The External Expert Advisory Board (AB) currently consists of 7 experts. The primary role of the AB is to provide valuable insights and guidance on the different CODECO stakeholders’ groups. Its main objective is to advise the consortium on the necessary requirements and architecture to consider, ensuring the research and development activities are on the right track to deliver outcomes that are impactful, valuable, and have potential market uptake.
As an external body, the EEAB, as outlined in the Consortium Agreement, plays a crucial role in providing strategic advice and direction for the CODECO project. Officially established in the third month of CODECO (M3, March 2023), the EEAB is currently made up of 7 international experts, as listed below.
The EEAB is expected to support the project in the following areas:
- Advising on the development of key assets
- Providing guidance in the development and deployment of use cases and demos
- Proposing new action points based on presentations and insights shared during meetings.
| Name | Affiliation | Profile | Expected Contribution |
| Maria João Barros-Weiss | IONOS SE, Germany | VP of Research Digital Ecosystems at IONOS, Germany | Support towards standardisation and business models |
| Richard Yang | Department of Computer Science Computer Systems Lab at Yale University, USA | Full Professor | Support towards the compute-network and network-application integration aspects of CODECO |
| Charles Sheridan | Google Ireland | EMEA Technical Director, Industry Solutions, Manufacturing, Google (Ireland) | Support towards the business impact for multi-cluster multicloud industrial environments |
| Paulo M. Mendes | Airbus, Germany | Expert Network Architectures at Airbus, Germany | Support towards CODECO applications concerning new frontiers in aeronautics |
| Yuanyuan Yang | Stonebrook University, USA | Distinguished Professor | Support towards the Edge computing and decentralised systems |
| Roch Guerin | Washington University at St. Louis, USA | Department Chair Harold B. & Adelaide G. Welge Professor of Computer Science | Support for the Edge-Cloud orchestration aspects, in particular far Edge |
| Timur Friedman | LIP6, Paris, France | Assistant Professor | Support towards the experimentation and integration of CODECO in the worldwide experimental testbed EdgeNet. |