On 27 June 2023 the European Commission along with Member States and 128 partners from research, industry, and public organisations launched €220 million worth of investment in four sectoral Testing and Experimentation Facilities (TEFs) for AI, at an event in Copenhagen. The European Commission co-funds the TEFs with €110 million over five years under the …
The European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU) announced last week the signature of six hosting agreements for the upcoming European quantum computers with Italy, Poland, Spain, France, Germany, and the Czech Republic. The signing ceremony, which took place at the EuroHPC JU premises in Luxembourg, was attended by representatives from the hosting organisations …
The Commission welcomes the political agreement reached between the European Parliament and the Council of the EU, on the European Data Act, proposed by the Commission in February 2022. The Internet of Things (IoT) revolution fuels exponential growth with projected data volume set to skyrocket in the coming years. A significant amount of industrial data …
The European Commission has just launched the ‘Twin it! 3D for Europe’s culture’ campaign and invited the 27 EU Ministries of Culture to select and submit one 3D digitised cultural heritage asset to the common European data space for cultural heritage, deployed by the Europeana initiative. The aim is to accelerate the use and re-use …
The European Digital Summitis an annual event that takes place in Brussels. This year it will be held at the Egmont Palace on 21 June under the theme: “Promoting Sustainable Innovation for Citizens”. It is co-organised by the European Business Summits and the Centre on Regulation in Europe. Representatives from ministries, the United Nations, the European Commission, think-tanks, …
The 3rd workshop on Flexible Resource and Application Management on the Edge is being held on 20 June in Florida, as part of the International Symposium on High-Performance Parallel and Distributed Computing (HPDC 2023) and the Federated Computing Research Conference (FCRC 2023). Cloud and edge computing experts from academia and industry will gather to identify new challenges, discuss novel systems, methods …
The European Commission launched a public consultation this week on the Digital Services Act (DSA) Transparency Database. Article 24(5) of the DSA establishes that the Commission must set up and maintain a database of statements from online platforms concerning reasons for removal of information and other content moderation decisions. Once the database is created, platforms …
The Digital Assembly 2023 conference, co-organised by the Swedish Presidency and the European Commission, kicked off the 14th pf June at the Scandinavian XPO in Stockholm Arlanda. It convenes representatives from the European Commission, Executive Agencies, as well as experts from the public sector, academia, industry, and civil society, to discuss the possibilities to achieve a “digital, open and …
The DataWeek is an annual event that gathers the European Big Data and Data Driven AI research and innovation communities. Taking place in Luleå, Sweden, on 13-15 June, the upcoming DataWeek revolves around the theme “Data Meets Infrastructure at the Edge”. Comprising panel discussions, presentations and speeches, the event aims to foster synergies, forge new collaborations, and …
The Digital Assembly offered a chance to discuss Europe’s strengths in quantum research and innovation, and to watch demonstrations of quantum technology. EC On June 15, 2023, in Stockholm, Sweden, policy-makers and technology specialists met at the Digital Assembly, organised jointly by the European Commission and the Swedish Presidency of the Council of the EU. The …