An international research team recently conducted the first population-based and genome-wide bacterial transcriptomics study, combined with dense longitudinal genome data and virulome characterization using an animal model.
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The Global Women in Data Science (WiDS) Conference aims to inspire and educate data scientists worldwide, regardless of gender, and support women in the field. This annual one-day technical conference provides an opportunity to hear about the latest data science related research and applications in a broad set of domains.
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The Finnish public broadcaster Yle gathered the leaders of the major political parties to discuss the future of AI in early February. FCAI’s professor Jaakko Lehtinen together with philosopher Maija-Riitta Ollila commented on the debate on Yle KIOSKIxAI program.
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The Helsinki Distinguished Lecture Series on Future Information Technology got an excellent start for 2019, when the large auditorium of the Otaniemi TUAS building was packed full for Tommi Jaakkola‘s talk.
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On January 22nd FCAI hosted its Industrial Research Highlight day at Aalto university. The purpose of the day was to bring together FCAI’s academics and industrial partners to discuss shared problems and to workshop future research ideas for the center.
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A research team led by FCAI professor Jukka Corander has created a new machine learning method for the analysis of bacterial genomes. Thanks to its computational efficiency, the new method can handle an order of magnitude larger data sets than the previous methods, and is applicable at the level of pangenomes of most pathogenic bacteria.
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As a part of Finland’s venture to become a forerunner in the application of AI technologies, the Ministry of Finance has been spearheading a public network of AI infrastructure called AuroraAI. FCAI Society is helping the project by providing a critical eye to the ethical dimensions of the venture.
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The Finnish Center for Artificial Intelligence (FCAI) has been selected as a Flagship of the Academy of Finland, which is a status granted to very few selected centers of excellence with high societal impact.
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Artificial Intelligence is expected to provide solutions to a wide variety of problems and needs, but in order to realise the benefits while minimising the damage, long-term research and broad access to education are needed.
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AI 2018 featured talks, panel discussions and networking events with leading researchers, companies and policy makers across the field of artificial intelligence and machine learning.
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Ekahau, the leading solution provider for enterprise wireless network design and troubleshooting, has been acquired by Ookla. Some of the researchers behind the technology that led to the establishment of Ekahau in 2000 are affiliated with FCAI.
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FCAI researchers have used AI to model the risk of bacterial infections in surgery.
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Set up in early 2018, FCAI Society has now brought together a multidisciplinary group of researchers and artists working on artificial intelligence and its wide impact in society.
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