Meet our Partner: Telefónica Innovación Digital

Telefónica Innovación Digital (TID), a subsidiary of Telefónica, S.A., focuses on R&D and innovation in telecommunications, telematics, and information systems. TID engages in product development, applied research, technology reports, and testing services. It collaborates with third parties, offers technical assistance, protects intellectual property, organizes events, and invests in the communications and IT sectors.

TID’s Role in the ELASTIC Project

TID will contribute in significantly improving security and privacy of WebAssembly-based serverless workloads. TID will also lead the design of efficient, portable and secure edge workload orchestration methods, especially based on federated ML, and in the context of orchestration of WASM workloads.

About TID

Telefónica Innovación Digital (TID) is a wholly-owned subsidiary company of Telefónica, S.A. (parent company of the Telefónica group) committed to carrying out the Research, Development, and Innovation (R&D+I) activities in the field of telecommunications, telematics and information systems, as well as to nurturing the Telefónica group with the necessary support elements for its development. These activities are primarily directed, though not exclusively, towards the study and preparation of documentation for Product Development, Exploratory Development, Applied Research, Technological Reports, Situational Studies on techniques and technologies, Testing Services, Quality Control, and Audits.

Among the most relevant activities of the company are the following: The specialization, or cooperation, and the exchange of scientific and technological information and knowledge either through the creation of joint ventures or participation in consortia with third-party companies Provision of technical assistance services, professional training, as well as the exchange of scientists, engineers, and other specialists. Maintenance of technological and commercial knowledge under any form of legal protection, including industrial or intellectual property. Organization of seminars and other events on specific topics related to the communications sector and information digital technologies. The undertaking of joint research projects with cost sharing and work distribution under specific agreements.

Participation in sponsoring activities jointly with universities and other public institutions, both national and international. Engagement in activities and providing services in the areas of telecommunications, information society and communication services Investment activities in the communications and information technology sector in the broadest sense, at the national and international levels, through the acquisition or participation in the capital of national or foreign companies established or to be established in this sector.

Meet the TID’s Team

Dr. Nicolas Kourtellis – Head of Systems AI Lab

Dr. Eduard Marin – Senior Researcher

Alessio Pavoni – Doctoral Student