ERCIM is pleased to announce the launch of three new ERCIM Working Groups, strengthening collaboration and research excellence across key strategic areas of ICT.
Inclusive Digital Futures: Developing Technology and Culture
This Working Group aims to embed inclusion, diversity and cultural awareness at the heart of digital research, education and innovation. It recognises that digital systems are not neutral, they shape societies, influence how people interact and reflect cultural values. By promoting coordinated exchange across disciplines, the group supports structural approaches to inclusion that go beyond isolated initiatives and help integrate inclusive thinking into research practices, organisational cultures and policymaking.
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Quantum Technologies
The newly established Quantum Technologies Working Group held its inaugural workshop in December 2025 in Vietri sul Mare, Italy, bringing together experts from research and industry to explore the future of quantum computing, communication, sensing and hardware integration. The group aims to advance European research by addressing critical scientific challenges such as scalability, error correction and system integration, while fostering collaboration through workshops, projects and knowledge exchange.
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Artificial Intelligence & Intelligent Systems (AIIS)
Artificial Intelligence is transforming how we build software, manage infrastructures and deliver essential services across sectors such as healthcare, mobility, cybersecurity and environmental monitoring. At the same time, widespread adoption of data-driven and foundation-model technologies raises major scientific and societal challenges, including robustness, transparency, fairness, accountability and alignment with European values and regulations. The AIIS Working Group will address these issues, supporting interdisciplinary research, workshops and joint activities to ensure responsible and trustworthy AI.
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Join the Working Groups
ERCIM invites researchers, practitioners, administrators and leaders interested in these areas to join the Working Groups and contribute their expertise. Participation is open across ERCIM member institutes and to collaborators beyond, offering opportunities for networking, joint research activities, workshops and shared proposals that address pressing scientific and societal challenges.