Project partners
Strategic alignment of the project partners
Project applicant: InterWay, a.s.
InterWay has been an active Cloud computing advocate, in both public and private domains, for more than a decade. The expertise from all the engagements in the arena of cloud services has matured into a sizable, specialized department within the company and enriched its product portfolio. Now that Cloud computing has entered the realm of commodities, their cloud product team has been focusing on bringing added value to the customers for some time, in terms of concrete managed cloud services like platform engineering, smart monitoring and data services. The S.P.I.C.E. project will help InterWay to apply some of these developments and help others to fulfill their goals more efficiently and reliably.
Project partner: Institute of Informatics of the Slovak Academy of Sciences
A a well-known cloud researcher, participating in several past (including 8 Horizon 2020) and current research projects (including 5 Horizon Europe) in the European research area. Institue has extensive experience in designing, deploying, maintaining, and using federated cloud infrastructure, as well as in researching new methods of its use and configuration, including the development and provision of new services and tools. It also has extensive know-how in knowledge extraction and knowledge management, allowing it to significantly contribute to the project’s goals. Participation in S.P.I.C.E. will further increase their expertise and our competitiveness in the European Research Area.
Project partner: Slovak Centre for Digital Innovations
SCDI as an interest association of legal entities through its member Industrial Innovation Cluster (IIC) plays a key role in the involvement of the S.P.I.C.E.consortium in the Gaia-X and IDSA initiatives. In both cases, the IIC fulfills the function of a local hub within Slovakia. Through these local hubs, the S.P.I.C.E. consortium will be connected to pan-European initiatives and thus involved in federated, trusted data sharing across transnational value chains. By involving its wide network of partners not only from the ICT sector, but especially SMEs from the industrial (production) sectors, SCDI will fill the gaps and missing links in the chains.
Project partner: AGH University of Krakow
The AGH University of Krakow is one of the most renowned Polish technical universities. It carries out projects funded by the Ministry of Education and Science, the European Commission, the National Science Centre, the National Centre for Research and Development, and the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange. AGH University also benefits as a laureate from the participation in Excellence Initiative – Research University Project as one of ten Polish universities with objectives to strengthening the international position and recognisability of AGH University. Faculty of Computer Science has a long tradition is high performance, distributed and cloud computing with special interest on data science, data access and cybersecurity.
Project partner: University of Innsbruck
University of Innsbruck has a long research history in distributed systems with a current focus on the IoT-Edge-Cloud compute continuum. University works closely with many collaborators from industry and academia to leverage edge, fog and cloud computing for real-world application development in many areas including applied environment applications, finance modeling, high-energy physics, meteorology, online gaming and disaster management. It coordinated three EU projects including the ENTICE FP7 project on decentralized repositories for transparent and efficient virtual machine operations. University is a member of the international Workflows Community Effort and actively networks with the European Cloud Computing Hub and the Horizon Cloud Forum.
Project partner: Gradiant
Since 2016 Gradiant has made a strong commitment to specialising in three major technological areas: connectivity, security and intelligence. These three areas are widely recognised as pillars of the new digital economy, so all of them are part of the strategic business and sectoral agendas in a transversal way and are recognised as a driver of growth in public innovation policies promoted at regional, national and European level (and worldwide) for the coming years. Gradiant intends to continue the path of specialisation in these three areas to continue adding value to its immediate environment, aligned with the major industrial and social challenges, without neglecting the orientation towards technological excellence and differential value, exploring new ways to keep Gradiant at the forefront of technology.
Project partner: MicroStep s.r.o.
As a result of long-term commitment to research and development activities, MicroStep cutting machines have gained recognition for their high level of automation and digitalization. Through the participation in the S.P.I.C.E. project MicroStep aims to further enhanced dependability of their fiber laser cutting machines by facilitating their connectivity to the cloud and leveraging cloud services to support autonomous operation. MicroStep involvement in the project ensures that the S.P.I.C.E. cloud will satisfy the specific needs of manufacturing companies, addressing critical aspects such as cybersecurity, data safety, and efficient data processing.
Project partner: VUJE, a.s.
The company VUJE, a.s., a seasoned research company, specializes in diverse fields including nuclear and electrical energy, aviation diagnostics, and LiDAR, HySpex technologies. Their expertise lies in electrical engineering and aerial scanning, focusing on innovative AI-driven approaches. They’ve executed multiple research projects enhancing technological procedures, service quality, and implementing new technologies. VUJE has a track record of successful Horizon 2020 projects in collaboration with renowned research organizations, backed by EU funds and industry agencies. As an active member of the global association CIGRE, VUJE collaborates with experts worldwide. Joining the S.P.I.C.E. project, they aim to apply their cloud solutions expertise to enhance electric power transmission and distribution services using extensive data sources.
Project partner: Faculty of Informatics and Information Technologies STU in Bratislava
The Slovak Technical University in Bratislava (STU) stands as a pinnacle of academic excellence in the fields of engineering, science, and technology, both within Slovakia and across Central Europe. Founded in 1937, STU has a storied legacy of offering world-class education and spearheading groundbreaking research in an array of scientific disciplines. The Faculty of Informatics and Information Technologies (FIIT) is one of the seven faculties of the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava (STU). FIIT STU comprehensively covers the field of informatics and information technologies in education and research. It is also the only faculty in Slovakia that has accredited study programs by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). FIIT has a strong reputation for producing highly skilled professionals and conducting cutting-edge research. FIIT offers a wide range of academic programs, including undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral degrees. These programs cover various aspects of informatics, computer science, and information technologies, ensuring that students receive a comprehensive education that prepares them for the challenges of the digital age.
Project partner: Slovak Medical University
The Slovak Medical University in Bratislava is the only university in Slovakia that provides monothematic education for healthcare professions in all three degrees of higher education, and at the same time, the only institution that has guaranteed complex education of healthcare workers in Slovakia under various names since 1953. The Slovak Medical University is a public institution of higher education acting under the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic, with the following four faculties Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Public Health, Faculty of Nursing and Professional Health Studies, Faculty of Health. Scientific research in SMU is focused on environmental health, improvement of health and quality of life using prevention, control, and treatment of disease. The research base of the University is aimed to solve the problems of preventive and clinical medicine with the purpose of improving health status and quality of life. It participates in national and international research projects.