ASB

Introduction and Objectives

The objectives of the Automated Service Builder (ASB) project are to:

1. Perform an analysis of end-to-end processing models for current Earth Observation missions and related Processing Facilities (PFs). The processing chains will be studied and characterized by their steps, auxiliary and intermediary products, and final products, among others.
2. Study and apply new application management paradigm based on OGC WPS (Web Processing Services) and Virtual Appliances (vApps), to the complex processing chains deployed in the PDGS Processing Facilities.
   In particular, the use of new application paradigms shall improve the following aspects of the IPFs:
   • Flexibility
   • Performances
   • Scalability
   • Parallelization
   • Modularity
   • Updates and Upgrades
3. Develop and implement a demonstrator permitting to automate as much as possible the integration and provision of IPF services
4. Demonstrate the new concept considering current ESA Earth Observation missions processing chains and related re-processing campaigns.

Two Earth Observation missions will be considered for performing the analysis and implementing the demonstrator:

• SMOS
• PROBA-V

Additional activities are planned in the context of a CCN for adding new capabilities to the ASB prototype.

Expected Results

The project expects to create a common platform for the execution of heterogeneous processing chains (workflows) by the identification of generic requirements and differentiating features.
The project aims to produce a Demonstrator allowing to process or re-process data (raw or lesser-level) from the SMOS and PROBA-V missions to produce higher-level products.
The ASB Demonstrator will be composed of:

• A Resource Manager that will deploy and undeploy automatically in a Cloud environment the individual processes required to execute a chain.
• A Service Builder that will prepare end-to-end processing chains according to product demands.
• A central Orchestrator that will orchestrate the execution of the workflows in the Cloud environment.
• A Knowledge System for easy storage and retrieval of workflows and processes structures.
• A Credit System for the management, budgeting and accounting of ICT resources.
• A Monitoring and Control Interface.

ASB and the individual processes will be interfaced through OGC standard WPS.

Schedule

Milestone	Time	Date	Description
KO	T0	15 Dec 2014	Kick Off
SRR	T0+3M	15 Jun 2015	System Requirements Review
PDR	T0+6M	17 Dec 2015	Preliminary Design Review
CDR	T0+9M	03 May 2016	Critical Design Review
AR	T0+12M	19 Dec 2016	Acceptance Review
FP	T0+15M	12 Jul 2017	Final Presentation
CCN	FP+12M	30 Oct 2018	Contract Change Notice
EoW	FP+18M	30 Oct 2018	End of Warranty

Flyers, Posters and Papers

• ASB flyer distributed at the BiDS'14 conference at ESRIN: ASB_Flyer_Final_BiDS14.pdf
• ASB poster displayed at the BiDS'16 conference in Tenerife: ASB-SA-BiDS16-Poster-Final.pdf
• ASB paper published at the BiDS'16 conference in Tenerife: ASB-SA-BiDS16-Paper-Final.pdf

Contractors

Space Application Services (Be)
Spacebel (Be)
VITO (Be)

Deliverables

• ASB Final Presentation slides: ASB-SA-PRES-FP-Main-v1.0.pdf
• ASB Progress Reports
• ASB Meetings
• ASB Deliverables
• ASB Team
• ASB Executive Summary