{"id":1817,"date":"2025-09-25T21:30:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T18:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hria.upb.ro\/?p=1817"},"modified":"2025-11-04T20:44:04","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T17:44:04","slug":"vizita-delegatiei-bancii-mondiale-la-hub-ul-roman-pentru-inteligenta-artificiala-hria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hria.upb.ro\/en\/2025\/09\/25\/vizita-delegatiei-bancii-mondiale-la-hub-ul-roman-pentru-inteligenta-artificiala-hria\/","title":{"rendered":"World Bank Delegation Visits the Romanian Hb for Artificial Intelligence \u2013 HRIA"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Romanian Hub for Artificial Intelligence (HRIA) recently welcomed a delegation of experts from the World Bank, marking a key moment in strengthening international collaboration and acknowledging the progress made so far within the project.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Prof. Adina Magda Florea, Director of the HRIA project, presented the hub\u2019s vision and strategic objectives, emphasizing its role in developing a national ecosystem of excellence in Artificial Intelligence. The project is implemented by the National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest, in partnership with six universities and eight innovative SMEs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The visit was organized in the context of the future Black Sea AI Gigafactory, which is Romania\u2019s proposal for a next-generation AI supercomputing hub.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">During the meeting, several key topics were discussed:<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-6a24fc47375d0\" data-id=\"6a24fc47375d0\" data-height=\"10\" data-height-mobile=\"10\" data-height-tab=\"10\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div><div class=\"standard-arrow bullet-top\"><ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Allocation of HRIA funds in research infrastructure (over \u20ac11 millions);<\/li>\n<li>HRIA KPIs;<\/li>\n<li>Transfer of research results to the market through the involvement of 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