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.

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

Chapter in book “Challenges in Cybersecurity and Privacy - the European Research Landscape” by River Publishers. ISBN: 9788770220880 doi: https://doi.org/10.13052/rp-9788770220873 https://www.riverpublishers.com/research_details.php?book_id=711