CLUSTER 6: Agri-food and Environment
IPN has consolidated experience implementing R&I activities to improve plant health in agriculture and forestry in close collaboration with end-users and local/national authorities. Also, IPN has years of experience building and improving personalized IT solutions to the agri-food sector.
Fields of activity
IPN has extensive experience in phytopathogenic microorganisms that pose a growing threat to the agro-environmental, forestry and soil systems. In parallel, IPN has the technical and scientific knowledge necessary for the structural and functional characterisation of microbiomes present in various matrices, in order to assess the ecosystem services, they provide. This holistic approach makes it possible to infer the impact of various factors (diseases, agricultural practices, cultivars, etc.) on the microbiome and to develop bio-based solutions by modelling microorganisms and/or adopt more sustainable practices that contribute to increasing ecosystem resilience.
Main Projects
Fields of activity
The existence of multiple processing technologies and material characterisation tests allow IPN to work on the development of waste recovery processes and/or by-products from various sectors of activity, contributing to their increased value as raw materials through recycling processes, reuse and incorporation into integrated solutions at an industrial scale. These activities encompass materials as diverse as those from the ceramic, food, paper/wood fibres and metal-mechanics industries.
Main Projects
Fields of activity
The digitalization of the economy and society, towards a more competitive and innovative Europe is a key area for IPN. Over the last years, IPN has been implementing several national and international projects in different economic sectors, which its cornerstone relies on advanced digital technologies, namely:
- Artificial Intelligence: machine learning, natural language processing, pattern recognition, optimization, embedded AI, artificial agents, etc
- Cybersecurity: Intrusion detection, self-protection, personal data protection, etc
- IoT: sensors, platforms, data acquisition and communication, etc
- Distributed ledger technologies (Blockchain)
- Communication systems and services (5G and virtual networks, virtualization, etc)
- Robotics: tele-operation, collaborative robotics, cloud robotics, human-robot interaction, autonomous mobile robots
- Human-machine interaction: multimodal perception, human-machine interfaces
- Electronics and embedded systems
