ELSA is a virtual centre of excellence that will spearhead efforts in foundational safe and secure artificial intelligence (AI) methodology research. ELSA is a large and growing network of top European experts in AI and machine learning who aim to promote the development and deployment of cutting-edge AI solutions in the future and make Europe the world's lighthouse of AI.

ELSA brings together researchers from 26 top research institutions and companies in Europe to pool their expertise in the field of AI and machine learning. ELSA is coordinated by the CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security in Saarbrücken.

The ELSA project will be focusing on the following research programmes:

Technical robustness and security;
Privacy protection techniques and infrastructures; and
Human agency and oversight.
For more information regarding the ELSA project please go to the following link.

ELSA is funded by Horizon Europe, one of the largest research and innovation funding programmes in the world.

ELSA is built on the ELLIS Society (European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems) and works in close collaboration with ELISE (European Network of AI Excellence Centers).