Research, development and innovation

Artificial Intelligence for People, Planet, Profit

Acronym: AI4PPP

Algebra project partners:

• Fakultet za uporabne družbene študije v Novi Gorici, Slovenia
• Universidad de Alcalá, Spain

Short description: The main objective of the AI4PPP project is to deliver an innovative and transferable training programme in AI through conducting gap and DACUM analysis, developing training syllabi and learning materials as well as piloting materials, implementing AI-empowered scenarios in selected industries preparing for certification validation based on micro-credentials concept.

Smart-En-Route

Acronym: SMER

Algebra project partners:

• OMNIOPTI, business optimization and consulting, d.o.o.

Short description: The main result of the project is a developed software as a service (SaaS) that enables the provision of the Smart logistics and Environmental data insight. The developed solution, based on machine learning and deep data learning with elements of artificial intelligence, will enable our users to save resources otherwise spent in performing their core businesses. In addition, it will offer the additional possibility of earning money by opening new business models based on the collection of data from the environment.

Shaping the next-gen EU tourism SMEs in the digital realm

Acronym: EU DigiTour

Algebra project partners:

• Insituto Nazionale Ricerche Turistiche Isnart Societa Consortile per Azioni (ISNART) Italiy
• Croatian Association for Artificial Intelligence
• Arvrtech d.o.o Novi Sad, Serbia
• Company for consulting, development and implementation of information and communication technologies Dunavnet d.o.o Novi Sad, Serbia
• Social Impact GGMBH, Germany
• Transformation Lighthouse Poslovno svetovanje d.o.o, Slovenia
• Italienische Handelskammer fur Deutschland (ITKAM),  Germany
• Startup turismo (Startup Tour), Italiy

Short description: The aim of the project is primarily to support small and medium-sized tourism enterprises in the field of digital transformation. The use of basic digital technologies such as AR/VR, IA, IoT and Big Data are the key to introducing innovations of this kind. In addition, this project will provide capacity building for SMEs to acquire the skills needed to implement digital transformation.

Digital Empowering Through HPC Education

Acronym: HiPowerEd

Algebra project partners:

• Faculty of Engineering, University of Rijeka
• Technische Universitaet Muenich (TUM), Germany
• Danmarsk University of Copenhagen (DTU), Denmark
• University of Trieste, Italy

Short description: HPC (high-performance computing) is an extremely important technical resource (and as such a prerequisite) for a range of cutting-edge research, requiring the processing of large data sets, in all areas of science. However, regardless of a number of positive characteristics, HPC is not yet widely used, even in the scientific community. This project addresses that challenge. The purpose of the project is to meet and expose young scientists and their teachers to the opportunities opened by the HPC infrastructure, as well as to establish lifelong learning programs in the field of HPC for young professionals.

MELIA Observatory – Media Literacy Observatory for Active Citizenship and Sustainable Democracy

Algebra project partners:

• School of Advanced Social Studies, Slovenia
• Babeș-Bolyai University, Romania
• Edhance Plus o.p.s., Czech Republic
• Research Centre Regional and Global Development, Bulgaria
• Budapest Chamber of Commerce and Industry
• Faculty of Media, Slovenia
• Metropolitan University Prague, Czech Republic
• Association for socio-scientific consultancy and research registered association, Germany
• Association Centre for Public Innovation, Romania
• Pannon Business Network Associationm Hungary
• Croatian Chamber of Economy, Croatia P
• Presscut d.o.o., Croatia

Short description: The main objective of the project is to improve democratic transnational governance through the development of a transnational platform for media literacy. The purpose of this project is to create a platform that will, through a range of content and tools, help increase media literacy and contribute to the strengthening of civic competences, contributing ultimately to the development of sustainable democracy. The target groups are young people and people working with young people.

Automatic synchronized system steering advanced distribution network with a goal of preserving reliability and robustness in real time

Algebra project partners:

• Proton EL ltd.
• PROEL Services ltd

Short description: The main results of the project is a system intended to ensure the reliability and robustness of the advanced distribution system, and to maintain the rated parameters of the delivered electricity to the final consumer. The system is based on the available mathematical underpinnings related to the analysis of distribution system drives, methods for data analysis and partly artificial intelligence and machine learning.

Digital Innovation Hub for cloud based services

Acronym: DIHUB

Algebra project partners:

• Helsinki Business College Finland
• INOVA+ Portugal
• Know and Can Association Bulgaria
• Bulgarian-Romanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Bulgaria
• Portuguese National ICT Cluster Portugal
• Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences Finland
• Helsinki Region Chamber of Commerce Finland
• Croatian Employers Association
• Tartu Vocational Education Centre Estonia
• BCS Koolitus Estonia

Short description: The aim of this project is to develop a European, transnational, interconnected platform of national innovation hubs, which encourages the development of cloud and mobile technology based services (4G/5G). Finland, Estonia, Bulgaria, Portugal and Croatia, represent five digital innovation hubs for education and development of cloud-based services for different locations within the European Union. The developed platform will serve to connect higher and vocational education with stakeholders in the economy, primarily small and medium-sized enterprises and start-ups, in order to enable them to renew and improve their knowledge and skills.

Knowing IPR – Fostering Innovation in the Danube Region through Knowledge Engineering and IPR Management

Acronym: KnowING IPR

Algebra project partners:

• Faculty of Information studies in Novo mesto, Slovenia
• Technical University of Kosice, Slovakia
• University of West Bohemia, Czech Republic
• Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding, Romania
• Steinbeis 2i GmbH, Germany H&S Heilig und Schubert Software AG, Austria
• Pannon Business Network Association, Hungary
• Research Centre Regional and Global Development,Bulgaria
• Budapest Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Hungary
• School of Advanced Social Studies in Nova Gorica, Slovenia
• Regional Economic Development Agency for Sumadija and Pomoravlje Ltd., Serbia
• Sarajevo Economic Region Development Agency, Bosnia and Herzegovina
• National Agency for Research and Development, Moldova
• State Agency on Intellectual Property of the Republic of Moldova
• Agency of the Regional Development and Cross-Border Cooperation “Transcarpathia” Ukraine
• University of Northumbria at Newcastle, United Kingdom
• International Federation of Inventors’ Associations Switzerland
• Praxis Courses Ltd, United Kingdom

Short description: Knowledge of intellectual property rights will improve the framework conditions for innovation in the Danube region by developing the transnational Knowledge of Intellectual Property Rights – Knowing IPR platform, which will provide an open access tool for advanced analysis of intellectual property rights and guidance for an improved and harmonised IP rights policy framework in the Danube region. A broader approach was provided based on the needs of existing innovations and research results, patents and knowledge of intellectual property rights and included services and training for the management of intellectual property rights and support for the commercialization of research results and technology transfer.

Proof of Concept – Computer GIS simulator for evaluation of application of electric vehicles in public transport

Short description: The aim of the project is the realization of a computer simulator that would enable a more advanced calculation of energy needs of commercial electric vehicles taking into account static parameters, but also location-dependent dynamic parameters using GIS technologies.

Mapping the ESCO: Croatia

Algebra project partners:

• Croatian Employment Service (CES)

Short description: The main purpose of the project was creation of mapping tables and comparative analysis of the National Classification of Occupations and ESCO classification, as well as development of supporting materials and establishment of a sustainable methodological framework for long-term mapping.

Modernisation of Higher Education Institutions through enhancement of Human Resources Management function

Acronym: HRMinHEI

Algebra project partners:

• AZVO – Agency for science and higher education

Short description: The aim of the project was to study the current state of human resources management in higher education institutions, develop national recommendations for HR in higher education as well as to conduct a research and create a free online tool for measuring the level of development of HR within a HE institution.

Creation and establishment of e-learning infrastructure and content for state administration

Algebra project partners:

• Ministry of Finance of Slovenia

Short description: The project dealt with improving the capacities of public servants in Croatia, Slovenia and Albania. A complete LMS (Learning Managemeng System) system was developed together with educational materials and tests in an online format, compatible with the platform.

Smart Innovation for Sustainable Future

Acronym: SMART4FUTURE

Algebra project partners:

• Sabanci University (Turkey)
• Naples University (Italy)
• Griffith College (Ireland
• Lublin Medical University (Poland)
• National University “Kiev-Mohyla Academy” (Ukraine)
• Link Group (Serbia)
• Mentortec (Portugal)
• Infobip (Croatia)

Short description: The overall vision of the project SMART4FUTURE is to place higher education institutions at the heart of technologically advanced innovation ecosystems by inspiring students, but also academic and non-academic staff, to discover the power of smart technology while creating entrepreneurial responses to everyday problems. The project will also create engaging and targeted teaching materials, as well as training and mentoring activities.

AI-powered Next Generation of VET

Acronym: AI4VET4AI

Algebra project partners:

• Technical School Čakovec (Croatia)
• Croatian Association for Artificial Intelligence (Croatia)
• Business Intelligence (Croatia)
• Faculty of Information in Novo Mesto (Slovenia
• School Centre Celje (Slovenia)
• Rudolfovo (Slovenia)
• Arctur (Slovenia)
• Belgrade Metropolitan University (Serbia)
• Association for Women’s Potential Affirmation and Networking (Serbia)
• Center for Management Innsbruck International Hochschule GmbH (Austria)
• Network Development Hub GmbH (Austria)
• TIB (Germany)
• Strategische Partnerschaft Sensorik (Germany)
• AKMI Anonimi Ekpaideftiki Etairia (Greece)
• Rezos Brands (Greece)
• Universita Degli Studi di Napoli Federico II (Italy)
• Keylon (Italy)
• Inercia Digital (Spain)
• Camera Commercio Italiana per la Spagna (Spain)
• University of Amsterdam (Netherlands)
• AlterContacts (Netherlands)
• S.K.T.A.I.H.L (Turkey)
• Southeast Anatolian Exporters’ Association (Turkey)
• Griffith College (Ireland)
• Anser (Ireland)

Short description: The science is clear: Artificial intelligence (AI) will be the decisive development of the 21st century. Experts estimate that due to the rise of artificial intelligence within just 2 decades, aspects of everyday human life will be unrecognizable. The impact of AI will soon call into question the very organizational principles of our economic and social order. It can create unprecedented wealth, revolutionize medicine and education, but it can bring existential dangers to life as we know it. The aim of the AI4VET4AI is to contribute to the digital transformation of the EU labor market by adding new innovative teaching content and methods to VET curricula to support the growth of skilled workers with Artificial Intelligence. We start from the ground up: we explore the most powerful Sectors for the deployment of AI in our project regions, and for these sectors, in close cooperation with companies and their cluster organizations, we create teaching materials that can be easily implemented in vocational education and training programs. We organize innovative vocational education and training campuses and Artificial Intelligence incubators for VET innovation where students hone their creative and entrepreneurial skills. We use project activities to closely connect partners and to raise awareness of the potential of AI in our regions among representatives of the public and private sectors, as well as civil society.

Digital tech as the first language: Informatics for digital natives

Acronym: DIGITAL FIRST

Algebra project partners:

• Partners in Learning (Croatia)
• A Coruna University (Spain)
• Vilnius University (Lithuania)
• University of Turku (Finland)
• Faculty of Education (Slovenia)
• Ministry of Education (Slovenia)
• Primary School Brothers Polančič Maribor (Slovenia)
• Primary School Tone Cufar Maribor (Slovenia)
• Escola Secundaria de Rocha Peixoto (Portugal)
• Project LightHouse (Greece)
• T-HAP (Cyprus)
• Istituto Tecnico Industrial “Ferraris Pancaldo” (Italy)
• Secondary School “St. Cyril and Methodius” (Bulgaria)
• All Digital (Belgium)

Short description: To provide our children with the skills and tools to succeed in their own time and in their own lives, one of the key, if not the crucial skill, is the ability to understand the digital world. For this, we need strong, modern approaches to teaching computer science. DIGITAL FIRST is exactly that – an attempt to come up with a new, innovative pedagogical approach to informatics, which respects the fact that the children we teach are born in the digital world, they do not know otherwise: digital is the language they speak, they currency they exchange. We argue that children of the 21st century often speak a digital language more fluently than their mother tongue. And just as in language acquisition, native speakers learn how to express meaning in a sentence (function) rather than how to conjugate verbs (structure), we argue that the same principle should be applied to teaching informatics for digital natives. DIGITAL FIRST will form a European network, animated through a series of club dialogues, in which a functional approach to teaching informatics will be co-created and jointly designed. Piloted in 10 EU countries, we believe this high-quality inclusive teaching and assessment method will help our children become active, responsible and ethically digital EU citizens.

Artificial Intelligence in Medical Care: Reducing Errors and Saving Lives

Acronym: AI2MED

Algebra project partners:

• Technische Informationsbibliothek (TIB) Germany
• Universita Degli Studi di Napoli Federico II (UNINA) Italy
• Kelyon (KEY) Italy
• Institut Jožef Štefan (IJS) Slovenia
• Bird Consulting (BIRD) Austri
• Griffith College (GC) Ireland
• Lean Startup Croatia (LSC)
• University of Montenegro

Short description: The integration of AI into medicine is a promising development that could change the way patients receive quality care, while reducing costs for service providers and improving health outcomes. To turn this potential into reality, we need to work to eliminate the skills shortage: 14 million healthcare professionals in the EU need to become much more aware of the pitfalls and promises of AI to help build the trust of care providers and caregivers with AI-based solutions. At the same time, data scientists who train algorithms for medical purposes rarely receive sectoral specialization; although this could have fewer consequences for AI tools in agriculture, in medicine when solutions are flawed, it ends with death. AI2MED is an alliance with the aim of responding to this challenge. We bring together highly motivated higher education institutions, vocational education and training providers, companies and research institutions from Ireland, Germany, Italy, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia and Montenegro. We propose jointly creating cross-cutting and interdisciplinary teaching and training courses to help medical and data science professionals gain what we call AI-related skills in MED. To put healthcare professionals at the forefront of AI innovation in medicine, we will launch incubation labs – space for all sides of the knowledge triangle to come together and induce innovation in healthcare using the latest technology tools. AI2MED is a step in the direction of increasing the accuracy, effectiveness and availability of healthcare to all.

Gene pattern analysis and digital support for diet planning

Acronym: NUTRIGENOMICS365

Algebra project partners:

• UJE (Croatia)
• Project Equals Development (Croatia)
• Special Hospital St. Catherine (Croatia)
• Taste Laboratory (Croatia)
• Dante Genomics ltd. (Italy)

Short description: The Nutrigenomics365 project integrates advanced gene sequencing technologies with medical practices in gene sample analysis. The aim of the project is to provide an advanced data service to assist medical protocols, focusing on sequencing and interpreting individual gene patterns. This service makes it easy to create precise, personalized scenarios for optimal digestion and nutritional behavior. It is capable of synthesizing different data points and integrating various diagnostic data into a custom model that serves both as a medical tool and as a nutrition management system. The ultimate goal of the Nutrigenomics365 project is to offer fast, accurate, scalable and continuously available (24×7) service for medical, pharmaceutical and food professionals, with the aim of alleviating problems related to the digestive system, blood pressure and other health problems associated with eating habits.