| Ref.No: | 61600800 |
| Start date: | 30.05.2025 |
| End date: | 31.03.2028 |
| Approval date: | 30.05.2025 |
| Department: | ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING |
| Sector: | COMPUTER SCIENCE |
| Financier: | HORIZON EUROPE & ΕΘΝ ΠΟΡΟΙ, E.C.-EUROHPC JU/ΥΠΟΥΡΓΕΙΟ ΨΗΦΙΑΚΗΣ ΔΙΑΚΥΒΕΡΝΗΣΗΣ |
| Budget: | 4.300.000,00 € |
| Public key: | 9ΟΒΝ46ΨΖΣ4-ΡΜΧ |
| Scientific Responsible: | Prof. STAMOU |
| Email: | gstam@cs.ntua.gr |
| Description: | "PHAROS: THE GREEK AI FACTORY FOR ACCELERATING AI INNOVATION," AIMS TO ESTABLISH AN EU AI FACTORY IN GREECE, STRATEGICALLY LEVERAGING THE PRE-EXASCALE SUPERCOMPUTER "DAEDALUS", TO DEMOCRATIZE AI BY PROVIDING RESOURCES AND TOOLS ACCESSIBLE TO VARIOUS END-USERS, FOCUSING ON STARTUPS AND SMES. BY FOCUSING ON KEY SOCIETAL CHALLENGES (HEALTH, CULTURE & LANGUAGE, SUSTAINABILITY), PHAROS WILL DRIVE TRUSTWORTHY AI SOLUTIONS THAT ADDRESS CRITICAL NEEDS. KEY FEATURES INCLUDE COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORT ENCOMPASSING UPSKILLING PROGRAMS, ACCESS TO HIGH-QUALITY DATASETS, CUTTING-EDGE AI MODEL TRAINING CAPABILITIES, AND DEDICATED BUSINESS INNOVATION SUPPORT. SEAMLESS INTEGRATION WITH THE POWERFUL DAEDALUS SUPERCOMPUTER WILL UNLOCK ADVANCED AI APPLICATIONS, ENABLING BREAKTHROUGHS IN AREAS SUCH AS PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS FOR CHRONIC DISEASES AND PERSONALIZED PATIENT CARE, CULTURAL HERITAGE AND LANGUAGE PRESERVATION AND PROMOTION, RENEWABLE ENERGY AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT. A STRONG EMPHASIS ON TRUSTWORTHY AI DEVELOPMENT ENSURES THAT PHAROS PRIORITIZES DATA PRIVACY, SECURITY, AND ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE AI LIFECYCLE. PHAROS REPRESENTS GREECE’S COMMITMENT TO PIONEERING IN THE HPC-POWERED AI FIELD, WITH A VISION TO BECOME A KEY CONTRIBUTOR TO ETHICAL AND RESPONSIBLE AI USE IN EUROPE. |
