The mission of the PrivateSky project was to efficiently transfer the knowledge resulting from the research activity carried out at the Faculty of Computer Science, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi (UAIC), to the IT industry.
The concept of this project was newly introduced and was concretized by using an innovative Cloud architecture based on executable choreographies, applied in creating new technologies, tools, and methods for cloud software development.
During the project, the UAIC Cloud Computing Research Group obtained and validated, through scientific publications, new results in the use of executable choreographies for software integration issues and for ensuring the confidentiality of data stored and processed in the cloud.
The objective of the project was achieved through the development of a PaaS (Platform as a Service) entitled PrivateSky, in collaboration with small and medium-sized software developers interested in using the proposed technologies. Throughout the project, mixed teams of UAIC researchers and company specialists worked together to create an “ecosystem” that met the needs of the market.
The PrivateSky platform was used by partner companies for industrial research and experimental development of products and services. This allowed them to launch innovative products in new markets or to convert and integrate on-premise applications with cloud applications.
Also, the source code for PrivateSky was licensed in open-source mode, offering open access to the innovative technologies developed by the project to other interested companies.

Among the results obtained, we highlight the following:

• Implementation of technology transfer to small and medium-sized enterprises: eight subsidiary contracts were concluded for Type C activities (Research Services) and nine subsidiary contracts for Type D activities (effective collaboration through industrial research and experimental development).
• Establishment and final accreditation of the iTransfer Technology Transfer Center (TTC-iT) , a financially autonomous research, innovation, and technology transfer infrastructure.
• Publication of more than 20 scientific papers, some of which were authored by mixed teams composed of company and university researchers.
• Submission of nine patent applications, each corresponding to the specific innovation developed in collaboration with one of the companies involved in the project.

This project was funded by the Competitiveness Operational Program (POC), Priority Axis 1 – Research, Technological Development and Innovation (RDI) to support economic competitiveness and business development, Action 1.2.3: Knowledge transfer partnerships.
The implementation period of the project was 60 months, from 01.09.2016 to 31.08.2021.