News — FCAI

Finland is strongly investing in AI and establishing an ELLIS Institute to accelerate research and attract talent

Public and private sector investment are coming together to launch ELLIS Institute Finland.

ELLISAmanda AlvarezOctober 29, 2024ELLIS, Announcements

Data spaces and compute power advances in language technology and speech recogntion at FCAI

The LAREINA and ALT-EDIC projects in the language technology space are developing speech models for special purposes and for languages with fewer speakers.

Amanda AlvarezSeptember 24, 2024Language, Collaboration, Research, Industry and Society

AI for mental health and neuroscience: key insights from leading experts

Key takeaways from the FCAI and Helsinki Brain & Mind webinar.

ISP eventAmanda AlvarezAugust 6, 2024Health, Events

Major European AI/ML conference organised by the ELISE project in Helsinki

200 members of the ELISE and ELLIS community met in Helsinki for the ELISE Wrap Up Conference and ELLIS Community Event.

ELLISAmanda AlvarezJuly 8, 2024Events, ELLIS

AI researchers and Orion boost drug development with a new virtual laboratory

Innovative virtual laboratories could help, for example, medicinal chemists in optimising chemical reactions. A whole new pharmaceutical ecosystem is emerging around AI in Finland.

Ten common challenges for AI—should we be worried?

Jaana Leikas discusses ten things humans and society should watch out for as artificial intelligence develops, as well as ways to cope.

Amanda AlvarezJune 6, 2024Researcher's Comment, Ethics

“This time will be different” — will generative AI deliver on its promise?

Heikki Ailisto says that generative AI can overcome the limitations of previous generations of AI applications to really deliver an economic impact.

Amanda AlvarezJune 4, 2024Researcher's Comment, Generative AI, Economy, Industry and Society

The world of materials is getting a revamp from AI

From nail polish to solar cells, materials are everywhere. How can AI make them better? University of Turku associate professor Milica Todorović shares the trends in AI-driven design of materials and what FCAI researchers are working on in this area.

Amanda AlvarezMay 29, 2024Researcher's Comment, Virtual Laboratory, Sustainability, Science

AI for sustainability: a challenge and an opportunity

Energy consumption and resource intensity of AI systems can lead to a heavy carbon footprint, but AI-optimized processes could reduce emissions. Perspectives from a recent FCAI webinar.

Terhi KajasteMay 27, 2024Industry and Society, Events, Sustainability

Just believing that an AI is helping boosts your performance

People perform better if they think they have an AI assistant – even when they’ve been told it’s unreliable and won’t help them.

Amanda AlvarezMay 14, 2024Human-Computer Interaction, Research

Researchers develop a new way to instruct dance in virtual reality

The new virtual reality technique makes it easier to join a dance routine without first having to learn choreography.

Amanda AlvarezApril 30, 2024Human-Computer Interaction, Virtual Reality

Researchers investigate how AI could better understand humans

Antti Oulasvirta has received a EUR 2.5 million Advanced Grant from the European Research Council (ERC) for the study of user models.

Amanda AlvarezApril 19, 2024Announcements, Human-Computer Interaction, Interactive AI

Advances in AI models simulating human behavior

A new typing model simulates the typing process instead of just predicting words.

Amanda AlvarezApril 18, 2024Human-Computer Interaction, Interactive AI

A new way to do controlled experiments in medicine: simulate the control

Generative AI could augment randomized controlled trials (RCT), making them cheaper and more accurate.

Amanda AlvarezApril 11, 2024Research, Generative AI, Machine Learning, Probabilistic AI, Health

Bridge program at AAAI focused on collaborative AI and modelling of humans

AAAI workshop connected researchers to answer the question: How can humans and AI systems best work together to solve problems?

ELLISAmanda AlvarezMarch 13, 2024Collaboration, Events, ELLIS, Human-Computer Interaction, Machine Learning

Applications are now open for the new Finnish doctoral program in AI

The joint call for doctoral researchers is now open at fcai.fi/doctoral-program until April 2, 2024.

Amanda AlvarezMarch 12, 2024

AI-powered personalized medicine is on the horizon

People have to be in the loop when machine learning is adapted for medical use.

Amanda AlvarezMarch 4, 2024Health, Collaboration, Machine Learning, Healthcare

New Finnish doctoral program in AI launching in 2024

A national consortium across 10 universities will educate 100 new PhDs in artificial intelligence research.

Amanda AlvarezFebruary 9, 2024Announcements, Education, ELLIS

AI and elections: 3 things to know in a mega-election year

From algorithms amplifying political messages on social media to AI-generated deepfakes, there’s plenty to look out for, says University of Helsinki sociologist Aleksi Knuutila.

Amanda AlvarezFebruary 6, 2024Society and Politics, Ethics

AI’s blabbing problem: how to stop leaks in systems that feed off our most private data

Antti Koskela’s research uses math and computer science to guarantee privacy when training and using artificial intelligence models.

ELLISAmanda AlvarezJanuary 30, 2024ELLIS, Research, Privacy and Security, Ethics