring insightful presentations and discussions on cutting-edge research. Take a look at the vibrant atmosphere from our 2nd Summer School — and don’t miss your chance to be part of the final edition in Split, Croatia , co-located with the  10th edition of the  SpliTech conference !    

We’re excited to announce the 3rd and final edition of the AIoTwin Summer School, organized under the Horizon Europe Twinning project AIoTwin, taking place from June 16 to 18, 2025, in the stunning and historic city of Split, Croatia. The summer school will feature a rich and engaging program, including invited talks from leading researchers, technical tutorials, hands-on sessions with advanced hardware, and interactive discussions on emerging trends and research challenges. 🔗 Co-located with the SpliTech 2025 Conference (June 16–20) The AIoTwin Summer School is co-located with the SpliTech 2025 Conference, taking place from June 16th to 20th in Split and on the nearby island of Brač (Bol). This co-location offers participants an exceptional opportunity to immerse themselves in a broader scientific and professional community, fostering interdisciplinary exchange and collaboration. As part of the SpliTech program, the AIoTwin project will host a special session dedicated to AIoT and Edge Intelligence, focusing on topics such as the design of edge AI architectures, real-time data processing, continual learning, privacy and energy-aware solutions, and communication challenges in real-world applications.  ℹ️ Information  Register here: form Registration deadline: May 16th, 2025 For more details on the event programme, registration, special session, and more, visit the 3rd Summer School page . Don't miss this opportunity to be part of a transformative learning experience that's shaping the future of AIoT and Edge AI!  

We're excited to share that Prof. Ivana Podnar Žarko, AIoTwin coordinator, presented the AIoTwin Orchestration Middleware at the STEADINESS workshop during HiPEAC 2025 in Barcelona (Jan 20-22, 2025)! 🚀 Her presentation, " Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT): Bringing Intelligence into the Physical World ," highlighted the critical need for adaptive and QoS-aware orchestration middleware in the evolving IoT-edge-cloud continuum. This middleware, now open-source on our GitHub repository https://github.com/aiotwin , is designed to manage both learning and inference pipelines. Prof. Podnar Žarko presented the requirements and architecture of our solution, which extends traditional orchestrators like Kubernetes with AIoT-specific capabilities. We're focused on optimizing resource utilization by considering both infrastructure-related QoS (latency, communication cost) and AI-related performance metrics (accuracy, loss). Key takeaways from the STEADINESS workshop emphasized the necessity for: scalable and adaptable engineering methodologies, especially in safety-critical sectors like automotive, aerospace, and industrial automation; modular and interoperable solutions leveraging RISC-V and AI for embedded systems to enhance resilience and performance. clear AI regulation guidelines that balance innovation with ethical and security considerations. For more information, check out the workshop's joint whitepaper: https://zenodo.org/records/14920027 .

Mislav Has participated in the fourth short-term staff exchange as part of the AIoTwin project, hosted by the Research Institutes of Sweden, RISE  from November 19 to December 18, 2024.  During this period, Mislav collaborated closely with researchers at RISE, exploring advanced techniques for deploying WebAssembly on constrained devices and addressing key challenges in balancing performance and resource efficiency. The exchange involved in-depth discussions, hands-on experimentation, and the initiation of joint research efforts in the field of IoT and energy-efficient computing. The outcomes of this collaboration will be disseminated through future publications, paving the way for ongoing partnerships and advancements in IoT technologies.  For those interested in a visual recap of this exchange, a YouTube video documenting highlights is available  here .  

Dr. Fehmi Ben Abdesslem visited the University of Zagreb Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing between November 12th and 14th, 2024, as part of the AIoTwin project. His visit contributed to strengthening collaboration and knowledge sharing within the project.  On November 12th, Dr. Ben Abdesslem delivered a public talk titled "Battery-Free IoT" , organized by the Croatian Section of IEEE. The talk, attended by members of the IoTLab involved in the AIoTwin project, sparked engaging discussions on the potential and challenges of energy-efficient, battery-free IoT solutions. In the following two days, Dr. Ben Abdesslem led two interactive sessions for the IoTLab members. The first session, Lecture on WebAssembly for IoT , introduced the fundamentals of WebAssembly and its potential applications in the IoT domain. The second session, Hands-On Practice of WebAssembly for IoT , provided participants with practical experience in creating, compiling, and deploying WebAssembly modules for IoT devices. Both sessions were streamed online for the wider AIoTwin consortium, enabling broader participation. More information about the visit, can be found here .

Ivan Kralj participated in the third short-term staff exchange within the AIoTwin project. The exchange took place from April 10 to May 9 2024 at Research Institutes of Sweden, RISE . During this period, Ivan collaborated with RISE researchers to tackle cutting-edge challenges in decentralized machine learning and Spatio-Temporal Graph Neural Networks (ST-GNNs). The results of this exchange will be presented through a forthcoming conference and journal articles, building a strong partnership with RISE and advancing research in distributed ST-GNN training. For those interested in a visual recap of this exchange, a YouTube video documenting highlights and key findings is available below:

At the 49th IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN) , to be held from October 8th to 10th, 2024, in Caen, Normandy, France, Anna Lackinger will present the paper titled "Inference Load-Aware Orchestration for Hierarchical Federated Learning" on October 9th. The paper is co-authored by Anna Lackinger, Pantelis A. Frangoudis, Ivan Čilić, Alireza Furutanpey, Ilir Murturi, Ivana Podnar Žarko, and Schahram Dustdar. This research is the result of a collaboration between the Distributed Systems Group (DSG) at TU Wien's Institute of Information Systems Engineering and the IoTLab at FER. The paper addresses the challenge of orchestrating machine learning workflows composed of hierarchical federated learning (FL) based training and model serving processes.

body { font-family: Arial,sans-serif; background-color: #fff; } #cms_area_horizontal_nav .navbar-nav>.nav-element>a { padding-top: 28px; color: rgba(15, 108, 177) !important; } #cms_area_horizontal_nav { background-color: rgba(255,255,255) !important; } .login_icon a { color: #fff !important; } .login_icon { background-color: rgba(15, 108, 177); } nav a { color: rgba(15, 108, 177) !important; } .headermenu > #cms_area_horizontal_nav { background-color: rgba(255,255,255) !important; } } The Horizon Europe twinning project AIoTwin organised its 2nd Summer School on the intersection of Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in September 2024 in the enchanting city of  Dubrovnik, Croatia . The event took place at the Centre for Advanced Academic Studies (CAAS) of the University of Zagreb , which offers a stunning view of Dubrovnik's Old Town's famous City Walls and Lovrijenac Fortress. The event was organised in collaboration with the EU-funded   SmartEdge   project and brought together more than 40 participants from all over Europe. The programme of the summer school included invited talks, technical tutorials and hands-on sessions, as well as the technical programme of the workshop “ Edge AI meets Swarm Intelligence ” with paper presentations and poster sessions showcasing the latest research results by PhD students. Key highlights of the Summer School include:   Keynotes   by Aaron Ding (TU Delft) on sustainable and trustworthy edge AI for future computing, Stefan Nastic (TU Vienna) on computing paradigms for next-generation computing landscapes, Spyros Lalis (University of Thessaly )  on elevating drones to first-class citizens in the cloud-edge-IoT continuum.  Tutorials on doctoral education at KTH, insights on operating distributed computing continuum systems through active inference, exploring privacy-preserving computation techniques for edge AI, in-network programming and practical guidelines for startups with examples. Hands-on sessions included two open-source solutions: 1) AIoTwin orchestration middleware enabling edge orchestration of hierarchical Federated Learning workflows and 2) ColonyOS , an event-driven meta-operating system spanning edge and cloud environments. Joint technical workshop with the project SmartEdge on “ Edge AI meets Swarm Intelligence ”. The event successfully promoted collaboration and networking between academics, PhD students and industry professionals through interactive sessions, giving researchers and participants the opportunity to share insights on edge AI , swarm intelligence and edge orchestration . More information about the event with talk abstracts and slides can be found here , and photos from the event are included below ("More").