| Project name: | European Center for Digital Innovation Czech Technical University in Prague |
| Acronym: | EDIH CTU |
| Project website: | https://www.edihctu.eu |
| ID code: | 101256491 |
| Call: | Digital Europe Programme (DIGITAL) Call: DIGITAL-2025-EDIH-EU-EEA-08 Topic: DIGITAL-2025-EDIH-EU-EEA-08-CONSOLIDATION-STEP |
| Supported by: | European Union – Digital Europe Programme |
| Project duration: | 01/2026-12/2028 (36 months) |
| Principal investigator at CIIRC: | doc. Ing. Petr Kadera, Ph.D. |
| Director of EDIH CTU | Mgr. Barbora Zochová |
| Coordinator: | CTU |
| Project partners: | Association of Small and Medium Enterprises and Tradesmen of the Czech Republic Research Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, z.ú. Prg.ai, z.s. Prague Innovation Institute, z.ú. Innovation Centre of the Ústí Region ZS Czech-Moravian Centre for Breakthrough Technologies, interest association of legal entities |
| Budget: | Total budget: € 2 483 577.00 EU support: € 1 241 788.50 Czech Ministry of Industry and Trade: tbc |
Abstract:
The EDIH CTU represents a major European Digital Innovation Hub in the Czech Republic
in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) transferring trustworthy solutions and services to the industry, health, transportation and energy sectors. The EDIH CTU, with its vision “Inspire & Make the Czech AI-driven Industry”, aims to become the innovation and technology leader in providing professional AI/ML services for the local SMEs, mid-caps and public sector organizations with respect to their digital and green transformation.
The strong consortium partners representing academia, business sector and key associations of enterprises in the Czech Republic provide sufficient know-how, expertise and state-of-the-art experimental facilities to serve the needs of the public and private sector at the national and also international level. The major focus is on promoting digital transformation adoption, providing high-quality services, education and knowledge sharing, pursuing ecosystem development, and establishing strong inter-EDIH collaboration.
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