The IDEAS Institute may begin operating, as Prof. Piotr Sankowski, who heads the unit, reported on the X website. The Institute will be supervised by the government, the minister responsible for computerization, and the minister of national defense, according to an entry in the National Court Register (KRS).
Prof. Sankowski has been officially appointed as the director of IDEAS – according to the entry in the National Court Register. By the end of the year, the Institute must submit a financial report, and supervision over it is to be exercised by the government, the minister responsible for computerization and the minister of national defense – it was indicated. The unit also received a NIP and REGON number.
“The IDEAS Institute may begin operating,” Prof. Sankowski reported on the X website. The activity is to be conducted within the Łukasiewicz Research Network, and the address is Królewska 27 in Warsaw – as indicated by the entry; this is also the seat of the Ministry of Digital Affairs.
The Ideas Institute can start working – yesterday an entry was made in the National Court Register. However, among the good news there is also much more poignant information about the illness of one of the team leaders, who was supposed to start work soon. @LukeKucinski is fighting glioma and is looking for support for:…
— Piotr Sankowski (@piotrsankowski) April 16, 2025
According to the entry from 15 April this year, the industries in which the Institute is to operate are: scientific research and development work, software and IT consulting, website management, data processing and hosting, publishing activities, rental and leasing, office administration and business support.
On February 25, the Council of Ministers adopted a regulation on the establishment of the IDEAS Research Institute, which is to combine two important areas: military and civilian. According to the regulation, it is managed jointly by the Ministry of Digital Affairs (MC) and the Ministry of National Defense (MON). It is to be a unique center for research on artificial intelligence on a European scale.
After the government meeting, during which it was decided to establish the IDEAS Institute, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Digital Affairs Krzysztof Gawkowski said that after registration in the National Court Register and granting a statute to this entity, the structure will be prepared and the first research projects will be written. The government has secured PLN 20 million for this. The next step is to employ scientific leaders and research staff.
The Institute's scientists are supposed to focus on research on artificial intelligence, machine vision, computer graphics and natural language processing, with particular emphasis on solutions for security, defense, public administration, and “green cities”. The institute's research agendas are to be regularly assessed by the Scientific Council.
The establishment of the IDEAS Research Institute was announced by the ministries of digitalization and science and higher education in October last year. According to the plans at the time, the Institute was to start operating on January 1, 2025. It was announced then that its creation would be handled by Prof. Sankowski, who had previously founded and headed the IDEAS NCBR center (in 2021-2024). He left his position in October last year after he was not elected president of the center.
Piotr Sankowski is a computer scientist, a postdoctoral degree holder in mathematical sciences, a professor at the Institute of Computer Science at the Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Mechanics of the University of Warsaw and – as the only scientist from Poland – a four-time winner of European Research Council grants. (PAP)
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