
ELSA – European Lighthouse on Secure and Safe AI



ELSA is a growing network of excellence that spearheads efforts in foundational safe and secure AI methodology research. ELSA builds on
and extends the internationally recognized and excellently positioned ELLIS (European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems) network of excellence.
Network Members
ELSA’s founding members include European experts in all aspects of safe and secure AI, including technical robustness, privacy preserving techniques and human agency and oversight. In addition, ELSA brings on board research and industry experts in six different sectors that are key application areas of safe and secure AI.
Facts and Figures about our Network
ELSA
BENCHMARKS
The ELSA Benchmarks Platform provides a single access point to all ELSA Use Case related resources (data, metrics, benchmarks) and allows participation to the ELSA competitions.
Please browse the use cases, and find out about related events (competitions, workshops, tutorials) running. Each use case will host one or more scientific competitions over the duration of the ELSA project. Register in the platform in order to get access to download materials and to submit your own methods to the competitions.

Latest

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Register now! Final ELSA General Assembly
After four successful and eventful years, ELSA will host its final General Assembly. We are excited to welcome the network, the ELSA Consortium, ELLIS members, EU-funded partner Networks of Excellence, industry representatives and EU policymakers.So, register for the…
news
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ELSA Use Case Update: Multimedia – Deepfake Detection
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Welcome to ELSA, Radboud University!
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New ELSA member: Technical University of Darmstadt
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Collaboration, Critical Thinking, and Clinical Expertise – TrustworthyAI4Health Workshop Recap
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New ELSA member: École Normale Supérieure
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ELSA Use Case Update: Cybersecurity – Malware Detection
Events

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ELSA Health Privacy Challenge – CAMDA 2026
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“Trustworthy Document Understanding: Privacy, Unlearning, Robustness, and Explainability” – Workshop
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“Building Sustainable and Trustworthy Cognitive Robotics for Europe” – Workshop
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ELSA Workshop “TrustworthyAI4Health: Toward Trustworthy AI Modeling for Computational Healthcare”
Empowering Innovation

ELSA has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation program.










