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Participatory research to improve artificial intelligence based public sector services and empower citizens
Participatory research to improve artificial intelligence based public sector services and empower citizens

Multidisciplinary research team invites citizens, civil servants and software developers to identify risks and potential of algorithmic services – and helps providers address upcoming EU regulations.

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Kaisa PekkalaFebruary 8, 2022Research, Society and Politics
Ambitious multi-centric European AI lighthouse moving forward
Ambitious multi-centric European AI lighthouse moving forward

ELLIS is showing strong support for the European multi-centric AI lighthouse advocated by the European Commission.

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ELLISKaisa PekkalaFebruary 3, 2022ELLIS
The idea of creative machines is challenging the notion of human uniqueness
The idea of creative machines is challenging the notion of human uniqueness

Creativity is seen as an emphatically human attribute. And yet, we have already come to accept that machine intelligence outdoes that of humans in computing. When will we accept that machines might also be creative?

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Mia PajuJanuary 25, 2022Research, Creativity
The new season of Machine Learning Coffee Seminar has started
The new season of Machine Learning Coffee Seminar has started

FCAI’s highly popular seminar series Machine Learning Coffee Seminar (MLCS) is back in 2022 with a new lineup of speakers for the spring semester. The MLCS talks take place weekly on Monday mornings and are hosted by FCAI researchers at the University of Helsinki and Aalto University.

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Mia PajuJanuary 18, 2022
FCAI’s second term confirmed – Academy of Finland grants funding of up to 11 millions
FCAI’s second term confirmed – Academy of Finland grants funding of up to 11 millions

The second term involves an increased focus on AI-assisted virtual laboratories, and boosting international collaboration with top AI researchers through ELLIS Unit Helsinki.

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Guest UserJanuary 11, 2022Research, Collaboration
NVIDIA AI Technology Center makes researchers better equipped to develop computationally demanding AI applications
NVIDIA AI Technology Center makes researchers better equipped to develop computationally demanding AI applications

NVAITC Finland has been now operational for one and half years. It has enabled academics to do their research more efficiently.

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Mia PajuJanuary 10, 2022Research, NVAITC
We are hiring – 17 postdoc, research fellow and doctoral researcher positions open
We are hiring – 17 postdoc, research fellow and doctoral researcher positions open

The deadline for the postdoc/research fellow applications is January 30 and for the doctoral researcher applications February 6.

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Kaisa PekkalaDecember 21, 2021
Researchers teach artificial intelligence to be fluent in Finnish dialects
Researchers teach artificial intelligence to be fluent in Finnish dialects

Finnish dialects create a lot of trouble when interacting with computers, since it is impossible to speak a language without speaking in a dialect of some sort. A research group has built artificial intelligence models that can automatically detect, normalize and generate Finnish dialects.

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Mia PajuDecember 15, 2021Research
ELLIS Unit Helsinki expands its base and grows its activities
ELLIS Unit Helsinki expands its base and grows its activities

A new twin unit in Manchester will open up opportunities for collaboration and exchange.

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ELLISGuest UserDecember 15, 2021Research, Collaboration
AI speeds up battery materials research – towards sustainable solutions
AI speeds up battery materials research – towards sustainable solutions

Artificial intelligence is a new addition to the traditional tool set in materials research. It can speed up the development of new battery materials and sustainable solutions. AI also provides an interesting opportunity for collaboration between research and industry.

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Guest UserNovember 26, 2021Researcher's Comment, Industry and Society, Sustainability
Unique virtual laboratory predicts environmental effects of city traffic
Unique virtual laboratory predicts environmental effects of city traffic

Researchers from FCAI develop more sustainable intelligent traffic by bringing together simulators from different fields.

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Guest UserNovember 18, 2021Research, Collaboration, Sustainability, Virtual Laboratory
Harnessing FCAI research for sustainability – new Highlight program maps connections
Harnessing FCAI research for sustainability – new Highlight program maps connections

The new program looks for ways that AI research can help us build a more sustainable future, and helps research projects communicate about their contribution.

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Guest UserNovember 4, 2021Sustainability, Virtual Laboratory
What is artificial intelligence?
What is artificial intelligence?

Artificial intelligence is the subject of great hopes but also fears, with demands for greater regulation increasing as we speak. All the while, we don’t even have a universal definition for it.

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Guest UserNovember 2, 2021Researcher's Comment
Children in preschool and primary school to explore artificial intelligence
Children in preschool and primary school to explore artificial intelligence

Tekoäly ja lapset (‘AI and Children’), a project headed by Professor Teemu Roos, has been awarded a grant of €80,000 by the Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation.

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Mia PajuNovember 1, 2021Society
“Europe needs fierce, significant and forward-looking investments in AI”
“Europe needs fierce, significant and forward-looking investments in AI”

Jussi Herlin, Senior Business Analyst at KONE Corporation and one of the speakers at the Reboot with AI event on the fourth of November, believes that advanced technologies can bolster European competitiveness and aid us in combatting the climate crisis.

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Mia PajuOctober 29, 2021Collaboration
Machine learning helps predict blackouts caused by storms
Machine learning helps predict blackouts caused by storms

Train delays related to adverse weather can also be predicted with good quality training data, a new thesis shows.

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Guest UserOctober 28, 2021Research
”AI methods are images of their developers” – FCAI takes part in the International Day of the Girl Child by introducing AI to pupils
”AI methods are images of their developers” – FCAI takes part in the International Day of the Girl Child by introducing AI to pupils

The theme day aims at promoting girls’ societal participation. In the field of artificial intelligence, girls’ involvement is so far wanting.

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Guest UserOctober 11, 2021Society
Politics is forcing its way into information technology
Politics is forcing its way into information technology

Matti Nelimarkka investigates the relationship between technology and politics

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Mia PajuOctober 8, 2021Humans of FCAI, Research, Collaboration
Sustainability to receive increased attention at FCAI
Sustainability to receive increased attention at FCAI

Associate professor Laura Ruotsalainen joins FCAI’s steering group, with sustainability-related goals in mind

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Guest UserOctober 8, 2021Humans of FCAI, Research, Sustainability
A decision analyst’s perspective on AI: With machines that make data-driven decisions, where do we need people?
A decision analyst’s perspective on AI: With machines that make data-driven decisions, where do we need people?

Decision analysis is a field that develops analytical models for better decision-making. One interesting question is whether artificial intelligence can replace people as decision makers - and if, then under what circumstances.

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Guest UserOctober 6, 2021Researcher's Comment
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