TEXTaiLES
The importance of textiles in contemporary societies has stimulated reflections on textile culture in antiquity. From the Upper Paleolithic era until today, textiles are an essential part of everyday life and accompany people throughout their life course, conveying and symbolising their gender, age, religious beliefs, profession and status. Textile products and the crafts and traditions associated with them, as addressed by TEXTaiLES, hold a central and pivotal role in European history. Despite recent methodological advances in European textile research, digitisation of textile CH objects has not received sufficient attention and the technological and methodological position which is evident in the development of acquisition and digitisation technologies.
Objectives:
This lack of attention can be attributed to the significant technical challenges posed by textile CH objects, mainly stemming from their soft and pliable nature, the minute scale of dimensions of their primary structure and the inherent sensitivity they exhibit to degradation agents. TEXTaiLES’ mission is to employ key emerging technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI), 3D digitization, Internet of Things (IoT), Cloud/Edge Computing, Robotics, Digital Twins (DTs) to capture and visualise the visible and non visible characteristics of textiles in CH. TEXTaiLES will develop a set of bespoke AI-intensive digital tools to provide cultural heritage institutions and professionals with enhanced technological and methodological capabilities for digitising textile CH collections
Results:
TEXTaiLES will deliver several technological tools such as i) robust robotic data acquisition techniques for digitising textile objects; (ii) Web-based collaborative 3D digital replica manipulation environment; (iii) AI-based tools for surface morphology and micro-structure analysis; (iv) tools for motion and dynamics analysis for textile artefacts; (v) tools for semi-automated textile artefact restoration tool; (v) software for continuous monitoring of textile artefacts utilising smart wireless sensor networks. Additionally, TEXTaiLES will have a significant outreach impact such as education material and training activities for CH professionals and institutions as well as policy recommendations at EU, national and regional levels for promoting and safeguarding textile tradition.
ILSP’s role:
The Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP) of the ATHENA Research Center is the coordinator of the consortium. ILSP is responsible for developing technological tools based on AI, robotics, and 3D mesh processing. Additionally, ILSP plays a critical role in developing infrastructures for data storage and executing machine learning algorithms.
ACCELIGENCE Ltd
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
NUBIS IKE
TechnAI Technology, Culture and Society SL
Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza / Sapienza University of Rome
University of Oulou
Verein Textilmuseum St. Gallen
Εθνικό Κέντρο Έρευνας & Τεχνολογικής Ανάπτυξης (ΕΚΕΤΑ) / Centre for Research and Technologies Hellas (CERTH)
ThrombUS+
Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) poses a significant health risk, with potentially life-threatening consequences when left undetected. ThrombUS+ is set to redefine DVT care with an ambitious mission to develop an innovative wearable diagnostic device for point-of-care, operator-free, continuous monitoring.
DVT involves the formation of blood clots in deep veins, primarily in the lower limbs, leading to blood flow obstruction. Shockingly, up to two-thirds of DVT cases exhibit no clinical symptoms, making early diagnosis challenging. ThrombUS+ steps in to bridge this gap, bringing together a diverse team of experts spanning industry, technology, regulation, social science, and clinical trials.
Our interdisciplinary approach centers around creating a novel wearable diagnostic device utilizing autonomous, AI-driven DVT detection. This groundbreaking device incorporates wearable ultrasound hardware, impedance plethysmography, and light reflection rheography for immediate clot detection. Activity and physiological measurements will continuously assess DVT risk, supporting prevention through serious gaming. An intelligent decision support unit will provide real-time monitoring and alerts, with extended reality guiding users for optimal device utilization.
ThrombUS+ is designed for postoperative patients, those undergoing lengthy surgical procedures, cancer patients, bedridden individuals at home or in care units, and women during pregnancy and postpartum.
ThrombUS+ will leverage big datasets collected through three large-scale clinical studies for AI training. Validation will be carried out in clinical settings through one early feasibility study and one multi-center clinical trial.
Athena Research Centre
ComfTech S.R.L.
EchoNous Inc.
Fondazione Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza IRCCS (CCS)
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
Hôpital Simone Veil (HSV) / Hospital Simone Veil
Kauno Technologijos Universitetas (KTU) / Kaunas University of Technology
Lietuvos Sveikatos Mokslų Universitetas (LSMU) / Lithuanian University of Health Sciences
Medea S.r.l.
medis Medizinische Messtechnik GmbH
Papageorgiou General Hospital
Phaze Clinical Research & Pharma Consulting S.A.
PredictBy Research and Consultancy S.L.
Scigen Technologies S.A.
TAMPEREEN KORKEAKOULUSAATIO SR (TAU) / Tampere University
TELEMED Medical Imaging Equipment Design & Manufacturing
VDE Verband der Elektrotechnik Elektronik Informationstechnik e.V.
Vermon SA
FoodCoP
Project summary:
FoodCoP is an innovative venture to enhance interregional collaboration among Startup Villages to ignite the transformation of food systems. At the heart of this initiative lies the challenge of aligning diverse stakeholder interests and catalyzing sustainable growth through the principles of the circular bioeconomy. The project aims to deliver three main impacts: establishing a robust collaborative framework, fostering sustainable food system transformations, and enhancing knowledge and awareness of circular bioeconomy solutions among rural innovators. Methodologically, FoodCoP unfolds in 3 phases. First, it lays the groundwork by establishing a conceptual framework and stakeholder engagement, drawing insights from best practices to shape a collaborative agenda and design pilot projects. The subsequent phase transitions into developing a transformative Community of Practice (CoP), emphasizing resource optimization, collective learning, and implementing co-creation methodologies to bolster innovation. The final phase focuses on sustainability and resilience, highlighting the role of FoodCoP ambassadors and leveraging dissemination and communication activities to share successes and insights. FoodCoP comprises a diverse network of stakeholders, including Startup Villages, regional networks, clusters, SMEs, research centers, and knowledge and innovation communities. Standing uniquely positioned to drive this initiative. With its comprehensive approach, FoodCoP aims to revolutionize the food industry's innovation landscape and ensure its impacts resonate well beyond the project's lifetime. The collaboration brings together a wealth of expertise and resources, promising to create a sustainable and inclusive ecosystem that supports the transformation of food systems through circular bioeconomy principles. FoodCoP will redefine the parameters of interregional collaboration, making a significant contribution towards a sustainable, resilient, and innovative food industry.
EXCEED
Project summary:
The EXCEED – EXCELLENCE IN GREEN AND DIGITAL MANUFACTURING project aims at establishing a European COVE network of 6 centres in 5 countries, Italy, Spain, Finland, Czech Republic, and Greece to support innovation and sustainable competitiveness of the Advanced Manufacturing (AM) sector. As one of the pillars of the European economy, AM has been strongly impacted by the twin transitions, generating disruptive changes, beside the urgency to foster industry decarbonization. To face those changes and new challenges, citizens, present and future workforce needs new competencies, for life and work. VET providers can play a crucial role preparing the workforce and the society of the future, no one left behind, increasing their responsiveness, operating in strong connection with policy levels. EXCEED assumes the synergic and mutual benefitting application of digital and green, according to the so-called “digital eco-innovation” paradigm and the transition to the circular digital economy as powerful leverages to accelerate innovation in AM.
Involving a public-private platform of overall 39 partners, 18 full and 21 associates, EXCEED will work as an alive integrated skills ecosystem, promoting, 1) upskilling and reskilling of low-skilled adults and workers at risk of marginalization through a joint internationalized, flexible and individualized Life Long Learning training offer; 2) strengthening the HIGHER VET (EQF 4 and 5) through design of new curricula and updating of existing ones; 3) adopting joint strategies for Talent Management by the establishment of an International Talent Factory, aware of the fact that talented and skilled individuals have a key role to play in countries’ future prosperity; 4) upskilling and empowerment VET professionals as key profiles translating innovation in education contexts. In 4 years, partners expect to involve at least n. 600 learners and an overall number of 26.000 beneficiaries through an extensive multichannel communication strategy.
- Duration: Start date 1 June 2023 – End date 31 May 2027
- Budget: € 2 582 433.00
- 39 partners
- Coordinated by CENTOFORM SRL
LIVINGAGRO
Project summary:
Agroforestry – a land use management system in which trees or shrubs are grown around or among crops or pastureland – has varied benefits, including increased biodiversity and reduced erosion. The combination of agriculture and forestry in the Mediterranean is deeply rooted in a culture of tradition and niche production but fails nowadays to structure its knowledge to achieve an integrated system of good practices for the sustainability of production, the protection of the biodiversity of distinct ecosystems, the transfer of innovation and the increase in profitability for the territories/actors involved. Therefore, LIVINGAGRO will tackle these issues using an Open Innovation approach, based on the setting-up of two Living Laboratories making possible the co-creation of the economic and social values and the interactions between supply and demand, eliminating geographical and cultural barriers. A specific focus will be on olive multifunctional system (Living Laboratory 1) and grazed woodlands (Living Laboratory 2). Olive cultivation is representative of many Mediterranean rural areas, and traditionally olive orchards were and are often still managed as agroforestry systems, in combination with cereals, fodder legumes and/or pasture. Grazed woodlands are major agroforestry systems in the Mediterranean that highly contribute to sustaining Mediterranean local economies supplying both vegetal and animal products.
- Duration: Start date 01 September 2019 – End date 31 August 2023
- Budget: € 3 000 000
- 6 partners – Countries: Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Greece
- Coordinated by Regional forest agency for the development of Sardinia’s territory and environment (Fo.Re.S.T.A.S.), Italy
Athena – Research & Innovation Information Technologies, ATHENA RC – GREECE, will participate and work on a pre-competitive analysis as well as the preparation of e-learning modules for business startup creation, plus face-to-face educational presentations of that material in Lebanon and Jordan through a subcontract from the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania (MAICh)
CARMINE
Project summary:
The frequency and intensity of climate and weather extremes associated with anthropogenic climate change are increasing and will challenge us in terms of adaptation strategies at the local level. The project “Climate Resilient Development Pathways in Metropolitan Regions of Europe (CARMINE)” bridges the local and regional scales by providing impact-based decision support services and multilevel climate governance supporting local adaptation, including both traditional and Nature-Based Solutions. CARMINE’s overarching goal is to help the metropolitan communities of Europe become more climate resilient, by co-producing knowledge-based tools, strategies, and plans for enhanced adaptation and mitigation actions in line with the Charter of the EU Mission on Adaptation to Climate Change by 2030. To achieve this goal, focusing on the 2030-2035 timeframe and with longer perspectives up to 2050, CARMINE proposes an interdisciplinary approach aiming at (1) co-creation and co-development of decision-support services and guidelines for enhanced resilience and adaptive capacity, including early warning and disaster risk management systems; (2) cooperating closely with local to regional communities (stakeholders and users), decision-, and policy-makers (local authorities) to co-develop cross-sectoralframeworks for adaptation and mitigation actions; (3) delivering science-based R&I roadmaps for multi-level climate governance supporting local adaptation assessments and plans. The CARMINE methodology will be implemented in eight selected Case Study Areas to demonstrate proof of concept and project methodology will be demonstrated through the digital replication of climate and socioeconomic characteristics of each area. The co-created knowledge and transferable development pathways from CARMINE will be shared widely via project networks in order to drive adaptation in other metropolitan regions of Europe, and beyond.
- Duration: 48 months – Start date 1 Feb 2024 – End date 31 Jan 2028
- Budget: € 10 174 699.00
- 32 partners
- Coordinated by ADMINISTRATIA NATIONALA DE METEOROLOGIE R.A. (MeteoRo)
Partnership: Athena – Research & Innovation Information Technologies, ATHENA RC – GREECE
Principal Investigator (PI) is Prof. Koundouri and members of the team are: Dr. Konstantinos Dellis, Dr Ebun Akinsete, Drogiakis Michalis, Alice Guittard, Panagiota Koltsida, Toli Eleni
MariTech Talent
Project summary:
The MariTech Talent will develop a twin transition INTRApreneurship skills development programme, bringing maritime industry professionals and innovative enterprises with concrete digital solutions together in a two-way learning experience. The programme will provide: – Necessary twin skills for the maritime workforce – Support to deep tech solutions providers developing key technologies for unlocking the twin transition in the maritime industry Thе MariTech Talent programme will apply a challenge-based INTRApreneurship model which will nurture learning by working on the most pressing needs identified by the ports and maritime companies themselves. Teams consisting of current workers and deep tech startups, scaleups and SMEs will work together to apply concrete solutions, undergoing the necessary training on the way. On the one hand the programme will secure the required skill set for the maritime workforce related to the green and digital transition. They will acquire operational knowledge in key digital domains enablers of the twin transition in the maritime industry such as machine learning and data analysis for predictive maintenance, energy management systems, system integration, automation, remote operation, cybersecurity and e-navigation through direct collaboration with deep tech solution providers. On the other, it will provide valuable insights and feedback on the relevance and effectiveness of the applied digital solutions. As a final result, maritime companies and ports will gain in-depth insights into the benefits digital solutions can bring to their operations, while at the same time their employees will become skilled and confident in their use.
- Duration: 24 months – Start date 01 Dec 2023 – End date 31 Jan 2025
- Budget: €499,375.00
- 10 partners
- Coordinated by Cleantech Bulgaria
Partnership: Athena – Research & Innovation Information Technologies, ATHENA RC – GREECE
Principal Investigator (PI) is Prof. Koundouri and members of the team are: Panagiota Koltsida, Lydia Papadaki, Eleni Toli
SHADE
Making archaeological data open and freely accessible online for academic research, professional archaeologists and wider citizens must be a priority across Europe. However, there is currently a very fragmented picture and uneven access to knowledge of Europe’s rich archaeological heritage. At the present time, only a handful of COST Member Countries have the required specialist knowledge and mechanisms in place to ensure archaeological data will be freely and openly available for reuse by future generations of researchers. Failure to address this inequality means the world will be divided into countries and regions whose archaeological research legacy is available, and those where it is irrevocably lost. This lack of equity also hampers participation in research collaboration.
Members of the COST Action SEADDA have worked closely with the European Union funded research infrastructure ARIADNE to provide a single point of access to archaeological data. The ARIADNE Research Infrastructure (RI) was established as a not-for-profit association which plans to develop a service to maintain and develop the portal. On such a basis, the SHADE CIG aims to provide a solution whereby individuals and organisations can be given access to the skills and tools to publish their data online, without duplicating efforts at national, regional and local levels. This solution avoids the creation of multiple data silos, and creates a single point of access, capable of addressing major research questions, and solving heritage management problems.
ILSP participates in the planning and implementation of actions to make archaeological data open and freely accessible on the internet for research, archaeologists, and the wider public, with emphasis on Greece. ILSP plans the implementation of a targeted scientific workshop with the aim of highlighting the importance of open archaeological data and the adoption of FAIR principles.
ARGUS
Embarking on a Groundbreaking Odyssey: The ARGUS Project Takes Flight. December 2023 marks the commencement of an ambitious and pioneering venture as we proudly announce the launch of the ARGUS project. Focused on the intersection of cutting-edge technology, cultural heritage preservation, and climate change mitigation, ARGUS aims to revolutionize the landscape of remote heritage asset management.
The ARGUS team is set to embark on a 3-year journey of innovation and discovery. The project’s mission is to develop and implement advanced solutions that will redefine how we safeguard and manage heritage assets in diverse locations, from the historic island of Delos in Greece, a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1990, to the rural charm of the cellar town of Baltanás in North Spain, the serene Monti Lucretili upland landscape in Italy, the sacred walls of the Abbey of Sant’Antonio di Ranverso, Italy, and the majestic Schenkenberg Castle in Switzerland.
The project’s multifaceted approach includes cutting-edge technology integration, data-driven decision support systems, and collaboration with local communities and experts. Through its five pilot studies—including Delos Island’s ancient ruins, Baltanás’s subterranean architecture, Monti Lucretili’s natural beauty, Sant’Antonio di Ranverso’s monastic heritage, and Schenkenberg Castle’s medieval fortifications—ARGUS will address unique challenges posed by different cultural and environmental contexts.
ARGUS is made possible through the support of the Horizon Europe program. As the project unfolds, regular updates and insights into its progress will be shared with the public, stakeholders, and the wider scientific community.
DEDS
Data science plays a vital role in just about every field of human activity as data is omnipresent. However, while demand for data science is high, supply remains too low. Data engineers are necessary to design and build the process stack for collecting, generating and processing data in real time. The EU-funded DEDS project will radically and holistically support the end-to-end management of the full life cycle of data. To that end, a ground-breaking one-of-a-kind education, research and innovation programme in data engineering for data science (DEDS) will be offered in the form of a European Joint Doctorate. The overall goal is to bring advances in the next generation of data science.
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