With the Horizon Europe Research Framework Programme (2021-2027) the European Commission has launched ten new European Partnerships to accelerate the transition to a green, climate-neutral, and digital Europe. One of them is “Key Digital Technologies.” The main objective of the public-private partnership is to establish a European leading position in the field of microelectronics, including the software that defines the functioning of the electronic and photonic components (see the European Commission’s announcement). The private part of the partnership is represented by the industry associations AENEAS, ARTEMIS-IA and EPoSS. They are organising workshops from 4 May to 1 June to draw up the Partnership’s first work programme. 

Dr. Andreas Metzger was a speaker at the workshop on “Software in ECS based digitisation” and introduced the recommendations of the European technology platform NESSI in his role as Steering Committee Vice Chair. The recommendations focused on three main areas along the entire software lifecycle (Dev-Ops-Adapt): (1) Increase in the degree of automation, (2) Continuous trust management as well as (3) AI and machine learning to handle complexity, dynamics, and uncertainty. 

Information about this workshop and the presentation slides of Mr. Metzger and other speakers are available for download here: 

https://ecscollaborationtool.eu/article/ecs-sria-workshop-1.html

About NESSI 

The European Technology Platform NESSI (The Networked European Software and Services Initiative) aims to establish a coordinated European Information and Communication Technologies strategy to promote investment in European research in this field. NESSI focuses on cloud computing, software, services, big data, and cyber-physical systems. 

paluno represents the University of Duisburg-Essen as a partner in NESSI. We are a member of the NESSI Board and represent the Vice-Chair of the NESSI Steering Committee. 

Website:  http://www.nessi.eu