About The Greater Manchester AI Foundry
We are four universities who supported Greater Manchester SMEs to innovate and grow by connecting
them with cutting-edge AI research and knowledge.
We are four universities who supported Greater Manchester SMEs to innovate and grow by connecting
them with cutting-edge AI research and knowledge.
With Manchester Metropolitan University leading the way, four universities from the North West: The Manchester Metropolitan University, Lancaster University, The University of Manchester and University of Salford teamed up to ensure 150 forward-thinking businesses were at the forefront of the evolution of Artificial Intelligence in Greater Manchester.
By sharing the knowledge and research from all four universities we aimed to help businesses accelerate through exploring the potential of adopting AI!
Our vision was fourfold:
This was a fully funded opportunity, with £3m funding from the European Regional Development Fund via the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Goverment, with partners delivering a further £3m in matched funding. The project provided innovation consultancy and advisory aid in line with the De Minimis Exemption and Innovation R&D aid in line with the General Block Exemption Regulation.
Our university partnership first came together with the launch of the Greater Manchester Cyber Foundry. The proven success of the Greater Manchester Cyber foundry lead to the four North West universities coming together again to help SMEs to grow and innovate through the adoption of Artificial Intelligence.
All the partners have core AI knowledge:
Manchester Metropolitan University specialises in Big Data-Driven AI and Image Processing and Computer Vision.
The University of Salford specialises in Cost Sensitive Data Mining and Immersive Data Visualization.
The University of Manchester specialises in in Text Mining and Natural Language Processing and Robotics and AI.
The Lancaster University specialises in Smart, Digital Materials for Product Funtionalisation using Additive Manufacturing / 3D Printing.