Smart Growth, Digitalisation and Financial Instruments Programme 2021-2027 (PoCIDIF), co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF),
Priority 4 – Development of strategic technologies for Europe – STEP,
Call PCIDIF/709/PCIDIF_P4/OP1/RSO1.6/PCIDIF_A12 – Action 4.1 – Support for the development of strategic technologies for Europe – STEP,
SMIS Code 2021 – 351416
Press release – Workshop “HRIA: Results, collaborations and perspectives after the first year of implementation”
SAFETECH INNOVATIONS SA, as a partner, announces its participation in the workshop “HRIA: Results, collaborations and perspectives after the first year of implementation”, hosted by the National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest on March 9, 2026. The event marks the completion of the first year of activity of the “Romanian Artificial Intelligence Hub” (HRIA) project, constituting a key moment for the evaluation and presentation of the scientific and technological achievements obtained within the project. The workshop thus creates an integrated framework for dialogue, visibility and networking, to support the dissemination of the scientific and technological results obtained in the first year, to identify common challenges and opportunities for collaboration, as well as to outline the strategic directions for the next stages of the project.
Safetech Innovations has a strong expertise in the application of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) technologies in cybersecurity, reinforced by an ongoing commitment to innovation and applied research. Within the “Romanian Artificial Intelligence HUB – HRIA” project, Safetech Innovations implements the “Advanced cybersecurity solution for SMEs (SafeGate)” platform, which involves an artificial intelligence-based cybersecurity solution and an innovative device – STI Security Gateway, designed to provide SME organizations with advanced protection capabilities against cyber threats.
Within phase 1 of the SafeGate project, essential activities were carried out to substantiate the technical architecture and development of the platform. The approaches were mainly aimed at analyzing the implementation methods, developing the functional blocks, obtaining and studying data in order to identify useful predictors for the construction of ML models, reducing the dimensionality of the problem and sorting the data to streamline their processing, storage and transmission. A mini-laboratory has also been implemented that allows the simulation of cyber attacks and the conduct of the investigations necessary to achieve the proposed objectives.
The “Romanian Artificial Intelligence HUB – HRIA” project, SMIS code: 351416, is funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), through the Smart Growth, Digitalization and Financial Instruments 2021-2027 Program (PoCIDIF).
The general objective of the HRIA project is to create and operationalize the Romanian Artificial Intelligence Hub for research, development and innovation in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) by developing an attractive and competitive research ecosystem that coagulates the efforts of the academic environment and the economic environment in order to carry out original cutting-edge scientific research, transfer research results to industry and society, development of new products and services, and for the generation of a core of knowledge and development in Artificial Intelligence integrated into the European Research Area (ERA).
The project is implemented in partnership with seven nationally representative universities: the National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest, the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, the West University of Timisoara, the “Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iași, the Polytechnic University of Timisoara, the University of Bucharest, the “Babeș Bolyai” University of Cluj-Napoca and 7 innovative SMEs.
Additional information can be obtained by accessing the project website: https://hria.upb.ro/