The EDGE AI Foundation announced three new working groups and a strategic partnership with LF Edge, the Linux Foundation’s vendor-neutral umbrella for distributed edge computing. The Physical AI / Robotics Working Group, led by NXP Semiconductors with representatives from AWS, Arduino, Analog Devices, DeepX and Johns Hopkins University, will define frameworks for autonomous systems to operate safely and effectively in human environments; a Security Working Group led by Exein and Dell will define best practices and architectures for protecting edge AI models, data pipelines and end-user privacy at the point of action; and an Interoperability & Standards Working Group led by STMicroelectronics and NXP will work on common protocols, benchmarks and standards across edge hardware and software ecosystems. Under the LF Edge partnership the two organisations will align LF Edge’s open-source reference projects with the Foundation’s working groups to produce repeatable reference architectures, with foundation CEO Pete Bernard and Linux Foundation general manager Arpit Joshipura framing the work as accelerating secure, scalable and interoperable edge AI deployments.
Edge AI Foundation forms Physical AI, Security and Interoperability working groups and partners with LF Edge
The EDGE AI Foundation announced three new working groups and a strategic partnership with LF Edge, the Linux Foundation's vendor-neutral umbrella for distributed edge computing. The Physical AI / Robotics Working Group, led by NXP Semiconductors with representatives from AWS, Arduino, Analog Devices, DeepX and Johns Hopkins University, will define frameworks for autonomous systems to operate safely and effectively in human environments; a Security Working Group led by Exein and Dell will define best practices and architectures for protecting edge AI models, data pipelines and end-user privacy at the point of action; and an Interoperability & Standards Working Group led by STMicroelectronics and NXP will work on common protocols, benchmarks and standards across edge hardware and software ecosystems. Under the LF Edge partnership the two organisations will align LF Edge's open-source reference projects with the Foundation's working groups to produce repeatable reference architectures, with foundation CEO Pete Bernard and Linux Foundation general manager Arpit Joshipura framing the work as accelerating secure, scalable and interoperable edge AI deployments.
Source: Edgeaifoundation