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The European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) represent the main instrument of the EU’s investment policy. A total of EUR 454 billion has been allocated from the EU budget to be invested in more than 500 programmes. Together with national co-financing amounting to EUR 183 billion, the total investment reaches at least EUR 637 billion. With this budget, the ESIF play an increasingly important role in co-financing public investments, compensating for the decline in national and regional investments caused by the crisis. In the period 2014–2016, these funds were expected to account for an average of around 14% of total public investment, and in some Member States they were projected to reach as much as 70%.

Title: Research on the Elimination of Engineering–Geological Barriers Affected by Thermodynamic Changes in Simulated Conditions of an Underground Repository Using Domestic Mineral Resources

Project Acronym: X-Rock
Implementation Period: 06/2025 – 12/2029
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Description: The project focuses on the development and optimization of innovative solutions for the long-term safe management of heat-emitting waste. Since one of the main objectives is the elimination of natural engineering–geological barriers of the rock mass by using rocks or mixtures of minerals sourced from domestic raw materials, one of the project outputs will be products based on rock mixtures that can be used as a physico-geochemical barrier in technical practice.

Objective: The project aims to integrate the results of applied laboratory technologies, laboratory simulations, and models, and to examine the potential use of domestic mineral resources in simulated rock environments.

Project Results: The project directly contributes to the goals of the European Green Deal, the energy and raw materials security of the Slovak Republic, and the improvement of the long-term sustainability of the nuclear industry.

The planned results include increasing the safety of deep geological repositories, reducing environmental and safety risks, and transferring research outcomes into industrial practice in accordance with EU and Slovak legislation requirements.

The project integrates the results of applied laboratory technologies, laboratory simulations, and models, and examines the potential use of domestic mineral resources in simulated rock environments.

The project outcomes will be reflected in scientific publications, technical studies, technological innovations, and applicable industrial solutions, thus contributing to knowledge transfer into practice. The project will also deliver significant economic benefits through the optimization of storage and transportation costs for waste, the development of new materials and safety systems, and support for industrial partners in the nuclear energy and environmental safety sectors.

Title: Research on the Integration of Sensor ICT in SmartData Intelligent Systems

Project Acronym: Sensor ICT in SMART DATA
Implementation Period: 09/2025 – 02/2029
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Description: In the context of continuously increasing demands on the quality parameters of the transport system and the need to reduce its externalities, current technological possibilities based on AI and machine learning are capable of more efficiently utilizing the potential of data sets generated by sensor infrastructure that captures traffic characteristics in real time. Real-time data on the occurrence, direction, and speed of objects in the traffic flow within road infrastructure conditions make it possible to use available communication interfaces for the adaptive organization and management of traffic with the aim of achieving optimization and reducing the level of externalities. The variability in the design of sensor devices and systems significantly affects the usability of the collected data within advanced algorithms, AI, IoT, and machine learning models, creating barriers to fully exploiting their potential in meeting one of the priority areas of RIS3 focused on smart mobility services and transport systems. In the case of sensor ICT, their effectiveness depends on their application in solving traffic-engineering or optimization tasks in transport.

Objective: The conceptual intention sets as one of its key project objectives the investigation and development of an ICT technology prototype that enables data collection with the required level of quality and granularity for use in advanced data systems with high added value. The interdisciplinary cooperation of the project team members takes place during the definition of requirements and parameters for creating the prototype, for which the testing phase can begin first in laboratory conditions and subsequently in real traffic conditions. The insights gained from testing are promptly incorporated into modifications of the prototype until the target indicators of the testing process are achieved.

Project Results: The outcome of the research process will be a functional prototype of a sensor-based ICT system that meets the requirements and standards for implementing pilot projects in line with Smart City and Smart Industry concepts. Research into the potential use of sensor devices as functional components of more complex technological systems represents an appropriate format for presenting the project’s results in the context of its long-term sustainability, with a clearly defined aim of ensuring high-quality inputs for the existing architecture of traffic-engineering data.

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