Overview
LTU AI Innovation Hub
Making northern Sweden the leading region in Applied AI.
The initiative supports a strong innovation system for growth in the AI industry, a Digital Innovation Hub as a base, in collaboration, research, innovation, applied test-driven development, education and clustering.
The main financier is the European Regional Development Fund and Luleå University of Technology (LTU), Luleå municipality, Skellefteå municipality and Region Norrbotten. Other sources are EU H2020, Interreg and the Swedish National Innovation Agency. The hub has a non-for-profit aim (funding organisations e.g LTU are mentioned above which makes the hub operations possible) and primary target group is SMEs. The Luleå University of Technology (LTU) as the host for the hub guarantees the non-for-profit organisation. To be more precise the hub is operated by two research and innovations centres at LTU i.e. Centre for Distance-spanning Technology (CDT) and ProcessIT Innovation.
The chosen focus of the hub is inline with the Norrbotten Smart specialisation strategy (S3) also known as Norrbotten Regional Innovation Strategy (RIS). One of the regional strengths, the core of the Norrbotten economy is nature based economy i.e mineral resources, forest resources and a unique energy infrastructure.
The initiative offers a number of activities towards regional companies:
-Company visits to identify needs, issues and to talk about the potential of AI
-Create meeting places for strategic information work
-Active support for the development of research-based or other innovative solutions
-Possibility for researchers to work in the companies for some time
-Develop and implement long (20 months) and for short (10 months) collaborative projects out of real needs and issues that have emerged in meetings with the industry
-Organizing knowledge-enhancing workshops focusing on current topics relevant to the development of AI and machine learning
Reference document: https://www.norrbotten.se/sv/Utveckling-och-tillvaxt/Regional-utvecklin… Digital technologies.
Sectors
Agriculture, forestry and fishing -
Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities -
Silviculture and other forestry activities -
Fishing and aquaculture -
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 chemicals and chemical products -
Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products -
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products -
Manufacture of electrical equipment -
Manufacture of paper and paper products -
Printing and reproduction of recorded media -
Manufacture of rubber and plastic products -
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
Technology
Micro/nano electronics -
Sensory systems -
Communication networks -
Cyber physical systems -
Robotics -
Internet of things -
Artificial intelligence -
Mobility & Location based technologies -
Interaction technologies -
Cyber security -
Advanced, or high performance computing -
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