Project: AIKnowIT – Hub for AI and IT Knowledge and cooperation between universities and SMEs
The project consortium aims to create a platform for cooperation between universities and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), to enable knowledge exchange and strengthen connections, providing knowledge about the application possibilities of digital innovations, artificial intelligence and cybersecurity solutions in various industrial and business areas. The project partners (four universities) and an associated partner (Science and Technology Park) will seek to involve SMEs in seminars and share insights on possible areas of activity where academia and business could cooperate. The project will develop a toolkit for knowledge sharing between academia and business. The toolkit will consist of a research collaboration platform where researchers and companies could connect on research projects and share knowledge and possibly even resources; and an online knowledge-sharing platform, which may include forums or communities where industry experts and researchers can interact, share insights and discuss relevant topics and share good practices. By implementing these tools and collaboration opportunities, academia and business can improve by sharing knowledge, fostering innovation and creating mutual value. Such partnerships would facilitate knowledge exchange, joint efforts, internships and collaboration programmes. The activities could potentially develop into some kind of mentoring programmes. Such programmes would be initiatives that connect academics with business professionals to provide support and knowledge-sharing opportunities. A methodology to help SMEs identify which AI technologies are beneficial to them would be developed and proposed as a solution during the project, which could be adopted or scaled up by many organisations and companies in the South Baltic region.
The planned duration of the project is 18 months.
The source of funding for the project is the European Regional Development Fund through the INTERREG South Baltic Region programme.
Project budget - 199962 EUR. Allocated ERDF funding - 159969.60 EUR.
Lead partner: Klaipėda University, project leader Assoc. Prof. Dr. Dalia Baziukė
Partners: Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden; West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin, Poland; Wismar University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Associated partner: Klaipėda Science and Technology Park
