HRIA

Project Title – Romanian Artificial Intelligence HUB
SMIS COD 334906

The general objective of the project is to create and operationalize the Romanian Artificial Intelligence Hub (HRIA) for research, development and innovation in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) by developing an attractive and competitive research ecosystem that brings together the efforts of academia and the economic environment, in order to create original scientific research, transfer research results to industry and society, develop new products and services, and generate a core of knowledge and development in Artificial Intelligence integrated into the European Research Area (ERA).

The HRIA project will develop an ecosystem of excellence in Artificial Intelligence (figure 1 in the attached file) which, through the objectives and results obtained, will be unique in Romania in terms of the scope of research-development-innovation activities and results with concrete impact in the economy. HRIA will allow the coagulation of the efforts of the Romanian AI community in order to increase the impact at European and global level, becoming the catalyst of this process, creating national resources for development and innovation in the field of AI and supporting all sectors of the community. The HRIA project has the capacity to reach the critical mass of researchers and the necessary infrastructure to form a strong AI ecosystem, acting as an attractor and focal point of national efforts in the field of artificial intelligence, increasing the scientific potential in the country and developing market-ready artificial intelligence technologies, usable in several sectors.

The general objective and specific objectives (detailed in the next section) of the HRIA project were formulated based on a SWOT analysis of the AI ​​situation in Romania positioned in the European and global context, carried out over a period of over 3 years. The national distribution of the consortium, its previous achievements in AI and the collaboration with SMEs will allow the dissemination and adoption of the Hub’s results throughout the country.