GATE’s sustainability in the long run depends on its capability to compete for funding and on being recognized as a reliable partner within the European Research Area. My role is to enable this capability by finding and creating opportunities, by animating strategic partnerships and forming effective consortia, by generating project ideas and transforming them into […]

In addition to being a host, GATE is a co-organizer of the event in partnership with a number of innovation and industrial organizations, including Biotechnology and Health Cluster, Artificial Intelligence Cluster Bulgaria, Cleantech Bulgaria and the European Digital Innovation Hub “Trakia”. The forum brought together over 300 participants from more than 20 countries – representatives […]

GATE Institute participated in discussions on trusted data sharing, AI-driven applications, and digital innovation. Prof. Dessislava Petrova-Antonova, Reasearch Lead of “Future Cities” Domain joined the Starter Kit presentation, where she shared GATE’s perspective on how the Starter Kit supports data space adoption and interoperability. Dr. Iva Krasteva, Senior researcher at GATE pitched the importance of […]

On the Hot Chair, Irena Pavlova answered questions about how AI technologies have changed the world and what comes next. She noted that data sharing is very important if we want to make more reliable and trustworthy the results that AI-based tools give us and that are already being used for the better and more […]

A significant challenge for the healthcare sector, including policy-making, is the insufficient digitised data and sources of digitised data for customised policy planning and healthcare provision. Better data, algorithms & statistics help track progress, strengthen accountability and support effective, sustainable decisions in the healthcare sector. A data revolution is needed to fully integrate existing and […]

As global data spaces enthusiasts the Director of GATE Institute, Prof. Sylvia Ilieva, Prof. Dessislava Petrova-Antonova, Irena Pavlova and Iva Krasteva, PhD  joined the discussion about the future of data spaces. The Data Spaces Symposium and Deep-Dive Day provided a unique platform to explore, assess, and map out the future of data spaces through: Exclusive networking and engagement opportunities; Thought-provoking […]

More specifically ExcellEnt will explore novel ways to capture, curate, organise and communicate sets of unstructured entrepreneurial experiences; define an actionable skill-building model for successful entrepreneurship; enhance connectedness and collaborate with ecosystem representatives to support entrepreneurs and transform all this into a shared resource that people can augment. Beside GATE, the project consortium includes Greek, […]

The event took place on 9th February 2023 and was held under the motto “The benefits of data spaces and how we can realize them in the Urban Data Space”. Speakers were Prof. Dr. Silvia Ilieva, Director of GATE, Prof. Dr. Desislava Petrova-Antonova, “Future cities” Research group Lead and Irena Pavlova, Manager of European projects […]

The first day of the European Big Data Value Forum began with sessions, plenary panels and inspiring discussions on different topics, related to data spaces, data sharing, data-driven technologies, supercomputing, Al and more. Prof. Dessislava Petrova-Antonova, Research Leader of the Data Management Research Unit of GATE Institute, took part in the ‘Data Spaces and beyond’ […]

GATE was represented by its Director Prof. Sylvia Ilieva and Irena Pavlova, EU Programmes Manager. The event provided a great environment for sharing experiences in dealing with challenges and lessons learned, as well as for discussing the impact of CoEs on the national innovation ecosystems and the recovery and resilience endeavours. Prof. Ilieva took part […]