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Alexandru Stan

Head of R&D

IN2 Digital Innovations GmbH

Lindau, Germany

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IN2 Digital Innovations GmbH

IN2 Digital Innovations GmbH

Company (SME)

Lindau, Germany

IN2 designs, builds and operates AI-powered web-based and scalable solutions that simplify how businesses and people collect, organise, discover and present digital content. The company covers the full spectrum of application development and provisioning from human-centered-design, user interaction, software development and deployment from its own private cloud. The core technology consists of an in-house AI-based content indexing, analysis, automatic annotation, management and publishing platform for all types of media (photos, videos, documents, audio files), on top of which we build customised solutions for vertical markets such as broadcasting, tourism, events, cultural heritage and education. IN2 has a strong experience in R&D activities and the transfer of this knowledge to the market. IN2 works closely with top universities and actively shapes European-funded research in the fields of digital content and digital transformation, AI and Big Data. IN2 is a Steering Board member of the New European Media Initiative (NEM) \[https://nem-initiative.org/\], a member of the AR/VR Industrial Coalition, and an associated member of the AI4Media Centre of Excellence \[https://www.ai4media.eu/\]. In the area of Cultural Heritage, we have been the coordinator in a number of projects in the framework of Europeana \[https://www.europeana.eu/en\] and The common European data space for cultural heritage \[https://www.dataspace-culturalheritage.eu/en\]. The main themes have been related to content re-use in innovative scenarios, storytelling, 3D content, content aggregation. Current and recent projects: 5Dculture - Deploying and Demonstrating a 3D cultural heritage space \[https://5dculture.eu/\]) XRculture - Explore & Reuse 3D cultural heritage within the Data Space \[https://xrculture.eu/\]) 3DBigDataSpace - 3D Big Data for the Data Space for Cultural Heritage \[https://3dbigdataspace.eu/\]) 3D-4CH - Online Competence Centre in 3D for Cultural Heritage \[https://www.3d4ch-competencecentre.eu/\]) DataCoversations: Empowering the CCI Sector through AI-Enhanced Impact Design, Creative Data Collection, and Digital Transformation \[https://dataconversations.eu/\]) NewsArcade and NewsArcade\_Classroom \[https://newsarcade.eu/\]::) An interactive gamified news format for news media literacy SUN - The Social and hUman ceNtered XR \[https://www.sun-xr-project.eu/\]) OCEANIDS - Collect, harmonize, and curate existing climate data services, making data accessible, reusable, and interoperable for developing local adaptation strategies \[https://www.oceanids-project.eu/\]) WEAVE - Showcasing and engaging cultural communities tangible and intangible cultural heritage \[https://weave-culture.eu/\]) Mobius - Interactive and immersive book experiences \[https://mobius-project.eu/\]) CultureMoves - Content re-use in tourism, education, intangible cultural heritage \[https://culturemoves.eu/\] We have also worked on providing the digital infrastructure to connect communities. We can help projects create digital communities of practice around a specific topic. Dancing Dialogues - Networking research with traditional, folk and national dance groups of all cultural identities practising in South West, South East and Midlands regions in England \[https://dancing-dialogues.net/\] 5D Culture - Deploying and Demonstrating a 3D cultural heritage space \[https://5dculture.eu/cop\]
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About me

Interests

  • AI
  • xr
  • Storytelling
  • Museums
  • intangible heritage
  • tangible heritage
  • Community of practice
  • open platforms for debate
  • Access

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Creative Industries

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  • Project cooperation

    Expertise for creating digital communities of practice

    We can help projects create digital communities of practice around a specific topic.

    • EIT CC Calls
    • Completing the consortia
    • Other relevant EU initiatives
    • HEU Partnership: Virtual Worlds
    • Design - setting the project scope
    • Ideation - identifying the project idea
    • Drafting - writing the project proposal
    • HEU Partnership: Resilient Cultural Heritage
    • Partner seeks Consortium (Expertise offered)
    • Cultural Heritage in the Digital Europe Program
    • HERITAGE-05: Evolution of culture in a virtualising world
    • DEMOCRACY-08: Economic inequalities and their impact on democracy
    • DEMOCRACY-12: Community of democracy practitioners and researchers
    • DEMOCRACY-07: The autocratic appeal: nature, drivers and strategies
    • DEMOCRACY-02: Fostering the consolidation of European science diplomacy
    • HERITAGE-09: Impacts of culture and the arts on health and well-being
    • Regional Perspective: Interregional Innovation Investments (I3-Instrument)
    • TRANSFO-06: Evaluation and use of evidence in education policy and practice
    • HERITAGE-01: Co-funded European partnership for Resilient Cultural Heritage
    • HERITAGE-04: Leveraging artificial intelligence for creativitydriven innovation
    • DEMOCRACY-03: Preparing the EU for future enlargement: challenges and opportunities
    • DEMOCRACY-11: Independence of the judiciary as an aspect of rule of law compliance
    • TRANSFO-01: Tackling gender-based violence in different social and economic spheres
    • HERITAGE-06: Europe as a global powerhouse of design for sustainable competitiveness
    • TRANSFO-10: Intergenerational fairness in the context of demographic change in the EU
    • TRANSFO-08: Improving mental health outcomes for people in education, training and work
    • DEMOCRACY-04: Open strategic autonomy, economic and research security in EU foreign policy
    • HERITAGE-03: A European Collaborative Cloud for Cultural Heritage – Innovative use cases
    • TRANSFO-03: Working time reduction: barriers, challenges, benefits and policy implications
    • TRANSFO-11: Migration and climate change: building resilience and enhancing sustainability
    • DEMOCRACY-05: Countering and preventing radicalisation, extremism, hate speech and polarisation
    • DEMOCRACY-09: Fighting against disinformation while ensuring the right to freedom of expression
    • HERITAGE-02- two-stage: Innovative approaches to intangible cultural heritage for societal resilience
    • DEMOCRACY-06: Towards a European research hub on contemporary antisemitism and Jewish life and culture
    • TRANSFO-05: Improving fairness in the economy through a better understanding of undeclared and underdeclared work
    • TRANSFO-02: Historical and regional analyses of industrial transitions and their lessons for ensuring a fair green transition
    • DEMOCRACY-01: Advisory support and network to counter disinformation and foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI)
    • TRANSFO-07: Impact of the learning environment and the use of digital tools in everyday life on key skills and competence development
    • HERITAGE-07: Cultural Strategies for Peace: culture and creativity as catalysts for conflict prevention and post-conflict reconciliation
    • TRANSFO-04-two stage: Gender differences in career trajectories of parents and their implications for gender equality and family well-being
    • TRANSFO-09: Good practices for increased autonomy of persons with disabilities, including physical, mental, intellectual and sensory disabilities
    • DEMOCRACY-10: The role of civic and citizenship education for strengthening civic and democratic participation and support for common European values
    • HERITAGE-08: Bridging historical past and future potential through conservation, preservation, and adaptive use of Europe’s contentious and dissonant heritage

    Alexandru Stan

    Head of R&D at IN2 Digital Innovations GmbH

    Lindau, Germany