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

Vysoké učení technické v Brně / Fakulta informačních technologií

Contest type

M2 - International cooperation

Contract ID

MSMT-20862/2025-4/9

Project name in Czech

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

Annotation in Czech

Data and AI-driven smart technologies, with an emphasis on (i) the connection between the urban space and the industrial space, (ii) sustainable living and (iii) sustainable industrial production, hold the transformative potential to enhance the sustainability and climate resilience across EU, in private and work spaces. Assuming this, NexTArc is devoted to augmenting the adoption of Trustworthy edge AI and IoT across 3 complementary and interrelated application domains, organised as Use Cases: SLN - Smart, sustainable and liveable neighbourhood in urban spaces; STI - Smart, sustainable and transparent industrial places; and TEM - Trustworthy and eco-friendly multimodal connectivity of urban and industrial spaces through people and freight mobility, including the inter- and intra-mobility. Building on this vision, NexTArc aims to promote the cross-fertilization of ideas among a broad spectrum of stakeholders, 38 partners in 10 countries, integrated over a four-fold Innovation Module approach: i) cyber-resilience on chip; ii) low-power embedded AI; iii) improved computation and dependability covering the high-performance needs; iv) holistic solution stack to enable trustworthy services, which resonate with the EU Chips Act, etc. NexTArc has identified 6 Specific Objectives: 1) Driving adoption of AI while enhancing connectivity preparedness; 2) Targeting a 40 % increase in data transmission rates and a 30 % reduction in energy use during data processes, while ensuring robust architectural resilience; 3) Fortifying cyber-physical security with an aim for full-compliance with EU' Chip and Cybersecurity act; 4) Realising open HW/SW to ensure designs that are secure, safe, private and accountable; 5) Proactively adapting to the dynamic landscape of open-source innovations and key industry standards; 6) Orchestrating 4 IM, unveiling 15 Key Innovations to develop the solutions that are needed for Europe to take the technological lead towars a sustainable society.

R&D category

AP - Applied research

OECD FORD - main branch

20206 - Computer hardware and architecture

OECD FORD - secondary branch

10201 - Computer sciences, information science, bioinformathics (hardware development to be 2.2, social aspect to be 5.8)

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>)

AF - Documentation, librarianship, work with information<br>BC - Theory and management systems<br>BD - Information theory<br>IN - Informatics<br>JC - Computer hardware and software

Realization period - beginning

Sep 1, 2025

Realization period - end

Aug 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

9,231 thou. CZK

Public financial support

5,999 thou. CZK

Other public sources

0 thou. CZK

Non public and foreign sources

3,230 thou. CZK