Ideas, products and research evolving over time.

A chronological view of the ideas, products and research directions developed by Cosen Lab.

INDEX // PUBLICATIONS & PAPERS

Research Papers & Selected Insights

In-depth architectural papers, engineering studies, and systemic analyses produced by Cosen Lab.

04 Publications Total
AS/400 meets IRIS Core AI
FEATURED PUBLICATION·Sep 21, 2026·4 min read

AS/400 meets IRIS Core AI

How mission-critical IBM AS/400 systems are connected to the IRIS Core AI cognitive layer, adding reasoning and traceability without replacing what already works.

Cognitive ArchitectureEnterprise LegacyIRIS Core AIAS400
Author: Cosen Lab ResearchRead Full Article→
CoPilot Vendor IRIS
CoPilot Vendor4 min read

CoPilot Vendor IRIS

AI that protects margin in every negotiation across B2B and multi-branch networks: dynamic recommendations, below-cost blocks and governed discounts.

Sep 21, 2026Read Article→
IRIS Logistic Intelligence (ILI)
Logistic Intelligence4 min read

IRIS Logistic Intelligence (ILI)

Balance stock across the network, cut ineffective shuttle transfers by up to 30% and prevent stock-outs, with every move approved by a manager.

Sep 21, 2026Read Article→
IRIS Price Intelligence (IPI)
Price Intelligence4 min read

IRIS Price Intelligence (IPI)

Track B2B market price changes, anticipate supplier dynamics and keep your price list competitive without eroding margin.

Sep 21, 2026Read Article→
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2026── From products to ecosystem(38 entries)
17.09.2026·INSIGHT·Cosen Lab

A constellation of ideas

IRIS, Cognisphere, Clabbit, GeKo, Logistics Twin, Sentinel, and related projects are brought together in a portfolio that documents an ongoing, evolving program of technology research.

17.09.2026·RESEARCH·IRIS Protocol

IRIS Protocol — Verifiable Trust

The protocol is further defined as a potential infrastructure for turning operational evidence into verifiable digital trust.

17.09.2026·RESEARCH·Sentinel

Sentinel — Autonomous Digital Defense

The project explores a new approach to cybersecurity based on continuous observation, understanding, and response.

16.09.2026·RESEARCH·Sentinel
MILESTONE

Introducing Sentinel

A new line of research begins, focused on the intelligent defense of systems, data, infrastructure, and AI environments.

15.09.2026·INSIGHT·IRIS Ecosystem

When AI becomes infrastructure

Governance, context, decision, evidence, and action begin to be treated as parts of a single infrastructure.

14.09.2026·RESEARCH·AGI Research

A laboratory for specialist AGI

An initial experimental environment is outlined for exploring specialized cognitive systems.

13.09.2026·RESEARCH·AGI Research
MILESTONE

Beyond the model (AGI Research)

AI research shifts from building a single model toward cognitive architectures composed of multiple capabilities.

12.09.2026·RESEARCH·IRIS + Cognisphere + E-terna

From Cognitive Systems to a Meta-Ecosystem

The projects begin to converge on a vision in which governance, context, memory, decision-making, assistance, and security can operate as parts of a shared infrastructure.

12.09.2026·RESEARCH·Cognisphere + IRIS

Building a cognitive architecture

The projects begin to converge on a common architectural vision.

11.09.2026·RESEARCH·E-terna + Cognisphere

Cognitive Infrastructure for Life

Cognisphere is explored as a cross-cutting cognitive infrastructure connecting memory, context, documents, sensors, and history within E-Terna environments.

11.09.2026·PRODUCT·Cognisphere

Cognisphere OS

The project is further developed as an infrastructure for memory, context, and cognitive continuity.

09.09.2026·PRODUCT·Zanutta / Logistics Twin

One network. One Digital Twin.

A pilot scenario is defined for a multi-site distribution network.

07.09.2026·PRODUCT·Zanutta / IRIS

From terminal to network

The pilot moves from supporting individual operators to understanding the logistics network as a whole.

06.09.2026·PRODUCT·E-terna

E-terna Home Care

E-Terna evolves into a connected care environment in which sensors, context, memory, and interaction maintain continuity among the individual, the home, family members, and care providers.

05.09.2026·INSIGHT·IRIS Core AI

Intelligence without replacement

A reflection on the future of legacy systems: not necessarily to be replaced, but to be made more intelligent.

03.09.2026·PRODUCT·IRIS Intelligence Layer
MILESTONE

IRIS meets the AS/400

A prototype demonstrates how intelligence can be added to a legacy system without altering how it operates.

27.08.2026·PRODUCT·IRIS Logistics Twin

The Logistics Control Tower

A new interface takes shape, bringing together network status, forecasts, and preventive actions.

25.08.2026·RESEARCH·IRIS Meta-Consortium

A Digital Infrastructure for Organizations

An architecture is outlined that can connect identities, delegations, governance, documents, compliance, evidence, workflows, agents, and AI systems within a coordinated environment.

20.08.2026·RESEARCH·IRIS Logistics Twin

Predictive logistics without black boxes

A deterministic model is tested for assessing capacity, load, movements, and potential logistics interventions.

18.08.2026·RESEARCH·IRIS Meta-Consortium

From Products to an Ecosystem

The concept takes shape of a digital organization able to coordinate administrative, regulatory, and operational services through IRIS, Discovery, Trust, Cognisphere, Clabbit, and Digital Twin.

13.08.2026·PRODUCT·IRIS Logistics Twin

From visibility to prediction

The Logistics Twin evolves from a snapshot of the network to the simulation of future scenarios.

06.08.2026·PRODUCT·E-terna

E-terna Home — The Digital Home

The research extends to the home environment through Digital Twin, IoT, building systems, and household documents and data, with the goal of building a persistent digital representation of the living environment.

06.08.2026·PRODUCT·IRIS Logistics Twin
MILESTONE

Introducing Logistics Twin

The Digital Twin extends into logistics and distribution.

23.07.2026·PRODUCT·IRIS Core AI

Intelligence for legacy systems

IRIS is applied to scenarios in which legacy systems and new AI capabilities must coexist rather than replace one another.

09.07.2026·RESEARCH·IRIS Protocol

From Digital Product Passport to Trust Layer

The research explores a possible evolution of the DPP toward a broader digital trust infrastructure.

25.06.2026·PRODUCT·IRIS Trust

Building the Trust Chain

The research explores how events, documents, parties, and processes can be linked through a continuous structure of evidence.

11.06.2026·RESEARCH·IRIS Protocol

Trust beyond the organization

The continuous evidence model is extended to relationships between organizations and across supply chains.

28.05.2026·PRODUCT·IRIS Discovery

From Company Twin to Operational Twin

The Digital Twin evolves from representing the organization to observing it over time.

14.05.2026·RESEARCH·IRIS Core AI

IRIS as Trust Infrastructure

Governance, identity, evidence, and trust begin to converge on a common infrastructure vision.

30.04.2026·PRODUCT·IRIS Discovery

IRIS Discovery meets AI Governance

Discovery is extended to the structured assessment of systems and processes that involve artificial intelligence.

16.04.2026·INSIGHT·GeKo

Decisions before action

Simulation becomes a tool for exploring scenarios before intervening on real systems.

02.04.2026·PRODUCT·GeKo
MILESTONE

Introducing GeKo

A dedicated environment is established for simulating scenarios and exploring the consequences of decisions.

19.03.2026·PRODUCT·Clabbit
MILESTONE

Clabbit — A Conversation Operating System

The project is defined as a conversational operating environment rather than a simple chat application.

05.03.2026·PRODUCT·Clabbit

Beyond the chatbot

Clabbit evolves toward a contextual interaction model in which conversation, memory, and permissions become part of the same environment.

19.02.2026·INSIGHT·Cognisphere

Information is not understanding

A reflection on the gap between the availability of information and a genuine understanding of context.

06.02.2026·PRODUCT·Cognisphere
MILESTONE

Introducing Cognisphere

A cognitive infrastructure takes shape, designed to organize context before it is used by AI.

22.01.2026·RESEARCH·Cognisphere

Context before intelligence

A new line of research begins, focused on managing context, memory, and informational relationships.

08.01.2026·RESEARCH·IRIS Core AI

The age of AI Agents

The research extends from model governance to the governance of AI systems capable of acting autonomously.

2025── The Foundations(18 entries)
12.12.2025·RESEARCH·IRIS Protocol
MILESTONE

IRIS Protocol — Continuous Evidence

The concept takes shape of a protocol dedicated to the continuous collection and verification of evidence.

26.11.2025·RESEARCH·IRIS Protocol

Beyond certification

The research introduces the idea of continuous verification, rather than a periodic snapshot of an organization.

07.11.2025·PRODUCT·IRIS Discovery

The digital certification dossier

Collected evidence is organized into a reusable digital dossier for assessment and compliance.

21.10.2025·PRODUCT·IRIS Discovery

IRIS Discovery becomes operational

The project evolves into a practical platform for discovery, assessment, and structured evidence collection.

02.10.2025·PRODUCT·IRIS Discovery

61 rules for understanding an organization

A first parametric engine is developed for the structured analysis of organizations.

15.09.2025·PRODUCT·IRIS Discovery

From questionnaire to Company X-Ray

Organizational analysis evolves toward a deeper reading of structure, risks, processes, and dependencies.

28.08.2025·PRODUCT·IRIS Discovery

Company Twin

A digital model takes shape that can represent an organization's structure, processes, data, and evidence.

05.08.2025·PRODUCT·IRIS Discovery

The company as a Digital Twin

The concept of AI infrastructure is extended to the digital representation of the organization.

17.07.2025·RESEARCH·IRIS

From static compliance to continuous compliance

The research moves toward a model in which compliance can be observed during day-to-day operations.

26.06.2025·RESEARCH·IRIS Trust
MILESTONE

Introducing IRIS Trust

The idea emerges of representing trustworthiness through available evidence and its continuity over time.

11.06.2025·INSIGHT·IRIS Core AI

When AI needs to be proven

A reflection on the relationship between automation, accountability, and the ability to reconstruct what a system has done.

18.05.2025·PRODUCT·IRIS Core AI

Identity. Policy. Evidence.

Some of the first structural elements of the IRIS architecture are defined.

29.04.2025·RESEARCH·IRIS Core AI

AI Governance Infrastructure

IRIS takes on a broader scope: not only AI, but the governance of systems, decisions, processes, and evidence.

03.04.2025·INSIGHT·IRIS Core AI

From data to evidence

Operational data begins to be treated not merely as information, but as potentially verifiable evidence.

12.03.2025·PRODUCT·IRIS Core AI

An infrastructure above existing systems

The non-invasive approach is defined: adding intelligence and governance without replacing existing infrastructure.

21.02.2025·RESEARCH·IRIS Core AI

Making AI decisions traceable

The concept takes shape of a verifiable trail of AI-assisted decisions.

04.02.2025·INSIGHT·IRIS Core AI

From answers to decisions

The research shifts from AI as a question-answering tool to AI as a component of decision-making processes.

15.01.2025·RESEARCH·IRIS Core AI

A different approach to AI infrastructure

Research begins on an infrastructure capable of connecting artificial intelligence, organizational processes, and decisions.

05 // THE EVOLUTION

Systems Convergence Trajectory

A progression from point capabilities to an interconnected digital trust and cognitive fabric.

LAYER 01 // GOVERNANCE & EVIDENCE
IRIS Core AI
IRIS Discovery
IRIS Trust
IRIS Protocol
↓
LAYER 02 // COGNITIVE & DECISIONAL SYSTEMS
Cognisphere
Clabbit
GeKo
↓
LAYER 03 // EMBODIED TWINS & DEFENSE
Digital Twins
AGI Research
Sentinel
“From AI governance and evidence to cognitive systems, autonomous intelligence and digital defense.”
06 // RESEARCH HORIZON

A constellation of ideas evolving into an integrated technology ecosystem.

From early conceptual notes in January 2025 to operational platforms, multi-domain digital twins, and autonomous defense architectures in late 2026.