Funded Research &#038; Collaboration Opportunities

Predictive AI for Blast Furnace Operations deployed at Primetals TechnologiesPreMoBAF — Primetals Data-Driven Quality Prediction and Process Optimization in Steel ManufacturingSINPRO — voestalpine, Primetals Artificial Intelligence Applications in Steel ProductionAI4Steel — voestalpine Pattern discovery and root cause analysis in industrial time-seriesINSAIGHT — Primetals Predictive maintenance for laser manufacturingCOIL — Iradion Laser Multi-modal anomaly detection in welding dataVIVARIUM II — Fronius International Trustworthy and Multimodal Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) for Industrial Insights and Enterprise Data AnalysisTrustInLLM — Robert Bosch AG

Artificial Intelligence for Industrial Operations and Decision Support

We…

turn complex industrial data into decisions operators can understand, trust, and act on – from process prediction to process optimization and from knowledge discovery to document intelligence.

Relevant Calls

HORIZON-CL4-2027-02-DIGITAL-EMERGING-52 (two-stage)HORIZON-CL4-2027-04-DIGITAL-EMERGING-04HORIZON-CL4-2027-04-DATA-03HORIZON-CL4-2027-04-DIGITAL-EMERGING-11Digital Europe — deployment callsOr further similar calls

Evidence of excellence

Belgin Mutlu

AI-Driven Robotics and Human-AI Collaboration

Relevant Calls

HORIZON-CL4-2026-04-DIGITAL-EMERGING-08HORIZON-CL4-2027-04-DIGITAL-EMERGING-05Digital Europe – similar calls

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AI-Driven Robotics and Human-AI Collaboration

Michael Haslgrübler

Worker safety AI for industrial environmentsAI2Human — AUVA AI for road tunnel inspectionTUNSPEKT — Fraunhofer IPM and Joanneum Research Federated embedded AI on industrial hardwareFedAI4Industry — Fronius International Adaptive explainability for human-cobot collaborationCobotInsight — JKU Robopsychology Lab Autonomous multimodal inspection robotX-AMINOR — Siemens Energy and Austrian Power Grid Worker cognitive load measurement for HMI improvementUXINSIGHTS — Fronius International

AI-Driven Robotics and Human-AI Collaboration

We…

bring AI perception to industrial robots and autonomous systems – enabling reliable operation in complex environments, and human-robot collaboration that workers can understand and trust.

Relevant Calls

HORIZON-CL4-2026-04-DIGITAL-EMERGING-08HORIZON-CL4-2027-04-DIGITAL-EMERGING-05Digital Europe – similar calls

Evidence of excellence

Michael Haslgrübler

AI-Driven Software and Process Intelligence

Relevant Calls

HORIZON-CL4-2027-04-DIGITAL-EMERGING-04HORIZON-CL4-2027-04-DATA-03Digital Europe – similar calls

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AI-Driven Software and Process Intelligence

Ouijdane Guiza

AI-assisted refactoring of legacy software systemsRefactorAI — Dynatrace Austria GmbH, ITPRO Automated robotic code generation from CAD and BoM using LLMsAutoCODE AI-driven modernisation of legacy industrial user interfacesAPECGR — Fronius International Engineering workflow automation for concurrent developmentCEPS — Robert Bosch AG

AI-Driven Software and Process Intelligence

We…

combine generative AI with traditional software engineering methodologies to support a wide range of tasks across the software lifecycle, including software evolution, maintenance, modernization, etc.

Relevant Calls

HORIZON-CL4-2027-04-DIGITAL-EMERGING-04HORIZON-CL4-2027-04-DATA-03Digital Europe – similar calls

Evidence of excellence

Ouijdane Guiza

Cognitive Production Systems for Process and Material Industries

Relevant Calls

HORIZON-CL4-2027-01-MAT-PROD-22HORIZON-CL4-2026-01-MAT-PROD-23HORIZON-CL4-2027-01-MAT-PROD-02HORIZON-CL4-2027-01-MAT-PROD-03HORIZON-CL4-2026-01-MAT-PROD-04+9 more

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Cognitive Production Systems for Process and Material Industries

Philipp Eisele

AI for flexible batch metal production across the full organisationAI-BAME — AVL, voestalpine, BÖHLER Edelstahl Explainable AI for CO₂ and material waste reduction in productionREDUCE — HARATECH, TRIPAN Adaptive control for energy-efficient plastics extrusionCoExCo2 — Soplar Supply chain simulation for industrial packaging recyclingCRP2-UC3 — EVVA

Cognitive Production Systems for Process and Material Industries

We…

combine physical process knowledge with data-driven AI to create production systems that are both accurate and interpretable, enabling real-time control and decision support in metal, polymer, and materials manufacturing.

Relevant Calls

HORIZON-CL4-2027-01-MAT-PROD-22HORIZON-CL4-2026-01-MAT-PROD-23HORIZON-CL4-2027-01-MAT-PROD-02HORIZON-CL4-2027-01-MAT-PROD-03HORIZON-CL4-2026-01-MAT-PROD-04HORIZON-CL4-2026-01-MAT-PROD-05HORIZON-CL4-2027-01-MAT-PROD-06HORIZON-CL4-2027-02-MAT-PROD-32 (two-stage)HORIZON-CL4-2027-01-MAT-PROD-42HORIZON-CL4-2027-01-MAT-PROD-61HORIZON-CL4-2027-01-MAT-PROD-16HORIZON-CL4-2026-01-MAT-PROD-44DIGITAL-EMERGING-04Or similar calls

Evidence of excellence

Philipp Eisele

AI for Safety-Critical Systems

Relevant Calls

Chips JU – AI-hardware integration callsDigital Europe – automotive digitalisationHorizon Europe Cluster 4 – safety-critical systemsHorizon Europe Cluster 5 – mobility

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AI for Safety-Critical Systems

Amer Kajmaković

LLM safety workflow automation – 93% PLC code correctnessSafeFlow — Siemens AG Digital twin for failsafe componentsDigiTwin — Siemens AG AI toolchain for Software-Defined VehiclesAICCELERATE — AVL List GmbH Cognitive vehicle fleet monitoring – real-time anomaly detectionCORVETTE — AVL List GmbH Non-invasive edge AI retrofitting for failsafe CNC manufacturingCRP2-UC2 — ACDP

AI for Safety-Critical Systems

We…

develop and integrate AI directly into safety-critical systems across industrial and automotive domains, enabling intelligent decision-making, monitoring, and engineering support while meeting stringent safety, reliability, and real-time requirements. Our work spans AI-enhanced digital twins, LLM-assisted safety engineering workflows, software-defined vehicles, cognitive fleet monitoring, and edge AI retrofitting of legacy manufacturing systems.

Relevant Calls

Chips JU – AI-hardware integration callsDigital Europe – automotive digitalisationHorizon Europe Cluster 4 – safety-critical systemsHorizon Europe Cluster 5 – mobility

Evidence of excellence

Amer Kajmaković

Application & Sector

HORIZON Cluster 3
HORIZON Cluster 5
HORIZON Cluster 6
MSCA
Interreg

Steel Industry

Relevant Calls

Clean Steel Industrial Partnership callsRFCS calls (Research Fund for Coal and Steel)Or similar calls

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Steel Industry

Belgin Mutlu

Predictive AI for Blast Furnace Operations deployed at Primetals TechnologiesPreMoBAF — Primetals Data-Driven Quality Prediction and Process Optimization in Steel ManufacturingSINPRO — voestalpine, Primetals Artificial Intelligence Applications in Steel ProductionAI4Steel — voestalpine Pattern discovery and root cause analysis in industrial time-seriesINSAIGHT — Primetals Predictive maintenance for laser manufacturingCOIL — Iradion Laser Multi-modal anomaly detection in welding data deployed at Fronius InternationalVIVARIUM II — Fronius International Trustworthy and Multimodal Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) for Industrial Insights and Enterprise Data AnalysisTrustInLLM — Robert Bosch AG

Steel Industry

We…

turn complex steel production data into decisions operators can trust and act on, from early defect detection and predictive maintenance to process optimisation, production analytics, and AI-assisted knowledge management.

Relevant Calls

Clean Steel Industrial Partnership callsRFCS calls (Research Fund for Coal and Steel)Or similar calls

Evidence of excellence

Belgin Mutlu

Recycling & Circular Economy

Relevant Calls

HORIZON-CL6-2027-01-CIRCBIO-02 (two-stage)HORIZON-CL6-2027-01-CIRCBIO-09HORIZON-CL6-2027-01-CIRCBIO-05HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-CIRCBIO-07HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-CIRCBIO-04+4 more

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Recycling & Circular Economy

Michael Haslgrübler

Continual learning system for waste sorting – learns from worker decisions, validated at Montanuniversität LeobenrecAIcle — Montanuniversität Leoben Explainable AI for CO₂ and material waste reduction in productionREDUCE — HARATECH, TRIPAN Supply chain simulation for industrial packaging recyclingCRP-UC3 — EVVA Adaptive control enabling energy-efficient processing of recycled and bio-based materialsCoExCo2 — Soplar

Recycling & Circular Economy

We…

apply AI across the circular economy value chain, from intelligent waste sorting and adaptive processing of recycled materials to data-driven decision support for sustainable production and supply chains.

Relevant Calls

HORIZON-CL6-2027-01-CIRCBIO-02 (two-stage)HORIZON-CL6-2027-01-CIRCBIO-09HORIZON-CL6-2027-01-CIRCBIO-05HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-CIRCBIO-07HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-CIRCBIO-04HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-CIRCBIO-03HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-CIRCBIO-02HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-CIRCBIO-01Or similar calls

Evidence of excellence

Michael Haslgrübler

Disaster Response and Critical Infrastructures

Relevant Calls

HORIZON-CL3-2027-01-DRS-03HORIZON-CL3-2027-01-DRS-02HORIZON-CL3-2026-01-DRS-05HORIZON-CL3-2026-01-DRS-04HORIZON-CL3-2026-01-DRS-03+2 more

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Disaster Response and Critical Infrastructures

Amer Kajmaković

Autonomous multimodal inspection robot for critical infrastructureX-AMINOR — Siemens Energy Austria, Austrian Power Grid Cognitive vehicle fleet monitoring with real-time anomaly detectionCORVETTE — AVL List GmbH Digital twin for failsafe components – commercially deployed via SiemensDigiTwin Non-invasive edge AI retrofitting for failsafe manufacturingCRP2-UC2 — ACDP LLM safety workflow automation – 93% PLC code correctnessSafeFlow — Siemens AG

Disaster Response and Critical Infrastructures

We enable

Cognitive sensing, predictive and prescriptive intelligence, and human-centered decision support adaptable to complex and uncertain field environments.
Modular building blocks and simulation capabilities accelerating the adaptation of validated industrial demonstrators into disaster resilience solutions,
reduced development risk, integration complexity, and time-to-impact.

Relevant Calls

HORIZON-CL3-2027-01-DRS-03HORIZON-CL3-2027-01-DRS-02HORIZON-CL3-2026-01-DRS-05HORIZON-CL3-2026-01-DRS-04HORIZON-CL3-2026-01-DRS-03HORIZON-CL3-2026-01-SSRI-01Or similar calls

Evidence of excellence

Amer Kajmaković

Agriculture

Relevant Calls

HORIZON-CL6-2027-03-GOVERNANCE-04HORIZON-CL6-2027-02-CLIMATE-03HORIZON-CL6-2027-02-FARM2FORK-01or similar calls

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Agriculture

Amer Kajmaković

Explainable AI decision support for CO₂ and resource reduction in productionREDUCE — HARATECH, TRIPAN Autonomous multimodal inspection of critical infrastructureX-AMINOR — Siemens Energy, Austrian Power Grid Worker safety AI – hazard detection and environmental monitoring in industrial environmentsAI2Human — AUVA

Agriculture

We…

transfer proven AI technologies from industrial environments to agriculture, enabling explainable decision support for resource-efficient and low-emission operations, as well as autonomous multimodal sensing for large-scale monitoring of agricultural fields and critical infrastructure. By leveraging dual-use technologies, we advance sustainability, environmental protection, and resilient agricultural systems.

Relevant Calls

HORIZON-CL6-2027-03-GOVERNANCE-04HORIZON-CL6-2027-02-CLIMATE-03HORIZON-CL6-2027-02-FARM2FORK-01or similar calls

Evidence of excellence

Amer Kajmaković

Smart Manufacturing

Relevant Calls

HORIZON-CL4-2027-04-DIGITAL-EMERGING-04HORIZON-CL4-2027-02-DIGITAL-EMERGING-52HORIZON-CL4-2026-04-DIGITAL-EMERGING-08Digital Europe – deployment callsEIC Pathfinder+1 more

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Smart Manufacturing

Philipp Eisele

Adaptive AI process control for polymer and continuous material processing demonstrated in plastics extrusion, applicable across process industriesCoExCo2 — Soplar AI for flexible batch metal production across enterprise to workstation levelsAI-BAME — AVL, voestalpine BÖHLER Edelstahl Welding anomaly detection deployed at Fronius InternationalVIVARIUM II — Fronius International Non-invasive edge AI retrofitting for failsafe CNC manufacturingCRP2-UC2 — ACDP Explainable AI for CO2 and material waste reduction applicable across manufacturing sectorsREDUCE — HARATECH, TRIPAN Supply chain simulation for industrial packaging and circular economyCRP2-UC3 — EVVA

Smart Manufacturing

We…

make existing manufacturing systems smarter, applying AI for adaptive process control, quality monitoring, predictive maintenance, and sustainability decision support across metal, polymer, and mixed-industry environments (including upgrading legacy equipment without costly replacement).

Relevant Calls

HORIZON-CL4-2027-04-DIGITAL-EMERGING-04HORIZON-CL4-2027-02-DIGITAL-EMERGING-52HORIZON-CL4-2026-04-DIGITAL-EMERGING-08Digital Europe – deployment callsEIC PathfinderOr similar calls

Evidence of excellence

Philipp Eisele