DIH TECHNICOM (organisation unit of the University Science Park TECHNICOM)

Slovakia: East Slovakia

Overview

The DIH TECHNICOM is a Regional Industrial DIH established as a specific (nonprofit) workplace of the University Science Park TECHNICOM (USP), which is a university-wide organizational nonprofit unit of the Technical University of Košice (TUKE).  The USP is an Innovation and Technology transfer HUB at TUKE orienting on areas within the scope of research and educational competencies of TUKE. In line with this focus, the USP represented TUKE in the H2020 MIDIH project (Manufacturing Industry Digital Innovation Hubs / 2017-2020). In accordance with the mission, results, and products of the MIDIH project, the Regional Industrial DIH began to actively operate and gradually develop in the UVP environment (from 01.2018), and it was officially open as the DIH TECHNICOM  (DIH) at 25. August 2020.

   The declared background and organizational position of the DIH enable it to make full use of the innovative potential of the USP ecosystem and adequate access to the R&D ecosystem of the university. The DIH, in line with its orientation and USP mission, provides a "one-stop-shop” and "one-stop-shop marketplace" services aimed at:

- Raising awareness of the importance of the development and implementation of relevant concepts of the I4.0 strategy.

 - Accelerating efficient implementation of digital transformation at the application of smart innovation in the relevant industrial production areas. 

In this sense, DIH services support a collaborative approach as: 

-Transfer and application results of R&D  in practice;

-Ensuring access to technology, business, and knowledge support for research, development, and innovation industrial projects, and activities of its clients. 

   Relevant ICT, training, and “smart” business services aimed at supporting the development of SMEs are very successful and have a strong link to the "Start-up" and "Spin-off" projects under the "TUKE Business Acceleration Program" provided by USP since 2014. All activities support national, European, and international cooperation aimed at developing solutions for the state-of-the-art concepts of "smart" I4.0 strategies, to which accessible assets and platforms of the MIDIH ecosystem makes a significant contribution.

  The DIH has active collaboration with the Prototyping and Innovation Centre (PaIC), which is a partner workshop of USP, allocated at the Mechanical Engineering Faculty.  PaIC ensuring the active performance of the Robotic DIH (http://roboticshub.sk/en/) guarantee by the TUKE, whose development is supporting by the H2020-RIMA project “Robotics for Infrastructure Inspection and Maintenance”.  Similarly, the corresponding local AI Department at the TUKE in the H2020-AI4EU project “A European AI on Demand Platform and Ecosystem” With the support of the project, the “Slovak AI meetup” platform was created.  The close cooperation between the presented three innovation institutes significantly supports the European dimension, multidisciplinary, and holistic approach of DIH activities at the TUKE environment. Digital technologies.

Sectors
Education - Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply - Water supply; sewerage; waste managment and remediation activities - Water collection, treatment and supply - Sewerage - Waste collection, treatment and disposal activities; materials recovery - Remediation activities and other waste management services - Financial and insurance activities - Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding - Insurance, reinsurance and pension funding, except compulsory social security - Activities auxiliary to financial services and insurance activities - Accommodation and food service activities - Accommodation - Food and beverage service activities - Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products - Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products - Manufacture of electrical equipment - Manufacture of food products - Manufacture of beverages - Manufacture of tobacco products - Manufacture of paper and paper products - Printing and reproduction of recorded media - Mining and quarrying - Mining of coal and lignite - Extraction of crude petroleum and natural gas - Mining of metal ores - Other mining and quarrying - Mining support service activities - Other services activities - Activities of membership organisations - Repair of computers and personal and household goods - Other personal service activities - Other manufacturing - Public administration and defence; compulsory social security - Real estate activities - Professional, scientific and technical activities - Legal and accounting activities - Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities - Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis - Scientific research and development - Advertising and market research - Other professional, scientific and technical activities - Veterinary activities - Administrative and support service activities - Rental and leasing activities - Employment activities - Travel agency, tour operator and other reservation service and related activities - Security and investigation activities - Services to buildings and landscape activities - Office administrative, office support and other business support activities - Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles - Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles - Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles - Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
Technology
Micro/nano electronics - Sensory systems - Communication networks - Cyber physical systems - Robotics - Internet of things - Artificial intelligence - Interaction technologies - Cyber security - Big data, data analytics, data handling - Virtual, augmented and extended reality - Simulation, modelling and digital twins - Gamification - Software as a service and service architectures - Cloud computing - Additive manufacturing - Logistics - Internet services