When: 4 October 2019

Where: Mena building of the International University of Andalusia (Malaga, Spain)

What:

• AI: Current State and Social Impact.
• LUCA: AI Powered Decisions (Telefónica Data Units).
• AI Projects at Emergya.
• Round table: Impact of AI on Society and the Labor Market.

HERE you can find the full program!

A match-making brokerage day had taken place on May 28, 2019, for the call on European Network of Artificial Intelligence Excellence Centres.

The call for proposal "ICT-48-2020: Towards a vibrant European Network of AI excellence centres" is planned to open on July 9, 2019, with a deadline of November 13, 2019. As a summary, the Commission plans to fund networks of AI research with EUR 50 million in 2020, aiming to foster cooperation between research teams in Europe. Particularly, there will be four research and innovation actions (EUR 12 million each) and one coordination and support action (EUR 2 million).

Here you will find the Commission presentation and a link to the recording of the brokerage day.

Experts in AI met few days ago at the School of Computer Science Engineering of the University of Malaga. The meeting was organized by the NEO research group, headed by Professor Enrique Alba. This kickoff meeting was aimed at developing and analysing the impact of AI on today's society. Researchers from very different fields, such as engineering, humanities, social sciences, law, and translation and interpretation, participated in this event.

"Just as other countries around the world are working on strategies for AI, we also need at UMA a kind of organization of AI researchers to make new collaborations, exchange knowledge, and promote AI", said Prof. Alba.

In this first meeting about AI at UMA, attendees identified several opportunities to collaborate supervising PhD theses and working together on research projects with the aim of joining efforts to iimprove the much needed transfer of knowledge from University to Society.

"The continuing advances in AI are re-shaping the world", said Prof. Alba, who also added that people's recognition, self-driving vehicles, smart cities, robotics, bioinformatic, and human-computer interaction will mean a revolution for our lifes. A final conclusion was also that a careful study of ethics and social implications of AI are also paramount for this technology and efforts to come to a good end.

Are you working on AI? Do you want to learn more about AI? Would you like to apply AI in your domain? What are researchers doing about AI at UMA?

When: 26 April 2019

Where: E.T.S.I. Informática, Sala de Grados A (Málaga, Spain)

What:

• This is the first meeting about AI at UMA.
• It does not matter if you are not an AI expert, come to learn from others.
• If you already have results using AI, share it with others.
• If you want to meet people working on AI, do not hesitate to join us!

Please, bring your laptop and/or smartphone: we need your inputs!