Objectives of the proposal - Starting from a single, wearable-based solution designed to predict sleep onset while driving, Sleep Advice Technologies (SAT) developed all the technological elements that can support a wide range of purposes, serving the needs of a wider range of application domains other than automotive. The SAT solution today offers a flexible and robust platform that supports a variety of sensing technologies (e.g. via smart garments, short range RADAR, i-PPG camera), allowing for the real-time assessment of fatigue, stress, and other indicators of compromised vigilance (e.g. blood alcohol concentration, on-the-fly body battery, hydration level, man down). This evolution enables SAT’s solution to be deployed across diverse domains including automotive, mining, maritime, healthcare, and military operations. How they will be achieved - SAT is evolving from a single-app sleep prediction tool into a multi-functional platform that understands a wide range of health parameters. Thus, there is the ambition to scale-up from an app development to full product ecosystems, and from model-based to knowledge-based AI, deployed across cloud-edge architectures through intelligent AI agents. The access to EIC grant will provide a fundamental acceleration to 1) focus R&D, 2) scale validation testing, 3) expand technical & sales teams, 4) enhance tools & infrastructure. Moreover, SAT expects to achieve the following within 24 months: 1) validated product suite, 2) market deployments, 3) follow-on funding, 4) societal benefits. Relevance to the work programme - EIC’s focus on disruptive, high-impact technologies dovetails nicely with SAT’s mission to improve safety, reduce liability costs, and support EU digital sovereignty in smart sensor systems. SHIELD will directly contribute to saving thousands of lives annually, reduce accident-related costs by 30%, and reinforce the EU’s leadership in safety-critical AI solutions.

Cynergy4MIE is a visionary project poised to revolutionize Europe's industrial landscape by bridging the gap between foundational technology layers, cross-sectional technologies, and key application areas. The project addresses the pressing need for efficient resource utilization and synergy creation across ecosystems. By actively managing requirements from various key application areas, Cynergy4MIE aims to steer developments in foundational technology layers and cross-sectional technologies, enabling unparalleled collaboration and resource optimization. This approach promises faster time-to-market, efficient resource utilization, and enhanced technological exchange between key application areas. Cynergy4MIE's strategy aligns with the EU's agenda and emphasizes urgency, resilience, technological partnerships, and cross-domain integration to champion European competitiveness. The project's long-term impact rests on embracing urgency, fostering competitive resilience, strengthening technological partnerships, harnessing ecosystem synergies, promoting cross-domain integration, advancing AI competence, prioritizing sustainability, enhancing productivity, and ensuring user-centric digitalization while forming strategic alliances. Cynergy4MIE envisions a future where emergent cyber-physical systems serve human-centric needs, drive domain convergence, and secure Europe's position as a global technology leader.

The European Green Deal defines 4 key elements for a sustainable mobility and automotive industry, namely: climate neutrality, zero pollution Europe, sustainable transport, and the transition to a circular economy. Digital technologies are a significant enabler for attaining the sustainability goals in mobility and transportation. The EC is taking initiatives to ensure that digital technologies such as AI, 5G, IoT and cloud/edge computing can accelerate the transition of the automotive industry to electrical, autonomous, connected, and shared vehicles. The current COVID-19 situation accelerates this trend. The AI4CSM project will develop advanced electronic components and systems (ECS) and architectures for future mass-market ECAS vehicles. This fuels the digital transformation in the automotive sector to support the mobility trends and accelerate the transition towards a sustainable green and digital economy. Having assembled some of Europe’s best partners from industry, research and academia, AI4CSM will deliver key innovations in technical areas including: sensor fusion and perception platforms; efficient propulsion and energy modules; advanced connectivity for cooperative mobility applications; vehicle/edge/cloud computing integration concepts; new digital platforms for efficient and federated computing; and intelligent components based on trustworthy AI techniques and methods. ECAS vehicles enabled by embedded intelligence and functional integration for future mobility, becomes the pivotal factor for the automotive sector to address the Green Deal principles. AI4CSM consists of 8 collaborative R&D clusters, gathering 41 partners from 10 countries. AI4CSM will reinforce user acceptance and affordability by convenience and services for the major transition to a diverse mobility. AI4CSM addresses the increasing demand of mobility, supporting future traffic concepts and strengthen the European automotive manufacturing base as a global industry leader.

Global environmental issues, social inequality and geopolitical changes will pose numerous problems for our society in the future. To face these new challenges and deal with them, there is a need to understand and appropriately utilize new digital technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT), robotics and biotechnologies. A-IQ Ready proposes cutting-edge quantum sensing, edge continuum orchestration of AI and distributed collaborative intelligence technologies to implement the vision of intelligent and autonomous ECS for the digital age. Quantum magnetic flux and gyro sensors enable highest sensitivity and accuracy without any need for calibration, offer unmatched properties when used in combination with a magnetic field map. Such a localization system will enhance the timing and accuracy of the autonomous agents and will reduce false alarms or misinformation by means of AI and multi-agent system concepts. As a priority, the communication guidance and decision making of groups of agents need to be based on cutting-edge technologies. Edge continuum orchestration of AI will allow decentralizing the development of applications, while ensuring an optimal use of the available resources. Combined with the quantum sensors, the edge continuum will be equipped with innovative, multi-physical capabilities to sense the environment, generating “slim” but accurate measurements. Distributed intelligence will enable emergent behavior and massive collaboration of multiple agents towards a common goal. By exploring the synergies of these cutting-edge technologies through civil safety and security, digital health, smart logistics for supply chains and propulsion use cases, A-IQ Ready will provide the basis for the digital society in Europe based on values, moving towards the ideal of Society 5.0.