Finland in ITEA

Finland has been an integral part of ITEA since its start in 1998, fostering collaboration between SMEs, large industries, research institutes, and universities. This collective effort has resulted in clear business and societal impact across various sectors. While ITEA projects with Finnish participation successfully tackle all ITEA key challenges, there's a distinct focus on addressing Smart Engineering, reflecting the nation's commitment to innovation and advanced technological solutions.

On this webpage, you will find an overview of activities and publications of Finland in ITEA. It provides valuable insights into the potential benefits of participating in an ITEA project and whether ITEA could be a fit for your organisation. You can also find information regarding the funding opportunities and the national funding contact details.

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Impact stories with Finnish participation

Impact is one of the main ambitions in ITEA. Impact on business, on the market, on society. This is a key value in ITEA, and impact and potential impact are central during the project lifecycle: in project evaluation, monitoring, closure and in communication of the results. With the (financial) support of national Public Authorities, many ITEA projects have achieved incredible results, which are gathered in ITEA Impact stories.

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TESTOMAT Project Impact story

27 November 2023

In software development, reliability and agility often seem like opposing forces. This issue is aggravated by the increasing complexity of software and the constant drive towards faster release cycles for maximum market impact. The goal of ITEA’s TESTOMAT Project was to allow software teams to increase development speed without sacrificing quality. To achieve this goal, the project advanced the state of the art in test automation for software teams, moving towards a more agile and automated development process. The project focused on providing software teams with personalised roadmaps for improving their automated testing in a cost-efficient manner.

APPSTACLE

APPSTACLE Impact story

01 December 2022

In the automotive domain, there is an increasing demand for software related to services. Although high-end cars now contain hundreds of millions of lines of code, development takes place in silos. To meet consumer needs at this high level of complexity while avoiding ‘walled’ proprietary solutions from a few monopoly players, a secure, open car-to-cloud and cloud-to-car platform is needed. APPSTACLE, has created such a platform, connecting cars and transportation vehicles to the cloud using hybrid communication technologies for V2X (vehicle-to-everything) communication. Eclipse facilities have been used to build an open ecosystem in which security, privacy and identity requirements can be met, allowing the platform to be used in a wide range of vehicles.

C³PO

C³PO Impact story

23 November 2020

Before the age of social networks, city planners would first hire architects and contractors for new urban developments and improvements and, once the plans had been finalised and a 3D scale model produced, they would consult their voters. Today, the ITEA C³PO project has found ways for city planners and designers to consult citizens throughout the urban transformation process and thereby give citizens a better say in urban developments. The aim of the project was to set up a common digital platform that connects all the tools for collaborative urban development.

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Industry statements from Finland

Based on the ACCELERATE results, the level of automation for the Finnish industry partner, AAC Global, has increased significantly from where they started; in a typical process, the estimated increase of automated steps is 15%. The turnaround times and go-to-market of the new services and updates to existing services are 20% shorter than before participation in the project.

- ACC Global

Ericsson has been using the knowledge and relations resulting from APPSTACLE for their software R&D transformation to open-source software. A separate Ericsson-owned open-source software development company has been established in Finland, which is one of their first subsidiaries.

- Ericsson Finland

The Bittium case (in CyberFactory#1) modelled digital twins and performed true simulation and testing with hundreds of test scenarios with available cyber-frameworks in excellent collaboration with Airbus Cybersecurity FR. The outcome was that the cybersecure architecture for the use-case could be practically taken into use and can be adopted in alternative use-cases the future.

- Bittium

ITEA award-winning projects with Finnish participation

ITEA 3 Call 6

ITEA Award of Excellence 2024
Business impact

AIToC

Artificial Intelligence supported Tool Chain in Manufacturing Engineering

Using advanced AI, the ITEA project AIToC has created a set of tools that overcome these challenges. These tools help with planning processes, the creation of models of factories, and the design of better layouts for assembly stations, all of which make manufacturing more efficient and effective. The AIToC project received the 2024 ITEA Award of Excellence in the category ‘Business impact’ for this great achievement.

ITEA 3 Call 5

ITEA Award of Excellence 2023
Innovation

IVVES

Industrial-grade Verification and Validation of Evolving Systems

The ITEA project IVVES has developed new verification and validation methods, ensuring the trustworthiness and reliability of AI and ML in these environments. IVVES received the ITEA Award of Excellence 2023 for Innovation.

ITEA 3 Call 4

ITEA Award of Excellence 2022
Standardisation

PANORAMA

Boosting Design Efficiency for Heterogeneous³ Systems

PANORAMA has created an open-source meta-model and framework that promotes collaboration on software and hardware development using heterogenous tools and practices and without losing control of one’s own data. Clear benefits can be seen in maintainability, reliability and efficiency. Therefore, PANORAMA project received the 2022 ITEA Award of Excellence in the category ‘Standardisation’.

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