Cognitive Computing Continuum: State-of-the-Art Review and ENACT Vision & Approach
Abstract The evolution from the Edge-Cloud Continuum to the Cognitive Computing Continuum (CCC) has introduced new challenges which necessitate advanced frameworks that integrate cognitive capabilities to enhance interoperability, adaptability, and resource efficiency. Considering insights from ongoing research and initiatives on the cognitive cloud, we identify the core concepts essential for transitioning to the CCC, including cognitive orchestration, distributed AI, and sovereign data management. We then introduce ENACT, a novel framework designed to embrace these concepts aiming to provide cognitive, highly adaptive orchestration to support modern hyper-distributed and data-intensive applications. Furthermore, ENACT employs bespoke mechanisms to enable dynamic continuum modelling and visibility as well as to facilitate application-level automation and adaptability. This paper presents the motivation behind the ENACT approach, reviews the state-of-the-art across its fundamental technological concepts and highlights its key innovations. Overall, it contributes to the formalization of the CCC architectural principles and, ultimately, to the realization of CCC.
Authors
- Dimitrios Pliatsios (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7042-7902)
- Haya Al Kassir (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5862-4965)
- Jordi Gascón
- Alexandros Nizamis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6954-4861)
- Usman Wajid
- Srdjan Krco (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4215-0974)
- Panagiotis Trakadas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5146-5954)
- Ioanna Angeliki Kapetanidou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3456-2311)
- Dejan Drajić (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1314-6191)
- Thanasis Kotsiopoulos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5178-3840)
- Athanasios Liatifis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8514-6636)
- Septimiu Nechifor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5727-6081)
- Panagiotis Sarigiannidis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6042-0355)
- Αντώνιος Λίτκε (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7658-2559)
- Nadia Masood Khan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8647-8539)
- V. Mocanu
- Ross Campbell
- Konstantinos Votis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6381-8326)
- Efstathios Karanastasis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0460-4648)
- Efthymios Chondrogiannis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3865-2277)
- Clara Isabel Valero López (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7957-7130)
- Stefan Jarcau
- Mihnea Lopataru
- Gabriel-Mihail Danciu
- Jaime Flor
Institutions
- National Technical University of Athens (GR)
- University of Belgrade (RS)
- Information Technologies Institute (GR)
- Siemens (Romania) (RO)
- DunavNET (Serbia) (RS)
- Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (GR)
- Institute of Communication and Computer Systems (GR)
- Universitat Politècnica de València (ES)
- University of Western Macedonia (GR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Grid Computing
- Published
- 2025-08-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10723-025-09810-9
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- IoT and Edge/Fog Computing
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.46
Funders
- Hellenic Academic Libraries Link
- European Commission
- HORIZON EUROPE Framework Programme