Niche Vehicle Network

The Innovation in Digital Engineering  - Automotive Sector (IDEAS) Programme offers businesses of any size unique access to the latest technologies and highly skilled staff in the field of DataModelling & Simulation, and AI,  powered by the latest generation of HPC facilities and platforms. Through IDEAS we aim to fast track the development of new capabilities, enabling productivity growth and global competitiveness of the UK automotive sector.

 The programme leverages £230 million investment in the STFC Hartree National Centre for Digital Innovation (HNCDI) and is guided by the Institute of Digital Engineering’s (IDE) recently published Digitalisation Roadmap (link), with an emphasis on the Digital Engineering Environment Theme.

For more information visit the IDE website or download the Call for Projects Document.