Meet our fellows

Meet our fellows

Fellows from the first round of Calls: 2022-2023

The first round of Calls started on November 30th, 2022, and ended on March 31st, 2023.

General results and key numbers of the first round of open calls:

  • 74 finalised Applications submitted on F6S;
  • 32 selected Fellows joining the 1st Cohort:
    • 13 Fellows selected for the Paired teams track;
    • 17 Fellows for the Open ideas track;
    • 2 Fellows for the Challenges track.
  • 16 selected Fellows are Innovators – Entrepreneurs/self-employed;
  • 16 selected Fellows are Researchers:
    • 12 Researchers – Technical;
    • 3 Researchers – Multidisciplinary;
    • 1 Researcher – Social Sciences and Humanities.

To learn more about this round of calls, please click here.

Fellows from the second round of Calls: 2023-2024

The second round of Calls started on July 1st , 2023, and ended on September 30th, 2023.

General results and key numbers of the first round of open calls:

  • 48 finalised Applications submitted on F6S;
  • 21 selected Fellows joining the 2nd Cohort:
    • 12 Fellows selected for the Paired teams track;
    • 5 Fellows for the Open ideas track;
    • 4 Fellows for the Challenges track.
  • 5 selected Fellows are Innovators – Entrepreneurs/self-employed;
  • 16 selected Fellows are Researchers:
    • 14 Researchers – Technical;
    • 2 Researchers – Multidisciplinary;
    • 0 Researcher – Social Sciences and Humanities.

To learn more about this round of calls, please click here.

Fellows from the third round of Calls: 2024-2025

General results and key numbers of the first round of open calls:

  • 70 finalised Applications submitted on F6S;
  • 14 selected Fellows joining the 3rd Cohort:
    • 5 Fellows selected under the Paired teams track;
    • 5 Fellows for the Open ideas track;
    • 4 Fellows for the Challenges track.
  • 5 selected Fellows are Innovators – Entrepreneurs/self-employed;
  • 9 selected Fellows are Researchers:
    • 6 Researchers – Technical;
    • 3 Research – Social Sciences and Humanities.
    • 0 Researchers – Multidisciplinary.

To learn more about this round of calls, please click here.

  • Omid Esrafilian

    France

    Researcher (scientific/technical/engineering)

    Organization

    Institute of the Wireless Internet of Things, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Northeastern University

    Project title

    5G-enabled Connected Robotics Emulator

    Track

    Paired Teams

  • Roberto Miguel Medina Bujalance

    Spain

    Innovators/Entrepreneurs

    Organization

    Sonoma State University

    Project title

    InSee System: The First AI-Powered Respiratory Monitoring Platform

    Track

    Paired Teams

  • Simone Zerbini

    Italy

    Researcher (scientific/technical/engineering)

    Organization

    Arizona State University

    Project title

    Improving Fuzzing Through Symbolic Execution

    Track

    Open Ideas

  • Soumya Kanti Datta

    France

    Innovators/Entrepreneurs

    Organization

    Arizona State University

    Project title

    SPARTA - Secure, Privacy Aware Extended Reality Platform

    Track

    Open Ideas

  • Sümeyye KAYNAK

    Turkey

    Researcher (scientific/technical/engineering)

    Organization

    University of Iowa Hydroinformatics Lab (UIHILab)

    Project title

    Artificial Intelligence Driven Big Data Analytics for Extremes Climate Events

    Track

    Open Ideas

  • Tessa Wagenaar

    Netherlands

    Innovators/Entrepreneurs

    Organization

    Temple University

    Project title

    SplendoMonitor

    Track

    Paired Teams

  • Tommaso Carraro

    Italy

    Researcher (scientific/technical/engineering)

    Organization

    The WISE Lab, Computer Science Department, Rutgers University

    Project title

    Neuro-Symbolic Recommender Systems

    Track

    Paired Teams

  • Vasilapostolos Ouranis

    Greece

    Innovators/Entrepreneurs

    Organization

    Saint Louis University

    Project title

    Advanced Human Computer Interaction in Virtual Training and Simulation environment

    Track

    Open Ideas

  • Vasili Manfredi

    Italy

    Innovators/Entrepreneurs

    Organization

    Carleton University, CIMS Carleton Immersive Media Studio

    Project title

    Photorealistic Imaging and EXact modeLing for enhanced Virtual Reality

    Track

    Paired Teams