Universities for ScieNce, Informatics and Technologies in e-Society (UNITe)

I) Project objectives: -To build a Center of Excellence of the type Distributed Research Infrastructure (DRI) - CoE DRI UNITe as a highly compatible, internationally recognized scientific research complex, that satisfies the requirements of the modern infrastructures and the excellent scientific level of the ISSS research priority - Informatics and ICT; -To improve the possibilities of researchers and academics in geographically distributed regions in Bulgaria (Burgas, Ruse, Sofia, Shumen) to collaborate between each other and with partners all over the world via accessing to and working in the CoE UNITe; - The type DRI is defined under the point 15 (ff) of the Framework for State aid and by the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructure; -To facilitate and improve communication and information flow between dispersed organizations using computer aided communication systems as a way to introduce a new model of organizing shared work that will prevail in the decade 2020-2030. II) research activities of legal organizations in the CoE UNITe are separated in nine work packages with certain coordinating partner: Big Data Infrastructure as a Service (Shumen University); Big Data Software as a Service (Sofia University); Innovative Mathematical Methods and Models in the Digital World (Sofia University); Real Time Big Data Analysis and System Virtualization (Burgas University)]; Visual Search, Image Recognition and 3D Printing (Ruse University); Smart Cyber Physical Systems (Technical University-Sofia); Smart and Sustainable Cities (Technical University-Sofia); Factories of the Future (Technical University-Sofia); Big Data in Natural Sciences (Sofia University). III) Measures to achieve these results: joint activities and effective cooperation with leading European research centers in the field; partnership with ICT businesses as declared by associated partners; interest of third parties expressed in written to use the infrastructure of the CoE UNITe.

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