Confederation of Laboratories for Artificial Intelligence Research in Europe AISBL
Budget
€157,927
EP Access
0
accredited persons
Staff
1
1 FTE
EU Grants
€52,965
Mission & Goals
CAIRNE (previously CLAIRE) initiative aims to establish a pan-European network of Centres of Excellence in AI, strategically located throughout Europe, and a new, central facility with state-of-the-art, “Google-scale”, CERN for AI-like infrastructure – the CAIRNE Hub – that will promote new and existing talent and provide a focal point for exchange and interaction of researchers at all stages of their careers, across all areas of AI. The CAIRNE Hub will not be an elitist AI institute with permanent scientific staff, but an environment where Europe’s brightest minds in AI meet and work for limited periods of time. This will increase the flow of knowledge among European researchers and back to their home institutions.
EU Legislative Interests
EU Research and Innovation framework programme Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe; founding member of EU AI, Data and Robotics Partnership (ADRA) (https://ai-data-robotics-partnership.eu/); participation in White Paper on Artificial Intelligence: Public consultation towards a European approach for excellence and trust (launched 19 February 2020) (https://claire-ai.org/ec-wp-response/); participation in European Commission AI Consultation Survey (submitted 18 December 2020); provided feedback on 21 April 2021 proposal for “Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down harmonised rules on Artificial Intelligence (Artificial Intelligence Act) and amending certain Union legislative acts” and a "Coordinated Plan on Artificial Intelligence 2021 Review" (https://claire-ai.org/claire-ec-ai-regulation-feedback/).
Communication Activities
NoEs; European Partnership on Artificial Intelligence, Data and Robotics
Interests Represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Member Of
Founding Member of AI, Data and Robotics Partnership (ADRA) (https://ai-data-robotics-partnership.eu/)
Organisation Members
https://cairne.eu/research-network/ https://cairne.eu/innovation-network/ https://adr-association.eu/
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.