Hey Chris, I agree with Julian, the EU projects are mostly bigger. Also several EU countries have to participate in the EU projects.
I think the idea is good, now I have to clarify the boundary conditions and build up the successful project setup (university, end user etc.). We currently have a German project funded by the BMBF and in September we will carry out our first EU-funded project with 5-6 EU states on the topic of offline debugging of neural networks and online validation of self-learning systems in production. We would also participate. Markus Freundliche Grüße Markus Sommer Geschäftsführer isb innovative software businesses GmbH Otto-Lilienthal-Strasse 2 D - 88046 Friedrichshafen Tel.: +49 (0) 7541 3834-14 Mob: +49 (0) 171 537 8437 Fax: +49 (0) 7541 3834-20 E-Mail: [email protected] Web: www.isb-fn.de Geschäftsführer: Markus Sommer, Thomas Zeler Sitz: Friedrichshafen Registergericht: Amtsgericht Ulm HRB-Nr. 631624 Important Note: This e-mail and any attachments are confidential, may contain trade secrets and may well also be legally privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure. If you have received it in error, you are on notice of its status. Please notify us immediately by reply e-mail and then delete his e-mail and any attachment from your system. If you are not the intended recipient please understand that you must not copy this e-mail or any attachments or disclose the contents to any other person. Thank you. -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Julian Feinauer <[email protected]> Gesendet: Dienstag, 7. Mai 2019 14:28 An: [email protected] Betreff: Re: Approaching the European Commission for some help? Hi Chris, I like the idea and in fact, as stated earlier on the list, there is a project funded by the german government (SFSC) together with Matthias Institute where we plan to do some PLC4X development and integration. The EU founded projects are usually larger but also harder to acquire, so it will be a LOT of paperwork, but could be worth it if we make a nice proposal and outline a really feasible solution (not only covering plc4x but also some "end-user-usable" thing, or so). And, we should gather several "assoziated" partners which explain their interest in what we want to do. And of course good university support. So perhaps the ISW (Matthias) and also the WZL Aachen (Björn has good contacts) and the IFQ Magdeburg (we have good contacts) could be good universitary partners for such a project. So pragmatic minds or pragmatic industries would be in, I guess. Julian Am 07.05.19, 14:23 schrieb "Christofer Dutz" <[email protected]>: Hi all, while attending the EU FOSSA2 Hackathon in Brussles last weekend I had the chance to talk with some guys from the European Comission and they really liked how we are enabling small and mid-sized companies to participate in the Industry 4.0 sector. They also promised to help us where they can. While this is usually just something people say to be nice … some further thinking lead me to the idea that we might approach them and ask for some options for EU funded research. I guess we all work for some company (or are self employed) … we could try to apply for some funds in as a collective. You think that’s a good idea? Chris
