The '
Φ-lab (Phi-lab)
'' is the Earth Observation innovation lab at the

European Space Agency The European Space Agency (ESA) is a 23-member International organization, international organization devoted to space exploration. With its headquarters in Paris and a staff of around 2,547 people globally as of 2023, ESA was founded in 1975 ...

. It has the mission of accelerating the future of

Earth observation Earth observation (EO) is the gathering of information about the physical, chemical, and biosphere, biological systems of the planet Earth. It can be performed via remote sensing, remote-sensing technologies (Earth observation satellites) or throu ...

exploiting transformative innovation and commercialisation actions to strengthen European global competitiveness, by helping the earth observation researchers, talented innovator and entrepreneurs to adopt disruptive technologies and methods. It is currently working on artificial intelligence, foundation models, quantum computing, onboard artificial intelligence, and virtual reality. The Φ-lab is also an investors in innovative space business via its InCubed co-funding programm

providing rapid funding to innovative business ideas to exploit new

Earth Observation Earth observation (EO) is the gathering of information about the physical, chemical, and biosphere, biological systems of the planet Earth. It can be performed via remote sensing, remote-sensing technologies (Earth observation satellites) or throu ...

markets. The Φ-lab acts as a hub between industry, academia and investors and maintain th
Φ-lab community
where people and talents can share ideas and needs. The Φ-lab is a division of the ESA Earth Observation Programme developing future systems for earth observation. The Φ-lab brings experts from across the world to develop research on the relevance for Earth Observation of emerging technology topics including artificial intelligence, distributed ledgers and quantum computing . Representatives from industry, or academia can propose to work with Φ-lab on their own innovative case study, getting access to ESA EO huge competence, computing resources, and facilities. They usually stay with Φ-lab from few weeks, for a full immersion, up to 2 years for a more strategic partnership. The Φ-lab is also producing artificial intelligence models and making it available online as open source.

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