Big Data Challenges for Mathematics

Fact Sheet

Project Information

BIGMATH Funded under

EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Grant agreement ID: 812912 Actions

 Total cost
€ 1 747 505,16

DOI
EU contribution
10.3030/812912
€ 1 747 505,16

Start date End date

1 October 2018 30 September 2022 Coordinated by
UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI
MILANO

  Italy

Objective
BIGMATH is aimed to train a group of young, creative mathematicians with strong
theoretical and practical skills, needed to tackle the major challenges of the Big Data
era. They will also be trained in a wide set of “soft skills” that enable them to transfer
effectively their knowledge to the productive world, thus fostering the European
market to create innovation.

These abilities will result from a close partnership between academy, providing the
students with up-to-date training and knowledge on cutting-edge research on
targeted mathematical disciplines, and a group of industries, who will complete the
competences of the ESRs by exposing them to a set of Big Data-related real
industrial problems.

The main domains of interest of the BIGMATH project lie in the areas of optimization,
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statistics, and large-scale linear algebra for Big Data, which are the most relevant
mathematical topics for effective machine learning techniques and ability to build
good data-driven products.

The effectiveness of the training program that we propose strongly relies on the
involvement and close collaboration of universities with the non-academic sector,
since Big Data challenges cannot be tackled only through theoretical studies and
must be identified mostly by companies, which work daily on problems that involve
big, complex or “messy” data. Specifically, BIGMATH focuses on 7 industrial Big
Data problems spread across three domains: human facial data analysis, financial
applications, and production systems.

Project Activities and ESRs training on communication, exploitation of scientific

results, dissemination and public engagement, play also a central role in this project,
since they are designed to promote dissemination of excellent research and diffusion
of innovation in Europe. The creation of such international and life-long network of
young researchers, trained across sectors in an innovative way, will thus help Europe
to strengthen its international R&I cooperation.

Fields of science

natural sciences  mathematics  pure mathematics  algebra  linear algebra

natural sciences  computer and information sciences  data science  big data
natural sciences  computer and information sciences  artificial intelligence  machine learning

Programme(s)

H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions MAIN PROGRAMME

H2020-EU.1.3.1. - Fostering new skills by means of excellent initial training of researchers

Topic(s)

MSCA-ITN-2018 - Innovative Training Networks

Call for proposal

H2020-MSCA-ITN-2018

See other projects for this call

Funding Scheme

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MSCA-ITN-EID - European Industrial Doctorates

Coordinator

UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI MILANO

Net EU contribution
€ 522 999,36

Address
Via Festa Del Perdono 7

20122 Milano

  Italy 

Region
Nord-Ovest  Lombardia  Milano

Activity type
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

Links

Contact the organisation  Website 

Participation in EU R&I programmes 
H2020 collaboration network 

Non-EU contribution
€ 0,00

Participants (10)

University of Novi Sad Faculty of Sciences

  Serbia
Net EU contribution
€ 217 825,56

Address
Trg Dositeja Obradovica 3

21000 Novi Sad 

Region
Србија - север  Регион Војводине  Јужнобачка област

Activity type
Hi h S d Ed i E bli h
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Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

Links
Contact the organisation  Website 
Participation in EU R&I programmes 
H2020 collaboration network 

Non-EU contribution
€ 0,00

INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TECNICO

  Portugal
Net EU contribution
€ 475 440,48

Address
Avenida Rovisco Pais 1

1049 001 Lisboa 

Region
Continente  Área Metropolitana de Lisboa  Área Metropolitana de Lisboa

Activity type
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

Links
Contact the organisation  Website 
Participation in EU R&I programmes 
H2020 collaboration network 

Non-EU contribution
€ 0,00

TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT EINDHOVEN

  Netherlands
Net EU contribution
€ 531 239,76

Address
Groene Loper 3

5612 AE Eindhoven 

Region
Noord-Brabant  Zuidoost-Noord-Brabant

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Activity type
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

Links
Contact the organisation  Website 
Participation in EU R&I programmes 
H2020 collaboration network 

Non-EU contribution
€ 0,00

SDG CONSULTING ITALIA SPA

  Italy
Net EU contribution
€ 0,00

Address
Via Della Moscova 18

20121 Milano Mi 

Region
Nord-Ovest  Lombardia  Milano

Activity type
Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)

Links
Contact the organisation 
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H2020 collaboration network 

Non-EU contribution
€ 0,00

CENTAR ZA INVESTICIJE I FINANSIJE DOO, BEOGRAD (VRACAR)

  Serbia
Net EU contribution
€ 0,00

Address
Internacionalnih Brigada 56

11000 Belgrade 

SME 
Y
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Region
Србија - север  Београдски регион  Београдска област

Activity type
Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)

Links

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H2020 collaboration network 

Non-EU contribution
€ 0,00

3LATERAL DOO NOVI SAD

  Serbia
Net EU contribution
€ 0,00

Address
Novosadskog Sajma 2/th Floor

21000 Novi Sad 

Region
Србија - север  Регион Војводине  Јужнобачка област

Activity type
Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)

Links
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Non-EU contribution
€ 0,00

CREDIMI SPA 
  Italy
Net EU contribution
€ 0,00

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Address
Via Filippo Turati 29

20121 Milano 

Region
Nord-Ovest  Lombardia  Milano

Activity type
Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)

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€ 0,00

ACOMEA SOCIETA DI GESTIONE DEL RISPARMIO S.P.A.

  Italy
Net EU contribution
€ 0,00

Address
Largo Donegani 2

20121 Milano 

SME 
Yes

Region
Nord-Ovest  Lombardia  Milano

Activity type
Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)

Links

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€ 0,00

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UROBOPTICS - TECHNICAL CONSULTING & RESEARCH, LDA
  Portugal
Net EU contribution
€ 0,00

Address
Rua Luis Vaz De Camoes Edificio S Jose 9c

3400 129 Oliveira Do Hospital 

SME 
Yes

Region
Continente  Centro (PT)  Região de Coimbra

Activity type
Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)

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Non-EU contribution
€ 0,00

SIOUX LIME BV
  Netherlands
Net EU contribution
€ 0,00

Address
Esp 405

5633AJ Eindhoven 

Region
Noord-Brabant  Zuidoost-Noord-Brabant

Activity type
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Non-EU contribution
€ 0,00

EC signature date: 29 August 2018

Last update: 3 May 2022

Record number: 217944

Permalink: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/812912

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