The goal of the TRUMPET project is to research and develop new ways of enhancing privacy in federated learning and provide a highly scalable collaborative AI services platform for researchers. This will enable AI-driven studies of isolated, multi-site, cross-domain, cross-border European datasets with privacy guarantees that exceed RGPD requirements.

The generic TRUMPET platform will be tested, demonstrated and validated on the specific use case of European cancer hospitals. This will enable researchers and policy makers to extract AI-based information from previously inaccessible cross-border and inter-organizational oncology data, while ensuring patient privacy. The robust privacy protection offered by the platform will be verified through the participation of external experts who will perform independent testing of privacy leakage and reidentification.

A secondary objective will be to work with EU data protection agencies on researching, developing and promoting an innovative metric and tool for certifying GDPR compliance of collaborative learning applications.

Centre PI: Fernando Pérez González

Financing institution: European Commission, HE – 101070038

Total funding: 3.947.723,75 €

Centre budget: 504.000,00 €

Execution period: 1/10/2022-30/09/2024

Year granted: 2022

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RETINA tiene como objetivo desarrollar dos nuevos sistemas de sensores basados en fotónica que cubran soluciones de hardware y software para satisfacer las necesidades personalizadas y de alto valor añadido de los sectores sanitario, automovilístico y agrícola. El proyecto definirá un marco holístico para el desarrollo de tecnologías fotónicas donde esfuerzos específicos en soluciones de hardware de próxima generación, centrados en una nueva solución LIDAR basada en PIC y cámaras espectrales de instantáneas CMOS, InGaAs y QD, acompañarán la creación de una infraestructura digital para el desarrollo ágil y eficiente de algoritmos de percepción basados en Machine Learning. RETINA demostrará cómo la colaboración directa entre desarrolladores y fabricantes de soluciones fotónicas, expertos en minería de datos y IA, así como líderes de la industria en sectores estratégicos, puede guiar el desarrollo ágil de sistemas de sensores personalizados y su implementación y validación en entornos operativos. El proyecto mostrará el potencial de adaptabilidad, escalabilidad y transferibilidad de estas soluciones basadas en fotónica al abordar una serie de necesidades industriales de una manera eficiente y rentable: i) identificación de células tumorales y monitoreo de la perfusión sanguínea en aplicaciones quirúrgicas; ii) sistemas avanzados de detección de colisiones de vehículos ADAS para conducción autónoma; y iii) soluciones de viticultura de precisión para la gestión del estado del agua y la predicción de infecciones por patógenos.

RETINA aims to develop two new photonic-based sensor systems that cover hardware and software solutions to meet the customized, high added-value needs of the healthcare, automotive, and agricultural sectors. The project will define a holistic framework for the development of photonic technologies, where specific efforts in next-generation hardware solutions, focused on a new PIC-based LIDAR solution and CMOS snapshot spectral cameras, InGaAs, and QD, will accompany the creation of a digital infrastructure for the agile and efficient development of perception algorithms based on Machine Learning. RETINA will demonstrate how direct collaboration between developers and manufacturers of photonic solutions, experts in data mining and AI, as well as industry leaders in strategic sectors, can guide the agile development of customized sensor systems and their implementation and validation in operational environments. The project will showcase the adaptability, scalability, and transferability potential of these photonic-based solutions by addressing a range of industrial needs efficiently and cost-effectively: i) identification of tumor cells and monitoring of blood perfusion in surgical applications; ii) advanced collision detection systems for ADAS vehicles in autonomous driving; and iii) precision viticulture solutions for water status management and pathogen infection prediction.

Centre PI: Francisco Javier Díaz Otero

Financing institution: Comisión Europea, HE

Total funding: 6.186.271,93€

Centre budget: 589.205,00€

Execution period: 01/12/2023 – 30/11/2027

Year granted: 2023

Referencia: 101135529

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The Quantum Secure Networks Partnership (QSNP) project aims to create a sustainable European ecosystem in quantum cryptography and communications. Most of its partners, including academic groups, research and technology centres (RTOs), spin-offs specialising in quantum components and systems, cybersecurity providers, integrators, and leading global telecommunications operators, were members of the flagship European quantum projects CIVIQ, UNIQORN, and QRANGO. Thus, QSNP brings together expertise and experience from all stages of technological development, from innovative designs to prototype development for field testing.

QSNP is structured around three main pillars of Science and Technology (ST). The first two pillars, “Next-Generation Protocols” and “Integration”, focus on cutting-edge research and innovation, mostly led by academic partners and RTOs. The third ST pillar, “Use Cases and Applications”, aims to expand the industrial and economic impact of QSN technologies and is primarily driven by businesses. To achieve the specific objectives within each pillar and ensure that knowledge transfer and synergy between them are coherent and effective, QSNP has established ST activities corresponding to the three main layers of the technology value chain: “Components and Systems”, “Networks”, and “Cryptography and Security”. This framework will help achieve the ultimate goal of developing quantum communication technologies for critical European infrastructures, such as EuroQCI, as well as for the private information and communication technology (ICT) sector.

QSNP will contribute to European sovereignty in quantum technology for cybersecurity. Furthermore, it will generate significant economic benefits for society as a whole, including the training of new generations of scientists and engineers, as well as the creation of high-tech jobs in the rapidly growing quantum industry.

Centre PI: Marcos Curty Alonso

Financing institution: Comisión Europea, HE

Total funding: 24.999.999,75 €

Centre budget: 300.437,50 €

Execution period: 1/10/2022-30/09/2024

Year granted: 2023

Referencia: 101114043

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In recent years, the atlanTTic Research Center has strengthened its research capabilities with a leading infrastructure for R&D&I in 5G technologies, including a network laboratory equipped with state-of-the-art equipment.

Through its participation in the 5G Pilots promoted by Red.es and the agreement signed with AMTEGA (Xunta de Galicia), this laboratory has been equipped with a private 5G SA network and several engineering and commercial terminals with 5G capabilities that have enabled conducting experiments and developing use cases for industrial environments, artificial vision systems, robot remote control and drone Edge control, among others.

As part of the “UNICO I+D 6G 2022” call, atlanTTic has received competitive funding to exploit its R&D&I capabilities in beyond 5G and 6G technologies through the deployment of a 6G campus network for advanced research, innovation and experimentation. This endowment will provide a unique international experimentation space for 5G/6G services allowing the analysis and evaluation of the security, privacy and trust dimensions that are necessary for the exploitation of these networks and services in the intelligent transport and industry 4.0 sectors.

In this context, the Center has received nearly €5M in competitive funding for the installation of an ultra-dense 6G network in the Campus of the University of Vigo (Project “DEN6: Dynamic and upgradeable software pilot experimental space for ultra-dense 6G networks”) along with various generation, test and measurement equipment (Projects “DEEPG. Equipment for the deep analysis of the physical layer and protocols of 5G communications systems and beyond” and “Compact range system for the test and measurement of 5G NR and beyond”, which will cover the Lagoas-Marcosende Campus of the University of Vigo with a dense network of 5G access points implemented with software defined radio (SDR) and O-RAN technologies, interconnected with high-capacity optical software-defined networking (SDN) technologies, and integrated with a virtualization infrastructure that allows the implementation of virtualized network functions both in the core of the network and in the Edge locations or in the intermediate elements. In addition, this funding will provide the Center with state-of-the-art equipment for testing and experimentation in beyond 5G and 6G technologies.

The DEN6 project proposes an infrastructure that implements a fully functional 5G network on which to perform experiments on new handover management protocols, Edge application mobility accompanying user terminals, new dynamic Network Slicing techniques, etc. Furthermore, the fact that it is implemented with SDR and SDN technologies will allow it to be easily extended by incorporating new technologies (millimeter wave access network, new architectures for backhaul and network core, etc.). This will extend the current capabilities in 5G with a fully functional end-to-end communication network, which will allow experiments of the most advanced functions of 5G and 6G networks, as well as the study of different communications “verticals” (commercial center, residential area, forest/rural area, roads, industry, etc. ), so it is proposed to deploy a large part of the university campus of Vigo, offering users different experimentation environments along with a population open to participate in experiments (students, faculty, administrative staff, etc.).

Centre PI: Felipe J. Gil Castiñeira (DEN6, DEEPG), Manuel García Sánchez (Sistema de rango compacto para medida de antenas B5G y 6G)

Financing institution: Ministerio de asuntos económicos y transformación digital

Centre budget: 4.717.049 €

Execution period: 01/01/2023 – 30/06/2025

Year granted: 2023

The aim of this project, selected within the FET-OPEN call, is to provide a pioneering, clean and economical solution for recharging energy storage components used in CubeSats, small satellites, using a wireless system.

AtlanTTic has undertaken the prototype design requirements of a photo-thermo-plasmonic generator, the thermo-mechanical modeling of the device and its successful integration in a CubeSat 3U nanosatellite.

Centre PI: Fernando Aguado Aguelet

Financing institution: European Commission, H2020 – 863307

Total funding: 2.315.892,50 €

Centre budget: 463.187,50 €

Execution period: 1/11/2019-30/06/2023

Year granted: 2019

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