On Wednesday, 28 January, the Edge AI and robotics community will gather at our HiPEAC Sustainable and Trustworthy Edge AI for Robotics Workshop, a strategic meeting that will address the main challenges and opportunities of the responsible deployment of intelligent systems in real environments.
As these technologies become increasingly integrated into real-world applications, Europe is moving towards the development of sovereign AI that is human-centred and aligned with ethical and legal frameworks such as the AI Act. In this context, the workshop will provide a specialised forum to discuss new approaches to ensuring reliable, secure, explainable and sustainable models, even in scenarios with limited resources and strong regulatory requirements.
At dAIEDGE, we will play a central role in the design and coordination of this event. In particular, Mohamed Selim, dAIEDGE Coordinator, will act as the main organiser of the event alongside Cecilia Zanazzo from the University of Trento; Georgios Kavallieratos from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU); Lydia Belkadi from the Catholic University of Leuven; and Rebecca Schedl-Warpup from the German Aerospace Centre (DLR). This collaboration reflects dAIEDGE's commitment to strengthening the European Edge AI ecosystem through strong partnerships between research, industry and institutions.
The workshop will be jointly organised by four European Union-funded Networks of Excellence: dAIEDGE, euROBIN, ELIAS and ENFIELD, and will aim to foster cooperation between these initiatives and the HiPEAC community in general. To this end, the programme combines keynote speeches, peer-reviewed technical presentations and strategic discussion forums, promoting an in-depth exchange of knowledge and experiences.
The day will begin at 10:00 with the institutional opening and presentation of the projects that have made this meeting possible. Alain Pagani (Director of the Augmented Vision Research Department at DFKI and coordinator of dAIEDGE) will present the project, followed by Maximilian Durner on behalf of euROBIN, Georgios Spathoulas on behalf of ENFIELD and Cecilia Zanazzo on behalf of ELIAS. This first block will contextualise the role of networks in the development of distributed, efficient and reliable AI.
Throughout the day, there will be four keynote speeches by international leaders such as Maximilian Durner, Georgios Spathoulas and Ovidiu Vermesan. These presentations will offer a strategic vision of Edge AI, autonomous robotics and European innovation policies, addressing both technological advances and the regulatory and social challenges associated with their adoption.
The technical sessions will delve into key issues related to energy efficiency, reliability, explainability, and human-centred design. The first session will feature presentations on model compression for low-power devices, continuous learning adapted to regulated environments, and ethical analysis of portable AI. The second session will address topics such as neuromorphic robotics, immersive teleoperation, and user experience principles applied to explainable collaborative systems.
The programme will conclude with a round table moderated by Alain Pagani, with representatives from DLR, NTNU, SINTEF, TCS and Macromedia University. With a focus on aligning European strategies for sustainable, reliable and efficient artificial intelligence, the panel will discuss the main technical, organisational and regulatory challenges for consolidating European leadership in Edge AI applied to robotics.