Smart Attica EDIH
The European Digital Innovation Hub for Artificial Intelligence in Greece
The Project
Smart Attica European Digital Innovation Hub (EDIH) is the first EDIH for Artificial Intelligence in Greece
and operates in three critical business sectors of the Greek economy:
Energy & Environment, Supply chain & Mobility, Culture & Tourism.
It focuses on the digital transformation of SMEs and public sector organisations and aims to advance their digital maturity.
Digital Transformation services
The EDIH will offer four types of innovation services in the following categories:
test before invest, innovation ecosystem and networking opportunities, skills and training and support to find investment.
Smart Attica will provide the appropriate framework and expert guidance to the organisations, allowing them to apply new tools and innovative business models and assess the technical and business potential of their concepts.
Expertise
Smart Attica services will build upon the Hub's expertise on Artificial Intelligence, supported by the HPC & Cybersecurity partnership's know-how. The services will integrate the human-centric, ethics-by-design European AI vision and infuse resilience and sustainability considerations across service provision.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
High-performance Computing (HPC)
Cybersecurity
Application Areas
Energy & Environment
Αiming at the optimum use of natural resources & the environmental impact
As Attica is lagging behind other regions in Europe in the use of natural resources, waste management, energy efficiency & cyclical economy, the Hub will coordinate efforts of the private & public sectors to advance the deployment of innovative AI & digital solutions for optimisation & minimise the impact to the environment.
Supply chain & Mobility
Focusing on the design of efficient & innovative end-to-end smart supply chain
The intense activity of Greece & Attica, along with the strong dependence of various sectors on the supply chain operation & efficiency, poses a strong need for implementing & actuating highly innovative, cross-sector analytics & AI solutions, respecting urban mobility & transportation constraints.
Culture & Tourism
Addressing the digital empowerment of citizens’ & visitors’ experience
There is a need to upscale all digital services provided to citizens & visitors, taking advantage of advanced technologies so as to offer high quality experience, apps, virtual tours, onsite digital aids, etc. New forms of creation, production, distribution, access & participation, empowered by innovative business models, that can boost significantly the entire sector.
Impact
Accelerate the digital transformation of SMEs & public sector organisations in the Attica region/ Increase digital maturity of the region
Enhance SMEs competitiveness locally & across the EU
Contribute to the digital transformation at a national level / Replicate successful pilots to other regions that the Hub has establishments
Enhance the position of Attica & Greece in the context of Digital Transformation
Enhance the Environmental Transformation of companies, public organisations & territories in Attica & Greece
Our News
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