Europe is at the forefront of cutting-edge innovation, yet its success depends on its capacity to reach into market-ready solutions. Currently, Europe’s industrial competitiveness is under threat from the rapid advancements in technology and the rise of powerful global competitors. In this regard, powerful players with significant resources and market dominance, such as those in the United States and Asia, are aggressively pursuing market share in key sectors. Generally, these companies either possess substantial financial resources enabling them to create monopolies or have access to cheap resources and energy, which helps them reduce manufacturing costs significantly. As a result, these companies possess highly competitive core technologies, vertical integration, and a strong presence in various domains, allowing them to create economies of scale and gain a significant competitive advantage.
To challenge and compete with manufacturers from other continents, a shift in supply chains is necessary. Aligned with this mission, there is an urgent need to tackle complexity of software-defined systems ensuring trustworthiness, reliability, safety and security. The next critical aspect is to achieve software composability enabling software coming from different sources and methods to be combined, mixed and matched. Fostering ecosystem synergies is also a critical strategy towards rapid innovation, resilience and competitiveness. In this regard, the electrification of the multiple ecosystems (such as mobility, infrastructure and energy) combined with an increase in software defined features can rigorously shape Europe’s industrial landscape. Thus, to maintain a competitiveness, Europe must adapt to these evolving ecosystems, create similar synergies by embracing electrification, software-defined features, and interconnected ecosystems.
The Cynergy4MIE project is driven by these trends by aiming to provide the necessary tools and resources to support European companies in navigating this rapidly changing industrial landscape. The project aims to revolutionize and optimize the industrial landscape in Europe by seamlessly integrating foundational layers and cross functional technologies of Electronic Components and Systems (ECS). The core idea is to break down the silos that currently exist between these technologies. By identifying common needs and developing a unified technology stack, the project aims to unlock significant synergies in the foundational technology layer and the cross-sectional technologies between the ecosystems of the sectors Mobility, Infrastructure, and Energy (MIE) and accelerate innovation across various sectors.
Imagine a scenario where ECS technologies seamlessly communicate and collaborate, adapting to dynamic environments and fulfilling complex tasks with unprecedented efficiency. This unified approach will not only streamline development processes but also reduce costs and time-to-market for businesses. The technology stack will encompass both hardware and software components, ensuring interoperability and facilitating efficient domain adaptation. This means that technologies developed for one application area can be easily adapted and applied to others, fostering a truly interconnected and adaptable ecosystem.
Cynergy4MIE aims to deliver a variety of cutting-edge technological solutions that span in the targeted fields of MIE by covering multiple stacks towards synergies establishment. It will not only develop this technology stack but also address the inefficiencies arising from parallel development efforts in the ECS area by proactively managing requirements from diverse key application areas and guiding developments in foundational technology layers between cross-sectional technologies. In this regard, it will significantly impact on foundational technology layers, cross-sectional technologies level as well as several ECS key applications areas. This overarching mission of the project will be achieved by its ambitious consortium members from different organizations by strategically aligning their efforts to address the synergetic technological challenges in the MIE-fields and ensuring the best possible outcomes.
The real-world impact of the project will be demonstrated through a series of compelling use cases across diverse sectors. These demonstrators will showcase the platform’s versatility and its potential to drive societal progress towards a more intelligent, sustainable, and human-centric future. By addressing the specific needs of multiple key application areas, the project will pave the way for widespread adoption and accelerate the transition towards a truly integrated and innovative European industrial landscape.
Cynergy4MIE will boost the EU economy, by fostering collaboration and innovation, leveraging synergetic technologies and human-machine collaboration, European companies will gain a competitive advantage in the global marketplace, increasing their market share and profitability.
Lastly, Cynergy4MIE will significantly contribute to the realization of Society 5.0, a human-centered society, that leverages advanced technologies towards a more sustainable and efficient future.
ITML’s Role in Cynergy4MIE
In the Cynergy4MIE project, ITML is a key contributor to the development and implementation of advanced data analytics engine for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS). Specifically, ITML is responsible for defining requirements, designing engine architecture, developing algorithms, and ensuring seamless integration and validation of the engine within Supply Chain 4 “Emergent Automated Driving Systems for extrinsic efficiency in mobility”. Finally, ITML leads the dissemination, communication and exploitation efforts, ensuring the project’s results visibility, applicability and long-term impact to the relevant markets and society.
Discover more information about the project here: https://cynergy4mie.eu/
The Cynergy4MIE project is supported by the Chips Joint Undertaking and its members,
including the top-up funding by National Authorities under Grant Agreement No 101140226.