Smail Niar
Pr. Smail Niar, Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-France (UPHF) CNRS and MESRI, France, received his PhD in computer Engineering from the University of Lille (France) in 1990. Since then, he has been professor at UPHF where he is director of the computer science department at the “Laboratory of Automation, Mechanical and Computer Engineering”, a joint research unit between CNRS and UPHF. He is member of the European Network of Excellence Hipeac, EuroMicro society and IEEE senior. His research interests are AI/ML-based embedded systems and edge computing.
Since 2021, and in parallel with his research activities, he is NCP for Horizon Europe Calls in Cluster 4 -Digital at the Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation, France (MESRI).
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Horizon Europe is an ambitious EU research & innovation framework programme for 2021-2027 with a budget of €95.5 billion. The programme facilitates collaboration and strengthens the impact of research and innovation in developing, supporting and implementing EU policies while tackling global challenges. It supports creating and better dispersing of excellent knowledge and technologies. Pillar II is dedicated to 'Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness. It is established through clusters of research and innovation activities, to maximise integration, and synergies across the thematic areas, while securing high and sustainable levels of impact for the Union on resources expended.
How to benefit from this huge European funding resource for R&D? Better understand the Horizon Europe program mechanisms and guidelines.
In addition, to help you with a future Horizon Europe call, the digital national contact points (NCP) team is introduced.