About
Consortium
This project is composed of 9 partners and 3 affiliated parties ranging from Research Institutions to SMEs focused on supporting the implementation of EU-wide AI regulatory sandboxes as required by the AI Law.

ICSC
Management coordination, coordination of the pilots in WP4 and support in co-creation with AI providers. ICSC conducts R&D, nationally and internationally, for scientific and industrial innovation in high performance computing, simulations, and big data analytics. This aim is pursued through a state-of-the art infrastructure for high-performance computing and big data management, which leverages existing resources […]

University of Turku (UTU)
Affiliated Partner – contributes to legal requirements in WP2-WP3 and to WP5. The University of Turku is a multidisciplinary and internationally competitive university dedicated to high-level scientific research. The unit participating in EUSAir, AACSB accredited Turku School of Economics (TSE) belongs nowadays to the top 1% business schools worldwide. The team at TSE has created […]

UNIFI
Affiliated Partner – role in the WP2 regarding regulatory issues. The University of Florence is one of the largest and most productive public research systems in Italy. This result is related to the number of permanent and temporary researchers working in a wide range of disciplinary and scientific fields, and the numerous junior scientists in […]

ACN
ACN supervises WP2-WP3 and the pilots, and join the co-creation activities. ACN is the national authority for cybersecurity safeguarding national interests in the field of cybersecurity. The Agency is responsible for ensuring security and resilience in cyberspace. Together with AgID, it should be the Italian competent authority to ensure the application and implementation of AI […]

UNIBO
UNIBO’s role in EUSAiR is based on multidisciplinary skills and will support ICSC coordination. UNIBO leads WP5 on training and actively contribute to all WPs. UNIBO has a long tradition of research at the intersection of law, ethics, AI, and HPC. Its Alma AI is an interdisciplinary research center designed to aggregate and enhance artificial […]

CINECA
Lead of the Italian pilot in WP4 and contribution to WP3 (compatibility of the sandboxes with HPC infrastructure) and to WP2. Cineca stands as one of Italy’s largest computing centers, is globally recognized for its role in HPC, and serves as a crucial provider of solutions and services for italian universities, research centers, the Ministry […]

BSC
BSC will lead the development of the Operational Sandbox Scheme (OSS – WP3), focusing on establishing operational standards, benchmarks, and guidelines to meet the requirements of the Union Sandbox Framework (USF), and ensuring compliance with the AI Act and operational processes for AI regulatory sandboxes, including compatibility with HPC infrastructures. BSC will also support other […]

LOBA
LOBA will be responsible for the overall management and support of dissemination and communication activities, including monitoring the performance and adapting the strategy accordingly; LOBA will also develop the main dissemination and communication channels, tools and materials to be used during the project, ensuring a satisfactory reach, engagement and impact of BioGov.net activities and results. […]
ALLAI
ALLAI will develop the Union Sandbox Framework (USF) which includes regulatory guidelines and tools for AI sandboxes and focuses on governance, legal and ethical standards, provider criteria, and technological design (WP2). ALLAI will also support all other WPs in designing operational models and compliance processes for the Sandbox Framework (WP3), conducting pilot projects to test […]
European DIGITAL SME Alliance
Co-creation and training activities (WP2, WP3, WP5) and contributing to the pilots (WP4). DIGITAL SME is the largest network of ICT small- and medium- sized enterprises in Europe, representing about 45.000 digital SMEs. It develops positions on behalf of its members and contributes to policy discussions on a European level. It promotes the interests of […]
TÜV AI.Lab GmbH
Our role is the contribution to the development of operational requirements and compliance standards in WP3 (T3.1 & T3.2). The TÜV AI.Lab was founded in October 2023 as an independent joint venture of the TÜV companies TÜV Süd, TÜV Rheinland, TÜV Nord, TÜV Hessen and TÜV Thüringen. The TÜV AI.Lab aims to translate the regulatory […]
CSC
CSC will lead of one of the pilots (WP4). It also contributes to sandbox framework (WP2) and compatibility of the sandboxes with HPC infrastructure (WP3). CSC is a Finnish ICT centre providing services for research, education, culture, public administration and enterprises. CSC is owned by the state of Finland and Finnish higher education institutions. CSC […]