Accelerate proposes the development of a fertile inter-discipline and inter-sectoral ecosystem that aims to radically contribute towards enhancing UAV technology to enable the sustainable environmental management.

Key facts and figures
Acronym:	ACCELERATE
Proposal title:	AdvanCing UAVs teChnology to EnabLE monitoRing for A susTainable environmEnt
Duration in months:	48 months
Starting month:	January 2025
Programme:	MSCA Staff Exchanges

UAVs for Sustainable Environmental Monitoring

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are emerging as powerful tools for sustainable environmental monitoring, playing a vital role in comprehending the diverse effects of climate change on ecosystems.

Integration of AI and UAV Technology

The integration of state-of-the-art techniques such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) with UAV technology has introduced innovative pathways for various environmental applications. However, their full potential remains to be explored.

The ACCELERATE Project

ACCELERATE proposes the development of a fertile inter-discipline and inter-sectoral ecosystem that aims to radically contribute towards enhancing UAV technology to enable sustainable environmental management.

Project Objectives

The specific objectives of the project are to:

• Create a continuously updated ecosystem with UAV datasets suitable for environmental studies and climate change impact assessment.
• Promote methodological advances in the field of UAV technology, by exploiting the unique capabilities of those data with state-of-the-art techniques.
• Establish clear guidelines and homogenized protocols for the characterization and exploitation of UAVs in specific application domains.

Experimental Analysis and Use Cases

Experimental analysis will also be carried out to showcase the practical use of the project outputs via four carefully selected and innovative Use Cases, which will serve as Key Performance Indicators of the project.

Collaborative Research Environment

ACCELERATE brings together enthusiastic staff from academia and industry via a series of carefully-designed secondments, establishing a unique, fertile collaborative research and innovation environment to promote pioneering research in environmental and socioeconomic studies within urban, natural, and agricultural environments.

International Consortium

A strong inter-sectoral, experienced research team of 17 partners from 9 countries, consisting of 9 academic and 8 industrial partners from Greece (2), Romania (3), Italy (2), Cyprus (1), United Kingdom (5), North Macedonia (1), France (1), Germany (1), and Portugal (1), constitute the project’s Consortium.

Project’s Consortium:

1. CHAROKOPEIO PANEPISTIMIO (HUA), Greece [Project coordinator]

2. PLANETGIS SKY SRL (PLANETGIS SKY), Romania

3. GEOSENSE IDIOTIKI KEFALAIOUCHIKI ETAIREIA (GEOSENSE), Greece

4. INSTITUTUL NATIONAL AL PATRIMONIULUI (NIH), Romania
5. INNOV-ACTS LIMITED (INNOVACTS), Cyprus
6. AG FUTURA TECHNOLOGII DOOEL SKOPJE (AGFT), Republic of North Macedonia
7. WALTR (WALTR), France
8. ALBERT-LUDWIGS-UNIVERSITAET FREIBURG (UFR), Germany
9. TOPVIEW SRL (TOPVIEW SRL), Italy
10. UNIVERSITATEA DIN BUCURESTI (UB), Romania
11. ERA Arqueologia SA (ERA Arqueologia), Portugal
12. UNIVERSITA DELLA CALABRIA (UNICAL), Italy