AI MAGISTER

AI MAGISTER" is a Candidate EDIH for Italy with national scope, a technological focus on Artificial Intelligence (AI), and an application focus on Mobility-Transport-Logistics, Agri-Food, and Public services. The EDIH will deliver a holistic "Path to AI" to drive the green digital transformation in (A) SMEs and small mid-caps of two European "Industrial Ecosystems for Resilience", representing two key "made in Italy" sectors worth – respectively – around 20% and 15% of national GDP; (B) Public organisations, with key focus on Municipalities as first-level gateway to Communities in the delivery of public and social services and citizens wellbeing. Through its action, AI MAGISTER aims to contribute to achievement of 8 SDGs. AI MAGISTER is promoted by a group of 19 complementary organisations (88 persons, of which 42% women) with strong roles, and resources, as well as strong pre-existing assets: 1 Expert in Funds, 4 Academia, 3 AI platforms, 1 Incubator, 1 Accelerator, 1 Trend Watcher, 2 Skills Experts, 1 Innovation ecosystem, 1 DIH, 1 Railway Cluster, 1 Agri-Food Association, 1 Municipalities Association, 1 Expert in Municipalities Transformation. It will deliver 7.937 DMAs, 307 Test Before Invest, train 11.460 persons, mobilise >85M€ of public funds and >79M€ of private funds for innovation. It will create the AI MAGISTER Digital City (digital twin) to boost the users' digital experience (access to the EDIH services, participation to the Academia, etc.), this opening up the projection of AI MAGISTER in the Metaverse. AI MAGISTER will cooperate with 18 organisations from Italy and Europe (LoS/MoU signed), including 6 EDIHs (2x Italy, 1 Austria, 1 Latvia, 1 Spain, 1 Portugal) with whom the development of common services has been agreed, 4 EENs, as well as relevant European sectorial networks and EU-funded projects. More collaborations will be fostered through the project life-cycle.