Cooperation of SRCE involves participation and active contributions in international and national projects, membership, and participation in the work of several international associations and institutions, organizations, and formal and informal contacts with international institutions and experts.
Through membership and participation in the work of international associations and projects, SRCE, in addition to the exchange of knowledge and experience, also achieves the integration of Croatia into the European Research Area (ERA) and European Higher Education Area (EHEA), as well as the opportunity to participate in creating future trends.
SRCE actively participates in the following international (EU) and national projects
Project objective: Digital transformation is one of the key priorities of the European Union to facilitate rapid recovery and increase the resilience of the economy, within the framework of the Recovery and Resilience Mechanism. The Croatian National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP) under component 3 "Education, Science, and Research" states that the quality of higher education largely depends on the availability of quality teaching resources and their accessibility.
The e-Universities project implemented by CARNET aims at the digital transformation of higher education in the Republic of Croatia by improving the digital teaching infrastructure, introducing digital teaching tools, and strengthening the digital competences of teachers for teaching in a digital environment.
Start date: 21 March 2022
SRCE was entrusted with the task of building a new Information System for Records in Higher Education (ISeVO) and an Information System for Monitoring Program Contracts (ISpPU), as well as adapting the existing information infrastructure of higher education. Also, SRCE's experts will participate in the development of the curriculum of the modular program for the development of digital competences of users in higher education, the development of the methodology, and the evaluation of the educational content of the modules, as well as research activities.
Project objective: The National Competence Centers in the Framework of EuroHPC Phase 2 (EuroCC 2) project is a continuation of the EuroCC project, which established a network of national competence centers for high performance computing (HPC) in 33 member states of the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU) with the aim of providing a catalog a service adapted to the respective national needs of industry, the academic and scientific community, and public administration. The goal of the EuroCC 2 project is to continue promoting the use of HPC at the national level, identifying the needs of relevant users, and upgrading the offer of HPC competence centers. The emphasis is on providing access to HPC resources to small and medium-sized companies to increase their innovation capabilities through tools, services, and education programs tailored to their specific requirements.
Start date: 1 January 2023
SRCE, as one of the project partners, leads a consortium of Croatian institutions that participate as affiliated entities of SRCE, namely: Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture of the University of Split (FESB), Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Computer Science and Information Technology Osijek (FERIT), Faculty of Engineering of the University of Rijeka (RITEH) and Ruđer Bošković Institute (IRB).
Project objective: The European Digital Innovation HUB CROatian Industry and Society BOosting (EDIH CROBOHUB++) is a project to establish a digital innovation center in Croatia, which will offer services in three key areas: artificial intelligence, cyber security, and high-performance computing, and will represent central place for providing support to small and medium-sized enterprises that want to use the possibilities of digital and green transformation for the development of their business. SRCE is a member of the consortium led by the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing of the University of Zagreb, along with the Innovation Center "Nikola Tesla", the Croatian Chamber of Commerce, HAMAG BICRO, Algebra, and InfoDom.
Start date: 1 January 2023
SRCE will provide support in the field of high-performance computing, including access to the knowledge and technologies of the Croatian Competence Center for High Performance Computing (HR HPC CC).
Project objective: The Croatian Quantum Communication Infrastructure (CroQCI) project aims to develop an advanced national quantum communication network that will be created by the implementation of experimental quantum communication systems and networks, supplemented and integrated with a series of classic secure communication technologies. This includes developing and testing devices and systems that combine the best of quantum, post-quantum classical, and quantum-enhanced solutions.
The CroQCI consortium gathers leading Croatian institutions and companies in the field of quantum systems, quantum and classical information, and communication technologies, namely: Ruđer Bošković Institute; Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb; Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences, University of Zagreb; Institute of Physics; The Office of the National Security Council; OIV Ltd; PCE Marine Electronic Center, Split; and the University Computing Centre (SRCE) - under the leadership of the Croatian Academic and Research Network (CARNET).
Start date: 1 January 2023
An important part of the project is educational activities, and SRCE is entrusted with the implementation of a work package in which a series of educational activities and training will encourage the optimal use of knowledge and skills related to cyber security and the application of quantum technology, as well as raising awareness of the need for better-protected communication and cyber security in the upcoming quantum era.
Project objective: The goal of the EOSC Beyond project is to advance open science and innovation in research by providing new EOSC central services, the so-called EOSC Core Service. The European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) is an established federation of services, tools, data and other research facilities, in short "resources" of hundreds of service providers at local, national, regional and European level. EOSC Core services are created by integrating and merging multiple EOSC resources, enabling the discovery, access and reuse of a growing number of resources across European scientific communities, organizations and countries, to accelerate time to discovery and drive European excellence in science.
Start date: 1 April 2024
Srce participates in the expansion of existing and the introduction of new opportunities within EOSC Core services, based on the experience in development of the ARGO system for online monitoring of EOSC services.
Cilj projekta Services for inter- and cross-disciplinary data discovery, access, sharing and reuse in the EOSC Federation (EOSC Data Commons) je doprinijeti razvoju EOSC-a uspostavom zajedničkog i pouzdanog ekosustava za istraživačke podatke i usluge European Research Commons koji će europskim istraživačima omogućiti neometan pristup visokokvalitetnim rezultatima istraživanja kroz povezivanje institucionalnih, nacionalnih i tematskih repozitorija iz različitih znanstvenih disciplina, razvojem specijaliziranih alata i pružanjem novih usluga u svim fazama životnog ciklusa istraživačkih podataka.
Početak projekta: 1. travnja 2025. godine.
Projekt koordinira Zaklada EGI, a Srce će u svojstvu projektnog partnera sudjelovati u razvoju softverskih komponenti i usluga za pronalaženje skupova podataka te alata za analizu podataka korištenjem umjetne inteligencije.
Cilj projekta: Projekt GN5-2 će pružiti bržu, otporniju i sigurniju infrastrukturu povezivanja uz poboljšane usluge suradnje. Projekt će također ojačati mrežnu sigurnost i potaknuti međunarodnu suradnju kako bi se poboljšala održiva povezanost Europe s drugim regijama svijeta.
Početak projekta: 1. siječnja 2025. godine.
U sklopu projekta GÉANT5 Srce sudjeluje kao treća ugovorna strana i višegodišnji partner CARNET-a u razvoju i održavanju usluga eduroam i eduGAIN te u daljnjem razvoju T&I inkubatora.
Cilj projekta Idealist2027: Transnational NCP Project for Digital Innovation and Support je osigurati Nacionalnim osobama za kontakt (NCP) odgovornima za digitalne destinacije u programu Obzor Europa alate, znanja i stručnost potrebnu za bolje pružanje podrške digitalnoj istraživačkoj zajednici koja se prijavljuje za financiranje iz programa Obzora Europa. Kroz transnacionalnu suradnju, sinergije s drugim digitalnim programima i mrežama NCP-ova u Klasteru 4, te posebne mrežne aktivnosti, Idealist2027 će unaprijediti kapacitete NCP-ova kako bi olakšao snažnije i učinkovitije europske projekte.
Početak projekta: 1. rujna 2025. godine.
U projektu sudjeluje zaposlenik Srca, nacionalna osoba za kontakt za područje Digitalizacija u klasteru „Digitalizacija, industrija i svemir“ programa Obzor Europa.
Cilj projekta Strengthening Teacher Training with AI through Remote-learning Spaces (STTAIRS) je stvaranje programa i sustava za osposobljavanje učitelja poboljšanih alatima umjetne inteligencije, što će dovesti do povećanja zadovoljstva učitelja, dobrobiti, profesionalnog razvoja (pedagoškog i digitalnog) te promicanja uključivosti i održivosti. Sve to popraćeno je uspostavom međunarodnih mreža suradnje s ciljem stvaranja pravednijeg i naprednijeg obrazovnog ekosustava koji priprema učenike za razumijevanje i odgovorno, učinkovito korištenje umjetne inteligencije.
Početak projekta: 1. rujna 2025. godine.
Srce vodi radni paket 2 (Development of AI Digital Platform in Moodle), donoseći svoju stručnost u infrastrukturu e-učenja i integraciju umjetne inteligencije. Nadzire dizajn, implementaciju i tehnički razvoj platforme temeljene na Moodleu, osiguravajući višejezičnu dostupnost i automatizaciju potaknutu umjetnom inteligencijom. Surađuje na edukacijama, testiranju i prilagodbi resursa poboljšanih umjetnom inteligencijom.
Cilj projekta: Europsko sveučilište gradova u postindustrijskoj tranziciji (UNIC) uspostavljena je europska alijansa deset sveučilišta smještenih diljem Europe. Cilj projekta The European University of Cities in Post-Industrial Transition (UNIC) je daljnje poticanje razvoja znanja i zajedničkog stvaranja kroz suradnju, inovaciju i uključivanje za društveni utjecaj i poboljšanje. UNIC će u narednom projektnom razdoblju organizirati aktivnosti u području obrazovanja i istraživanja što će uključivati gradske laboratorije (CityLabs), mikrovjerodajnice, ponude mobilnosti, doktorske studije i druge istraživačke programe te sveučilišne politike.
Početak projekta: 1. listopada 2023. godine.
Sveučilište Erasmus u Rotterdamu koordinator je projekta, a Srce je povezana strana Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, jednog od deset projektnih partnera te radi na izgradnji UNIC hibridnog kampusa.
Information on completed projects is available on the subpage Completed Projects.
