MUNICH, 22-Oct-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Munich Re is launching a number of digital solutions aimed at making claims estimates faster, improving the accuracy in risk assessment and better loss prevention. The group is investing heavily in data analytics and artificial … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Germany, Insurance, Internet & Online, News, Technology
Tagged AI, AQUALYTIX, artificial-intelligence, Big Data, data analytics, digital solutions, digital transformation, Doris Höpke, Faith Thoms, insurance, insurance industry, Jodi Dorman, Jörg Allgäuer, Machine Learning, Munich Re, primary insurers, residential-building insurance, TechTrend Radar, The Box, water-mains damage
The collaboration between MIT and Eni on low-carbon energy research and technologies renewed MILAN, 18-Oct-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Eni’s tenure as a Founding Member of the MITEI has just been extended through 2023. It is a joint collaboration of Eni … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Italy, News, Science, Technology
Tagged AI, Antonio Torralba, artificial-intelligence, carbon capture, carbon emissions, circular economy, Claudio Descalzi, climate crisis, data-driven innovation, decarbonizing global energy systems, delivering transformative new technology, digitalization, energy research, energy storage, fusion, fusion energy, low-carbon energy, Machine Intelligence, MIT, MIT Quest for Intelligence, MIT’s Quest, nanotechnologies, RESEARCH, Robert C. Armstrong, Solar, solar energy, solar photovoltaics
Starting this season, all games from the men and women Estonian and Latvian leagues will be broadcast on television and streamed over the web TALLINN, Estonia, RIGA, Latvia & TEL AVIV, Israel, 25-Sep-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — AS Levira, Estonia’s leading TV … Read the full press release
Posted in Entertainment, Estonia, Internet & Online, Latvia, Marketing, Media, News, Sports
Tagged AI, AI-automated sports production, Alon Werber, AS Levira, basketball, broadcast, Edgars Berzins, Estonian leagues, games, Keio Kuhi, Latvian leagues, live stream, Martti Kinkar, Pixellot, sports, streaming, television, Telia TV
SAN JOSE, California, USA, 18-Sep-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Today, Tachyum announced that Dr. Kurt Lauk has joined the company’s Board of Advisors. Dr. Lauk served on several management boards, including Daimler and Audi, and as a member of the EU … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Automotive, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Management, News, Science, Slovakia, Spain, Technology, Telecom
Tagged 32-Tensor Exaflop supercomputer, 5G, Adrian Vycital, AI, AI workloads, Angela Merkel, Audi, Boston Consulting Group, chip, Daimler, Danilak, data center TCO, data center workloads, Dr. Kurt Lauk, Dr. Radoslav Danilak, EU Parliament, Fortemedia, Globe CP GmbH, hardware, High performance, HPC, HPC workloads, Industry 4.0, IoT, Lauk, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Magna Inc, Nomura, Processor, Prodigy, semiconductors, Slovakia, Tachyum, transformational products, VEBA AG, Wirtschaftsrat, world’s first Universal Processor, Zinser Textil Machinery GmbH
MUNICH, 9-Sep-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Munich Re has just announced it is introducing two new digital solutions, Wildfire Risk Score and Remote Industries, that are aimed at making claims settlement considerably easier for insurance companies, thus accelerating indemnification of the … Read the full press release
Posted in Financial, Germany, Insurance, Internet & Online, News, Society, Technology, Telecom
Tagged aerial photographs, AI, algorithms, chat bots, digital solutions, digitalization, digitisation, efficient claims handling, evaluate wildfire risks, extremely high-risk area, Faith Thoms, high-resolution aerial imagery, hurricanes, indemnification, insurance, insurance claims, insurers, Jodi Dorman, Jörg Allgäuer, Munich Re, Munich Re Remote Industries, natural hazards area, recording of damages, reinsurers, Torsten Jeworrek, wildfire, Wildfire Risk Score
NUREMBERG, 9-Aug-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — GfK provides grocery and drugstore retailers with new AI-based solution to gain valuable intelligence on shoppers. Attribution+ allows retailers to complete and enrich loyalty card data with insights from the GfK Consumer Panel. This is the … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Germany, Marketing, News, Retail, Technology
Tagged AI, Attribution+, CRM, Dr. Marc Knuff, drugstore, GfK, GfK Consumer Panel, Grocery, loyalty card data, retailers, SO1, socio-demographic information
LONDON, 23-Jul-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Following the signing of MoU to partner on digital service solutions at the Farnborough Air Show in July 2018, Singapore’s Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA) and Rolls-Royce have launched the first collaborative digital technology … Read the full press release
Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Internet & Online, News, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged AI, Ang Jer Meng, artificial-intelligence, borescope, borescope inspection, Defence, digital technology, DSTA, engine maintenance, engines, Farnborough Air Show, Louise Donaghey, Machine Vision technology, Rolls-Royce, Singapore, United Kingdom
SINGAPORE, 9-Jul-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Kuehne + Nagel announced it is rolling out an AI-based digital freight platform in Asia Pacific, first starting off with Thailand. With this launch, the company is expanding its suite of online services. The AI … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, International Trade, Internet & Online, News, Switzerland, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged AI, AI freight platform, Asia-Pacific, carriers, Chellan Ganesan, comparison process, Digital freight platform, digital transformation, etrucKNow, freight platform, KPMG Digital Village, Kuehne + Nagel, overland logistics, overland shipments, simplified quotation, THAILAND, truck operators, Trucks
FREIBURG, 6-Jun-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Over 450 leading researchers on robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) expected to gather in Freiburg, Germany for the “Robotics: Science and Systems” conference. More than 100 scientific lectures on robotics, artificial intelligence and machine learning … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Education, Germany, Industrial, Internet & Online, Media, News, Science, Technology
Tagged AI, air robots, artificial-intelligence, BrainLinks-BrainTools, IEEE Robotics and Automation Society, land robots, Machine Learning, Messe Freiburg, Natascha Thoma-Widmann, Nicolas Scherger, Prof. Dr. Maren Bennewitz, Prof. Dr. Wolfram Burgard, robotics, Robotics: Science and Systems, sea robots, Toyota Research Institute, University of Bonn, University of Freiburg
AstraZeneca / BenevolentAI artificial intelligence collaboration will accelerate drug discovery Potential new drugs discovery in the area of chronic kidney disease and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis CAMBRIDGE / LONDON, 30-Apr-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — New partnership, announced today, by AstraZeneca and BenevolentAI … Read the full press release
Posted in Healthcare, News, Pharma & Biotech, Science, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged AI, AI discovery platform, artificial-intelligence, AstraZeneca, Benevolent Platform, BenevolentAI, biomedical knowledge graph, chemistry, Christina Malmberg Hägerstrand, Chronic kidney disease, CKD, clinical data, disease biology, genomics, Gonzalo Viña, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, IPF, Jennifer Hursit, Joanna Shields, Machine Learning, Matt Kent, Mene Pangalos, Michele Meixell, pathophysiology of disease, Rebecca Einhorn, Rob Skelding
LYON, 25-Apr-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Rhônexpress has just announced the 3 winners of its U-X 2019 startup challenge. The first prize has gone to the Atlantide, which is an urban exploration game that relies on geolocation systems. The second prize … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, France, Internet & Online, News, Small Business, Technology, Transportation & Logistics, Travel
Tagged AI, Atlantide, customer experience, customer service, Fly me to the Food, Flyerz, geolocation, leisure, Lyon, mobility, passengers, Rhônexpress, Rhônexpress U-X 2019, Rhônexpress U-X 2019 winners, StartUp Challenge, Startups, TOURISM, travel, traveling, UX, Valérie ALLÈGRE, Wilma ODIN-LUMETTA
MANCHESTER, 5-Apr-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — UKFast has just announced it is more than doubling its DDoSX capacity. The UK cloud technology firm will invest £4 million into its distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) mitigation network. The investment is part of UKFast’s network … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Internet & Online, Investment, News, Security & Safety, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged AI, algorithms, Amsterdam, botnets, CDN, DDoS, DDoS attack, DDoS attacks, DDoS mitigation, DDoSX, distributed denial-of-service, hosting firm, insecure IoT devices, Lawrence Jones, malicious online behaviour, Manchester, Neil Lathwood, Seattle, UKFast, WAF, web application firewall
LAUSANNE, 29-Mar-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Tetra Pak will launch its “factory of the future” at Hannover Messe 2019. With machines capable of communicating with each other and with the digital systems of the entire operation, automatically diagnosing problems, ordering and … Read the full press release
Posted in Food & Beverage, Germany, Industrial, News, Switzerland, Technology
Tagged AI, digital technology, digitalisation, food manufacturing, Hannover Messe 2019, Johan Nilsson, packaging, robotics, Tetra Pak
STUTTGART, 27-Mar-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Bosch will be presenting an autonomous transport system, artificial intelligence (AI) based visual fault detection and 3D printing relying on 5G at Hannover Messe. The factory of the future has already become a reality and … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Electronics & Machinery, Germany, Industrial, News, Sweden, Technology
Tagged 3D printer, 5G, 5G standard, 5G-ACIA, AI, Andreas Müller, APAS, AQUIAS, artificial-intelligence, autonomous transport, BigRep, Bosch, Bosch Industry 4.0 solutions, data transmission, Factory of the Future, greater productivity, Hägglunds, Hannover Messe, high-performance hydraulic systems, Inclusion, Industry 4.0, Kiruna, LKAB, machine learning methods, machines, Mellansel, Nokia, Qualcomm, Rexroth, robotics, Rolf Najork, Sweden, ViPAS, visual quality control
LONDON, 22-Mar-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — The Mersey Basin project has just won £50,000 seed funding, which is meant to help prepare the full bid, which, if successful, could deliver up to £50 million investment in the North West. The funding … Read the full press release
Posted in Chemicals, Government, Investment, News, Science, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged advanced manufacturing, AI, AI tools, Alison Kennedy, artificial-intelligence, digital manufacturing, Hartree Centre at Daresbury, High Performance Computing, IBM Research, Liverpool City Region, M56/M62 corridor, Manchester, Materials Chemistry, Mersey Basin AI-Enabled Materials Chemistry, new materials, seed funding, smart coatings, STFC, STFC Laboratories, Strength in Places Fund, supply chains, The Alan Turing Institute, the Henry Royce Institute, the University of Liverpool, the University of Manchester, UKRI
BERLIN, 21-Mar-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — High-level stakeholders from the industry and politics comment and share their views on mobility, transport, logistics and production, in both plenary and specific technical sessions during the second day of 21st Technical Congress in Berlin. … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Germany, Industrial, News, Politics, Science, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged 21st Technical Congress in Berlin, AI, Alexander Kraus, artificial-intelligence, automated driving, automated vehicles, automation, automotive industry, connected driving, Connected Vehicles, Continental Teves, continuous servicing, digitization, Dr. Andree Hohm, Dr. Joachim Damasky, driverless car, Driverless mobility, Fourth Industrial Revolution, fully electric powertrains, German Association of the Automotive Industry, heterogeneous data architecture, Industry 4.0, mobility, Prof. Peter Gutzmer, Robert Bosch GmbH, safety checks, Schaeffler AG, Siemens Industry Software GmbH, Thorsten Freund, TÜV SÜD Auto Service GmbH, Ulrich Schrickel, VDA
KAISERSLAUTERN, 20-Mar-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Hitachi, Ltd. and the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence GmbH (DFKI) announced they have developed an AI technology that performs real-time recognition and quantification of physical load exerted on a worker’s body during work that … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Electronics & Machinery, Germany, Industrial, News, Science, Security & Safety, Technology
Tagged AI, AI technology, artificial-intelligence, Deep Learning technology, DFKI, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence, Hitachi, human activity recognition technology, Industry 4.0, Manufacturing, productivity, wearable devices, worker health, worker safety, workers
AMSTERDAM, 7-Mar-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Royal Philips will add Carestream’s cloud-based enterprise imaging informatics platform to its expanded radiology informatics portfolio. This will happen through the acquisition Philips has just announced for the Healthcare Information Systems business of Carestream Health … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Healthcare, Investment, Netherlands, News, Pharma & Biotech
Tagged acquisition, adaptive intelligence, AI, Carestream, clinical insights, clinical teams, dental films, enterprise imaging solutions, Healthcare Information Systems, industrial films, informatics, Ludovic d'Aprea, medical imaging, Non-Destructive Testing, Philips, precision coating, precision diagnosis, radiology, radiology informatics, Robert Cascella
LONDON, 27-Feb-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — PhDs in University College London’s top-ranked Computer Science programme will now be able to turn their dissertation into a deep tech start-up. This will become possible thanks to the new initiative launched by Barclays and … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Education, Financial, Healthcare, Investment, News, Small Business, Technology
Tagged AI, AI Frenzy, Barclays, Barclays UK (BUK) Ventures, Blockchain, BUK Ventures, Conception X, deep tech, deep tech start-ups, diversity, Eagle Labs, entrepreneurs, experiment with riskier technologies, female founder, funding, Incubator, intraprenuers, PhDs, quantum computing, research infrastructure, Riam Kanso, start-ups, Steven Roberts, UCL, University College London
VEVEY, Switzerland, 14-Feb-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Dick Boer and Dinesh Paliwal have just been nominated for election to the Board of Directors of Nestlé as independent members. Dick Boer is the former President and CEO of Ahold Delhaize N.V. while Dinesh … Read the full press release
Posted in Food & Beverage, Management, News, Retail, Switzerland, Technology
Tagged Ahold Delhaize N.V., AI, appointment, artificial-intelligence, Board of Directors, cloud computing, Dick Boer, digital business models, Dinesh Paliwal, Directors, emerging technologies, food retail industry, Harman International Industries Inc., Henri de Castries, Jean-Pierre Roth, Management, Nestlé, Paul Bulcke, Ruth Oniang’o
PARIS, 12-Feb-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — The latest Digital Transformation Review by Capgemini Research Institute looks into what lessons can be learnt from the leaders in the digital transformation. The publication is titled “Taking digital transformation to the next level: Lessons from the leaders” … Read the full press release
Posted in France, Internet & Online, Management, News, Technology
Tagged AI, artificial-intelligence, Barbara Martin Coppola, Bayer, Capgemini, Capgemini Research Institute, CDOs, Chief Digital Officer, Cyril Garcia, Daimler AG, Daimler’s digital transformation, digital capabilities, digital technologies, digital transformation, digital world, digitalONE, Equinor, Frédéric Levaux, GE, IKEA, Internet of Things, Jerome Buvat, leadership, leadership capabilities, personalization, Sabine Scheunert, Saskia Steinacker, the right skillset, Torbjørn Folgerø, transformation agenda, William Ruh
MUNICH, 21-Jan-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — The US company Facebook is supporting the efforts of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) to investigate the ethical implications of Artificial Intelligence with 6.5 million euros. Facebook’s support for the new TUM Institute for Ethics … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Germany, Internet & Online, Science, Society, Technology, Telecom
Tagged #DLD19, AI, AI4 People, artificial-intelligence, Digital - Life - Design, digital networking, ethical AI, ethics, Ethics in AI, Facebook AI, Human-Centered Engineering, humanities, impact of AI, Joaquin Quiñonero Candela, philosophy, political science, Prof. Christoph Lütge, Prof. Thomas Hofmann, Sheryl Sandberg, social sciences, sociology, thoughtful use of AI
BAE Systems intends to sign a lease to open an office at the new Georgia Cyber Center to to grow its presence. FARNBOROUGH, 11-Jan-201 — /EuropaWire/ — BAE Systems intends to sign a lease to open an office at the new Georgia Cyber … Read the full press release
MONHEIM, 09-Jan-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — The Climate Corporation (Climate), a subsidiary of Bayer and the industry leader in bringing digital innovation to farmers, today announced strong harvest results for farmers using Seed Advisor, its new predictive seed selection and placement technology … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Germany, Science, Technology
Tagged AI, Bayer, Climate Corporation, corn, farmers, Harvest, Mike Stern, predictive seed placement, predictive seed selection, productivity, Rick DeGroote, Seeds, technology, yield
Philips unveils new Shaver series 7000, the world’s first personalized and AI-powered shaving solution LAS VEGAS, NV, USA/ AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, 08-Jan-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — At CES 2019 (Booth #44219, January 8-11, Las Vegas, U.S.), Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in … Read the full press release
Posted in Electronics & Machinery, Healthcare, Marketing, Netherlands, Society, Technology
Tagged AI, CES 2019, health, Healthcare, Jack van Strien, Philips, proactive healthcare, shaving, shaving solution, skincare
ZF ProAI RoboThink is the most powerful AI-capable processing system in the automotive field ZF’s modular and scalable ProAI product family accommodates various software stacks and processors for automated driving ZF introduces its own software stack designed for new mobility … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Germany, Infrastructure & Utilities, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged AI, automation, automotive, autonomous driving, computing, mobility, ProAI, Rob Csongor, supercomputer, Torsten Gollewski, ZF, ZF ProAI
Security trends in 2019: The Internet of Things Open Doors Contactless payment attracts unwelcome attention AI declares war on bots BONN, 27-Dec-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — A first glance, you might think that the security trends in 2019 are just the same old risks … Read the full press release
Posted in Germany, Internet & Online, Security & Safety, Technology, Telecom
Tagged AI, botnets, Bots, Contactless Payment, Cyber Defense, Cybersecurity, DDoS, Deutsche Telekom, IoT, malware, TELECOM, Thomas Tschersich, trends
European companies struggle to recruit and retain talent with digital skills Almost half (48%) lack cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and robotics skills Digitally mature companies record higher productivity and better top-line growth LONDON, 18-Dec-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Skill shortages in Europe are … Read the full press release
Posted in Economy, Education, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged AI, Andy Baldwin, Cybersecurity, David Storey, digital skills, digitalization, economy, Europe, EY, JOBS, robotics, shortage, Skill shortages in Europe, skills, survey, talent
New contract will help Siemens accelerate its digital transformation and develop new data analytics and business intelligence solutions NEW YORK, NY, USA, 06-Dec-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Siemens AG has awarded Accenture (NYSE: ACN) a five-year technology and services contract to … Read the full press release
After France and Canada, Singapore becomes the third country to welcome the Thales Digital Factory. The Digital Factory will deliver innovative digital solutions to Thales customers in the region in a collaborative way. Whenever appropriate, those products will then be … Read the full press release
Posted in France, Internet & Online, Technology
Tagged aerospace, AI, avionics, Big Data, Defence, digital transformation, DRONE, INNOVATION, maritime, Mr. Tan Kong Hwee, Olivier Flous, SECURITY, Singapore, space, Thales Digital Factory, transportation