The Jožef Stefan Institute is the leading Slovenian scientific research institute, covering a broad spectrum of basic and applied research. The staff of more than 960 specializes in natural sciences, life sciences and engineering. The subjects concern production and control technologies, communication and computer technologies, knowledge technologies, biotechnologies, new materials, environmental technologies, nanotechnologies, and nuclear engineering. 

The mission of the Jožef Stefan Institute is the accumulation - and dissemination - of knowledge at the frontiers of natural science and technology to the benefit of society at large through the pursuit of education, learning, research, and development of high technology at the highest international levels of excellence.

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In order to increase the flow of knowledge and technology into the domestic and foreign economies and to promote the Jožef Stefan Institute as a Centre of excellence for technological progress for all segments of society an internal Center for Technology Transfer and Innovation (CTT) is established.

The primary task of CTT is to enable and facilitate the transfer of new technologies and innovations, developed at the Institute and its Departments, to the  industry.

Our key activities encompass:

(1)  technology testing facilities, reference experimentation facilities and technology consulting services;

(2) initiating new industrial cooperation: the search for industrial partners, including creating market analyses and support for contracting; 

(3)  establishing of new spin-off / spin-out companies, including the search for investors for licensing and the financing of spin-off / spin-out companies; 

(4) marketing intellectual property, including support for negotiations and licensing contract relations establishment;

(5) supporting active integration of economy and science with internationalization;

(6) supporting the protection of intellectual property including raising awareness about it;

(7) support and assistance in applying to national and EU tenders, including provision of information on suitable Calls for application and full proposal revision, focused on the marketing, IPR, UVP and customer segment related issues;        

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(8) support and assistance to the competence centres (e.g. the competence centre in the domain of customized and low-energy computing).

(9) measures for the popularization of science amongst young population: organization of visits to the Jožef Stefan Institute, mentoring for students and providing special services for young researchers employed at the Institute.

Through our activities, we complement and enrich innovative research, innovation management and knowledge transfer, as well as organization of focused meetings between researchers and industry representatives, thematic workshops, and trainings at the Institute. Our activities are driven by the desire to increase the visibility of the Institute, to raise companies’ awareness of the Institute, and thereby encourage their cooperation with us. At the same time our activities are implemented with the goal to promote entrepreneurial mentality among researchers, as well as with sincere concern for the education and popularization of science among young people.

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The main goal of the Center for Technology Transfer and Innovation at the Jožef Stefan Institute is to increase the flow of knowledge and technology into domestic and foreign economy and to promote the Jožef Stefan Institute as a Centre of excellence for technological progress for all segments of society.

Support at Experimentation

Jožef Stefan Institute consists of different departments, which are to be considered as focal point of development, digitization and industry relations nationally and internationally.

The research departments are listed here: https://www.ijs.si/ijsw/Research%20departments

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Participation in EU Networks and Consortiums

Enterprise Europe Network Slovenia
The Enterprise Europe Network helps businesses innovate and grow on an international scale. It is the world’s largest support network for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with international ambitions.
The Network is active in more than 60 countries worldwide. It brings together 3,000 experts from more than 600 member organisations – all renowned for their excellence in business support.
Member organisations include:
•     technology poles
•     innovation support organisations
•     universities and research institutes
•     regional development organisations
•     chambers of commerce and industry

We are the coordinators of the Slovenian EEN consortium. Our partners are Chamber of Commerce, Chamber of Craft, University of Primorska, University of Maribor, SPIRIT and Development Agency of Maribor.

Technology transfer consortium of Slovenia unites the main technology transfer offices in Slovenia and serves the researchers and other beneficiaries by assisting them in IP identification and protection, marketing, financing etc.

We are the coordinators of the Slovene consortium. Our partners are all Public Research institutions in Slovenia, active in natural sciences.

 

Link to digitization

Helps researchers and enterprises to innovate, transfer scientific results into practice and to digitalize the industry.

EU-wide Competence Centre Network is set up within the Department of Communication systems of Jožef Stefan Institute, in the domain of customized and low-energy computing (CLEC) for cyber-physical systems and the IoT providing “one-stop-shop” and the cross-border technology brokerage services over EU.

We support a competence centre at the JSI which is a contact point for the local ecosystem in Slovenia.

 

  Digital technologies.

JADS, a collaboration between Tilburg University (TiU) and the Eindhoven University of Technology (TUe), is an interdisciplinary data science research and innovation hub in the Netherlands. JADS does fundamental and applied research in close collaboration with the business community on the entrepreneurial, innovative and societal aspects of data science (a.o. the applied research lab Data & Smart industry). JADS develops data based analytics and management methods and implements these in specific pilots to obtain new insights into processes and value chains. Also, JADS supports partners with knowledge on business models, data governance and legal aspects of data use and generation, e.g., relating to data protection (a.o. SME datalab/ data maturity scans)  JADS participates in the Dutch Smart Industry innitiative. The aim of this innitiative is to make the industry more competitive through faster and better utilisation of the opportunities ICT has to offer in digitzing industry. JADS has a non for profit aim, since it is a cooperation between two public universities and the Province of North Brabant and the Municipality of ’s-Hertogenbosch.

The list of services offered to the SMEs is presented as follows:

JADS SME Datalab: https://www.jadsmkbdatalab.nl/  and https://www.jads.nl/…
Drive by data platform (in which SME datalab participates): https://platformdrivenbydata.nl/
JADS Playground: https://www.jads.nl/playground.html
Data Expert Programhttps://www.jads.nl/dataexpertprogram.html
Data Entrepreneurship in Action https://www.jads.nl/joint-master-program-data-science-entrepreneurship…
PDEng projects for companies: https://www.jads.nl/pdeng-post-master-data-science.html
Digital technologies.

The association (non-profit organization) JESSICA FRANCE was created by the CEA and Bpifrance to implement the CAP'TRONIC program. The goal of the CAP’TRONIC program is to help French SMEs improve their competitive edge and innovate by integrating embedded software and electronics in their products, whatever the field of activity and the stage of development. Its vocation is to raise awareness, inform, train and technically assist SMEs in the introduction of embedded electronic and software technologies in their products. This aid program has offered a concrete answer to the technical expectations of SMEs for over 20 years.

The program has helped 9 400 SMEs increase their market share by leveraging such technology for the past 5 years. More than 1 000 sessions of workshops and seminars have been provide to 7 500 SMEs and 1 280 SMEs has been helped trough a technical expertise during the last 5 years. CAP'TRONIC counts on 24 engineers specialized in embedded software and electronics. These specialists provide neutral expertise to adapt projects according to the needs of companies and the market. As a result, this enables companies to quickly find realistic and cost-effective technological solutions.

CAP'TRONIC's action with SMEs takes different forms:

Technical seminars: to raise public awareness on a theme related to electronics, embedded software and connectivity;
Workshops and training: to transfer knowledge and know-how during sessions of 2 to 3 days;
Consulting: thanks to the intervention of a consulting engineer, provide support in identifying critical points, selecting solutions and implementing technical solutions;
Technical expertise: co-financed intervention by an expert chosen from a network of 650 public and private expertise centers;
Project follow-up: support from a co-financed expert to ensure the technical follow-up and the correct execution of the project.

The technical expertise is at the heart of CAP'TRONIC's activity from the ideas to the final product, and goes to three main phases during which CAP'TRONIC's support can be decisive:

Needs definition / Feasibility study: detailing of the needs, search for electronic or software solutions, evaluation of the solutions searched, architecture proposal, development and production costs evaluation, design offices list…
Support throughout development: negotiation with design offices, monitoring of the different phases of development
Industrialization support: search for EMS, validation of tools, proposal for the integration of the final product...

As an expert in the Internet of Things, CAP'TRONIC has published several guides for SMEs wishing to take the turn of connected objects. These guides are available on the CAP'TRONIC website.

« Take the turn of the connected objects »: questions and aspects to consider for a successful project (https://www.captronic.fr/Guide-Prendre-le-virage-des-objets-connectes.h…)
« They have taken the turn of the connected objects »: a guide focused on feedback from 10 industrial companies in B to B (https://www.captronic.fr/Guide-Ils-ont-pris-le-virage-des-objets-connec…)
« What methodology to make your electronic project a success ? » : to know what main steps to follow (https://www.captronic.fr/Guide-Quelle-methodologie-pour-reussir-votre-p…)
« How to control the cybersecurity of your connected objects and systems ? » : in collaboration with The National Information Systems Security Agency (https://www.captronic.fr/Guide-PME-Comment-maitriser-la-cybersecurite-d…)
« The Internet of Things, value creator » : through a day in the connected life of a hospital (https://www.captronic.fr/L-INTERNET-DES-OBJETS-CREATEUR-DE-VALEUR.html)

Contacts: JESSICA France, as a national organization, has 4 offices.

South-east inter-regional office: 

CEA-G/LETI - 17, rue des Martyrs
38054 GRENOBLE Cedex 9

FRANCE

Engineers are also present at Lyon (69), Marseille (13), Annecy (74) and Montbeliard (25). 

 

West inter-regional office: 

60, Boulevard du Maréchal Juin
44100 NANTES 

FRANCE

Engineers are also present at Caen (14), Brest (29), and Tours (37).

 

Southwestern inter-regional office: 

Parc d'Activités Georges Petit 
43-47 rue Marcel Sembat
33130 BEGLES 

FRANCE

Engineers are also present at Toulouse (31), Montpellier (34) and Limoges (87).

 

Paris and north inter-regional office:

CEA Saclay / NANO INNOV
Bâtiment 863 - Point courrier 44
91191 GIF sur YVETTE Cedex

FRANCE

Engineers are also present at Villeneuve d'Ascq (59), Vandoeuvre (54) and Noisy-Le-Grand (93).
Digital technologies.

The mission of the Data Cycle Hub is to be a reference one-stop shop DIH in the Valencia region to foster data driven and artificial intelligence based innovation. The objective is to bridge the gap between research and industry, specifically SMEs, providing innovative solutions and services that require advanced data analytics, automatic learning and artificial intelligence. 

The Data Cycle Hub has a non-for-profit aim and is coordinated and led by ITI, also a non-for-profit Research Centre and a reference on Big Data and Artificial Intelligence in the Valencia region, with connection to all relevant stakeholders: industry, regional agencies, accelerators, Chamber of Commerce, education, providing a rich ecosystem of technological companies working on these fields.

All the technologies covered by this DIH are around the DATA, from Data Gathering to Data visualization. In this sense, the DIH addresses Primarily Big Data and Artificial Intelligence, but also other key digital enabling technologies like Cyber Physical Systems, IoT, Cloud and High PerformanceComputing Platforms or statistics optimization.

ITI is Founding member of Big Data Value Association (BDVA) and has been labelled by BDVA as iSpace the last 2 years. ITI is working hard in establishing the baseline for a network of Big Data and Artificial Intelligence DIHs.

ITI has two main Data Hubs. One is focused on ITI own experiments with data and AI and the other is oriented to provide services to external experiments coming from more than 50 competence centres in the region and also from companies. The network of competence centres that ITI is leading, groups more than 20.000 SMEs that are potential users of the Data Cycle Hub Services. Digital technologies.

IT4Innovations National Supercomputing Center provides state-of-the-art technologies and services in the field of High Performance Computing (HPC) and makes it available for Czech and international research teams from academia and industry. IT4Innovations is the only national large research HPC e-infrastructure operating national Tier-1 systems. It currently operates two supercomputers, Anselm (94TFLOPS Rpeak, installed in summer 2013) and Salomon (2PFLOPS Rpeak, installed in summer 2015).

IT4Innovations is a part of the National Roadmap for Large Infrastructures for Research, Experimental Development and Innovations of the Czech Republic, represents the Czech Republic in the European research infrastructure PRACE (Partnership for Research and Advanced Computing in Europe), and is a member of ETP4HPC (European Technology Platform in the area of High-Performance Computing).

IT4Innovations is also an R&D centre with strong international links. The centre currently participates in dozens of international projects, mostly H2020 with top academic and industrial partners. IT4Innovations is also the only Intel Parallel Computing Centre (IPCC) in the new member states of the European Union (EU13). Its research activities are distributed across 5 laboratories:
•     Advanced data analysis and simulations lab
•     Infrastructure research lab
•     Parallel algorithms research lab
•     Modelling for nanotechnologies lab
•     Big data analysis lab Digital technologies.

We will build out the I4MS program in a practical manner – including training programs, demonstration activities, industrial pilots and practical innovation translation activities.
Fundamentally, the Digital Innovation Hub will be built out to become a One-Stop-Shop for SME access to digital manufacturing technologies and solutions in the space of CPS/IoT with associated training, case studies and access to capability and competence.

Irish Manufacturing Research is part of a select EU network of I4MS – Regional Manufacturing Digital Innovation Hubs that provide a one-stop-shop for manufacturing companies to access all of the supports they need to become ready for the next generation of digital manufacturing.  We provide information and support to manufacturing SMEs from:

Access to key research capacity and skills in Ireland and across Europe
Access to Competence Centres across Europe and Ireland
Access and support in accessing public and private funding
Connectivity to networks of manufacturing companies (SMEs and multinational)
Best known methods and case-studies
Technology roadmaps and frontier technologies
Integration into EU consortia and funding programs
Access to experimental facilities
Connectivity to national funding bodies and authorities
Digital technologies.

IC4’s activities are focused at helping all players in the cloud ecosystem, including technology originators and technology consumers, to maximise the impact of cloud computing on their businesses. Digital technologies.

The Navarra Region Digital Innovation Hub (DIH) started in 2016 with the name of "NAVARDMIHub". With the support of the regional government in 2020, the DIH has evolved to "IRIS: European Digital Innovation Hub Navarra". The DIH aims to exploit the synergies and capabilities already organized in the regional innovation ecosystem, in terms of partners and capabilities promoting innovation, technology transfer, business creation, testing and experimentation, and training and dissemination for the digitalization.

IRIS, conformed as a non-profit DIH, is focused on increasing the level of digitalization in the manufacturing processes (Industry 4.0) and includes new capabilities in areas such as High-Performance Computing, Artificial Intelligence, and Robotics.

 

IRIS is structured as a Platform for public-private collaboration, for the core purposes of:

Accelerating the Digital Transformation of the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) of Navarra.
Promoting the evolution of the Administration of the Autonomous Community of Navarra towards greater digitalization, particularly with regard to positioning Navarra as a European leader in Personalised Precision Medicine.
Fostering a greater understanding among the inhabitants of Navarra with regard to the technologies underpinning an Advanced Digital Society.

 

Services provided by the Hub that summarizes their activities are the following:

Tailored training and talent: development of technology profiles to drive the digital transformation of businesses (access to degrees, masters and doctoral programmes; data science laboratory; etc.); internationalization of talent related to digital transformation; scheme to attract international talent. 
Consultancy: awareness raising and skills development; intervention by designing roadmaps and technology pathways for digitalization and business plans. 
R&D. Knowledge transfer: development of new products and processes; collection of information on your processes and production environment.  
Experimental validation of the application of new technologies to products and processes (Test Before Invest).
Exchange of Good Practices: access to the technologies available in the European Network of Digital Innovation Hubs and it is also a space to share experience and ideas.
Entrepreneurship: full accompaniment programme, facilitating the creation of new companies and the differentiation and drive of new projects.
Access to funding: private and public funding at a regional, national and european level.

 

  Digital technologies.

Internet of Things-SmartSantander is aiming at fostering the digital transformation of the primary, secondary and tertiary sectors leveraging on the experiences and success of the Internet of Things initiatives in which University of Cantabria and Santander Municipality have been leading in the past. As such, this DIH aims at offering technical support and guidance as well access to a plethora of enablers, tools, APIs, and data for implementing and assessing concrete solutions fitting the corresponding requirements.

The deployment of services and applications relying on the IoT paradigm has brought a new way to provide urban services. Hence, urban utilities such waste management, water management, street lighting and many others rely on the ability to monitor the required service parameters for optimizing it with the consequent impact at city level. Digital technologies.

The objective of the IoT Digital Innovation Hub and the innovation-driven organizations involved is to help companies (specially SMEs) to become more competitive throughout the adoption of Internet of Things technologies in their business/production processes, products and services.

IoT Digital Innovation Hub has been created to develop groundbreaking projects with the most advanced technologies that can make digital transformation of industry become a reality. Our aim is to promote new products and services, which have been designed by combining innovative techniques from a range of disciplines:

Artificial Intelligence
Advanced IoT
Disruptive ICT
Edge Computing
Fog Computing
Cloud Computing
Blockchain
Internet of Value
Industry 4.0
Smart Cities
Smart Homes
Smart Grid
Connected Vehicle
Big Data
Machine Learning
Deep Learning
Reinforcement Learning
Social Computing
Natural Language Processing
Linked Open Data

The emergence of the internet has triggered the technological revolution we are experiencing at the moment. This revolution lies in the ability to connect people and objects. This is what we call the Internet of Things (IoT). This new technological model interconnects devices and collects information which are then sent to the cloud. These data make it possible to adapt technology to the preferences of its users. In addition, Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are new infrastructures which facilitate communication and increase the mobility, flexibility and efficiency of users. Artificial Intelligence is changing our World and its different forms of application (Deep learning, Machine Learning, Big Data, Genetic Algorithms, etc.) complement IoT perfectly.

The members of the IoT Digital Innovation Hub have vast knowledge of all these technologies and their practical experience is the greatest asset of this platform which is supported by the European Union.

Now, we want to put at your disposal all this knowledge; our experience in hundreds of projects, dozens of patents, and use it to boost startups and spin off. Digital technologies.