About us

FAST-EO gathers 5 European partners from Germany, Switzerland and Poland. The experts from DLR, IBM Research – Zürich, Forschungszentrum Jülich (FZJ), KP Labs, and the European Space Agency (ESA) Φ-lab aim to advance foundation models in Earth observation.

FAST-EO in Numbers

With a shared heritage exceeding 150 years in space exploration and computational innovation, FAST-EO is at the forefront of leveraging AI and machine learning to enhance our understanding and monitoring of Earth's dynamic systems.

Partners

$500k

Funding

20+

Researchers

Use case applications

Partners

DLR

German Aerospace Center

DLR is the Federal Republic of Germany's research centre for aeronautics and space. We conduct research and development activities in the fields of aeronautics, space, energy, transport, security and digitalisation. The German Space Agency at DLR plans and implements the national space programme on behalf of the federal government. Two DLR project management agencies oversee funding programmes and support knowledge transfer.

DLR employs approximately 10000 people at 30 locations.

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ESA Φ-lab

European Space Agency Φ-lab

The European Space Agency (ESA), established in 1975, is a leading organization in space exploration, fostering cooperation among European countries. ESA conducts missions in Earth observation, human spaceflight, and more, aiming to use space for a sustainable future. With facilities across Europe, including a spaceport in French Guiana, ESA is committed to advancing space knowledge and technology, making space accessible and beneficial for society.

ESA Φ-lab accelerates the future of Earth Observation (EO) through disruptive and transformational innovation, aiming to strengthen the world-leading competitiveness of the European EO industrial and scientific sectors

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FZJ

Forschungszentrum Jülich

Within FZJ, the Jülich Supercomputing Centre (JSC) is one of the three national supercomputing centers in Germany as part of the Gauss Centre for Supercomputing (GCS). JSC operates supercomputers, which are among the largest in Europe and has more than 30 years of expertise in providing supercomputer services to national and international user communities. It undertakes research and development in HPC architectures, performance analysis, HPC applications, Grid computing and networking.

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IBM

IBM Research

IBM Research – Zurich is one of 12 IBM Research laboratories around the globe. It was established in 1956 and is home to world-class scientists representing more than 45 nationalities. Cutting-edge research and outstanding scientific achievements — most notably two Nobel Prizes — are associatedwith this lab. As the largest European branch of IBM Research, its mission — in addition to pursuing innovative research for tomorrow’s information technology — is to cultivate close relationships with academic and industrial partners.

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KP Labs

KP Labs is an innovative New Space company based in Poland. We accelerate space exploration by advancing autonomous spacecraft operation and robotic technology. We believe that space missions can be simple and self-managed. Applying Autonomy in space domains like Earth Observation or Space Robotics is an inevitable step towards reducing the cost of operations and risk of mission failure. Our goal is to make this step possible.

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