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
New initiatives designed to increase content and expand reach ZUG, 30-Nov-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — At the Women’s EHF EURO 2018 in France from 29 November – 16 December, Infront – as the exclusive media and marketing partner of the EHF … Read the full press release
Posted in France, Marketing, Media, Sports, Switzerland
Tagged AI, Brest, content, digital services, EHF, EHF EURO 2018, EHFEURO2018, European Handball Federation, handball, Infront, Julien Ternisien, Martin Hausleitner, Montbéliard, Nancy, Nantes, REACH, videos
SGS Digicomply, the regulatory intelligence network for regulatory compliance and risk management, announced today the features of its Winter ’18 release. GENEVA, 28-Nov-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — SGS Digicomply experts are working with AI (artificial intelligence) to provide new functionalities and a … Read the full press release
Board chaired by Roger Taylor includes experts from academia and industry such as Lord (Robert) Winston, world renowned expert in fertility and genetics The Alan Turing Institute is proud to announce two of its Fellows, Luciano Floridi (Chair of Data … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Internet & Online, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Adrian Weller, AI, Alan Turing Institute, appointment, artificial-intelligence, Baroness (Kate) Rock, Dame Glenys Stacey, Dame Patricia Hodgson, data, Data Ethics, Dr Adrian Weller, Edwina Dunn, fDr Susan Liautaud, Greg Clark, INNOVATION, Jeremy Wright, Kriti Sharma, leadership, Luciano Floridi, Management, Professor Lord (Robert) Winston, Professor Luciano Floridi, Richard Sargeant, Roger Taylor, Rt Revd Dr Steven Croft
MADRID, 23-Nov-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Telefónica has been recognised by the Financial Times, Google and leading European policy makers as one of 100 digital pioneers in Europe. The company has been included in a special report from the Financial Times, Europe’s Road … Read the full press release
Posted in European Union, Internet & Online, Management, Spain, Technology, Telecom
Tagged AI, Aura, digital technologies, digital transformation, digitalisation, Luca, Telefonica
Small talk with Alexander Gerst on board the ISS makes aerospace history FRIEDRICHSHAFEN/ BREMEN, 19-Nov-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The astronaut assistant, CIMON* (Crew Interactive Mobile CompanioN), developed and built by Airbus on behalf of the German Aerospace Center (DLR), has passed its first … Read the full press release
LONDON, 16-Nov-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Base Element, a European digital agency, and Cognigy, a leading conversational AI platform software provider have entered to a strategic partnership agreement. This partnership will enable the design and implementation of cutting-edge conversational AI solutions for … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Internet & Online, Marketing, Media, Technology, Telecom, United Kingdom
Tagged AI, AI solutions, Alexa, Antonis Neocleous, Aris Pilitsopoulos, artificial-intelligence, Base Element, chatbots, Cognigy, Cognigy.AI, Communications, Conversational AI, conversational AI interfaces, conversational AI platform, conversational AI solutions, conversational AI technology, conversions, customer engagement, customer experience, digital agency, Digital marketing, IKOS Resorts, Internet Marketing, marketing, Messenger, Microsoft, MTN Telecoms, online marketing, partnership, Rio Tinto, SaaS, Slack, Twilio, user experience
PARIS, 15-Nov-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Atos, a global leader in digital transformation, today announces the BullSequana XH2000, the company’s most efficient supercomputer. The BullSequana XH2000 is a hybrid supercomputer and responds to today’s demand for a high-performance computing power which can … Read the full press release
Posted in France, Science, Technology
Tagged AI, AI-augmented simulation, artificial-intelligence, Atos, BullSequana XH2000, hybrid supercomputer, Pierre BARNABÉ, simulations, supercomputer
DELFT, Netherlands, 13-Nov-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Ahold Delhaize is set to join forces with TU Delft, RoboValley and YES!Delft to explore new robotics applications in the retail sector. The work will be based at the AI for Retail (AIR)Lab Delft. The … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Netherlands, Retail, Technology
Tagged Ahold Delhaize, AI, Frans Muller, Professor Martijn Wisse, retail, robotics, robots, RoboValley, TU Delft, warehouse, YES!Delft
These principles place people at the centre and guarantee respect for human rights in any environment and process in which AI is used. They place special emphasis on equality, transparency, clarity, privacy, and security in all the markets in which … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Internet & Online, Management, Security & Safety, Spain, Technology, Telecom
Tagged AI, AI principles, artificial-intelligence, ethical, guidelines, José María Álvarez-Pallete, privacy, SECURITY, Telefonica
72 per cent recognise the benefits of analytics but only 39 per cent use it to inform strategy MILAN, 29-Oct-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Nearly three-quarters of organisations (72 per cent) claim that analytics helps them generate valuable insight and 60 per … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Italy, Technology
Tagged Adrian Jones, AI, analytics, insights, IoT, Randy Guard, SAS
Lotte Card, Notilyze, CHU de Montpellier, EDP and Shop Direct are among the SAS customers innovating with artificial intelligence MILAN, 29-Oct-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Artificial intelligence (AI) is helping drive innovation at organisations from Seoul to Liverpool. Powered by AI solutions from SAS®, the … Read the full press release
Posted in France, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Technology
Tagged AI, artificialintelligence, automate, Caroline Dunoyer-Ortiz, chatbots, CHU de Montpellier, Colin Nugteren, DeepLearning, EDP Portugal, IoT, Lim Sung-wook, Lotte Card, machinelearning, Nick Carrel, Notilyze, predictiveanalytics, SAS, Shop Direct, unstructureddata, Yasin Ahmad
VANTAA, 24-Oct-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Leading global corporations Pöyry and Infosys today announced the release of Krti 4.0® Artificial Intelligence (AI) Framework for Operational Excellence. The framework overcomes some complex and expensive lifecycle management challenges faced by industry, utilities and infrastructure … Read the full press release
The German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) is the first institution in Europe to receive an NVIDIA DGX-2 supercomputer, which is considered to be the world’s most powerful computing machine for modern AI processes. Jensen Huang, founder and CEO … Read the full press release
Posted in Germany, Science, Technology
Tagged AI, artificial-intelligence, Deep Learning procedures, DFKI, NVIDIA DGX-2 Supercomputer, Prof. Dr. Andreas Dengel, RESEARCH
Capgemini’s World Quality Report 2018 shows that customer experience is the top priority for quality assurance activities for the very first time, with automation and AI set to accelerate in the coming years PARIS, 17-Sep-2018 — /EuropaWire/ —Capgemini and Sogeti today released the … Read the full press release
Posted in France, Internet & Online, Management, Society, Technology
Tagged AI, automation, Brad Little, Capgemini, customer experience, CX, QA, quality assurance