Topnetwork is committed to promote and carry out innovative research projects co-funded by European, national and regional Public Entities. In partnership with important Research Centers, Universities and Industrial Enterprises, we convert research ideas into scientific surveys and advanced technological solutions, ranging from feasibility analysis to the architecture of the potential product, to the creation of the prototype.

THE PROJECTS

SAMOTHRACE

SiciliAn MicronanOTecH Research And Innovation CEnter

We are Founding partners of the Samothrace HUB, led by the University of Catania, the Main Proponent. The team is composed of 25 members including public entities (Universities and Research Centres) and private economic stakeholders (predominantly IT companies).

All activities deal with micro and nano technologies, microelectronics, materials, microsystems and devices. The methodologies and applications are based on the following six major areas: energy, health, smart mobility, environment, cultural heritage and smart agriculture. Samothrace’s goal is to have an impact far beyond the industrial sector.

Research activities benefit from modern Artificial Intelligence technologies, such as Deep Learning, Augmented Analytics, Self-Supervised Learning, Transfer Learning, Computer Vision). We are to use nanotechnologies integrated with additional sources of information in order to generate data. Those data are processed across the entire Data Value Chain.  The access and processing of raw data generates new findings to support research and to create innovative territorial services.

 

https://www.samothrace.eu/

Samothrace is funded by the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP), Mission 4, Component 2 Investment 1.5 (promoted by the European Union – NextGenerationEU). It aims at strengthening the R&D facilities, at creating ‘R&D innovation ecosystems’, and at establishing ‘Territorial R&D Leaders.’ The project started at the end of 2022 (October 2022) and is scheduled to last 3 years.

Start: October 2022
End: October 2025

DATAFACTOR

Project is aimed at realizing a marketplace of innovative analytical and predictive services, addressed both to Public Administration and private players.

The marketplace catalog includes services like digital twins for predictive maintenance of infrastructures (e.g. bridges, tunnels, railways), policy simulators for government administrators (e.g. mayors that want to simulate politic decisions and plans), companies evaluations (for investors or banks).

By developing the Data Value Chain (from data ingestion to analytics services catalogue), the provided services transform the consistent availability of Data into social and economic value.

Through innovative models of interaction, communication and collaboration (eg open innovation and co-creation), the Datafactor platform will provide a collaborative knowledge platform that will allow a deep and immersive knowledge for the different types of users.

The Datafactor services are going to manage both national and international Open Data, in order to reach international markets and various size customers.

Beneficiary company: Topnetwork Spa
Project code No: F/130094/02/X38
Project co-financed under the “Accordi di Innovazione” R&D Action of Italian Ministry of Economic Development (Ministerial Decree of 24 May 2017)
Region of project development: Sicily
Project Start: 01/10/2021
Project End: 09/30/2024

Link CE:
www.europa.eu

AGRIART

Platform for precision Agriculture supported by Artificial Intelligence techniques for Viticulture and Oenology:

Vineyard

monitoraggio, controllo e piani di intervento sulle coltivazioni vitivinicole allo scopo di gestire salute e ottimizzare i processi di lavorazione. Sarà implementata una black-box elettronica multi-sensorizzata, da installare agevolmente sulle macchine agricole (es. trattori) già in uso presso i viticoltori, al fine di analizzare le piante e diagnosticare in anticipo le principali fitopatologie, consentendo in tal modo un utilizzo più razionale di fitofarmaci e valutando in generale lo stato di salute di una coltivazione in modo molto più completo, efficiente ed efficace rispetto ai metodi tradizionali.

Cellar

Controllo e gestione parametri fisico/chimici nelle cantine e all’interno dei serbatoi di vinificazione e maturazione.
Saranno progettati e sviluppati sensori elettronici avanzati, non presenti attualmente sul mercato, in grado di rendere la maturazione del vino nei serbatoi in metallo affine a quella tradizionalmente ottenuta con le botti in legno.
Utilizziamo l’Intelligenza Artificiale per la creazione di modelli predittivi in grado di migliorare qualità, identità del prodotto, sostenibilità ambientale del processo produttivo.
Beneficiary company: Topnetwork Spa
Project Code No.: F/200086/01/X45
Project co-financed under the “Agrifood” R&D Action of Italian Ministry of Economic Development (Ministerial Decree of 5 March 2018)
Regions of project development: Lazio and Campania
Project Start: 01/02/2021
Project End: 31/01/2024

Link CE:
www.europa.eu

LIVING IOT

LIVING IoT is a research project aimed at creating an advanced IoT system, able to provide innovative services in the Smart Building and Smart Agriculture fields, by exploiting the Cloud and Fog Computing architectural models.

In the context of Smart Building, the system will offer home control and home protection services (e.g. against thefts, fire, flooding), support for the elderly and non-self-sufficient people (e.g. people with disability) and home health care (e.g. chronically ill people).

In the Smart Agriculture sector, Living IoT will provide advanced crop monitoring and management services, planning of activities in agriculture, intelligent irrigation, management of the distribution processes for agricultural products, traceability of products in the supply chain, management of safety in the transport of goods.

Beneficiary company: Topnetwork Spa
Project Code No.: F/130052/01/X38
Project co-financed under the “Accordi di Innovazione” R&D Action of Italian Ministry of Economic Development (Ministerial Decree of 24 May 2017)
Regions of project development: Lazio and Campania
Project Start: 01/03/2019
Project End: 28/02/2023

Link CE:
www.europa.eu

ASSIOMA PROJECT

The app to improve the pediatric hospitalization experience

The project Assioma(ASSIstenza per bambini Ospedalizzati basata su Mobile Application: Assistance for Hospitalized children based on mobile application), is a software platform based on mobile technologies to provide innovative services to support medical care for children who are hospitalized.

Other research projects

COST

European Cooperation in Science and Technology

The COST program allows researchers and primary operators in the field of innovation to cooperate and develop together their ideas in any scientific and technological sector, included social and humanistic studies. The project COST Underground4value, which TopNetwork is part of, aims to develop and add value to the potential of underground archaeological areas through the foundation of entrepreneurial hubs and local.

MOSIPS

Modeling and Simulation of the Impact of Public Policies on SMEs

The purpose of the project is to develop a system of simulation for policy choices that can be used easily and allow to predict and view the potential socio-economic impact of the public policies that might be adopted. The simulation system allows the political operators to experiment with different socio-economic plans, with the participation of citizens and all the potentially affected parties, before applying the policies.

NEMESYS

Network Enterprise Management EcoSYStem

NEMESYS is an research project for industry and experimental development conceived to provide solutions for SMEs and business networks enabling digital procedures, information sharing, use of cloud computing and methods for dematerialization to optimize the process, easing marketing and commercial activities, rationalize access to common information.

PLATINO

PLATform for INnOvative services in future internet

Prototype software conceived to manage virtual resources in a Cloud Datacenter through advanced features of “Live Migration” for virtual machine between physical hosts. The project PLATINO aims to design and develop a software platform capable of supply services and multimedia contents (i.e. Video Streaming, Video Conference, IP-TV, Cloud applications).

Some of the Research Centers and Universities we collaborate with

UNIPA

University of
Palermo

UNICT

University of
Catania