Partners
StR-ESFRI4 Partners
The StR-ESFRI4 Project is led by the Athena Research Center (Greece) and the project members include experienced entities from Italy, Slovenia, Spain and the Czech Republic with strong involvement in ESFRI and its activities.
Athena Research Center conducts leading research in Information and Communication Technologies, developing innovative solutions that address global challenges and local needs. Its work delivers impactful technologies that advance science, industry, and society. The Center drives disruptive innovation, supports responsible and inclusive digital transformation, and contributes to the development of the next generation of digital talent. Its research activities span engineering, healthcare, social sciences, the humanities, and the environment. Supported by world-class researchers, strong administrative expertise, and state-of-the-art infrastructure, Athena Research Center helps shape the future of digital technologies, contributing to economic growth, societal well-being, and sustainability. As one of Greece’s fastest-growing research organizations, Athena Research Center plays a key role in advancing the country’s digital transition and strengthening its innovation ecosystem.
Athena Research Center operates in three Greek cities (Athens, Patras, and Xanthi) and comprises four Institutes and sevent Units:
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Institutes: Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP), Industrial Systems Institute (ISI), Institute for the Management of Information Systems (IMSI), Institute of Robotics (IRO)
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Units: Corallia, Space Programs Unit (SPU), Environmental and Networking Technologies & Applications Unit (ENTA), Pharma Informatics Unit, Sustainable Development Unit (SDU), Archimedes Unit, Women Innovation Unit (WIU)
Università degli Studi di Milano, UMIL
The University of Milan is a public teaching and research-intensive university, the only Italian among the 23 members of LERU (League of European Research Universities), and an internationally high-ranked university. Research activities are conducted in 32 Departments and 22 Inter-departmental Research Centres, with more than 24.000 scientific publications in the last three years, 222 patent family and 24 active spin-offs. The University of Milan is a leading Italian university for investment in research infrastructure and human capital: two essential elements for tackling the complex challenges of knowledge in a rapidly changing social and industrial context. As a public institution concerned with the development and progress of knowledge, the University has always been committed to research projects that influence the quality of life of citizens. Research at the University of Milan is mostly conducted in the departments and the many specialised structures, favouring the creation and growth of networks of collaboration locally, nationally and internationally. Scientific activity involves the whole academic community from professors, researchers, doctoral students, fellowship-holders and fellows to undergraduates, in an ideal quest for new ideas. Read more.
Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)
The Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) is a public research organisation under the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities. It forms part of the Spanish System for Science, Technology and Innovation (SECTI) and conducts both basic and applied research across all areas of human knowledge. CSIC’s mission is to promote, coordinate, develop and disseminate multidisciplinary scientific and technological research in order to contribute to the advancement of knowledge and to economic, social and cultural development, as well as to provide training and to offer advice to public and private entities in these fields. Read more.
FYZIKALNI CHEMIE J. HEYROVSKEHO AV CR, v. v. i., Czech Academy of Sciences, HIPC
The Institute is a centre of fundamental research in physical chemistry, and chemical physics. The research work is characterized by many cross-links both within the Institute and also with other institutions in Europe, the USA, Japan and other parts of the world. Much of the scientific work is concerned with fundamental research, in both experiment and theory, but several groups, in particular in catalysis and electrochemistry, are also making contributions in more applied aspects. The institute comprises laboratories with complete infrastructure for catalysis, electrochemistry, ion chemistry and analytical research. The Institute is operating the national research infrastructure NanoEnviCZ and serving as platform for the Center for innovation in the field of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnologies. In top of these facilities HIPC is running several computational clusters (c. 34.000 cores), which are fully equipped for large scale quantum chemical calculations. A staffed library, full IT infrastructure, new modern conference centre and a project support office are available at HPC and are complementing the research facilities. Besides the research activities the Institute is strongly involved in training of both undergraduate and graduate students, supervising their diploma and Ph.D. theses, and in teaching at universities in Czech Republic and abroad.
HIPC is active in EU funded research Framework programs. It is running several FP7 and H2020 projects (including the prestigious ERA-Chair project), it has participated in several ITN projects (some coordinated) and other MSC actions, and it took part also in COST, Euratom projects. Read more.
