(PRESS RELEASE) 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. … 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
(PRESS RELEASE) 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 … 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
(PRESS RELEASE) 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 … 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. (PRESS RELEASE) FARNBOROUGH, 11-Jan-201 — /EuropaWire/ — BAE Systems intends to sign a lease to open an office at the … Read the full press release
(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 … 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 (PRESS RELEASE) 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 … 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 (PRESS RELEASE) BONN, 27-Dec-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — A first glance, you might think that the security trends in 2019 are just the same … 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
AMSTERDAM, 31-Aug-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — At a time when health systems and healthcare professionals are under more pressure than ever to do more with less, the promise of intelligent technology that can deliver life-changing insights from all our data is … Read the full press release
Posted in Healthcare, Netherlands, Pharma & Biotech, Society, Technology
Tagged adaptive intelligence, adaptive_intelligence, AI, Clinicians, diagnose, health professionals, Healthcare, healthtech, insights, Nurses, Philips, treat
STOCKHOLM, 30-Aug-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Saab has appointed Christian Hedelin as new Chief Strategy Officer. Christian Hedelin takes up the position on 1 November 2018 and will then be part of Saab’s Group Management. Christian Hedelin is currently head of Strategy … Read the full press release
Posted in Defence, Management, Sweden, Technology
Tagged AI, appointment, Christian Hedelin, digitalisation, Håkan Buskhe, leadership, Management, recruitment, Saab
Advanced Data Classification Automatically and Continuously Identifies Sensitive Data on Structured Data Stores SAN DIEGO, CA, United States, 27-Aug-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — DB CyberTech, a pioneer in machine learning based predictive data loss prevention, today announced advanced data classification for structured … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, European Union, Financial, Government, Internet & Online, Law, Management, News, Security & Safety, Technology
Tagged Advanced Data Classification, AI, automatic data classification, behavioral analytics, Brett Helm, data, Data Classification, Data Protection Officers, database asset discovery, databases, DB CyberTech, deep protocol extraction, DL, EU’s General Data Protection Regulation, external database threats, financial information, GDPR, GDPR Continuous Monitoring Solution, GDPR solutions, General Data Protection Regulation, high value sensitive data, Information Securit, insider threats, intellectual property, Machine Learning, machine learning technology, ML, natural language processing, NLP, personal data, predictive data loss prevention, privacy, privacy platform, privacy professionals, Rita Rheinecker, rogue activities, security threats, security threats to structured data, stolen data, structured data
LONDON, 17-Aug-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The Alan Turing Institute and Digital Catapult are allies in the effort to make the UK the best place in the world for data science and AI research, collaboration and business. Today we announce a formal collaboration between … Read the full press release
EY recognized for differentiating capabilities in domain-specific AI projects, design thinking and a transformational, end-to-end point of view LONDON, 13-Aug-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — EY has been recognized by HfS Research as a “high performer” among consulting organizations in providing artificial intelligence … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Business, Internet & Online, Management, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged AI, artificial-intelligence, automation, consulting, EY, Keith Strier, Tom Reuner