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Project cooperationUpdated on 21 July 2025

Enabling Secure, Efficient Urban Infrastructure through OCaml and Unikernels

Ganesh Narayanan

Operations Manager at Tarides

Paris, France

About

  • Who We Are

    • We are a deep-tech company based in France. We use OCaml and MirageOS unikernels for high-assurance, memory-safe software. We also operate in the UK and India. 

    • MirageOS is an operating system that constructs unikernels for secure, high-performance applications across various cloud computing and mobile platforms.

    • OCaml is an industrial-strength functional programming language with a powerful type-safe system and a high-performance language that helps build complex software systems. 

    • We specialise in secure, lightweight, energy-efficient software for IoT, edge computing, and critical digital infrastructure, ideal for smart cities.

    • We have over a decade of experience in open-source compiler technology, embedded systems, and cybersecurity, with solutions deployed in space, finance, and IoT.

  • What We Offer to DUT 2025 Projects

    • Cyber-Resilient Edge Computing Solutions: Minimal, verifiable OCaml-based runtimes for secure, long-lived edge nodes in smart energy, transport, or environmental networks.

    • Energy-Efficient Smart City Infrastructure: MirageOS unikernels reduce software overhead by up to 90%, making them suitable for positive-energy districts and low-power urban sensors.

    • Open, Sovereign, European Software Stack: 100% open-source tooling (compiler, build system, package manager) rooted in European research (Inria, OCaml.org), supporting technological sovereignty.

    • Developer Tooling and Urban Lab Enablement: Full-stack developer experience: build pipelines, onboarding kits, and SDKs for civic tech teams, labs, or smart-city innovation hubs.

  • Where We Fit in DUT 2025

    • Technology Partner for low-latency, secure-by-design software components in Positive Energy Districts or Urban Data Spaces.

    • Work Package Leader for cyber-resilience, software sustainability, or secure digital infrastructure.

    • Training / Dissemination Partner via open workshops and developer engagement (OCaml ecosystem).

  • We Are Looking to Partner With:

    • City authorities / urban labs seeking secure, energy-efficient IoT platforms.

    • Smart energy/mobility SMEs needing embedded runtimes with verifiable safety.

    • Universities/research centres developing digital twins, data-driven city platforms, or resilient systems.

Topic

  • CUE topic 1 – Resilient green and social infrastructure
  • PED topic 1 – Driving a just transition: PED strategies in social and subsidised housing
  • PED topic 2 – Ensuring positive socio-economic impact: PEDs in local economies and energy markets
  • PED topic 3 – PEDs in urban heating and cooling strategies

Type

  • Looking to join a project

Organisation

Tarides

Business (SME)

Paris, France

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