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Embedded System Design & Application Laboratory DIH (ESDALAB DIH)

Hub Information

Hub Name
Embedded System Design & Application Laboratory DIH (ESDALAB DIH)
Local Name
Εργαστήριο Σχεδιασμού Ενσωματωμένων Συστημάτων & Εφαρμογών DIH (ESDALAB DIH)
Evolutionary Stage
Fully operational
Geographical Scope
European

Description

ESDALAB DIH is part of Embedded System Design and Application Laboratory (https://www.esdalab.ece.uop.gr) of Electrical and Computer Engineering Department (https://www.ece.uop.gr) of the University of Peloponnese (https://www.uop.gr) in Greece. As part of a public Greek University, ESDALAB DIH is a non-profit organization.

The main goal of the hub is to provide local and European SMEs & Slightly Bigger Companies support towards their digital transformation and innovation by:

  • Enhancing their Digital Skills
  • Providing know-how on state-of-the-art technologies related to Internet-of-Things and Cyberphysical systems
  • Technology transfer, that will allow them to enter the digital era through novel services and coaching that will strengthen their position, both in the regional and the global market
  • Identifying and supporting cross domain business opportunities

ESDALAB DIH is part of the European Network of DIHs.

Το ESDALAB DIH αποτελεί μέρος του Εργαστηρίου Σχεδιασμού Ενσωματωμένων Συστημάτων και Εφαρμογών (https://www.esdalab.ece.uop.gr) του τμήματος Ηλεκτρολόγων Μηχανικών και Μηχανικών Υπολογιστών (https://www.ece.uop.gr) του Πανεπιστημίου Πελοποννήσου (https://www.uop.gr) στην Ελλάδα. Ως μέρος ενός δημόσιου Ελληνικού Πανεπιστημίου, το ESDALAB DIH είναι μη κερδοσκοπικός οργανισμός.

Ο κύριος στόχος του κόμβου είναι να παρέχει τοπικές και ευρωπαϊκές ΜΜΕ και ελαφρώς μεγαλύτερες εταιρείες υποστήριξη στον ψηφιακό μετασχηματισμό και την καινοτομία τους μέσω:

  • Βελτίωσης των ψηφιακών δεξιοτήτων τους
  • Παροχή τεχνογνωσίας σε τεχνολογίες αιχμής που σχετίζονται με το Internet-of-Things και τα κυβερνοφυσικά συστήματα
  • Μεταφορά τεχνολογίας, που θα τους επιτρέψει να εισέλθουν στην ψηφιακή εποχή μέσω νέων υπηρεσιών και καθοδήγησης που θα ενισχύσουν τη θέση τους, τόσο στην περιφερειακή όσο και στην παγκόσμια αγορά
  • Προσδιορισμό και υποστήριξη επιχειρηματικών ευκαιριών μεταξύ τομέων

Το ESDALAB DIH είναι μέρος του Ευρωπαϊκού Δικτύου DIH.

Contact Data

Coordinator (University)
Embedded System Design & Application Laboratory DIH (ESDALAB DIH)
https://dih.esdalab.ece.uop.gr
Year Established
2008
Location
Megalou Alexandrou 1, 26334, Patra (Greece)
Website
https://dih.esdalab.ece.uop.gr
Social Media
Contact information
Prof. Nikolaos Voros
voros@uop.gr
+30 2610 369151

Organisation

Organizational form
(part of) Public organization (part of RTO, or university)
Turnover
250.000-500.000
Number of employees
10-25

Technologies

  • Micro/nano electronics
  • Sensory systems
  • Communication networks
  • Cyber physical systems
  • Robotics
  • Internet of things
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Mobility & Location based technologies
  • Interaction technologies
  • Advanced, or high performance computing
  • Simulation, modelling and digital twins
  • Software as a service and service architectures
  • Cloud computing

ESDALAB DIH participates in several European, national and regrional initiatives for digitizing industry. More specifically:

  • ESDALAB DIH coordinates Horizon 2020 SMART4ALL Project (https://smart4all-project.eu), an 8,6 MEuros flagship project for boosting technology and business development in South, Eastern & Central Europe (SEE). Through SMART4ALL ESDALAB DIH offers via open calls funding of 2,2 MEuros to SMEs from SEE area.
  • ESDALAB DIH patriciates in the initiative REBRAIN GREECE (https://web.tee.gr/event/rebrain-greece), that has been initiated by the Greek government for supporting the digital transformation in the labour market.
  • ESDALAB DIH coordinates REBRAIN WESTERN GREECE EDIH (https://www.rebrainwesterngreece.gr), a consortium of 15 partners (shortlisted 5th at national level by the Greek government) that is candidate EDIH.

ESDALAB DIH is fully inline with the RIS3 strategy for the area of Western Greece (http://dytikiellada.gr/en/smart-specialisation-strategy-ris3), which defines as priorities for Smart Specialization Strategy of Western Greece the following ones:

  • Αgrifood
  • Tourism – Culture
  • Microelectronics – Advanced Materials
  • Information & Communication Technologies (horizontal)
  • Energy applications (horizontal)

The application domains supported by ESDALAB DIH include:

  • Agriculture (https://dih.esdalab.ece.uop.gr/domain/agriculture) which is related to “Agrofood”, “Information & Communication Technologies”, “Energy applications” and “Microelectronics – Advanced Materials” priorities of RIS3 in the area of Western Greece
  • Ambient Assisted Living (https://dih.esdalab.ece.uop.gr/domain/aal) which is related to “Information & Communication Technologies”, “Energy applications” and “Microelectronics – Advanced Materials” priorities of RIS3 in the area of Western Greece
  • e-Health & Hospital 4.0 (https://dih.esdalab.ece.uop.gr/domain/e-health) which is related to “Information & Communication Technologies”, “Energy applications” and “Microelectronics – Advanced Materials” priorities of RIS3 in the area of Western Greece
  • Environment & Smart Cities (https://dih.esdalab.ece.uop.gr/domain/environment) which is related to “Information & Communication Technologies”, “Energy applications” and “Microelectronics – Advanced Materials” priorities of RIS3 in the area of Western Greece
  • Industry 4.0 (https://dih.esdalab.ece.uop.gr/domain/industry) which is related to “Information & Communication Technologies”, “Energy applications” and “Microelectronics – Advanced Materials” priorities of RIS3 in the area of Western Greece
  • Transport (https://dih.esdalab.ece.uop.gr/domain/transport) which is related to “Information & Communication Technologies”, “Energy applications” and “Microelectronics – Advanced Materials” priorities of RIS3 in the area of Western Greece

In parallel, ESDLAB DIH participates in several EU funded and national projects (https://esdalab.ece.uop.gr/index.php/en/research-developement-en/research-projects):

Horizon 2020 Projects:

  • Horizon 2020 XADNAR (http://www.xandar-project.eu):  X-by-Construction Design framework for Engineering Autonomous & Distributed Real-time Embedded Software Systems, Funded by: European Commission, The European Program for Research and Innovation HORIZON 2020, ICT-50-2020: Software Technologies
  • Horizon 2020 SMART4ALL (https://www.smart4all-project.eu): Selfsustained cross border custoMized cyberphysicAl system expeRimenTs FOR cApacity buiLding among European stakehoLders, Funded by: European Commission, The European Program for Research and Innovation HORIZON 2020, DT-ICT-01-2019: Smart Anything Everywhere
  • Horizon 2020 CPSoSaware (https://www.cpsosaware.eu): Cross-layer cognitive optimization tools & methods for the lifecycle support of dependable CPSoS, Funded by: European Commission, The European Program for Research and Innovation HORIZON 2020, ICT-01-2019: Computing technologies and engineering methods for cyber-physical systems of systems
  • Horizon 2020 ARGO (http://www.argo-project.eu): WCET-Aware PaRallelization of Model-Based Applications for HeteroGeneOus Parallel Systems, Funded by: European Commission, The European Program for Research and Innovation HORIZON 2020, ICT 4 – 2015: Customised and low power computing
  • Horizon 2020 RADIO (http://www.radio-project.eu): Robots in assisted living environments: Unobtrusive, efficient, reliable and modular solutions for independent ageing, Funded by: European Commission, The European Program for Research and Innovation HORIZON 2020, PHC-19-2014: Advancing active and healthy ageing with ICT: service robotics within assisted living environments

FP7 Projects:

  • FP7 ALMA (http://www.alma-project.eu): Architecture oriented paraLlelization for high performance embedded Multicore systems using scilAb, Funded by: European Commission, 7th Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development, ICT-2011.3.4 Computing Systems
  • FP7 ARMOR (https://esdalab.ece.uop.gr/images/pdf/45251464ARMOR_FactSheet.pdf):  Advanced multi-paRametric Monitoring and analysis for diagnosis and Optimal management of epilepsy and Related brain disorders, Funded by: European Commission, 7th Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development, ICT-2011.5.1: Personal Health, Systems (PHS), b) Intelligent systems for the analysis of multi-parametric data

National Projects:

  • PLan-V (https://www.planv-project.gr): A Speech and Language Therapy Platform with Virtual Agent, Fudned by NSRF 2014 - 2020: RESEARCH - CREATE – INNOVATE
  • EQUAL (https://www.equal.tobea.gr): Developing autonomous cart equipment and associated services for supporting people with moving disabilities in super markets,  NSRF 2014 - 2020: RESEARCH - CREATE - INNOVATE

Last but not least, ESDALAB DIH has strong connections and collaborations with several DIHs (https://dih.esdalab.ece.uop.gr):

National:

  • AHEDD - Greek DIH specilized in AI
  • CISCO DT&S - Greek Traininng cdnter for digital transformation 

European:

  • DIHNET.EU - European Network of DIHs
  • EEN - Enterprise Europe Network
  • HUBCAP - Digital Innovation HUBs and Collaborative Platform for Cyber-Physical Systems
  • Inndromeda - Spannish DIH on Innovative Technologies Alliance of the Valencian Community
  • Innovation Hub 13  - German DIH speclized in Industry 4.0
  • VATP - DIH for business support in Latvia.

Non European:

  • Afrilabs - Afriacan Network of DIHs

Market and Services

Sectors

  • Agriculture and food
  • Construction
  • Education
  • Energy and utilities
  • Life sciences & healthcare
  • Transport and logistics

TRL Focus

  • TRL1 - Basic principles observed and reported
  • TRL2 - Technology concept and/or application formulated
  • TRL3 - Analytical and experimental critical function and/or characteristic proof of concept
  • TRL4 - Component and/or breadboard validation in laboratory environment
  • TRL5 - Component and/or breadboard validation in relevant environment
  • TRL6 - System/subsystem model or prototype demonstration in a relevant environment
  • TRL7 - System prototype demonstration in an operational environment

Services provided

  • Awareness creation
  • Ecosystem building, scouting, brokerage, networking
  • Visioning and Strategy Development for Businesses
  • Collaborative Research
  • Concept validation and prototyping
  • Testing and validation
  • Commercial infrastructure
  • Mentoring
  • Education and skills development

Service Examples

Training on business development

Client profile: Public services, public sector institutes, SMEs and Slightly bigger companies, specialized in the following domains:

  • Agriculture
  • Ambient Assisted Living
  • e-Health and Hospital 4.0
  • Environment and Smart cities
  • Industry 4.0
  • Transport

Client needs:  Trainning on buisiness development.

Solution to meet the needs: ESDALAB DIH offers trainning on buisiness development (via online and physical meetings) for exploiting matchmaking and business training. Since the target are of ESDALAB DIH is Southe and Eastern Europe, several traninng sessions are orgabnized in local language (mainly in Balkan countries).

More details: https://dih.esdalab.ece.uop.gr/services

Access to special purpose computing resources

Client profile: Public services, public sector institutes, SMEs and Slightly bigger companies, specialized in the following domains:

  • Agriculture
  • Ambient Assisted Living
  • e-Health and Hospital 4.0
  • Environment and Smart cities
  • Industry 4.0
  • Transport

Client needs:  Access to state-of-the-art equipment and high end computational resorces.

Solution to meet the needs: ESDALAB DIH offers access to special purpose computing resources as Hardware-as-a-Service to its ecosystem for testing before investing.

More details: https://dih.esdalab.ece.uop.gr/about/infrastructure

Training on policies

Client profile: Public services, public sector institutes, SMEs and Slightly bigger companies, specialized in the following domains:

  • Agriculture
  • Ambient Assisted Living
  • e-Health and Hospital 4.0
  • Environment and Smart cities
  • Industry 4.0
  • Transport

Client needs: Trainning on policies development.

Solution to meet the needs: ESDALAB DIH offers trainning on policies development (via online and physical meetings) for getting acquainted with national and European agendas. Since the target are of ESDALAB DIH is Southe and Eastern Europe, several traninng sessions are orgabnized in local language (mainly in Balkan countries).

More details: https://dih.esdalab.ece.uop.gr/services

Strategic collaborations

Client profile: Public services, public sector institutes, SMEs and Slightly bigger companies, specialized in the following domains:

  • Agriculture
  • Ambient Assisted Living
  • e-Health and Hospital 4.0
  • Environment and Smart cities
  • Industry 4.0
  • Transport

Client needs: Trainning on strategic collaborations.

Solution to meet the needs: ESDALAB DIH offers trainning on strategic collaborations with European ecosystems (via online and physical meetings) for getting acquainted with national and European agendas. Since the target are of ESDALAB DIH is Southe and Eastern Europe, several traninng sessions are orgabnized in local language (mainly in Balkan countries).

More details: https://dih.esdalab.ece.uop.gr/services

Strategy development

Client profile: Public services, public sector institutes, SMEs and Slightly bigger companies, specialized in the following domains:

  • Agriculture
  • Ambient Assisted Living
  • e-Health and Hospital 4.0
  • Environment and Smart cities
  • Industry 4.0
  • Transport

Client needs: Trainning on strategy development.

Solution to meet the needs: ESDALAB DIH offers trainning on strategy development aligned with European networks and funding schemes (via online and physical meetings) for getting acquainted with national and European agendas. Since the target are of ESDALAB DIH is Southe and Eastern Europe, several traninng sessions are orgabnized in local language (mainly in Balkan countries).

More details: https://dih.esdalab.ece.uop.gr/services

Ambient Assisted Living facilities

Client profile: Public services, public sector institutes, SMEs and Slightly bigger companies, specialized in the following domains:

  • Ambient Assisted Living
  • e-Health and Hospital 4.0
  • Environment and Smart cities

Client needs:  Access to state-of-the-art Ambient Assisted Living Technologies.

Solution to meet the needs: ESDALAB DIH offers access to state-of-the-art Ambient Assisted Living Technologies by employing the latest IoT and cyberphysical system technologies. The facilities are offered to its ecosystem for testing before investing.

More details: https://dih.esdalab.ece.uop.gr/services

High performance computing resources

Client profile: Public services, public sector institutes, SMEs and Slightly bigger companies, specialized in the following domains:

  • Agriculture
  • Ambient Assisted Living
  • e-Health and Hospital 4.0
  • Environment and Smart cities
  • Industry 4.0
  • Transport

Client needs: Access to High Performance Computing (HPC) resources.

Solution to meet the needs: ESDALAB DIH offers access to HPC resrources via Platform-as-a-Service technology.

More details: https://dih.esdalab.ece.uop.gr/about/infrastructure

Ecosystem Boosting

Client profile: Public services, public sector institutes, SMEs and Slightly bigger companies, specialized in the following domains:

  • Agriculture
  • Ambient Assisted Living
  • e-Health and Hospital 4.0
  • Environment and Smart cities
  • Industry 4.0
  • Transport

Client needs: Access to national and international ecosystems.

Solution to meet the needs: ESDALAB DIH has a dynamically expnading network of collboarating companies and insititutes. The ecosystem is monitored and exnading via an online networking tool.

More details: https://dih.esdalab.ece.uop.gr/network

Cutting Edge communication network resources

Client profile: Public services, public sector institutes, SMEs and Slightly bigger companies, specialized in the following domains:

  • Agriculture
  • Ambient Assisted Living
  • e-Health and Hospital 4.0
  • Environment and Smart cities
  • Industry 4.0
  • Transport

Client needs: Access to high speed network infrastructures.

Solution to meet the needs: ESDALAB DIH offers its high speed network infrastructures to its ecosystem for testing before investing.

More details: https://dih.esdalab.ece.uop.gr/about/infrastructure

Marketplace

Client profile: Public services, public sector institutes, SMEs and Slightly bigger companies, specialized in the following domains:

  • Agriculture
  • Ambient Assisted Living
  • e-Health and Hospital 4.0
  • Environment and Smart cities
  • Industry 4.0
  • Transport

Client needs: Access to state-of-the-art services, speciliazed to company's profile.

Solution to meet the needs: ESDALAB DIH offers Marketplace-as-a-Service, an one-stop-smart-shop for state-of-the art-services. 

More details: https://dih.esdalab.ece.uop.gr/services

Matchmaking (AI based)

Client profile: Public services, public sector institutes, SMEs and Slightly bigger companies, specialized in the following domains:

  • Agriculture
  • Ambient Assisted Living
  • e-Health and Hospital 4.0
  • Environment and Smart cities
  • Industry 4.0
  • Transport

Client needs: Access to companies, insitutes, trainning courses and technologies related to company's profile.

Solution to meet the needs: ESDALAB DIH offers AI based matchmaking for the members of its ecosystem.  

More details: https://dih.esdalab.ece.uop.gr/services

Software tools and applications

Client profile: Public services, public sector institutes, SMEs and Slightly bigger companies, specialized in the following domains:

  • Agriculture
  • Ambient Assisted Living
  • e-Health and Hospital 4.0
  • Environment and Smart cities
  • Industry 4.0
  • Transport

Client needs: Access to software and applications.

Solution to meet the needs: ESDALAB DIH offers access to software and applications as Software-as-a-Service to its ecosystem for testing before investing.

More details: https://dih.esdalab.ece.uop.gr/about/infrastructure

Specialized pitching and training events

Client profile: Public services, public sector institutes, SMEs and Slightly bigger companies, specialized in the following domains:

  • Agriculture
  • Ambient Assisted Living
  • e-Health and Hospital 4.0
  • Environment and Smart cities
  • Industry 4.0
  • Transport

Client needs: Access to funding and discover investing opportunities.

Solution to meet the needs: Organization a specialiized training and pitching events focusing on the actual needs of our members.

More details: https://dih.esdalab.ece.uop.gr/services

Training on Digital Technologies

Client profile: Public services, public sector institutes, SMEs and Slightly bigger companies, specialized in the following domains:

  • Agriculture
  • Ambient Assisted Living
  • e-Health and Hospital 4.0
  • Environment and Smart cities
  • Industry 4.0
  • Transport

Client needs: Trainning on Digital Technologies.

Solution to meet the needs: ESDALAB DIH offers training on Digital Technologies via online and physical meetings. Since the target are of ESDALAB DIH is Southe and Eastern Europe, several traninng sessions are orgabnized in local language (mainly in Balkan countries).

More details: https://dih.esdalab.ece.uop.gr/services

Virtual Hub Hosting

Client profile: Non digital Innovation Hubs, specialized in the following domains:

  • Agriculture
  • Ambient Assisted Living
  • e-Health and Hospital 4.0
  • Environment and Smart cities
  • Industry 4.0
  • Transport

Client needs: Full access to ditial facilities; transformation to DIHs.

Solution to meet the needs: Hosting external Hubs with full access to ESDALAB DIH services and infrastructures.

More details: https://dih.esdalab.ece.uop.gr/services

Consulting & coaching

Client profile: Public services, public sector institutes, SMEs and Slightly bigger companies, specialized in the following domains:

  • Agriculture
  • Ambient Assisted Living
  • e-Health and Hospital 4.0
  • Environment and Smart cities
  • Industry 4.0
  • Transport

Client needs: Consulting and coaching.

Solution to meet the needs: ESDALAB DIH offers consulting and coaching via online and physical meetings. Since the target are of ESDALAB DIH is Southe and Eastern Europe, several traninng sessions are orgabnized in local language (mainly in Balkan countries).

More details: https://dih.esdalab.ece.uop.gr/services

Funding

  • Horizon 2020
  • European Regional Development Fund
  • National basic research funding
  • National specific innovation funding
  • Regional funding
  • Private funding
  • Partner resources

Customers

Number of customers annually
>50
Type of customers
  • Start-up companies
  • SMEs (<250 employees)
  • Large companies, multi-nationals
  • Research organisations

    • Partners

    Last updated: 30/03/21 10:41