Unipi Team Leader: Prof. Dino Pedreschi, Dipartimento di Informatica

The HumanE AI Net brings together top European research centers, universities and key industrial champions into a network of centers of excellence that goes beyond a narrow definition of AI and combines world leading AI competence with key players in related areas such as HCI, cognitive science, social sciences and complexity science. This is crucial to develop a truly Human Centric brand of European AI.

We will leverage the synergies between the involved centers of excellence to develop the scientific foundations and technological breakthroughs needed to shape the AI revolution in a direction that is beneficial to humans both individually and societally, and adheres to European ethical values and social, cultural, legal, and political norms.

The core challenge is the development of robust, trustworthy AI capable of what “understanding” humans, adapting to complex real-world environments, and appropriately interacting in complex social settings. The aim is to facilitate AI systems that enhance human capabilities and empower individuals and society as a whole while respecting human autonomy and self-determination.

The HumanE AI Net project will engender the mobilization of a research landscape far beyond direct project funding, involve and engage European industry, reach out to relevant social stakeholders, and create a unique innovation ecosystem that provides a many fold return on investment for the European economy and society. We will make the results of the research available to the European AI community through the AI4EU platform and a Virtual Laboratory, develop a series of summer schools, tutorials and MOOCs to spread the knowledge, develop a dedicated innovation ecosystem for transforming research and innovation into an economic impact and value for society, establish an industrial Ph.D. program and involve key industrial players from sectors crucial to European economy in research agenda definition and results evaluation in relevant use cases.

Coordinator

DEUTSCHES FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM FUR KUNSTLICHE INTELLIGENZ GMBH, Germany

Other participants

• AALTO KORKEAKOULUSAATIO SR, Finland
• AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE SAS, France
• ALGEBRAIC AI SL, Spain
• ATHINA-EREVNITIKO KENTRO KAINOTOMIAS STIS TECHNOLOGIES TIS PLIROFORIAS, TON EPIKOINONION KAI TIS GNOSIS, Greece
• VYSOKE UCENI TECHNICKE V BRNE, Czechia
• BARCELONA SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER - CENTRO NACIONAL DE SUPERCOMPUTACION, Spain
• CEU GMBH, Austria
• CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE, Italy
• CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS, France
• AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DEINVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS, Spain
• UNIVERZITA KARLOVA, Czechia
• CONSORZIO INTERUNIVERSITARIO NAZIONALE PER L'INFORMATICA, Italy
• EOTVOS LORAND TUDOMANYEGYETEM, Hungary
• EIDGENOESSISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE ZUERICH, Switzerland
• FONDAZIONE BRUNO KESSLER, Italy
• FORTISS GMBH, Germany
• FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V., Germany
• GENERALI ITALIA SPA, Italy
• GERMAN ENTREPRENEURSHIP GMBH, Germany
• INESC TEC - INSTITUTO DE ENGENHARIADE SISTEMAS E COMPUTADORES, TECNOLOGIA E CIENCIA, Portugal
• ING GROEP NV, Netherlands
• INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE ENINFORMATIQUE ET AUTOMATIQUE, France
• INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TECNICO, Portugal
• INSTITUT JOZEF STEFAN, Slovenia
• KNOWLEDGE 4 ALL FOUNDATION LBG, United Kingdom
• LUDWIG-MAXIMILIANS-UNIVERSITAET MUENCHEN, Germany
• OREBRO UNIVERSITY, Sweden
• PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NEDERLAND BV, Netherlands
• SAP SE, Germany
• SORBONNE UNIVERSITE, France
• STICHTING VU, Netherlands
• THALES SIX GTS FRANCE SAS, France
• TELEFONICA INVESTIGACION Y DESARROLLO SA, Spain
• TILDE SIA, Latvia
• TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAT BERLIN, Germany
• TURKIYE BILIMSEL VE TEKNOLOJIK ARASTIRMA KURUMU, Turkey
• TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFT, Netherlands
• TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAT KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany
• TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET WIEN, Austria
• UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK - NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, CORK, Ireland
• KOBENHAVNS UNIVERSITET, Denmark
• UNIVERSITE GRENOBLE ALPES, France
• UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN, Netherlands
• UMEA UNIVERSITET, Sweden
• ALMA MATER STUDIORUM - UNIVERSITA DI BOLOGNA, Italy
• UNIVERSITA DI PISA, Italy
• UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON, United Kingdom
• UNIWERSYTET WARSZAWSKI, Poland
• THE UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX, United Kingdom
• UNIVERSIDAD POMPEU FABRA, Spain
• VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL, Belgium
• VOLKSWAGEN AG, Germany

Start date 1 September 2020
End date 31 August 2023
Project cost € 11 996 875
Project funding € 11 996 875
Unipi quota € 340 000
Call title H2020-ICT-2019-3
Funding scheme RIA - Research and Innovation action
Unipi role Partner