| Project name: | European Lighthouse of AI for Sustainability |
| Acronym: | ELIAS |
| Project website: | https://elias-ai.eu/ |
| ID code: | 101120237 |
| Call: | HORIZON-CL4-2022-HUMAN-02 |
| Supported by: | European Union, Horizon Europe |
| Project duration: | 09/2023-09/2027 (48 months) |
| Principal investigator at CIIRC CTU: | Dr. Ing. Josef Šivic |
| Coordinator: | UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI TRENTO, Italy |
| Project partners: | UNIVERSITEIT VAN AMSTERDAM, Netherlands POLITECNICO DI MILANO, Italy UMORE UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI MODENA E REGGIO EMILIA, Italy INSTITUT POLYTECHNIQUE DE PARIS, France INSTITUT MINES-TELECOM, France ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE, France EBERHARD KARLS UNIVERSITAET TUEBINGEN, Germany FONDAZIONE BRUNO KESSLER, Italy FUNDACION DE LA COMUNITAT VALENCIANA UNIDAD ELLIS ALICANTE, Spain ETHNIKO KENTRO EREVNAS TECHNOLOGIKIS ANAPTYXIS, Greece UNIVERSITAT DE VALENCIA, Spain HASSO-PLATTNER-INSTITUT FUR DIGITAL ENGINEERING GGMBH, Germany UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI MILANO, Italy KOBENHAVNS UNIVERSITET, Denmark INSTITUT JOZEF STEFAN, Slovenia CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE, Czech Republic ANITI UNIVERSITE DE TOULOUSE, France MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN EV, Germany UMEA UNIVERSITET, Sweden FONDAZIONE ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA, Italy UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI GENOVA, Italy UNIVERSITATEA POLITEHNICA DIN BUCURESTI, Romania IDEAS NCBR SP Z O.O., Poland BITDEFENDER SRL., Romania IBM IRELAND LIMITED, Ireland INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE EN INFORMATIQUE ET AUTOMATIQUE, France UMAN THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER, UK ROBERT BOSCH GMBH, Germany ROBERT BOSCH KFT, Hungary ENGINEERING – INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA SPA, Italy FONDATION DE L’INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE IDIAP, Switzerland EIDGENOESSISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE ZUERICH, Switzerland AALTO KORKEAKOULUSAATIO SR, Finland |
| Budget: | Total budget/EU support: 11 030 575 EUR Support for CIIRC CTU: 477 750 EUR |
| Further information: | Press release published by CTU and CIIRC CTU |
Anotation
European Lighthouse of AI for Sustainability project emerges from the belief that artificial intelligence (AI) will be a key discipline to help us tackle the crucial civilisation challenges, such as climate and energy crises. It aims at establishing of original AI solutions that move towards a sustainable long-term future for our planet, contribute to a cohesive society, and respect individual rights. With its mission to galvanize the field of machine learning, ELIAS aims to prove itself as a central reference point by fostering collaboration among 34 active affiliates in this sector, along with a cohort of associated partners hailing from 17 different countries.
Project, encompassing Sustainable AI, Trustworthy AI, and Nurturing Excellence in AI, will strive for a deep integration of the fundamental research that takes place in academia and the more applications-focused research from industry. As for fundamental research, ELIAS will address key scientific questions about how AI can reduce computational costs, how AI serves to model effects of policy decisions on society, and impacts individuals. Ethical and societal concerns will be seriously taken into account too.
Furthermore, ELIAS will develop a Sciencentrepreneurship track, with the purpose of attracting and empowering talents at the interface of scientific innovation and business.
ELIAS builds on and expands the highly successful and internationally recognized European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems (ELLIS), and will develop its achievements.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe under grant agreement No. 101120237. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or Horizon Europe granting authority. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.
