The InterTwino project is an international project for building competence by knowledge transfer of advanced partners in the field of data enrichment and semantic interoperability for Artificial Intelligence. 

Project information 

  • Aim: Building excellence in data enrichment and semantic interoperability for AI
  • Funding programme: National programme “European Research Networks” 
  • Funding organization: Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science 
  • Duration: April 2021 – March 2023 
  • Coordinator: Institute GATE, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” 
  • Contact person: Iva Krasteva, senior researcher at GATE Institute 

Work Packages

  • Work Package 1: Project Management
    • Objectives
      • To establish an effective project management structure.  
      • To enable efficient legal, contractual, financial and administrative management of the project; 
      • To accomplish good interaction within the partnership. 
      • To ensure compliance with project schedule and high-quality of activities and results. 
      • To establish Advisory Board of multidisciplinary highly recognised experts 
    • Description of work
      • Task 1.1 Admin and financial management 
      • Task 1.2 Advisory Board 
  • Work Package 2: Capacity building facilitation
    • Objectives
      • To understand the scientific and technological landscape in Data Enrichment and Interoperability 
      • To plan effective capacity building activities and specify relevant joint projects. 
      • To set up holistic platform to support collaboration and knowhow transfer. 
      • To develop advance learning and training material in the research area. 
    • Description of work
      • Task 2.1 Big Data Enrichment and Interoperability Challenges and Scientific and Technological Landscape 
      • Task 2.2 Capacity development planning  
      • Task 2.3 Setting up of Knowhow transfer and collaboration platform  
      • Task 2.4 Advanced learning and training materials for building competitive Data Enrichment and Interoperability skills 
  • Work Package 3: Capacity Building
    • Objectives
      • To learn, adopt and apply the best international practices for conducting excellent research 
      • To develop research capacity through implementing innovative joint projects. 
      • To improve the proposal preparation and project management/administration skills. 
      • To realize targeted capacity building activities for Early Stage Researchers 
    • Description of work
      • Task 3.1 Research capacity development  
      • Task 3.2 Capacity building through joint research projects 
      • Task 3.3 Proposal preparation, project management and collaboration capacity  
      • Task 3.4 Targeted capacity building for Early Stage Researchers 
  • Work Package 4: Ecosystem, Communication and Dissemination
    • Objectives
      • To effectively promote InterTwino project through strong web presence. 
      • To maximize the impact of the project through proactive communication and dissemination campaign; 
      • To increase the visibility and recognition of the project at national and international level. 
      • To build and continuously expand a wide international research collaborative network 
    • Description of work
      • Task 4.1 Project web site 
      • Task 4.2 Dissemination activities and events 
      • Task 4.3 Communication and building a sustainable ecosystem