Following the Industry 4.0 vision of a full digitization of the industry, time-critical services and applications, allowing network infrastructures to deliver information with determinism and reliability, are becoming more and more relevant for a set of vertical sectors.

A proposal for a predictive analysis model for bike-sharing systems based on a mixed model of statistical and machine-learning approaches.The model assumes a Poisson distribution on bike station arrival and departures.

This document details the strategy, the research needs, the critical importance of innovation in Artificial Intelligence and recommendations for future investments in Europe.