Selected Projects in Implementation

(Ordered by the project start instant, the newest first)

• ELLIOT: European Large Open Multi-Modal Foundation Models For Robust Generalization On Arbitrary Data Streams. ID 101214398, funded by the European Union’s HORIZON-CL4-2024-HUMAN-03-01. Principal investigator Dr. Ing. Josef Šivic. July 2025 – June 2029
• NextReason: Next-Generation Automated Reasoning, project no. 25-17929X, funded by the Czech Science Foundation (GA ČR) under the EX8 public call. Principal investigator at CIIRC: Mgr. Josef Urban, Ph.D. January 2025 – December 2029
• QUICH: Quantitative Structural and Functional Imaging of the Human Cholinergic System with Applications in Cognitive Science and Neurodegenerative Disorders, project n. 25-18359M, funded by GAČR – Juniorský grant Junior Star 2025. Principal investigator Ing. Milan Němý, Ph.D. January 2025 – December 2029
• CLARA: Center for Artificial Intelligence and Quantum Computing in System Brain Research. The CLARA project has received funding from two sources. The first, with ID 101136607, is funded by the European Union under the Horizon Europe programme within the call HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ACCESS-01 (Project duration: 11/2024 – 10/2030). The complementary project has been co-funded by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS) under the Jan Amos Komenský Operational Programme (OP JAK), ID CZ.02.01.01/00/23_029/0008437 (Project duration: 1/2025 – 12/2028). Principal investigator at CIIRC:  Dr. Ing. Josef Šivic.
• MLTPA: Malleable Theorem Proving Architectures, funded by the Czech Science Foundation, project nu. 24-12759S. The principal investigator is RNDr. Martin  Suda, Ph.D. Project duration:  01/2024 – 12/2026.
• RaasCEMAN: Resilient and Adaptive Supply Chains for Capability-based Manufacturing as a Service Networks. ID: 101138782, funded by European Union – Horizon Europe under the HORIZON-CL4-2023-TWIN-TRANSITION-01. Principal investigator at CIIRC:  Ing. Pavel Burget Ph.D. Project duration: 09/2024 – 08/2026
• FRONTIER: Federated foundational models for embodied perception. ID: 101097822, funded by the European Research Council (ERC) under the HORIZON.1.1 – European Research Council (ERC) Programme. ERC Advanced Grant beneficiary: Dr. Ing. Josef Šivic. Project duration: 01/2024-12/2028.
• ELIAS: European Lighthouse of AI for Sustainability. ID: 101120237, funded by the the European Union’s Horizon Europe programme. Principal investigator at CIIRC: Dr. Ing. Josef Šivic. Project duration: 09/2023-09/2027.
• ROBOPROX: Robotics and advanced industrial production. ID: CZ.02.01.01/00/22_008/0004590, funded by the Ministry of Education, Youth, and Sports CZ (MEYS) within the Operational Programme Johanes Amos Comenius (OP JAK). Principal Investigator: prof. Dr. Ing. Zdeněk Hanzálek. Project duration: 06/2023 – 06/2028.
• RoVozCi: Robotic Pallet Truck. ID: FW08010076, funded by the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic, Program TREND. Principal Investigator: prof. Ing. Václav Hlaváč, CSc. Project duration: 06/2023 – 12/2025.
• EDIH CTU: European Digital Innovation Hub CTU. ID 101083359, funded by the European Union’s DIGITAL Europe Programme and the National Recovery Plan Programme (EDIH1.5.01.5). Principal investigator at CIIRC: doc. RNDr. Vojtěch Petráček, CSc. Project duration: 01/2023-12/2025.
• AI-MATTERS: AI MAnufacturing Testing and experimenTation network For EuRopean industrieS. ID 101100707, funded by the the European Union’s DIGITAL Europe Programme, call: DIGITAL-2022-CLOUD-AI-02, and the National Recovery Plan Programme based on grant agreement no. 101100707. Principal investigator at CIIRC: Prof. Vladimír Mařík. Project duration: 01/2023 –12/2028.
• euROBIN: European ROBotics and AI Network. ID 101070596, funded by the European Union’s Horizon Europe Programme. Principal invesigator at CIIRC: Dr. Ing. Josef Šivic. Project duration: 07/2022-06/2026
• INPACE: Indo-Pacific-European Hub for Digital Partnerships. Trusted Digital Technologies for Sustainable Well-Being. ID: 101135568, funded by the European Union’s Horizon Europe programme. Project duration: 01/2024-06/2027
• EXA4MIND: EXtreme Analytics for MINing Data spaces. ID 101092944, funded by the European Union’s Horizon Europe Programme. Principal investigator at CIIRC: Dr. Ing. Josef Šivic. Project duration: 01/2023-12/2025.
• UNI-3D: A Unified 3D Map Representation. Reg. Number: 23-07973X, supported by the Grant Agency of the Czech Republic. Principal investigator Torsten Sattler, Dr. rer. nat.. Project duration: 01/2023-12/2027.
• RETEMED: REcombinant TEchnologies for MEDicine. ID: TN02000122, supported by the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic within the Programme: National Centres of Competence 1: Support programme for applied research, experimental development and innovation. Principal investigator at CIIRC: Dr. Ing. Josef Šivic. Project duration: 01/2023-12/2028.

EIT Manufacturing, subprojects implemented in 2025:

• • Confacts II: Multi-layer Connected Factories with hybrid conventional and digital components II. ID 23105. Principal investigator at CIIRC: Ing. Pavel Burget Ph.D.
  • EIT M Czechia Representative: EIT Manufacturing Czechia Representative. ID 21282. Principal investigator at CIIRC: Petr Šamánek.

• Ethical Engineer: Integrating teaching ethics in artificial intelligence and robotics into Engineering Education, ID 2023-1-CZ01-KA220-HED-00016066, funded by the European Union under Erasmus+. Principal Investigator at CIIRC: doc. Ing. Lenka Lhotská, CSc.. Project duration: 07/2023 – 08/2026.
• DigiCare4CE: Digital transformation of long-term care facilities for older people. ID CE0100038, funded by the European Union under Interreg CENTRAL EUROPE 2021-2027. Principal Investigator at CIIRC: doc. Ing. Lenka Lhotská, CSc.. Project duration: 03/2023 – 02/2026.
• AI REDGIO 5.0: Regions and (E)DIHs alliance for AI-at-the-Edge adoption by European Industry 5.0 Manufacturing SMEs, ID 101092069, funded by the European Union’s Horizon Europe CL4-2022-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-06 call. Principal investigator at CIIRC: Ing. Petr Kadera, Ph.D. Project duration: 01/2023 – 12/2025.
• AIRISE: Artificial Intelligence in Manufacturing for Sustainable Application at SmEs, ID 101092312, funded by the European Union’s Horizon Europe HORIZON-CL4-2022-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-06 call. Principal investigator at CIIRC: Ing. Pavel Burget, Ph.D. Project duration: 01/2023 – 06/2026.
• CoreSense: CoreSense: A Hybrid Cognitive Architecture for Deep Understanding. ID: 101070254, funded by the European Union’s Horizon Europe programme. Principal investigator at CIIRC: prof. Dr. Ing. Robert Babuška. Project duration: 10/2022-09/2026.
• VISION: Value and Impact through Synergy, Interaction and coOperation of Networks of AI Excellence Centres, ID 952070, funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020-ICT-48. Main investigator at CIIRC CTU is Eva Doležalová. Project duration: September 2020 – August 2024.
• TAILOR – Foundations of Trustworthy AI – Integrating Reasoning, Learning and Optimization, ID 952215 funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020–ICT-2018-20, RIA. Main investigator at CTU is Dr. Josef Urban. Project duration: September 2020 – August 2024.
• ELISE – European Learning and Intelligent Systems Excellence, ID 951847 funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 programme, call Horizon-2020-ICT-2018-20 (RIA). Principal investigator at CTU is Dr. Ing. Josef Šivic. Project duration: September 2020 – August 2024.
• RICAIP: Research and Innovation Centre on Advanced Industrial Production. RICAIP received funding from two projects: RICAIP H2020 has been funded from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 857306 (H2020 Teaming Phase 2) (Project duration: September 2019 – February 2026) and through a complementary RICAIP OP RDE project that has been co-financed by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport of the Czech Republic (MEYS) and the European Union within the European Structural and Investment Funds, Operational Programme Research, Development and Education (OP RDE) Reg. No. CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/17_043/0010085 (Project duration: September 2019 – June 2023). Principal Investigator: Vladimír Mařík, CIIRC CTU.

• POSTMAN: Powering SMT Solvers by Machine Learning, Project funded by Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic (MEYS), Project No. LL1902, Principal Investigator: Mikoláš Janota, Project duration: 2020 – 2025.