Applied AI and computer vision research centre delivering visual analytics, VR/AR, and intelligent systems for security, mobility, and health applications.
Vicomtech is an applied research centre in San Sebastián (Spain) specializing in computer vision, artificial intelligence, and visual interaction technologies. They build AI-powered systems for real-world applications — from driver assistance and autonomous vehicle perception to law enforcement analytics, border surveillance, and medical decision support. Their work spans the full pipeline from sensor data processing and computer vision algorithms to interactive visualization and augmented/virtual reality interfaces, delivering production-ready technology components to industry and public-sector clients across Europe.
Led ASGARD (raw data analysis for security) and GRACE (child exploitation detection using CV and NLP), and contributed to INFINITY (VR/AR for intelligence analysis), BorderUAS (drone-based surveillance), TITANIUM (darknet investigation), and RESPOND-A (first responder situational awareness).
Coordinated VI-DAS (vision-based driver assistance) and INLANE (lane-level navigation), and participated in AUTOPILOT (IoT-connected driving), 5G-MOBIX (cross-border 5G mobility), HEADSTART (automated transport testing), 5GMETA (car data monetization), and TransSec (transport security).
Runs across multiple domains — INFINITY (VR/AR for intelligence), ARETE (augmented reality for education), TRACTION (co-creation tools for opera/arts), Cloud-LSVA (large-scale video analysis), and CAPTAIN (projected tangible interfaces for health coaching).
Contributed to DEMETER (agri-food data interoperability), MIDAS (health data integration), CPS4EU (cyber-physical system architecture), SHAPES (health/ageing interoperability), and 5GMETA (data pipelines and monetization).
Participated in SPARTA (cybersecurity research governance and skills), CPS4EU (cyber-physical systems), HEADSTART (cybersecurity for automated transport), and TITANIUM (cryptocurrency/darknet investigation tools).
Coordinated DESIREE (breast cancer decision support), and contributed to CAPTAIN (health coaching interface), SHAPES (smart healthy ageing), and MIDAS (health data analytics).
In their early H2020 period (2015–2018), Vicomtech focused heavily on building core computer vision and video analysis capabilities, with projects in driver assistance (VI-DAS, INLANE), large-scale video processing (Cloud-LSVA), and first forays into security analytics (ASGARD, TITANIUM investigating darknet markets and cryptocurrency). From 2019 onward, their work shifted decisively toward AI-driven platforms with broader societal applications — agri-food data interoperability (DEMETER), cybersecurity governance (SPARTA), drone-based border surveillance (BorderUAS), and immersive VR/AR tools for both law enforcement (INFINITY) and cultural co-creation (TRACTION). The evolution shows a clear move from foundational visual computing toward applied AI systems that integrate multiple data sources across security, mobility, and public-sector domains.
Vicomtech is converging on AI-powered security and surveillance systems while expanding into data interoperability platforms, making them a strong partner for projects combining computer vision with multi-source data fusion.
Vicomtech balances leadership and partnership effectively — they coordinated 8 of 38 projects (21%), stepping up to lead when the topic aligns with their core visual computing strengths (ASGARD, GRACE, VI-DAS, 5GMETA), while comfortably contributing specialist modules in larger consortia. With 658 unique partners across 41 countries, they operate as a well-connected hub rather than a closed circle, indicating openness to new collaborators and an ability to integrate into diverse consortium structures. Their consistent presence in both RIA (research) and IA (innovation) projects suggests they bridge the gap between research prototypes and deployable technology.
Vicomtech has built an extensive European network of 658 unique consortium partners spanning 41 countries, with particularly strong ties in Western European security, transport, and digital ecosystems. Their geographic spread is genuinely pan-European, reaching well beyond the Iberian Peninsula into a broad, diverse set of collaborations.
Vicomtech occupies a distinctive niche as a visual computing and AI research centre that delivers technology components directly usable by industry and public authorities — not just papers, but working systems. Their combination of computer vision, VR/AR, and data analytics under one roof is uncommon for an organisation of their size, allowing them to tackle projects that span from raw sensor data to interactive human interfaces. For consortium builders, they bring the rare ability to contribute both the AI backend and the visual frontend, reducing the need for multiple specialist partners.
