November has been a decisive month for dAIEDGE, marked by technical advances, international presence and a renewed drive towards building a more sustainable, reliable European AI ecosystem focused on the real needs of society. Throughout this month, we have had the opportunity to showcase our use cases, promote exchange between scientific and technical communities, strengthen alliances and open up new opportunities for collaboration that bring the project closer to its vision: to place Europe at the forefront of Edge AI.
One of the highlights came from Barcelona, where we participated in the Smart City Expo World Congress, the global benchmark event for urban innovation. There, our partner HiPERT presented the Smart Cities use case developed within the consortium, showing how Edge AI allows data to be processed in real time directly at the edge of the network, reducing latency, reinforcing privacy and enabling more agile services tailored to citizens. The interest generated by visitors, professionals and partners confirms that distributed artificial intelligence will be a key element in the transition towards more efficient, sustainable and people-centred cities.
At the same time, we promoted a space for joint reflection with the first AI NoES Horizons | Q&A Session, a meeting that brought together more than sixty professionals from the European AI ecosystem. Under the theme ‘Stakeholder-Centred Innovation’, the session discussed challenges and opportunities shared by all Networks of Excellence. Three ideas guided the debate: the need to integrate stakeholders from the outset of each project; the importance of ensuring the long-term sustainability of the infrastructures and communities created; and the challenge of incorporating ethics, regulation and responsibility as structural elements of technological design, rather than as added layers. This meeting marks the beginning of a stable space for cooperation between the AI NoEs, consolidating a common vision for a more open, coordinated European AI with a real impact on industry and society. The full session is now available on our YouTube channel.
November also brought a new opportunity for the research community: we opened the Call for Papers for the workshop ‘Sustainable and Trustworthy Edge AI for Robotics’, to be held on 28 January 2026 in Krakow as part of HiPEAC. Led by our coordinator Mohamed Selim, the workshop seeks to bring together experts in Edge AI, sustainability, security and robotics to address the major challenges of local processing: energy efficiency, explainability, dynamic adaptation and regulatory compliance, among others. Contributions may be submitted until 15 December, with notification expected on 23 December. The joint organisation with euROBIN, ELIAS and ENFIELD reinforces the common commitment to promoting more autonomous and secure European robotics that is aligned with the values and needs of the continent.