Cynergy4MIE is a visionary project poised to revolutionize Europe's industrial landscape by bridging the gap between foundational technology layers, cross-sectional technologies, and key application areas. The project addresses the pressing need for efficient resource utilization and synergy creation across ecosystems. By actively managing requirements from various key application areas, Cynergy4MIE aims to steer developments in foundational technology layers and cross-sectional technologies, enabling unparalleled collaboration and resource optimization. This approach promises faster time-to-market, efficient resource utilization, and enhanced technological exchange between key application areas. Cynergy4MIE's strategy aligns with the EU's agenda and emphasizes urgency, resilience, technological partnerships, and cross-domain integration to champion European competitiveness. The project's long-term impact rests on embracing urgency, fostering competitive resilience, strengthening technological partnerships, harnessing ecosystem synergies, promoting cross-domain integration, advancing AI competence, prioritizing sustainability, enhancing productivity, and ensuring user-centric digitalization while forming strategic alliances. Cynergy4MIE envisions a future where emergent cyber-physical systems serve human-centric needs, drive domain convergence, and secure Europe's position as a global technology leader.

The automotive industry faces tremendous challenges in addressing decarbonization through electrification, developing future solutions for inclusive, safe and affordable mobility. Many of these changes require a radical re-thinking of existing development processes, with the share of software in modern mobility solutions continuously increasing. The rising importance of the software layer results in the so-called software-defined vehicle (SDV). Automotive software will be developed and adapted in continuous cycles. Therefore an abstraction from the underlying hardware needs to be implemented. As a result, the automotive industry is transitioning to an agile software development process. The dramatic increase of software and complexity, along with the advances of international competition in this domain, calls for an approach, in which non-differentiating software is developed jointly as open source. To address these challenges, the EU, together with industry, governments, and research institutions, have launched the European SDV Ecosystem. To turn this into reality, this proposal outlines the vision and activities for a Coordination and Support Action. FEDERATE (Software-Defined Vehicle Support and Coordination Project) aims to bring together all relevant stakeholders to accelerate the development of an SDV Ecosystem, to foster a vibrant European community and orchestrate the SDV R&D&I activities. The consortium of FEDERATE is formed by major European OEMs, automotive tiers, semiconductor companies, relevant industry associations and industrial SDV initiatives, including the Eclipse SDV WG, and supported by a scientific board. FEDERATE will work towards a common understanding on the vision of the SDV program and create an orchestrated advice for current and future projects in the SDV program. In addition, recommendations for future calls are prepared in alignment with a Roadmap and Joint Vision Document for accelerated SDV R&D&I, created as part of the CSA

In the "fourth industrial revolution" (Industry 4.0) our society is already immersed, cyberphysical systems (CPS) are key to improve our way of life. CPS rely heavily on software innovation, so mastering the ability to innovate quickly in SW is crucial. Nevertheless, creating a complete, correct and consistent SW system is not trivial. During different stages of development, multiple defects can accumulate due to specification, design, or coding errors. Therefore, it is essential to undergo a testing phase to ensure that defects are remedied before the SW reaches the market. These defects can lead to massive economic losses for companies or, more importantly, putting people's lives at risk. Verum Software Tools BV is an independent company founded in 2014, aiming to revolutionize embedded software industry by introducing DEZYNE Enterprise with the purpose to be leaders within the Industry 4.0. DEZYNE is the definitive solution to develop complete, correct and consistent SW systems. DEZYNE is a SW development toolset that strengthens existing software engineering practices by enabling SW engineers to produce robust, reliable and resilient results through the application of validation and formal verification technologies. DEZYNE makes it possible to increase productivity by up to 300%, thanks to the automation of validation and verification of SW system models; to reduce field defects by up to 99.99%, thanks to advanced mathematical analysis for SW verification; and to reduce marketing time by more than 20%, speeding up and shortening the entire development process. This is achieved by focusing on detecting and repairing defects in a SW system during the specification and design phases, so that total costs, time and field defects are severely minimised. We estimate that this project will bring cumulative profits of €13.56 million by 2024 and the generation of 29 new job positions, with a ROI in 2024 of 4.61.