Partners
AEGIS brings together 10 beneficiaries — 7 universities and 3 companies that host the Doctoral Candidates — and 9 associated partners that host secondments and help with training.
Beneficiaries
Click a beneficiary to see its groups and researchers.
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Technical University of Denmark (DTU) Denmark |
Coordinator. Takes part with three departments and four groups: Embedded Systems Engineering and Dynamical Systems (DTU Compute), Distributed Energy Systems (DTU Wind and Energy Systems), and Network Technologies (DTU Electro), which awards the degree for the TDC-based candidate. |
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École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) Switzerland |
Takes part with two groups — the Embedded Systems Laboratory (energy-efficient computing, the open X-HEEP platform) and POWERlab (wide-band-gap power electronics and chip-integrated microfluidic cooling). |
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TU Wien Austria |
Austria’s leading university for engineering and the natural sciences, with a top-ranked Informatics faculty; works on distributed systems, cloud and edge computing, and energy-aware datacenter management. |
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Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin) Germany |
One of Germany’s largest technical universities; takes part with two chairs — Software and Business Engineering (edge AI, service-oriented and cloud/edge computing) and Service-centric Networking (trustworthy infrastructures, digital identities, agent-based orchestration). |
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Imperial College London United Kingdom |
A world-leading university for science, technology, engineering, medicine, and business; the Control and Power Research Group has a strong record in power engineering and large multi-university energy projects. |
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Lund University Sweden |
Founded in 1666 and ranked among the world’s top 100 universities; the Department of Automatic Control at LTH is a world leader in control engineering and real-time computing. |
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Aalto University Finland |
A Finnish university across science, technology, economics, architecture, and design; the Department of Information and Communications Engineering works on wireless communications, machine learning, and network technology. |
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Ericsson Finland |
Ericsson’s Finnish research department has a long history in telecommunications R&D and focuses on 5G/6G, the Internet of Things, and cloud, with a strong role in 3GPP and IETF standardization. |
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Dell Technologies Ireland |
A global technology company whose products include servers, storage, and datacenter hardware; the CTO Research group in Cork works on secure systems, cryptography, and data-centric computing. |
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TDC NET Denmark |
Denmark’s leading telecommunications infrastructure provider, running the country’s best-rated mobile network; the first company in the world with an SBTi-validated 2030 net-zero target. |
Associated partners
These organizations host secondments and contribute to training.
| Partner | Country | What they bring |
|---|---|---|
| Deutsche Telekom – T-Labs | Germany | Edge infrastructure for testing AI workload mobility and agent trust. |
| EPRI Europe | Ireland | Grid testbeds and market-analytics platforms; expertise from datacenter-flexibility programs. |
| Center Denmark | Denmark | Danish energy-market data and data infrastructure for grid flexibility. |
| Corintis | Switzerland | Microfluidic and immersion cooling testbeds for thermal flexibility. |
| Energy Cool (EC Group) | Denmark | Energy-efficient cooling for telecom and datacenter sites; demand-response know-how. |
| WienIT | Austria | Enterprise datacenters and real-world operating data; digital-twin expertise. |
| Shell | Netherlands | Energy-market and regulation expertise for sites taking part in grid services. |
| Cellnex Telecom | Spain | Flexibility and demand response across a large fleet of telecom sites. |
| Elisa | Finland | One of the world’s largest telecom Virtual Power Plants; intent-driven energy aggregation. |









