The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA) is the oldest university in Greece, established in 1837. Within SENSEI, NKUA participates through the research team of the Department of Physics, which has long-term experience in the field of physics and technology of microwave systems and sources, as well as in code development in several areas of electrical engineering. Over the last decade, members of the research team have been involved in several European projects related to telecommunications systems and applications, autonomous vehicle technologies, and related fields.
Role in the project: NKUA plays a central role in SENSEI, combining technical innovation leadership with responsibility not only for the demonstrations but also for ethics and data management. NKUA is the technical driving force behind two of the project’s core HTI solutions namely, the Adaptation Logic Module (adapting HTI to real-time driver state and context) and the Visual Display of System Confidence (communicating system reliability to build driver trust), both validated in simulation and real-world environments in Greece. In WP2 (which is led by NKUA), NKUA leads the co-design of HTI features and training models (T2.1) and the adaptation and integration of these innovations into simulators and demonstration vehicles (T2.2). It also leads Use Case 2 and anchors the Greek demonstration site, coordinating the local Group of Interest of young drivers and vulnerable road users. Beyond this, NKUA coordinates and monitors all demonstration activities across sites (T3.1 in WP3), supported by its in-house driving simulation laboratory and an instrumented, automation-capable vehicle. As the project’s Data and Ethics Coordinator, it also leads Ethics and Data Management (T6.4), ensuring all project data is handled in a FAIR- and GDPR-compliant way in line with Horizon Europe’s requirements.