Consortium members
NCSR Demokritos - Coordinator
Greece's leading research centre, coordinator of the QPIC-AI project, with deep expertise in photonic integration and QKD systems.
AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GMBH (AIT)
Austrian Institute of Technology — Europe's leading applied research centre in quantum network integration and ETSI standards.
ETRI
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute — South Korea's leading government-funded R&D organisation.
Synogate UG (haftungsbeschränkt) (SG)
German deep-tech company specialising in FPGA-based hardware acceleration for real-time AI inference and signal processing.
SK Telecom
South Korea's largest telecommunications operator and a global pioneer in commercial quantum-secured communications.
Collaboration
EU-Korea Research Partnership
🇪🇺 European partners
NCSR Demokritos (GR), AIT (AT), and Synogate (DE) bring complementary expertise in photonic integration, QKD validation, ETSI standards, and FPGA hardware acceleration.
- PIC hardware and AI research coordination
- Vienna QCI testbed validation
- FPGA/AI hardware acceleration
- ETSI ISG-QKD standards engagement
🇰🇷 Korean partners
ETRI and SK Telecom bring world-class expertise in photonic integrated circuit fabrication and live commercial telecom QKD deployment at scale.
- LiNbO₂ PIC design and fabrication
- Live telecom QKD field trial
- Seoul pilot network hosting
- EU–KR interoperability testing
Europe and Korea are connected through shared research goals, pilot validation, standards contributions, and a formal researcher exchange programme enabling knowledge transfer between institutions.