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
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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.

The mission of the Manufacturing Digital Innovation Hub (DIH) "IoT Compass Hub" is to support the utilization of Internet of Things (IoT), Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS), Digital Manufacturing and Robotics in SMEs and MidCaps in order to increase their productivity and competitiveness and to gain economic benefit for the South Ostrobothnia region. The DIH offers a variety of services from a one-stop shop. Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences and Tampere University provide technical competencies and infrastructure. IoT Compass Hub has close cooperation with organizations offering funding for SMEs development projects and investments.

 

IoT Compass Hub is open and free to join to new partners. DIH centralize knowledge of the partners, for instance, from companies, education, and research and development institutions to enhance digital transformation in manufacturing industries. This holistic and non-profit based approach for DIH increase and optimize the digital performance in organizations. Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences is a higher education institution and efficient actor in education, research and development in the region of South Osrobothnia in West Finland. Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences (School of Technology) manages the IoT Compass Hub.

 

IoT Compass Hub has several objectives and activities, which are, for instance, digital manufacturing ecosystem development, digital maturity assessment and mentoring, digital factory academy and IoT pilots.

 

Digital Manufacturing Ecosystem Development

IoT Compass Hub is developing an ecosystem around digital manufacturing and industrial internet in the region, to support the digital transformation of manufacturing industry, particularly SMEs, in the region. The ecosystem supports cooperation between manufacturing SMEs and technology, automation and IT-providers.

 

Digital Maturity Assessment and Mentoring Services

The manufacturing SME companies needs to have sufficient understanding of their current digitalization status in order to proceed to the next steps towards to Industry 4.0. The digital maturity assessment mapping can be implemented within the IoT Compass Hub (DIH). Companies can develop the use of digital manufacturing and industrial internet in their production, products, services and businesses based on results of the assessment. IoT Compass Hub offers mentoring for these type of development projects.

 

Digital Factory Academy

The Digital Factory Academy has been launched for the development of companies’ personnel competencies. The SeAMK’s Industrial Internet Laboratory (CPS factory) is available to companies and offers workspace and software’s. The company can utilize the laboratory in developing its own industrial internet and digital manufacturing solutions. The upgrade of competence is supported by experts of the DIH. Digital Factory Academy helps students and company personnel network with each other.

 

IoT Pilots

Companies can present themes for fast IoT piloting in the Industrial Internet Laboratory. The laboratory environment can be used for testing companies’ ideas before investing. Digital technologies.

The IoT Catalan Alliance is an initiative to join forces and define strategies to enhance the field of the Internet of Things in Catalonia.

The Internet of Things (IoT) is an emerging sector with vast potential for economic growth and job creation. Only 1% of things are currently connected, but it is expected that there will be 50,000 million Internet-connected devices in the world by 2020, which is about 7 devices per inhabitant.

The IoT Catalan Alliance brings together companies and organisations that work in this area, exploring the knowledge of their capabilities and needs, and promotes the exchange of information and the creation of synergies between the members of the alliance.

The establishment of this group provides the ideal environment for key players in this industry to engage in a dialogue in order to define a joint action plan to promote the IoT in Catalonia.

It also aims to provide an environment for validation and interoperability testing of products, and works to represent the sector with the government and standardisation bodies. Digital technologies.

This Digital Innovation Hub (DIH) operates within the Computer Networks, NETMODE, Telecom and Ambient Intelligence Laboratories of the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) in Greece (https://www.iccs.gr/). NTUA is the oldest and most prestigious educational institute in Greece in engineering and has contributed unceasingly to the country’s scientific, technical and economic development since its foundation in 1836. NTUA has obtained a leading role in EU research and innovation activities having undertaken more than 650 EU projects since the year 2000, acting as the coordinator for about 80 of these, having collaborated with more than 7000 organisations across Europe and globally, and having obtained EU funding higher than 200 MEuros. This DIH is also affiliated with the Institute of Communication and Computer Engineering (ICCS) a research institute that was founded by the Ministry of Education in 1989 in order to carry research and development activity in the fields on all diverse aspects of telecommunications systems and techniques, computer systems and their applications. More specifically, since the year 2000, ICCS has contributed to more than 400 European research and innovation projects, of which it has coordinated about 70, having collaborated with more than 6000 organisations in the framework of EU R&D projects. This DIH is a multidisciplinary scientific unit which carries out R&D activities along with consulting and mentoring services on software engineering for the following areas: Internet of Things; Smart Systems and Environments; Cloud, Fog, Edge computing; Future Internet; Advanced networking and communication solutions; Smart Agriculture and Precision Farming; FIRE; Sensor networks; Context management & inference; Data engineering; Semantic data modelling and Interoperability; Data analytics and knowledge extraction; Security, Privacy and Trust; Service engineering / mobile applications; Collaborative decision making, recommender systems, social intelligence, community-enhanced functionality; intelligent transportation; health, well-being and AAL; social media; multimedia; user-centric computing; etc. It comprises faculty members, senior experts, PhD and Master holders, PhD candidates and researchers offering scientific, technical, testing/validation, training/mentoring, dissemination and consulting services. It has participated in numerous national and international activities; it is growing constantly, expanding its spectrum of expertise, the geographical areas it targets and its partners’ base. Digital technologies.

The IAM 3D HUB is a networked organization without formal structure and non-profit purposes. It was created in 2015 with a mission and a vision:

Mission: to accelerate adoption and development of Additive Manufacturing (AM) and 3D printing technologies in the EU manufacturing sectors as an alternative way to design, develop and manufacture new competitive products and services that strengthens their competitiveness.

Vision: As competence centre and DIH will provide to SMEs "one-stop"shop to assess, guide and address all their needs in AM.

The IAM 3D HUB is open to a wide range of entities that may share its mission and vision. Its members can be divided into Technological Players and Training, Business and Economical Players.

Within the technological players, software and material developers, technology or equipment providers, postprocessing and validating companies, certification laboratories and R&D organizationscan be found.

Within the second group industrial innovation advisors, venture capital investors, clusters and industry associations, universities, incubators, public administrations or trade shows organizations, among others can be found.

The founder members of the IAM 3D HUB are HP, Renishaw, Leitat, Coniex, Fira de Barcelona and In3Dustry. Besides, the IAM 3D HUB has signed different agreements with potential partners that will strength the relevance of AM in Europe.

In order to accomplish with its mission, the IAM 3D Hub provides five types of services:

1. Experimenting and testing: concentrating resources, capabilities and knowledge to offer high level competence in the technologies so to perform experimentation and testing in order to make the client gain confidence. These services are:

- Identifying proper AM solution

- Benchmarking of technologies

- Analysis of manufacturing capacities and cost estimation

- Hands-on workshop

2. End-to-end solutions: developing end to end solutions in a Living Lab environment where to design, explore, redefine new products in real scenarios, assess their feasibility and innovative impact before and after their production. The services are:

- Design/Redesign for AM production

- Applications incubator

- Floor planning layout

- Test bed/Pilot Plant

- Validation, testing and support for certification

3. Business and mentoring: both for start-ups and existing companies. IP protection, technology assessment, market studies or analysis of the adoption's potential are some examples. The services are:

- Access to finance

- Business development

- IP consulting

- Talent acquisition

- Detection of business opportunities for AM adoption

- AM implementation strategy

- Supply chain development

4. Access to R&D in AM/3DP technologies along all the value chain, oriented to face industrial challenges and unsolved needs.

5. Education and Training: focused on closing the digital skills gap and on promoting these skills at all levels, for re-skilling and for lifelong learning. The services are:

- Customized workshop training

- Standard programs

- Partner certifications Digital technologies.

Intelligent Urban Lab is part of a creative and innovative ecosystem characterised by its concentration of companies (more than 16 thousand companies and freelancers with a total turnover of more than 77.5 billion euros) which makes it a reference at a national and international level.

It is a non-profit initiative, resulting from a public-private collaboration that drives the economic and social development of the region by attracting investment and improving the competitiveness of the productive fabric of the city of Alcobendas and the northern region of Madrid.

The DIH offers different type of services such as: facilitating access to innovation and digital transformation for SMEs, promoting the use of new technologies (especially digital technologies such as cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, etc.), developing the capacity for inter-company collaboration, achieving alliances for participation in EU programmes and initiatives, providing continuous training and promoting business excellence in management processes, testing new products and services within the municipality.

The challenges of the Intelligent Urban Lab are to favour the digital transformation of the industry and to contribute to a more agile and flexible production; environmentally and socially sustainable. New skills and capabilities are created as well as quality jobs, attracting talent, for an innovation ecosystem in which companies, technological centres, universities and investors interact.

Intelligent Urban Lab is promoted and supported by Alcobendas City Council, through its Department of Innovation and Economic Development, the office for attraction of investment and promotion of the city of Alcobendas (Alcobendas Hub as part as Fundación Ciudad de Alcobendas), the Autonomous University of Madrid, the Alcobendas Business Association (AICA), InNorMadrid, as well as leading private companies such as INDRA, MásMóvil, MKD Automotive, Keytron and technology centre Tecnalia. Digital technologies.

The Internet of Things is increasingly pervading industrial and personal applications, including, for example, smart meters and smart grids, industrial and process automation, Car-to-Car and Car-to-X communication, home and building automation, telehealth and telecare applications. Wired and wireless networks of embedded systems, as well as their interconnection in “cyber-physical systems” (CPS) are playing an increasingly important role in this context. As more and more systems perform functionally critical tasks autonomously, their reliability and security are also continuing to gain in importance. Consequently, data security and privacy aspects need to be addressed.
The Institute of Reliable Embedded Systems and Communication Electronics (ivESK) at Hochschule Offenburg was formed to focus on these issues. Digital technologies.

At PTW, we believe that excellence in production is achieved by optimally combining technology and organization. This requires in-depth expertise in the respective technical subjects, a wide basic qualification in the entire topic of production as well as interdisciplinary collaboration between the scientists at PTW. The main areas of research are machining of metals, the design and engineering of machine tools and their components as well as the optimization of manufacturing processes, production organization and energy efficiency in manufacturing. The industry as a whole and the small and medium enterprises (SME) gain from our expertise through various services provided in the form of consulting, project support and training modules related to production technology.
The test bed at the PTW offers the possibility for testing and development of innovative products, services and software relating to the digitization of production systems in three unique production environments. The process learning factory CiP, which has been digitalized in an integrated brownfield approach, focuses on the conflict area between Lean and Industry 4.0, whereas the machine park offers a broad range of machine tools, additive manufacturing technologies and robot technology. The third production environment provides a holistic networked energy efficiency model factory (ETA) developed in a greenfield approach. Moreover, the test bed offers workshops and consultation in technological and organizational topics, e.g. in the field of potential analyses or retrofitting strategies. Digital technologies.

Institute of Electron Technology (ITE) is a public, Polish, non-profit research organization, located in Warsaw, Poland, carrying out applied research and close-to-market innovation (TRL 3 to 8) in microelectronics, photonics and microsystem domain. The mis­sion of the Insti­tute is to con­duct the basic and applied rese­arch in the field of semi­con­duc­tor elec­tro­nics and phy­sics in order to deve­lop and com­mer­cia­lise inno­va­tive micro- and nano­tech­no­lo­gies and their appli­ca­tions in semi­con­duc­tor micro­elec­tro­nics, opto­elec­tro­nics, pho­to­nics and micro­me­cha­nics. 

The Institute is one of the few Polish research institution that develops semiconductor devices and systems using various semiconductor materials (silicon, gallium arsenide, indium phosphide, gallium nitride, silicon carbide). The institute consist of 8 research departments concentrating on AIIIBV photonics (lasers), Silicon detectors, microelectronic components, sensors and MEMS, wide bandgap (e.g. GaN) devices, hybrid (ceramic) technologies, electronic system design, material and device characterization and diagnostics. Three of the departments include also fully equipped technological lines, enabling both scientific research and development of technologies for new devices. Unique facilities and competent staff allow the Institute to create the conditions necessary for the implementation of research results. This task is usually conducted in cooperation with the industry and the scientific community.

The largest, division of Silicon Microsystem and Nanostructure Technology maintains a research infrastructure with a well-equipped over 1000 sq.m. micro/nanoelectronics clean room. Currently it is the only centre in Poland, where fabrication of fully functional microsystems and IC’s based on CMOS/MEMS technology is performed. In parallel to research, the department undertakes a small scale, pilot production of specialized semiconductor devices for Polish and foreign customers.

The goal of the research and development activities carried out at the ITE is to provide industry and scientific communities (with special emphasize on the SME’s ) with access to advanced technology of silicon and III/V based and heterogeneous micro- and nano-devices. Thus, scope of the R&D covers broad range of technologies, from silicon photo- and radiation detectors through integrated circuits up to sensor and microsystem (MEMS and MOEMS), lasers and power devices, including integration of different technologies and devices for interdisciplinary applications. Due to the fact, that sensor technologies and sensor networks have been defined as one of the National Smart Specialization, ITE puts a strong emphasize on research in this domain, developing collaboration with national and international multidisciplinary partners, to provide Polish economy with access to advanced sensor technologies required e.g. for IoT applications.

ITE collaborate  with industrial entities, LE and SME focusing on consulting on development and application of tailored microelectronic, nanophotonic and microsystem solutions (including sensors), allowing for digitization of products and their manufacturing. In most cases the service is combined with a joint preparation of national, international or European projects. ITE, acting as a KET Technology Center and Digital Innovation Hub supports SMEs to go from lab to market to develop and produce new KETs-based products, helping companies reduce the time-to-market for new innovation ideas:

Dissemination of knowledge on innovative solutions leading to digitization of products and manufacturing; creation of awareness, building of ecosystem;
Finding partners and elaboration of project proposals; 
Access to technology expertise and facilities for validation;
Collaborative research
Demonstration;
Proof of concept / lab testing
Prototype development and testing;
Pilot production and demonstration
Product validation / certification
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Insomnia is a Business Accelerator, Incubator and Digital Hub located in Valencia, Spain, working to improve innovation in the region of Valencia and support SMEs, and in particular industrial SMEs, to uptake the use of ICT and face the challenges of digitisation.

We are located in the business and startup ecosystem of Valencia “La Marina” and have our own collaborative space (+4.000 m2) where we work to increase innovation and access to finance capacities of SMEs, mid-caps, start-ups and other agents; to conduct a permanent scouting worldwide to identify the most innovative solutions and companies (start ups, spin offs, scale ups, etc.) to attract talent to the city of Valencia and Spain; and run Digitisation Programmes and Training for Entrepreneurs and High Executives to make them know the last innovation advances and make the appropriate decisions to grow in the new economy.

Since 2017, we are “Digital Innovation Hub” in the frame of an approved project within H2020-FoF-12 Call (Factories of the Future) and the I4MS initiative called CloudiFacturing, coordinated by Fraunhofer Institute.

Main sectors: industry, metalurgy, ceramics, agroindustry, agro-food, automotive, tourism, logistics, fintech, legalteh, insurtech, proptech, publictech.

Main technologies: artificial intelligence, virtual reality, augmented reality, big data, IoT, Cloud, HPC, 5G, 3D printing, robotics, blockchain, etc.

Main services for SMEs

Digital Innovation Hub (DIH): support for manufacturing SMEs to promote their uptake of ICTs. Open call promotion for the selection of experiments to be funded under the I4MS H2020 cascade mechanism. More information: http://www.innsomnia.es/insomnia-digital-innovation-hub
Fintech Digital Program: support for SMEs and startups developing technologies and innovative in the Fintech field. Open call promotion for the selection of the best startups to be accelerated by Insomnia DIH during a 4-7 month program. More information: http://www.innsomnia.es/iv-convocatoria-fintech
Insurtech Digital Program: support for SMEs and startups developing technologies and innovative in the Insurtech field. Open call promotion for the selection of the best startups to be accelerated by Insomnia DIH during a 4-7 month program. More information: http://www.innsomnia.es/i-convocatoria-insurtech
Industry 4.0 Digital Program: support for SMEs and startups developing technologies and innovative projects in the Industry 4.0 field. Open call promotion for the selection of the best startups to be accelerated by Insomnia DIH during a 2-4 month program. More information: http://www.innsomnia.es/convocatoria-startups-pymes-reto-industrial-gsk…
Digital Immersion Program: Training Program addressed at CEO and Executives from SMEs to help them face the challenges of the digitisation and industrialization. More information: http://www.innsomnia.es/programa-inmersion-digital-empresarial
Digital Training School: Digital assessment for companies learning code. More information: http://www.innsomnia.es/digital-training-school
Tufinanziacion: support for SMEs to access finance to carry put innovative and tech projects. More information: https://www.tufinanziacion.com/

 

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