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A European AI On Demand Platform and Ecosystem

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Boosting Europe’s artificial intelligence capacity

There is a race around the world to achieve a global innovation advantage in artificial intelligence (AI), with giant tech companies in North America and China in competition for first place. The EU-funded AI4EU is working to change Europe's place in this race, by building the first European AI On-Demand Platform and Ecosystem that will share resources, tools, knowledge, algorithms and more between Member States. It will help to increase innovation and technology transfer, accelerate the growth of start-ups and SMEs, and fulfil the needs of the European AI community. The project will implement eight pilots led by industrial partners to demonstrate the platform’s capabilities.

Objective

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.

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Call for proposal

H2020-ICT-2018-20

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Sub call

H2020-ICT-2018-2

Funding Scheme

RIA - Research and Innovation action

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THALES SIX GTS FRANCE SAS
Net EU contribution
€ 4 864 086,59
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Avenue des louvresses 4
92230 Gennevilliers
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Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Hauts-de-Seine
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Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
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€ 110 025,24

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