ATTRACT
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ATTRACT-EDIH: European Digital Innovation Hub for Artificial Intelligence and High-Performance ComputingDescription
ATTRACT-DIH is a European Digital Innovation Hub that focuses on digital capacity building in the areas of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and High-Performance Computing (HPC). Digital Innovation Hubs are collaborative networks that include specific digital skills centres. The aim of these hubs is to support, disseminate, and adopt advanced digital technologies by companies, especially SMEs, and public administration entities.
The Hub is funded by the European Commission under the Digital Europe Programme, and nationally, by the Portuguese Recovery and Resilience Plan. The ATTRACT consortia is led by INESC-TEC, which includes research centres, universities, collaborative laboratories, two business associations, and an innovation company. The main goal of ATTRACT DIH is to serve as a qualified access point (one-stop-shop), supporting companies and the public sector in the design, development, and adoption of solutions based on AI and HPC. Additionally, the initiative aims to strengthen the innovation ecosystem, promoting improvements in organizational performance, and elevating national solutions to the international market.
This project wants to support technology-based companies that incorporate AI and HPC into their products and services, but also support organizations that use these technologies. These objectives will be achieved by implementing pilots and technology demonstrators, supporting training, and boosting the innovation ecosystem around these areas. The initiative also explores important business opportunities at the European level in conjunction with the European Digital Innovation Hubs Network.