Major I-BiDaaS highlights:
• I-BiDaaS developed an end-to-end complete and configurable Big Data solution with three modes of operation: a) Self-service mode: allows personnel with domain knowledge and insights to easily construct Big Data pipelines, selecting a pre-defined data analytics algorithm from a list; b) Expert mode: allows experts to upload their own data analytics code based on the available highly reusable templates; c) Co-Develop mode: corresponds to an end-to-end solution for a given industry project developed by the I-BiDaaS team, wherein a non-expert user interacts with each use case through an easily understandable visual interface.
• The project successfully delivered the MVP (M12), the 1st prototype (M18) and the 2nd prototype (M32) wherein 11 technologies from 8 partners successfully integrated.
• I-BiDaaS platform offers an open-source version available to download and install and a detailed User Guide. This open-source version can be used by other entities including EU companies across multiple domains and can also impact new technological approaches.
• I-BiDaaS validated and demonstrated on 8 industrial use cases (6 batch & 5 stream) from 3 different domains (telecom, banking, manufacturing) plus 2 generic use cases; TR6 and TRL7 reached. I-BiDaaS is shown to reduce infrastructure cost (less hardware resources, maintenance of expensive infrastructure) and personnel cost (automated, efficient and scalable technologies).
• Data silos broken: TID - data from TID’s subsidiary companies and countries’ repositories, CRF - data from 2 different types of plant, located in 2 different regions, CAIXA - data from different sources integrated and provided to several business units and Security Operations Center. Two hackathons organised (CRF, TID), 12 datasets became available to the partners (8 real, 4 realistic synthetic), 9 of which open to the research community (Zenodo).
• Exploitation strategy supports long-term sustainability and potential commercial viability of the I-BiDaaS solution, creating a data market, and offering new business opportunities. A sound business plan developed. Long-term sustainability is enriched with the adoption of I-BiDaaS in industrial operational environments: CAIXA Garage Lab, CRF Training Environment and TID Innovation Call.
• All data providers disseminated their experience and the lessons learned on data sharing and the usefulness of realistic synthetic data in their relevant sectors.
• Qbeast is now a spin-off company originated at BSC and partially developed in I-BiDaaS.
• Six I-BiDaaS platform and technologies-related innovations promoted as excellent innovations by EU Innovation Radar and published at BDVA Innovation Marketplace.
• 3 Journals, 19 Conference/Workshop Papers, 4 Posters, 1 PhD Thesis, 2 Book Chapters; organisation of 9 special events; collaboration with 5 H2020 EU projects.
