Berlin – 2019-01-22
© TU Berlin/PR/Felix Noak
AI
is a key part of Germany‘s digital transformation initiative and
although this surge will bring about many new opportunities, there are
also many questions. On the 22nd of January 2019, TU Berlin held a
session on „Fostering Responsible Innovation: A Conversation with
Google‘s CEO Sundar Pichai.” Hosted by Prof. Volker Markl (Chair of TU
Berlin‘s DIMA Group, director of BBDC and Chief Scientist of DFKI,
Berlin Office), with an audience of over 1200 students and other members
of TU Berlin‘s academic community, he had an opportunity to interview
Mr. Pichai (as CEO of Google), pose audience questions, and hear his
views on AI and its impact on society. >> more
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VIENNA – 2018-11-13
© Smart Data Innovation Lab
On
November 13, 2018 SDIL received again the BDVA i-Space Silver Label at
the European Big Data Value Forum 2018 in Vienna. For continuous
contributions of accelerating innovations SDIL received the prize beside
seven other i-Spaces who received the Silver Label and two other who
received the Gold Label. Topics of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the
relating EU strategy were discussed during the three-day event from 12
to 14 November. The challenge of the publishing of intra-company data,
the business model of open platforms, the welcome of the GDPR as a new
chance and the role of explainable AI were also among the topics of
discussion. >> more
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Berlin – 2019-01-22
In
an interview with TU Berlin Press, Prof. Volker Markl (DIMA group,
BBDC) discusses the current state of research and commercial use of
machine learning and data management technologies in Germany in
comparison to international competitors. In accordance with his latest
article, published in Informatik Spektrum, he proposes the creation of a
national public infrastructure for data and data analysis. Not only
large amounts of high-quality data, but further services and tools such
as algorithms and hardware capacities need to be accessible to
businesses and public institutions in order to prevent further brain and
data drain from Europe to the USA or China. >> more
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Dresden/Leipzig – 2018-01-29
© ZIH, TU Dresden
The
ZIH expands its high-performance computer with system components for
the analysis of complex large amounts of data. As an interface between
HPC and Data Analytics, "HPC-DA" offers scalable virtual research
environments tailored to user requirements and provide one of the
currently most powerful machine learning infrastructures in Germany. All
in all, the system offers the opportunity to flexibly combine different
technologies to create efficient and customizable research
infrastructures. The installation will be open to users from all over
Germany whose HPC and Big Data application cases can benefit in a
special way from HPC-DA. >> more
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Berlin – 2018-11-13
On
behalf of Smart Data Forum, Fraunhofer IAIS conducted a study on the
currently running research and development projects, which use machine
learning. In addition to the comprehensive project catalog, featuring
more than 120 entries, the publication gives an introduction to the
history and fundamental principles of AI and machine learning as well as
information on the skilled labor situation, training opportunities and
the general structure for organizing a new machine learning project. The
offered orientational knowledge makes this publication a valuable
introductory reading for SME and non-experts. The study is only
available in German language. >> more
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Berlin – 2018-10-17
© ABIDA
At
the ABIDA expert conference, Big Data researchers and specialists
presented the reports they had prepared for the ABIDA project, in which
relevant questions concerning the area of Big Data and concrete
recommendations for action for the individual actors were raised. Prof.
Dr. Lukas, ministerial director of the Federal Ministry of Education and
Research emphasized on the importance of European cooperation in
discussing the concept of Big Data. The importance of Big Data for
statistics was also among topics of interest. >> more
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Berlin – 2018-11-05
© Fraunhofer HHI
On
November 5th, the French Embassy in Germany and Smart Data Forum
jointly organized the event „AI in Health: French-German Perspectives”
at the Forum‘s Showroom in Berlin. High level experts from business,
research and politics from Germany as well as France discussed the use
of artificial intelligence (AI) in the healthcare sector in four panels.
The approximately 200 guests attended the event and the French
Ambassador to Germany Anne-Marie Descôtes and Dr. Thomas Gebhart,
Parliamentary State Secretary in the Federal Ministry opened the summit.
They both emphasized the strategic partnership of Germany and France
with a special focus on French-German cooperation in health and use of
AI in the medical domain. >> more
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BRUSSELS – 2018-11-07
On
November 7, 2018 Big Data and the artificial intelligence were the main
themes discussed at the Digital Innovation Hubs (DIH) Workshop in
Brussels. SDIL was invited to share its experience as a DIH, as well as
from the SDSC-BW and the SDI-X perspective, with the working group, the
EU-commission and the participating companies. The goal of the workshops
was to gather input for the upcoming announcement DT-ICT-05 as part of
the EU commission‘s Horizon 2020 program, create or contribute to the
definition of the Big Data Innovation Hubs, discuss the concept and
their roles in the next EU support program Digital Europe and Horizon
2021. >> more
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Doha – 2018-11-11
© Smart Data Forum
Smart
Data Forum with the support of the Federal Ministry for Economic
Affairs and Energy (BMWi) organized a roadshow to the emirate of Qatar
from 11-14 November. The goal of this trip was to identify potential
cooperation between current research and innovation programs in both
countries with a particular focus on digital health and the use of AI in
health sector. The delegation consisted of project representatives of
the BMWi‘s technology programs Smart Data, Smart Service Welt,
representatives of the BMBF funded projects PREDICTioN 2020 and Analyze
Genomes and two award-winning start-ups in E-health. They attended World
Innovation Summit on Health (WISH) as well as Hamad Medical
Corporation, Qatar Biobank and Qatar Genome Program. >> more
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