SCiO (www.scio.systems) is a deep-tech company, that provides innovative, world-leading, bespoke AI-enabled services for the disruption of the agri-food value chain. SCiO is based in Athens, Greece within the technology park of the National Centre for Scientific Research “Demokritos”. SCiO specialises in different facets of data analysis from multi-parameter Descriptive Analytics to complex Predictive Analytics over large data volumes. Furthermore, it pushes the envelope on Prescriptive Analysis, building novel methodologies for determining, verifying and explaining analytical results. SCiO is thus able to provide innovative, world-leading, bespoke services that morph data into meaningful answers for practitioners and investors. 

Contact person for SCiO is Dr. Panagiotis Zervas.

Role in TraceMyFish

SCiO serves as the coordinating entity of TraceMyFish and is responsible for the smooth and flawless execution of the project, ensuring that all envisioned outcomes are timely delivered. 

In the implementation front, SCiO’s main responsibilities are the design and deployment of the data platform serving the TraceMyFish iFMS and the development of the Machine Learning models for the analysis and prediction of fish product quality and safety. 

Key Personnel

• Chief Operations Officer (COO), Panagiotis Zervas
• Chief Innovation Officer (CINNO), Antonis Koukourikos

The Agricultural University of Athens (AUA) was established in 1920 and produces scientific knowledge on Greek Agriculture and Economy since 1920. The main research activities c of the Laboratory of Microbiology and Biotechnology of Foods (LMBF) are focused on food spoilage, food-borne pathogens, and predictive modelling and risk assessment. The LMBF has led expeditions in the following fields:

• a) assessment of food safety and spoilage through microbiological analysis (pathogens spoilage organisms), and physicochemical analysis (metabolomics) in combination with multivariate statistical methods, such as MCFA, PCA, discriminant analysis and cluster analysis,
• b) responses of stress adapted pathogens grown planktonically or attached on stainless steel surfaces (biofilms),
• c) modelling the behaviour of microbial populations throughout the food chain to assist reliable estimation of microbial food safety risk,
• d) implementation of Process Analytical Technology (PAT) in the Food Industry; The introduction of non-invasive approach to enhance food safety and quality technology (PAT) in the Food Industry.

Contact person for the AUA is professor George-John Nychas.

Role in TraceMyFish

AUA is responsible for defining the project’s pilots and devising the plan for their
execution, while contributing heavily to data acquisition, machine learning prediction model development and stakeholder engagement activities.

Key Personnel

• Professor George-John Nychas
• Research Assoc. Panagiotis Tsakanikas
• Laboratory Teaching Staff Anastasios Stamatiou

NTNU is an internationally focused University with its main campus in Trondheim, Norway. The Department of Biotechnology and Food Science is one of eight departments at the Faculty of Natural Sciences, and their researchers are particularly interested in finding new applications for marine resources through advanced biotechnological applications.  

The food science lab at NTNU has infrastructure for sampling, quantification, identification, and genetic and phenotypical characterization of biogenic contaminants, e.g. class II laboratory, microarray high throughput Ominolog system for screening of phenotypes and equipment for molecular microbiological analysis (PCR, qPCR). IBT also has laboratories for processing of seafood, sensory- and chemical analysis including equipment for chromatography (GC and LC systems) and are the host for the faculty MS-laboratory and the national NMR-platform. 

Contact person for NTNU is Professor Jørgen Lerfall.

Role in TraceMyFish

Key Personnel

• Professor Jørgen Lerfall
• Assoc. Professor Anita Nordeng Jakobsen
• Assist. Professor Atle Hannisdal

Videometer is a world leading provider of spectral imaging technology, machine learning and AI software for analysis of a broad range of products. Our imaging instruments and turnkey solutions allow our worldwide customer base to see, detect, and measure product properties in an accurate, fast, versatile, and non-destructive manner.

Contact person for Videometer A/S is Dr. Nette Schultz.

Role in TraceMyFish

Videometer will be responsible for designing, testing and validation the spectral sensors used in the project and will aid with the data acquisition tasks and the development of the TraceMyFish data platform. It will also lead the work for forming the exploitation and commercialization framework of TraceMyFish.

Key Personnel

• Chief Innovation Officer (CINO) Nette Schultz
• Product Developer Aske Schultz Carstensen
• Marketing Specialist Alessia Del Genio

The University of Iceland was founded in 1911 and is the largest university in Iceland, hosting over 16 thousand students at an undergraduate, master’s and PhD level. The Faculty of Food Science and Nutrition is a small, but powerful research entity, which holds diverse expertise in food science, food chemistry, food processing, product development, innovation, nutrition, and the environmental impact of food processing and sustainable healthy diets. 

Contact person for the University of Iceland is Professor María Guðjónsdóttir.

Role in TraceMyFish

UoI are involved in several WPs in TraceMyFish, has a seat in the project steering committee and oversees the Communications and Dissemination of the project results in WP7. UoI provides a link to the Icelandic whitefish industry and expertise of spectroscopic and traditional quality monitoring, with emphasis on the whitefish value chains. UoI have a close collaboration with Matís, Food and Biotech R&D, and these institutions share their research facilities. 

Key Personnel

• Professor María Guðjónsdóttir
• Adjunct Professor Guðrún Svana Hilmarsdóttir

Matis is an Icelandic research company working in food and biotech R&D that focuses on increasing value creation related to food production and biotechnology, research and product development contributing to public health, and plays an important role in ensuring safety and wholesomeness of Icelandic food. The company and its employees have taken part in and led various international and domestic projects relating to processing, storage, safety, and quality of diverse food systems, with special emphasis on the blue bioeconomy.  

Contact person for Matís Food and Biotech R&D is Dr. Hildur Inga Sveinsdóttir.

Role in TraceMyFish

Matis’ main role involves setting up and, with support from other partners, performing the pilot testing of the developed technologies in the white fish value chain. Matís is equipped with all the necessary equipment and expertise needed for such implementation, and has accredited microbiological and chemical laboratories, which will provide reference measurements for the non-destructive spectral quality monitoring techniques tested within the TraceMyFish project.  

Key Personnel

• Dr. Hildur Inga Sveinsdóttir
• Prof. Emeritus, and Chief Engineer at Matís Food and Biotech R&D, Sigurjon Arason