Next Generation Open Innovations in Trustworthy Embedded AI Architectures for Smart Cities, Mobility and Logistics

Provider

Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports

Programme

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Call for proposals

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Main participants

Institut mikroelektronických aplikací s.r.o.

Contest type

M2 - International cooperation

Contract ID

MSMT-20862/2025-4/7

Project name in Czech

Next Generation Open Innovations in Trustworthy Embedded AI Architectures for Smart Cities, Mobility and Logistics

Annotation in Czech

NexTArc's vision is to improve the sustainability, livability, connectivity, integrity of urban and industrial spaces through smart and trustworthy services by delivering innovative solutions at 1) Chip, devices and veicles levels; 2) transportation and network levels; and 3) smart city, mobility and logistics level to improve the cyber-physical, socio-economic and climate resilience by designing and developing open-innovation supported High-Level Services, Human, HW, SW, System-in-the-loop. NexTArc's mission is to present smaller, lower-power, trustworthy, better-performing processor and AI accelerator solutions by utilizing the open-source HW and SW (e.g. RISC-V, ARM and OpenAI and similar open-source codes and services) enabling a more trusted execution environment and high-performance computing setting overconnected, autonomous and dependable CPS applications for the benefit of trustworthy and eco-friendly smart city and industry nexus. The overarching ambition of NexTArc is to improve the resilience and effectiveness of urban and industrial spaces and their energy-efficient and trustworthy connectivity over trustworthy freight and peoples mobility. The ambitious solution portfolio aims to reach TRL 4 covering innovations from chip-level to service-level, guaranteeing cross-layer trustworthiness, smart data, information and knowledge management, and analysis and inferences.

R&D category

AP - Applied research

OECD FORD - main branch

20201 - Electrical and electronic engineering

OECD FORD - secondary branch

20202 - Communication engineering and systems

OECD FORD - another secondary branch

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CEP - equivalent branches <br>(according to the <a href="http://www.vyzkum.cz/storage/att/E6EF7938F0E854BAE520AC119FB22E8D/Prevodnik_oboru_Frascati.pdf">converter</a>)

JA - Electronics and optoelectronics<br>JB - Sensors, detecting elements, measurement and regulation<br>JW - Navigation, connection, detection and countermeasure

Realization period - beginning

Jun 1, 2025

Realization period - end

May 31, 2028

Project status

Z - Beginning multi-year project

Latest support payment

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Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Data delivery code

CEP25-MSM-9A-R

Data delivery date

Sep 30, 2025

Total approved costs

13,061 thou. CZK

Public financial support

3,265 thou. CZK

Other public sources

0 thou. CZK

Non public and foreign sources

9,795 thou. CZK