GATE Institute is the first dedicated Big Data and AI Centre of Excellence in Eastern Europe co-funded by the EC and the Bulgarian Government and established as a joint initiative with Chalmers University and Chalmers Industrial Technologies, Sweden. Having the vision to enable a Data-Driven Smart Society, GATE is facilitating digital transformation by leveraging the opportunities that Big Data and AI digital technologies create and by accelerating their impact across society. GATE performs research and creates innovations in four application domains – Future Cities, Digital Health, Smart Industry and Intelligent Government.