AI4EU - A European AI On Demand Platform and Ecosystem

Description

Artificial Intelligence is a disruptive technology of our times with expected impacts rivalling those of electricity or printing. Resources for innovation are currently dominated by giant tech companies in North America and China. To ensure European independence and leadership, we must invest wisely by bundling, connecting and opening our AI resources. AI4EU will efficiently build a comprehensive European AI-on-demand platform to lower barriers to innovation, to boost technology transfer and catalyse the growth of start-ups and SMEs in all sectors through Open calls and other actions. The platform will act as a broker, developer and one-stop shop providing and showcasing services, expertise, algorithms, software frameworks, development tools, components, modules, data, computing resources, prototyping functions and access to funding. Training will enable different user communities (engineers, civic leaders, etc.) to obtain skills and certifications. The AI4EU Platform will establish a world reference, built upon and interoperable with existing AI and data components (e.g. the Acumos open-source framework, QWT search engine..) and platforms. It will mobilize the whole European AI ecosystem and already unites 80 partners in 21 countries including researchers, innovators and related talents. Eight industry-driven AI pilots will demonstrate the value of the platform as an innovation tool. In order to enhance the platform, research on five key interconnected AI scientific areas will be carried out using platform technologies and results will be implemented. The pilots and research will showcase how AI4EU can stimulate scientific discovery and technological innovation. The AI4EU Ethical Observatory will be established to ensure the respect of human centred AI values and European regulations. Sustainability will be ensured via the creation of the AI4EU Foundation. The results will feed a new and comprehensive Strategic Research Innovation Agenda for Europe. The UC participation in AI4EU is focused on Verifiable AI. The goal is to research dependable aspects of AI solutions. More specifically, how to assure safety and security security in AI-based systems.

Researchers

Funded by

H2020

Partners

Thales as prime contracter and 80 partners. Tasks of University of Coimbra will involve Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (Germany), Orebro University (Sweden), and Universite Paris Pantheon-Sorbonne

Total budget

20 000 000,00 €

Local budget

100 000,00 €

Keywords

Artificial Intelligence, AI Ecosystem, Safety and Security in AI

Start Date

2019-01-02

End Date

2021-12-30

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