The Use of Artificial Intelligence and Data-Intensive Technologies (HARNESS), No. HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-DN
Project title – The Use of Artificial Intelligence and Data-Intensive Technologies (HARNESS)
Project Value – 3 464 611,2 Eur
Project duration – 2025-01-01 2028-12-31
Project number – HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-DN
Project implementer – UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE MADRID (Spain)
Project partners: MYKOLAS ROMERIS UNIVERSITY (Lithuania); THE PROVOST, FELLOWS, FOUNDATION SCHOLARS & THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY & UNDIVIDED TRINITY OF QUEEN ELIZABETH (Ireland); DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY (Ireland); VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL (Belgium); UNIVERSITEIT TWENTE (Netherlands); ROYAL DUTCH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (Netherlands); ALMA MATER STUDIORUM – UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA (Italy); INTERUNIVERSITY MICRO-ELECTRONICS CENTER (Belgium); INETUM ESPAÑA S.A. (Spain); Signatu AS (Norway); TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT EINDHOVEN (Netherlands); CYBLY GMBH (Austria); Shine Anlaytics Limited (Ireland); UNIVERSITEIT UTRECHT (Netherlands); EXPERT SYSTEM IBERIA SL (Spain); GMV SOLUCIONES GLOBALES INTERNET SAU (Spain).
Project Leader at MRU: Dr. Paulius Pakutinskas
Project Objective: to establish a multidisciplinary group of 13 doctoral students specializing in ethics, law, and technology within an international doctoral network.
Project Summary: The ethical and socio-technical impacts of current and future artificial intelligence and information systems that process large amounts of data (e.g., Common European Data Spaces) require careful interdisciplinary assessment and forecasting methods to ensure their compatibility with EU values, sovereignty, and economic and societal objectives. New European regulations on data and artificial intelligence should be supported by reliable methods and tools that enable citizens and civil society to quickly understand, navigate, and respond to emerging threats to fundamental rights. HARNESS will analyze the overall impact of new AI and data-intensive technologies and their regulation, taking into account legal complexities, new compliance measures, and expected consequences from ethical, societal, and economic perspectives. The HARNESS project will leverage and build upon the latest technologies in open information systems and knowledge engineering to develop appropriate methodologies, tools, and taxonomies that will help ensure regulatory compliance and facilitate the discussion and agreement of ethical standards. This will include mapping possible system constellations, anticipating new risks, and developing effective risk mitigation measures.
The project is funded by the European Union under the Horizon Europe program.