The project AI-SPRINT – coordinated by Danilo Ardagna and Matteo Matteucci, Associate Professors at DEIB-Politecnico di Milano, in cooperation with Fondazione Politecnico, Cefriel and other European partners – has kicked off on January 13^th, 2021.

AI-SPRINT is a Research and Innovation Action co-funded by the European Commission, H2020 Programme, whose aim is to establish a novel framework for developing and operating Artificial Intelligence applications, together with their data, exploiting computing continuum environments. Key outputs include novel tools for AI applications development, secure execution, easy deployment, as well as runtime management and optimisation, which will help to overcome current technological challenges in exploiting resources in the edge-to-cloud continuum in terms of flexibility, scalability of analytics, interoperability, energy efficiency, security and privacy.

By doing so, AI-SPRINT will meet the digitisation needs of businesses and the public sector proving its competitive edge and replicability in three real-world scenarios, spanning farming 4.0, maintenance and inspection, and personalised healthcare.

But it doesn’t stop here. A dedicated AI-SPRINT Alliance will be set up to engage with small SW houses and EU cloud providers to support the AI and edge computing ecosystem. Alliance Members will be able to use the AI-SPRINT design tools and runtime environment to provide advanced design solutions hosted in their platform and extend application deployment and resource management from their internal cloud to edge servers and AI enabled sensors or end-user devices, optimising the seamless execution of application across the computing continuum while also minimising energy consumption.

For further information visit the project's website at www.ai-sprint-project.eu