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26.11.2019

David KOLMAN, Angelo NUZZO |

Experts Information and Communication Technologies in H2020

LAST ICT CALL IN WORK PROGRAMME 2020

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FFG is the main funding agency for applied research and innovation in Austria

Todays’ speakers Angelo Nuzzo and David Kolman are experts for European ICT programme in Horizon 2020 at FFG

More information on our services and contact details:

www.ffg.at/ikt/international

ABOUT

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Information and Communication Technologies

Reinforcement on:

Continuation of:

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ICTDeadline

16.01.2020Deadline

22.04.2020

Budget 709.00 M€

ICT-38-2020 (RIA,CSA) 48.0 AI for manufacturing

ICT-49-2020 (IA) 20.0 AI on demand

ICT-42-2020 (IA,CSA) 49.0 5G Core Technologies

ICT-41-2020 (IA) 49.00 5G for verticals

ICT-56-2020 (RIA,CSA) 48.5 Next Generation IoT

ICT-54-2020 (RIA) 20.0 Blockchain for NGI

ICT-44-2020 (IA,CSA) 17.5 Next Generation Media

ICT-57-2020 (RIA) 7.0 Inclusive NGI

ICT-50-2020 (RIA,CSA) 30.0 Software Technologies

ICT-40-2020 (RIA,CSA) 20.0 Cloud Computing

ICT-51-2020 (RIA,CSA) 31.5 Big Data Analytics

ICT-36-2020 (RIA) 47.50 Disruptive Photonics tech.

ICT-46-2020 (all) 86.0 Robotics Application

ICT-47-2020 (RIA) 20.0 Robotics Innovation

ICT-37-2020 (all) 48.0 Advanced Photonics tech.

ICT-58-2020 (IA,CSA) 11.0 EU-Africa innovation hubs

Artificial Intelligence

5G

NGI

Core Technologies

Software/Computing

Cross/Intl’ activitites

ICT-52-2020 (IA) 49.00 Beyond 5G

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Digitising and transforming European industry and services:

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DT-ICT Deadline22.04.2020

Budget: 190.5 M€

DT-ICT-04-2020 (IA) 19.00 Photonics Innovation Hubs

DT-ICT-09-2020 (IA) 30.00 Boost rural economies

DT-ICT-12-2020 (IA) 40.00 AI for smart hospitals

DIGITISING EUROPEAN INDUSTRY

Digital Innovation Hubs

Digital Platforms

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Overarching policy framework: Digitizing European Industry Initiative (2016), https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/policies/digitising-european-industry

Specific topics:• Coordinated Plan on Artificial Intelligence (2018),

https://ec.europa.eu/knowledge4policy/node/32954_sl

• Building the European Data Economy (2018), https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/policies/building-european-data-economy

• 5G Action Plan (2016), https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/5g-europe-action-plan

• Next Generation Internet (NGI) Initiative, https://ec.europa.eu/futurium/en/next-generation-internet

EC POLICY BACKGROUND

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TIMELINE OF EACH CALL

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Write Wait Work out the deal Work

Submission Evaluation Contract Project

5 months 3 months4-6 months

Call opening: 09.07.2019 / 19.11.2019

Call deadline: 16.1.2020 / 22.4.2020

Evaluation results: 16.6.2020 / 22.9.2020

Earliest project start: 1.10.2020 / 1.1.2021

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ICT TOPICS - DEADLINE 16. JANUARY 2020

DEN TITEL DER PRÄSENTATION EINGEBEN

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ICT-38-2020: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR MANUFACTURING

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• Project Type: Research & Innovation Action

• Call Deadline: 16 Jan. 2020

• Call Budget: 47 M€

• Project Budget: 4-6 M€

Summary Topic content:

• Integrating state-of-the-art AI technologies in the manufacturing domain:

• esp. in agile production processes and predictive quality,

• taking into account aspects such as time criticality, safety and security,

• finding effective ways for collaboration between humans and AI systems

Summary Expected Impact:

• Products and services usable in a wide range of manufacturing processes leading to agile production processes and improved quality of products and processes

• Humans working together with AI systems in optimal complementarity

• Proposals need to provide metrics, the baseline and targets to measure impact

Artificial Intelligence

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ICT-38-2020: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR MANUFACTURING

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• Project Type: Coordination & Support Action

• Call Deadline: 16 Jan. 2020

• Call Budget: 1 M€

• Project Budget: 0,5 M€

Summary Topic content:

• Standardization:

• Developing model for synchronization of standardization activities on AI and related digital technologies in manufacturing

• Cooperation w/ Japan:

• Supporting cooperation with Japan in areas

relevant for AI-driven innovation in manufacturing and digital industrial platforms

Summary Expected Impact:

• Increased synchronization and cooperation on AI and related digital technologies in manufacturing, with higher global impact

• Proposals need to provide metrics, the baseline and targets to measure impact

Artificial Intelligence

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ICT-50-2020: SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES

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• Project Type: Research & Innovation Action

• Call Deadline: 16 Jan. 2020

• Call Budget: 29 M€

• Project Budget: 3-5 M€

Summary Topic content:

1. Development tools, methods & processes for interoperable, adaptive, secure and trustworthy SW, advanced development environment; or

2. Advanced SW systems and architectures: self-managed SW; optimizing resources across disparate infrastructure

Summary Expected Impact:

• Increased capacity of the European SW industry to exploit the capabilities of SW-defined infrastructures at middleware and application layer

• Improved reliability and cybersecurity of SW developed with those tools

• Expand R&I potential in SW technologies & infrastructures, overcoming fragmentation in the European supply base, optimizing investments and use of resources to yield multi-domain SW-based products and services

• Contribute to EU SW technology independence

Software/Computing

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ICT-50-2020: SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES

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• Project Type: Coordination & Support Action

• Call Deadline: 16 Jan. 2020

• Call Budget: 1,5 M€

• Project Budget: 1 M€

Summary Topic content:

• Coordinate stakeholders in the area of SW technologies, digital infrastructures and cybersecurity

• Disseminate project results, organize scientific and policy events, develop R&I roadmaps

Summary Expected Impact:

• Creation of a sustainable European forum of stakeholders representing SW research, industry and end-users

Software/Computing

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ICT-51-2020: BIG DATA TECHNOLOGIES AND EXTREME-SCALE ANALYTICS

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• Project Type: Research & Innovation Action

• Call Deadline: 16 Jan. 2020

• Call Budget: 30 M€

• Project Budget: 3-6 M€

Summary Topic content:

Continuation of topic ICT-12-2018

Developing solutions at least in one of the following areas:

• ML/DL (esp. on distributed data sets), architectures for collecting, managing and exploiting vast amounts of data;

• system engineering/tools to contribute to the co-design of federated/distributed systems;

• new methods for extreme-scale analytics, deep analysis, precise predictions and automated

decision-making;

• novel visualization techniques;

• data fusion and data integration technologies;

• standardized interconnection methods for efficient sharing of heterogeneous data pools, seamlessly using distributed tools and services

Summary Expected Impact:

• Project must respond to industrial requirements

• Increased productivity and quality of system design and SW development

• Significant increase of speed of data throughput and access

• Adoption of results of the extreme-scale analysis and prediction in decision-making

Software/Computing

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ICT-51-2020: BIG DATA TECHNOLOGIES AND EXTREME-SCALE ANALYTICS

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• Project Type: Coordination & Support Action

• Call Deadline: 16 Jan. 2020

• Call Budget: 1,5 M€

• Project Budget: 1,5 M€

Summary Topic content:

• Coordinating existing and emerging activities in HPC/BD/Cloud/AI technologies, incl. national initiatives and the European Network of National Big Data Centers of Excellence, www.big-data-network.eu

Summary Expected Impact:

• Effective cooperation of the participating initiatives and platforms

• Smooth transition to Horizon Europe activities

Software/Computing

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ICT-42-2020: 5G PPP – 5G CORE TECHNOLOGIES INNOVATION

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• Project Type: Innovation Action

• Call Deadline: 16 Jan 2020

• Call Budget: 48 M€

• Project Budget: 4-6 M€

Summary Topic content:

• Enabling Technologies – primarily hardware-based key 5G technological blocks

• Emphasis on new tapes of IoT devices for usage of 5G in one or several industries

• Beyond individual components (include integration and validation) – target subset of 5G network functions architecture

Summary Expected Impact:

• European offer for new 5G core technologies at TRL7+

• New actors in related markets

• Creation of high tech start-ups or of new business opportunities for SME

• Strong SME participation

5G

H2020 5G PPP phases 1-3https://5g-ppp.eu/

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ICT-42-2020: 5G PPP – 5G CORE TECHNOLOGIES INNOVATION

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• Project Type: Coordination & Support Action

• Call Deadline: 16 Jan 2020

• Call Budget: 1 M€

• Project Budget: 1 M€

Summary Topic content:

• Definition of expected core hardware components of future connectivity systems to strengthen Europe's capabilities

• Take into account characteristics and architectures, including security

• Define required R&I and investment

• Define related industry roadmap in partnership among relevant EU actors

Summary Expected Impact:

• European cross-industry roadmap for hardware enabling technologies

• Support European strategic autonomy objectives for connectivity platforms

5G

H2020 5G PPP phases 1-3https://5g-ppp.eu/

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ICT-44-2020: NEXT GENERATION MEDIA

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• Project Type: Innovation Action

• Call Deadline: 16 Jan. 2020

• Call Budget: 15,5 M€

• Project Budget: ~ 5 M€

Summary Topic content:

i. Business Innovation EcosystemsDevelop new innovation ecosystems by using approaches such as a sandbox for technology-driven innovation in media; or

ii. New User Driven and Enriched Experiences in Future MediaCreate advanced media ecosystem by the development, demonstration and validation

of new services and solutions through large scale demonstrators, pilots or close-to-market prototypes

Summary Expected Impact:

• Validated new media services tested in real operational environments

• Improved users’ experiences and new solutions for access to media content

• Open and interoperable solutions enabling a genuine Digital Single Market for media

• Improvement of the technological transfer from European technological SMEs to the media value chain

• An enhanced and enriched media ecosystem

NGI

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ICT-44-2020: NEXT GENERATION MEDIA

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• Project Type: Coordination & Support Action

• Call Deadline: 16 Jan. 2020

• Call Budget: 2 M€

• Project Budget: 2 M€

Summary Topic content:

Starts: Technology and Arts Alliance as Driver for Next Generation Media:

• create a network of actors from across Europe

• foster synergies between art, media and technology in order to create new uses and forms of media

• develop a strategy how to promote local art-technology centers/DIHs

• organize the next European STARTS prizes

Summary Expected Impact:

• Identical to IA

NGI

STARTS (Science, Technology & the Arts) initiativehttps://starts.eu/

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ICT-54-2020: BLOCKCHAIN FOR THE NEXT GENERATION INTERNET

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• Project Type: Research & Innovation Action

• Call Deadline: 16 Jan. 2020

• Call Budget: 20 M€

• Project Budget: i) 8 M€ , ii-iii) 6 M€ (24-36 months)

Summary Topic content:

• 3 Subtopics: i) Advancing research on Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Tech. (research, proof of concept, piloting testing and benchmarking)

• ii) Fostering trust in internet exchange & content with Blockchain (decentralized, scalable BC-based solutions combined with eID and content; use-cases: new transparent & accountable reputation-based models, solutions for transparency & transactional content handling

• iii) Bring forward emergence of collective

intelligence on the internet (use cases defined in Work Programme)

Summary Expected Impact:

• More human-centric evolution of internet

• i) reinforce EU Blockchain ecosystem

• ii) Scalable Blockchain solutions for trustworthy content & info exchange

• iii) service models for community services building, novel approaches for connecting people and smart objects/agents

• Promote interoperability & strengthen European role in standardization

• Create European Blockchain ecosystem

NGI

European Strategy on Blockchainhttps://www.eublockchainforum.eu

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ICT-56-2020: NEXT GENERATION INTERNET OF THINGS

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• Project Type: Research & Innovation Action

• Call Deadline: 16 Jan. 2020

• Call Budget: 45,5 M€

• Project Budget: 5-8 M€

Summary Topic content:

• Develop, demonstrate and validate novel IoTconcepts and solutions

• Reference implementations in terms of a dynamically configured infrastructure and integration of smart devices into self-adaptive, robust, intuitive, secure and interconnected smart network and service platforms

• Use cases in areas such as wearables, transportation, agriculture, homes, health, energy, and manufacturing

Proposal must address all following subtopics:

• User-aware, self-aware, semi-autonomous IoTarchitectures

• Secure and trusted Interoperability

• Intelligent IoT devices building on applicable results in micro-nano-bio technologies

• Tactile/contextual IoT based on human-centric sensing/actuating

Summary Expected Impact:

• Contribution to human-centred IoT evolution

• Long-term evolution of next-generation IoTinfrastructures and service platforms…

• Progress towards semi-autonomous IoTapplications

NGI

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ICT-56-2020: NEXT GENERATION INTERNET OF THINGS

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• Project Type: Coordination & Support Action

• Call Deadline: 16 Jan. 2020

• Call Budget: 2 M€

• Project Budget: 2 M€

Summary Topic content:

• Development of IoT ecosystems, partnerships, stakeholders networking, contribution to pre-normative activities and to standardization, development of business models, innovation activities and skills building

• Liaise also with NGI and other initiatives

Summary Expected Impact:

• Contribution to emerging or future standards and pre-normative activities

• Propose novel and disruptive business models

• Mobilise key IoT players in security and privacy

• Maintain an active ecosystem of all relevant IoT stakeholders

NGI

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ICT TOPICS - DEADLINE 22. APRIL 2020

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ICT-49-2020 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ON DEMAND PLATFORM

New Knowledge

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• Project Type: Innovation Action

• Call Deadline: 22 April 2020

• Call Budget: 20 M€

• Project Budget: 5 M€

Summary Topic content:

• Add-on to the existing AI4EU platform

(https://ai4eu.eu)

• Reinforcing the service layer of the platform to facilitate the use and uptake of the platform resources

• Reaching out to new user domains and boosting the use of the platform through use cases and small-scale experiments by 3rd

parties (≤ 200 k€ per party)

• Particular attention shall be paid to SMEs and low-tech sector

• Coverage of a wide spread of application sectors shall demonstrate the versatility and scalability of the platform offer

• Provide a good European coverage, both in terms origin of the resources and of the users

• The improvements resulting from the selected projects should be made available via AI4EU

Summary Expected Impact:

• Enriching and optimising the AI4EU platform service offer and reinforcing its sustainability

• Boosting the deployment of AI-based solutions and services

Artificial Intelligence

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ICT-40-2020: CLOUD COMPUTING: TOWARDS A SMART CLOUD COMPUTING CONTINUUM

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• Project Type: Research & Innovation Action

• Call Deadline: 22 April 2020

• Call Budget: 19,4 M€ (RIA)

• Project Budget: 3-5 M€

Summary Topic content:

I. Advanced cloud technologies and testbeds combining aspects of network, computing and data/information resources for complete solutions and services

II. Advanced Cloud Data Privacy and Security techniques

III. Novel programming models and semantically interoperable services to support dynamic & flexible environments

Summary Expected Impact:

• Development of an ecosystem and testbeds for future digitization needs

• New cloud-based services and infrastructures in Europe and industrial capability in the cloud computing sector

• European cloud-based services based on the most advanced technologies

• Development and deployment of innovative cloud-based services and next generation applications

The proposals should demonstrate the applicability and viability of the proposed solution across multiple application domains

The proposals should address at least one of the subtopics

Software/Computing

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ICT-40-2020: CLOUD COMPUTING: TOWARDS A SMART CLOUD COMPUTING CONTINUUM

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• Project Type: Coordination & Support Action

• Call Deadline: 22 April 2020

• Call Budget: 0,6 M€ (CSA)

• Project Budget: 0,4-0,6 M€

Summary Topic content:

• Coordinating stakeholders in Cloud Computing… Dissemination, Road-mapping, Policy events, Pre-standardization

Summary Expected Impact:

• Creation of a sustainable European forum of stakeholders representing the Cloud Computing research, industry and users

Software/Computing

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ICT-41-2020: 5G PPP – 5G INNOVATIONS FOR VERTICALS WITH THIRD PARTY SERVICES

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• Project Type: Innovation Action

• Call Deadline: 22 April 2020

• Call Budget: 49 M€

• Project Budget: 4-6 M€

Summary Topic content:

Experimentation facilities able to

• provide enhanced infrastructures on top of which 3rd party experimenters (e.g. SMEs) will have the opportunity to test their applications tailored to specific vertical use cases,

• create 5G open source repositories for wide use and towards standards development.

• Typical vertical use cases: automated mobility, smart factories and industry 4.0

Summary Expected Impact:

• Testing and validation of NetApp solutions on top of 5G virtualised experimental environment

• NetApps secure interoperability beyond vendor-specific implementation across multiple domains, availability of standards or reference implementations.

• Open-source repository of network applications that can be further leveraged by other developers.

• Creation of 3rd party markets for start-ups and SMEs

5G

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ICT-52-2020: 5G – SMART CONNECTIVITY BEYOND 5G

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• Project Type: Research & Innovation Action

• Call Deadline: 22 April 2020

• Call Budget: 5-12 M€

• Project Budget: 55 M€

Summary Topic content:

Distributed smart connectivity platform:

• Infinite network capacity, innovative spectrum use and management, usability of new bands and radio technologies and architectures including optical capabilities

• Imperceptible latencies through flexible connect-compute technologies

• Smart connectivity of massive amounts of things and systems, impact of Mobile edge computing and energy efficiency

• Novel architectures protocols and technologies (e.g. AI) for adaptive networks

• Personalised, multi-tenant and perpetual protection based on security, privacy and trust mechanisms with innov. technologies (e.g. DLT)

Summary Expected Impact:

• Smart connectivity technologies for platforms integrating ubiquitous connectivity, storage, and computing technologies

• Smart connectivity platforms towards perceived zero latency

• Network scalability towards a high number of resource-constrained (IoT) devices

• Characterisation and availability of secure and trusted environments for SW based virtualisednetworks…

5G

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ICT-57-2020: AN EMPOWERING, INCLUSIVE NEXT GENERATION INTERNET

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• Project Type: Research & Innovation Action

• Call Deadline: 22 April 2020

• Call Budget: 7 M€

• Project Budget: 2-4 M€

Summary Topic content:

• Develop novel mobile applications translating between speech and sign languages to assist people with hearing impairments

Summary Expected Impact:

• Improved multilingual speech processing and sign language detection on mobile devices, and deploy solutions allowing wide take-up by people with hearing impairments

NGI

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ICT-36-2020: DISRUPTIVE PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGIES

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• Project Type: Research & Innovation Action

• Call Deadline: 22 April 2020

• Call Budget: 47,5 M€

• Project Budget: 3-6 M€

Summary Topic content:

I. 3D light field and holographic displays

II. Packaging and module integration for photonic integrated circuits (PIC)

III. Light to Fuel

IV. Next generation biophotonics methods and devices as research tools to understand the cellular origin of diseases

At least one proposal per subtopic to be funded

Summary Expected Impact:

I. enable European system manufacturers to bring to market highly competitive products

II. enable the introduction of PIC technology in new markets

III. demonstrate the efficient conversion of solar energy into chemical fuels, with an efficiency of >5% and a payback period of <10 years enable Europe taking the lead in related solar energy conversion industry

IV. Gain significant understanding of inter-and/or intra-cellular processesstrengthen Europe’s industrial position in the biophotonics market for microscopes

Core Technologies

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ICT-37-2020: ADVANCING PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGIES AND APPLICATION DRIVEN PHOTONICS COMPONENTS AND INNOVATION SYSTEM

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• Project Type: Research & Innovation Action

• Call Deadline: 22 April 2020

• Call Budget: 30 M€ (RIA)

• Project Budget: 3-5 M€

Summary Topic content:

I. Flexible Farm-to-Fork Sensing: developing innovative smart photonic sensor solution

II. Novel Photonics Integrated Circuit (PIC) Technology building blocks: part of comprehensive integration platforms for established or new important applications

At least one proposal per subtopic to be funded

Summary Expected Impact:

I. Increase food yield, quality and safety, and reduce food wasteStrengthen small/medium-scale farming and local or novel ways of food production and processing

II. Reduce the research and development costs of advanced PICs in a wide range of application areas

Core Technologies

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ICT-37-2020: ADVANCING PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGIES AND APPLICATION DRIVEN PHOTONICS COMPONENTS AND INNOVATION SYSTEM

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• Project Type: Innovation Action

• Call Deadline: 22 April 2020

• Call Budget: 15 M€ (IA)

• Project Budget: 4-7 M€

Summary Topic content:

III. Smart Photonic for Environmental Pollution Detection Sensing

Summary Expected Impact:

III. Enable adoption of cloud-connected photonic sensing systems for community-based environmental pollution monitoring and real-time citizen alert

Core Technologies

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ICT-37-2020: ADVANCING PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGIES AND APPLICATION DRIVEN PHOTONICS COMPONENTS AND INNOVATION SYSTEM

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• Project Type: Coordination & Support Action

• Call Deadline: 22 April 2020

• Call Budget: 4 M€ (CSA)

• Project Budget: ≤ 4 M€

Summary Topic content:

IV. An industrial strategy for photonics in Europe

Summary Expected Impact:

IV. Reinforce value chains and deployment of photonics technologies by stronger cooperation of stakeholdersIncrease competitiveness of the European photonics sector and improve access to risk finance

Core Technologies

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ICT-46-2020: ROBOTICS IN APPLICATION AREAS

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• Project Type: Research & Innovation Action

• Call Deadline: 22 April 2020

• Call Budget: 41,5 M€ (RIA)

• Project Budget: 6-7 M€

Summary Topic content:

Goal: Increased autonomy of robotic systems

Developing robotics core technologies (technology modules)

• in 1 of 4 techn. areas: AI and cognition; Cognitive mechatronics; Cooperative human-robot interaction; Configuration tools

• for application in 1 of 4 priority areas: Healthcare; Inspection and maintenance of infrastructure; Agri-Food; Agile Production

Summary Expected Impact:

• Improved technical capability in each techn. area

• Grater range of applications demonstrated @TRL ≥ 3 in priority areas

• Lowering technical barriers within priority areas

Closely related to ICT-09-2019 & ICT-10-2019

Min. 1 action in each core tech will be funded

Linked with DT-ICT-02-2018 Robotics DIH

Core Technologies

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• Project Type: Innovation Action

• Call Deadline: 22 April 2020

• Call Budget: 41,5 M€ (IA)

• Project Budget: 6-7 M€

Summary Topic content:

Setting up large scale pilot platformsdemonstrating the use of robotics in highly realistic environments in

• Agri-Food from farming to processing and distribution, or

• Agile Production

demonstrating high level of socio-economic impact

• Consider/start from existing infrastructure and reference architecture

• Develop scalable technical solutions

• Develop collaboration with industry

• Address both technical and non-technical issues (legal, ethical, cybersecurity…)

• Address connections to AI, BD and IoT

Summary Expected Impact:

• Demonstrate the potential for robotics to impact at scale in the selected area

• Reduction of technical and commercial risks

Min. 3 action in each area will be funded

Linked with DT-ICT-02-2018 Robotics DIH

Core Technologies

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• Project Type: Coordination & Support Action

• Call Deadline: 22 April 2020

• Call Budget: 3 M€ (CSA)

• Project Budget: 3 M€

Summary Topic content:

• Developing awareness and knowledge transfer

• High-level stakeholder forum

• Discussion on legal and societal issues:

AI-based robotics technology

socio-economic analysis

cyber-security

data protection

ethical and privacy issues

Summary Expected Impact:

• Effective dissemination of knowledge surrounding non-technical aspects

• greater awareness of robotics among key stakeholders and policy makers

• Improved understanding of legal, socio-economic and ethical issues

Core Technologies

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ICT-47-2020: R&I BOOSTING PROMISING ROBOTICS APPLICATIONS

New Knowledge

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• Project Type: Research & Innovation Action

• Call Deadline: 22 April 2020

• Call Budget: 20 M€

• Project Budget: 2-3 M€

Topic content:

Goal: Developing and delivering physical intelligence

• from low TRL up to validation in sufficiently realistic scenarios (TRL ~ 4)

• open to all application areas with high socio-economic impact

• Step change improvements in technical performance arising from novel approaches

• Proposals to be inspired by real user needs

Open research areas:

• Micro- or millimetre scale robots

• Novel materials for service robotics

• Beyond human manipulation of objects

• Non-visual sensing for service robotics

• Intrinsically safe physical powerful robotic systems/ proximity sensing

• Variable/shared autonomy systems

Expected Impact:

• Strengthening EU Excellence in robotics S&T

• Boosting the use in promising application areas

• Opening new markets

• Lowering barriers in deployment

Core Technologies

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ICT-58-2020: INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP BUILDING BETWEEN EUROPEAN AND AFRICAN* INNOVATION HUBS

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• Project Type: Innovation Action

• Call Deadline: 22 April 2020

• Call Budget: 10 M€

• Project Budget: 1-2 M€

Summary Topic content:

Cooperation will address:

1. reinforcing development and establishment of Pan-African networks of Digital Innovations/ Tech Hubs through strengthening local digital innovation and start-up ecosystems, and

2. developing a mutually beneficial cooperation between African and European DIHs to strengthen the long-term sustainability of

DIHs

Summary Expected Impact:

• Further development of DIHs to the support of digitalisation of SMEs and traditional sectors in Africa contributing to a vibrant digital economy and new job opportunities

• Sustainable uptake of results within the targeted countries beyond the project end

• Reinforced international dimension of the ICT and Innovation aspects of Horizon 2020

• Reinforcement of strategic partnerships between EU and African DIHs in areas of mutual interest

* Consortia with ≥ 1 partner from low or

middle income African countries

Cross/Intl’ activitites

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• Project Type: Coordination & Support Action

• Call Deadline: 22 April 2020

• Call Budget: 1 M€

• Project Budget: 1 M€

Summary Topic content:

• Coordination between actions taken in Africa and the EU to implement recommendations of the EU-AU task force on digital economy

Summary Expected Impact:

• Strengthening cooperative R&I linkages

• Reinforced international dimension of the ICT and Innovation aspects of Horizon 2020 and contribution to the implementation of the EC digital for development strategy

• Reinforcement of strategic partnerships between EU and African in ICT areas of mutual interest

Cross/Intl’ activitites

* Consortia with ≥ 1 partner from low or

middle income African countries

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DT-ICT-04-2020: PHOTONICS INNOVATION HUBS

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• Project Type: Innovation Action

• Call Deadline: 22 April 2020

• Call Budget: 19 M€

• Project Budget: 2 projects @ 9,5 M€, or 1 project @ 19 M€

Summary Topic content:

One-stop-shop access to services and capabilities such as expertise, training, prototyping, design, engineering, business support and pilot manufacturing for first users and early adopters

• Build on relevant previous initiatives and existing infrastructure at European/regional level

• Address skills development as well as support to the development of new innovation hubs

• Include Financial Support to 3rd Parties

Summary Expected Impact:

• Improved uptake of photonics technology by end-user industry, in particular SMEs

• Creation of a sustainable network of DIHs, reaching a high leveraging effect on other sources of funding (national/regional)

Digital Innovation Hubs

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DT-ICT-09-2020: BOOST RURAL ECONOMIES THROUGH CROSS-SECTOR DIGITAL SERVICE PLATFORMS

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• Project Type: Innovation Action

• Call Deadline: 22 April 2020

• Call Budget: 30 M€

• Project Budget: 15 M€

Summary Topic content:

• Large-scale pilots with heterogeneous services for cost-efficient and flexible cross-domainapplications

• Integration of data and information across different platforms for sustainable and efficient service provision (with AI)

• Developing a marketplace with an open application interface for new business opportunities

• Reference implementations including PoC, large-scale demonstrations and validation leveraging on platforms developed elsewhere

• Include Financial Support to 3rd Parties

• Application areas include: public services, energy, autonomous robotics transport, logistics, education, tourism, health and care

Summary Expected Impact:

• Demonstrate and show-case interoperability

• Develop the potential offered by digitalisationin rural areas

• Create opportunities for entrepreneurship by providing valueable datasets

• Improved quality of life in rural areas

Digital Platforms

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DT-ICT-12-2020: AI FOR THE SMART HOSPITAL OF THE FUTURE

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• Project Type: Innovation Action

• Call Deadline: 22 April 2020

• Call Budget: 40 M€

• Project Budget: 7-10 M€

Summary Topic content:

• Use of innovative AI based systems (robotics, big data, machine learning, autonomous systems, conversational agents, etc.) depends on successful integration and acceptation within existing health and care facilities

• Pilots need to be embedded in operational health and care settings and built around well specified open physical and digital platforms

• They may address any aspect of health facility operations such as diagnostics, treatments,

logistical aspects etc.

• They shall demonstrate the integration of autonomous smart components unpinning AI that physically affect the working environment

• They shall demonstrate operational and economic benefits to health care policy makers

Summary Expected Impact:

• Emergence of European-led AI based pilots for the smart hospital

• Demonstration of effectiveness of AI based technologies

• Effective basis for developing deployable applications

Digital Platforms

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