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The Institute for Computer Science and Control (in short SZTAKI, Hungarian: Számítástechnikai és Automatizálási Kutatóintézet) is a Hungarian research institute in Budapest, founded in 1964. Its primary tasks include basic and application-oriented research in an interdisciplinary setting in the fields of engineering, computer science, information technology, intelligent systems as well as process control, multimedia and wide area networking. Further tasks of SZTAKI include training, contract-based target research, development and expert support for domestic and foreign industrial, governmental and other partners. The institute also operates a public advice service on knowledge-transfer of up-to-date research results and state-of-the-art technology to university students.[5] SZTAKI has wide external relationships and different groups within the institute work on projects for well-known international and Hungarian companies and the number of European Union projects is also impressing. Its staff has more than 300 full-time employees.

Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin) is a university of excellence and one of the most renowned universities in Germany. The university alumni and staff include ten Nobel Prize laureates, several US National Academies members, two National Medal of Science laureates and the creator of the first fully functional programmable (electromechanical) computer, Konrad Zuse. TU Berlin is a member of TU9, an incorporated society of the largest and most notable German institutes of technology and of the Top International Managers in Engineering network, which allows for student exchanges between leading engineering schools. It belongs to the Conference of European Schools for Advanced Engineering Education and Research. Within Swarmchestrate, TU Berlin is represented by the Distributed and Operating Systems (DOS) department, founded in 2006 by Prof. Dr. Odej Kao. The department conducts research in the development and development of AI-based methods for the secure, efficient and fault-tolerant operation of complex IT infrastructures with quality of service guarantees.

The Institute of Communication and Computer Systems (ICCS) of the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) of the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) was founded in 1992, following a roadmap to support the performance of top-quality research, development activities and the provision of scientific service to private and public bodies. The mission of ICCS is to support the deployment, the realization and the growth of the research priorities of ECE mainly through seeking, pursuing and acquiring research funding via the competitive calls for research proposals that the European Commission had instigated. In turn its purpose has been to build a research personnel base alongside ECE’s faculty so as to conduct state-of-the-art research and at the same time improve the research laboratory equipment base and infrastructures of the School. Furthermore, ICCS has been organized so as to host and to provide research stipends to postgraduate students and post-doctoral researchers.

Tampere University (Finnish: Tampereen yliopisto, shortened TAU) is a multidisclipinary public university located in the city of Tampere, Finland. It is the second largest university in the country by student enrollment. The university was established on January 1st, 2019, as a merger between the former University of Tampere and Tampere University of Technology. The new university is also the major shareholder of Tampere University of Applied Sciences.

The Institute for Innovation and Development of University of Ljubljana (short name: IRI UL) is a private non-profit research institute, headquartered in Ljubljana, Slovenia and led by Prof Andrej Gubina, PhD. In 2007, the University of Ljubljana established IRI UL together with ten Slovenian companies: Krka, d.d., Mercator, d.d., Sava, d.d., Zavarovalnica Triglav, d.d., Kolektor Group, d.o.o., Nova Ljubljanska banka, d.d., Gorenje, d.d., Iskra, d.d. and Akrapovič, d.o.o., Oria Computers, d.o.o. IRI UL has been an associate member of the University of Ljubljana since 2009.

The University of Ljubljana (Slovene: Univerza v Ljubljani, pronounced [uniʋɛ́ːɾza w ljubljàːni], Latin: Universitas Labacensis), abbreviated UL, is the oldest and largest university in Slovenia. It has approximately 38,000 enrolled students. The university has 23 faculties and three art academies with approximately 4,000 teaching and research staff, assisted by approximately 2,000 technical and administrative staff. The University of Ljubljana offers programs in the humanities, sciences, and technology, as well as in medicine, dentistry, and veterinary science. The university was founded in the centre of Ljubljana, where the central university building and the majority of its faculties are located.

A hardware and software manufacturer with deep technology expertise in designing, deploying and operating IoT edge computing solutions, Fuelics pioneers in developing sensors and platforms for metropolitan scale smart city deployments specializing in diesel, water and septic tank monitoring, roadside parking space occupancy management, as well as, electricity and water consumption reporting. Fuelics’ end-to-end solutions can be deployed at a massive scale on the cloud or on premises anywhere in the world and can seamlessly integrate with existing platforms and services.

Suite5 is an Information Technology Solutions and Services SME whose mission is to deliver innovative data-driven intelligence solutions through state-of-the art technologies, required for any organization to be placed at the forefront of competition through greater efficiency. By combining strong technology know-how and hands-on approach in managing and implementing projects commissioned by the public and the private sector, Suite5 provides research-inspired solutions and practical support for its clients in order to leverage business and crowd intelligence into their everyday operations.

The FrontEndART Ltd. (FEA) is an SME located in Szeged and Budapest of Hungary. It was founded in 2001 as a startup of the Department of Software Engineering of the University of Szeged, currently it has more than 40employees. Its main competences include software development, testing, simulation and source code analysis, with the focus on emerging technologies, such as AI, IoT and cloud-based systems. The company has taken major roles in the realization of the AssureMOSS EU H2020, and the AI4CYBER EU Horizon projects.

Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK) is a multidisciplinary research institution specializing in the fields of technology, innovation, the humanities and social sciences, based in Trento. Established by law by the Autonomous Province of Trento, Fondazione Bruno Kessler is a public/private entity whose mission is to promote and contribute to the advancement of knowledge with a focus on the fields of science and technology that allow for greater and more immediate economic and social benefits. Active since 2007, Fondazione Bruno Kessler takes up the legacy of the Istituto Trentino di Cultura, founded in 1962 by Bruno Kessler. It is a research institution that, from the year of its founding to the present, has grown to a staff of more than 620 researchers, developers and support staff, 150 doctoral students, 200 visiting professors and PhD candidates, as well as 700 affiliates and accredited students.

UST is a global digital transformation solutions provider. For more than 20 years, UST has worked side by side with the world’s best companies to make a real impact through transformation. Powered by technology, inspired by people and led by purpose, UST partners with their clients from design to operation. With deep domain expertise and a future-proof philosophy, UST embeds innovation and agility into their clients’ organizations. With over 30,000 employees in 30 countries, UST builds for boundless impact—touching billions of lives in the process.

Seoul National University (SNU; Korean: 서울대학교; lit. Seoul University) is a public research university located in Seoul, South Korea. It is one of the SKY universities and a part of the Flagship Korean National Universities. The university’s main campus is located in Gwanak, and two additional campuses are located in Daehangno and Pyeongchang. The university comprises sixteen colleges, one graduate school and nine professional schools. The student body consists of nearly 17,000 undergraduate and 11,000 graduate students.

The Edinburgh Napier University (ENU) –taking its name from 16th-century Scottish mathematician and philosopher John Napier– is a public university in Edinburgh, Scotland. With more than 300 undergraduate and postgraduate courses and nearly 20,000 students from over 140 countries, ENU is ranked the #1 modern university in Scotland (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2023), ranked in the top 10 UK modern universities (Times/Sunday Times Good University Guide 2023), and the top Scottish modern university for research power and impact (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

The University of Westminster has started out 180 years ago as the first polytechnic in London and one of the first in the UK, established to educate the working people of London. Today the university continues to build on this reputation, helping students from a variety of backgrounds to realise their full potential. We have 19,000 students, representing 169 nationalities and we collaborate with more than 180 partners from industry. Within Swarmchestrate the University is represented by the Centre for Parallel Computing (CPC), a center of excellence and one of the leading and most successful research hubs within the University. The CPC is specialized in developing solutions for the optimal utilization of distributed computing architectures, such as cloud, fog and edge computing resources, and science and business gateways. The CPC has participated in 13 EU funded projects during the past 10 years, including both core distributed computing related research, and also applied research in application areas such as space physics, healthcare and manufacturing.