- Status: Project phase
Description
The aim of the competition is to research and develop new approaches to increase the robustness and security of neural AI approaches in the context of application systems in the domains of internal and external security. The research and development activities should address the question of whether, how and to what extent safety and robustness properties can be demonstrated for specific application domains and systems, where the limits of verifiability lie and how systems with such properties can be realized as prototypes or minimal viable products. Measured in terms of technology readiness level (TRL), this project will pursue approaches with TRL 1 (basic research) to TRL 4 (laboratory prototypes).
The main objective of the procurement is to demonstrate and evaluate how the approaches developed to increase the robustness and security of neural AI approaches can be demonstrably safely applied along the entire ML process chain using a real application system for internal or external security at the end of the project term. This can be done with the help of software artifacts such as validation and data preparation tools, model architectures, foundation models and integrated ML systems, which must prove themselves in laboratory and application tests as well as evaluations against competing approaches and possibly baseline models. Thematically, the project is structured around the following research areas: 1.) Automated data quality assurance, 2.) Hybrid models combining neural and symbolic AI systems, 3.) Formal verification of ML models, 4.) Secure system integration, 5.) Lifecycle verification. The scope of work is divided into several phases. The best and most innovative of the competing solutions will be gradually identified and selected as part of the process based on the criteria specified in the procurement documents.
Deadline for the submission of requests to participate
23.05.2023, 18:00, via www.evergabe-online.de or directly www.evergabe-online.de/tenderdetails.html?id=505660
Client: Agentur für Innovation in der Cybersicherheit GmbH
Awarding body: Agentur für Innovation in der Cybersicherheit GmbH
Services and products: Research and development services and related consulting
Tender scope: Europe-wide
Procurement procedure: Pre-commercial procurement
Type of award: based on a negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
Place of fulfillment: Halle (Saale), district-free city
Contact: exclusively via the bidder portal
Contract notice number: 2023/S 070-206022
CPV code: 73000000