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Why #hightech startups should join an #accelerator❓ We asked SpiNNcloud Systems GmbH a spin-off from Technische Universität Dresden about their experience: "Our team was selected to participate in the 14th batch of ExciteLab partner SpinLab - The HHL Accelerator – for us, one of the best accelerator programs in the EU. We benefited from top-notch mentors and the ex-founder's expertise of the SpinLab coaches, gained access to industry leaders and investors, and even found two new key team members. We are therefore convinced that high-tech startups will also thrive at the new location in Dresden (ExciteLab)." High-tech startups face unique challenges such as securing #funding, accessing specialized technical expertise, and building connections with industry leaders. Accelerators like #ExciteLab provide essential support to overcome these hurdles. During our six-month program, #startups receive personalized coaching, matchmaking opportunities with #investors, and connections with our corporate partners. Applications are open until August 27th for our first batch. (Link to apply below ⤵️ in the comments.

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Grouping the TIGR data for reuse: https://lnkd.in/esDwEx4K. After having found out how the LaRS @ SWISSUbase repository is organized and knowing what kind of data the TIGR corpus of spoken #Italian contains (see what we posted in April: https://lnkd.in/eKUiPN8c), the ShareTIGR team is currently trying to figure out how to group the various available files on the repository. We reached some decisions, which required to anticipate user needs at various levels: Will users wish to download all data or subsets? What will they do with the data and how are they likely to be equipped? This week, we report our reasoning so far as well as some open questions. This blog post concludes our reflection on the overall organization of the language resource we are building. In the next few weeks, we will dive deeper into the question of #transcription and describe in some detail one of the two transcript versions that we intend to provide: transcripts formatted as simple texts optimized for the human eye and for analytical workflows outside an integrated digital multimedia environment. At first sight, producing this kind of traditional transcript might not seem to be a complex endeavor. However, as we will see, when discourse is initially transcribed in a multimedia annotator (in our case: ELAN), extracting a plain text version actually raises quite a few theoretical and technical problems! #FAIRdata #openscience #opendata #openresearchdata #corpuslinguistics #italianoparlato

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Exploring the Future of #DeepTech: GP Lise Rechsteiner, PhD and Maybrit Martschin from Gründerszene talked about key insights into deep tech investing, which companies, who are not in our Portfolio, you should watch, and what an #AIStartup has to possess for her to consider it deep tech. At Vsquared Ventures we examine companies where groundbreaking innovation meets global impact 🚀 But what makes a #deeptech startup truly exceptional? Lise shared her key takeaways and how we analyse and examine the incredible technology companies we get to meet on a daily. Here are some insights: 🔍 𝗙𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Vsquared Ventures seeks technologies that are not only innovative but also uniquely defensible and scalable. This involves for example new algorithms, hardware, datasets, or a combination of these elements. 💡 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘁𝗵 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗲𝘀: We invest in areas that will drive significant change for generations, including #NewSpace, #EnergyTransformation, #AIAndNextGenSoftware, #RoboticsAndManufacturing, #NewComputing, and #TechBio. 🌍 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲'𝘀 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗲𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗲: While the US leads in global deeptech investments, Europe is catching up with a surge in growth funds and supportive policies. Notable European startups like Isar Aerospace and IQM Quantum Computers are making significant strides. But there is still room for more: US investors are responsible for 60% of all deep tech investments (Boston Consulting Group (BCG)) and there were roughly 154 IPOs on Wall Street in 2023 compared to 79 in Europe (@Stockanalysis). 📈 𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮: Vsquared looks for startups with unique, scalable technologies that solve real problems, have a potential for global growth, and possess a well-rounded, ambitious team. Here are five promising deeptech startups from the DACH region that we recommend watching: 🔋 Dunia: Transforming energy by AI-driven materials discovery ⚡ Lightium: Building "All-optic" chips for faster data processing. 💡 Akhetonics: Creating ultra-fast, energy-efficient computer chips. 🤖 Flink Robotics: Enhancing industrial robots with advanced AI. ✈️ Metafuels: Producing sustainable aviation fuel from renewable electricity. The future of deeptech is bright, and Europe's role is becoming increasingly pivotal. It is our mission at Vsquared Ventures to continue to empower founders building companies based on groundbreaking technologies, creating new markets and becoming global leaders out of Europe to make the region future-proof. Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/eNbjxhEy And reach out if you are a founder who is building a company in this space! #Deeptech #Innovation #Startups #VsquaredVentures #Technology #Investment #Europe

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Last week, RISC Software GmbH represented the METAFACTURING consortium at the Diversity Day of the Hagenberg Campus - FH Upper Austria. In her keynote speech, "Cognitive Guidance: Enhancing Decision-Making with AI", Roxana Holom talked about the diverse application of AI, by providing insights into how AI can guide processes and enhance decision-making across various domains. metaFacturing project was the perfect example to illustrate the applicability of Industrial AI in manufacturing. #METAFACTURING #Education #Innovation #DataQuality #RISCSuccess #AIBootcamp

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📢 📨 New blog post 📝 RWTH Aachen University’s Achievements in #Smart2B Project 🤜 Stakeholder Analysis (WP1): Understanding the diverse #stakeholders affected by the project & the effects of a successful #retrofitting of #energy management system (EMS) through #smart #home technology in residential and non-residential buildings 🤜 Gamification Module Assessment (WP5): Ιncrease #user #engagement -> Οptimization of the design and functionality of the #gamification component, encouraging positive energy #consumption behavior 🤜 Energy Consumption Analysis in Residential Buildings - Portugal and Denmark (WP6) & Insights into Energy Poverty and Technology Adoption: survey conducted to provide valuable insights into • the factors influencing energy consumption, energy literacy, and personal motivations in diverse #environmental contexts • how energy #poverty influences energy consumption behaviors when utilizing smart home #technology, providing a nuanced understanding for future interventions 🤜 Role of Energy Literacy in Residential Energy Consumption: Potential to reveal insights into how informed decision-making and awareness impact energy use, contributing to the more general goal of #sustainable energy practices. More ⤵️ https://lnkd.in/dtP4GJj9

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Fundamental AI Research Made in Austria 🤖⏩ #Austria is emerging as a powerhouse in AI with initiatives like the “Cluster of Excellence on Bilateral AI” at Johannes Kepler Universität Linz. Led by Prof. Sepp Hochreiter and backed by the Austrian Science Fund FWF, this project boasts a budget of €33 million over five years, uniting top Austrian research institutions to integrate symbolic and sub-symbolic AI. The AI Bachelor and Master Programme at Johannes Kepler University ensures a steady stream of talent with 2,000 international students. 🎓 Upper Austria is further boosting the sector with €5.75 million for Cooperative Research and Development Projects, focusing on transformative applications in energy, traffic, healthcare, and more. 🌱🏥🚗 Global tech giants like Amazon, Apple, Intel, and Sentry are leveraging Austria for pioneering AI projects. Dynatrace, based in Linz, excels in AI observability and security, with a new engineering campus for 1,500 developers. Major events like the TEDAI Vienna Conference and the International Machine Learning Conference (ICML) in Vienna highlight Austria’s role in fostering global AI partnerships. 🎤🌏 Photo credits: © Hertha Hurnaus #investinaustria #AI #Innovation #Research #Technology #JKU #Dynatrace #TedAI #ICML

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Our DLR Institute for Software Technology recently had the privilege of co-organizing the Dagstuhl Seminar 24161 "Research Software Engineering: Bridging Knowledge Gaps" (April 14-19, 2024) at Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (LZI). Main organizer Stephan Druskat (Institute for Software Technology, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft-und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR)) and his co-organizers Daniel S. Katz (National Center for Supercomputing Applications, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, US), Caroline Jay (University of Manchester, UK) and Lars Grunske (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, DE) brought together experts from the research software engineering and software engineering research communities to foster collaboration and improve reciprocal knowledge transfer. Highlights of the seminar:  ✔️ Exchange on mutual topics in research software engineering and software engineering research ✔️ Throughout the seminar, we identified mutual benefits of closer collaboration, explored the different perspectives and approaches, and started hands-on collaboration in key topic areas such as research software lifecycles, architecture, usability and security, common terminologies, adoption of state-of-the-art software engineering methods, education and training, and community building. Research software engineering is practiced in the context of (academic) research and therefore has complex domain-specific issues and methodological requirements.  ✔️ "Better software for better research" ✔️ To build better software for better research, research software engineers require better knowledge about state-of-the-art software engineering methods and their application, that software engineering researchers can provide. Vice versa, the specific challenges in research software engineering are an interesting topic for software engineering research, and so both communities can benefit greatly from the reciprocal collaboration that was started at the seminar.   Alongside Stephan Druskat, our software experts Michael Felderer and Michael Meinel also participated in the seminar, contributing their knowledge and engaging in innovative discussions.    ✔️ The results ✔️ The outputs of the seminar collaborations will include position and research articles, but also digital community resources and common research programmes. Importantly, the continuation of the interdisciplinary collaborations and innovative discussions at the intersection between research software engineering and software engineering research in the (R)SE(R) community will shape the future of both disciplines. ✨ Thank you to all the participants and fellow organizers for making this seminar a success! We're excited to continue working together to advance the field of #ResearchSoftwareEngineering.

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➡ How could AI technologies be used in educational contexts while keeping students at the centre? 10 Practicing AI Ethics Literacy scenarios are proposed by Anna Keune, Živa Simšič, Noha Lea Halim, Camila Hidalgo, Verena Kappes, Urs Gasser, Matthias Grabmair and, Sezen Perçin to answer this question. The scenarios aim to demonstrate how AI can be used ethically in an educational setting, fostering crucial conversations around ethics. 🔗 Educators get the chance to share your feedback: https://lnkd.in/drjAesRt This research is part of the “Co-designing a Risk-Assessment Dashboard for AI Ethics Literacy in EdTech” project at the Institute for Ethics in Artificial Intelligence - TUM.  🔗 Learn more about it here: https://lnkd.in/e63wU9fh #AIinEducation #EthicalAI #AIEthics #AIEd #AILiteracy Image credit: Htc Erl (https://lnkd.in/dhN6U8Nd) from Pixabay

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Our partner RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau attended 💼💡"Mini-Workshop: Mathematics of Entropic AI in the Natural Sciences" at the Mathematical Research Institute in Oberwolfach from April 7th to April 12th, 2024. One particularly relevant topic discussed was 📊 "small data," which refers to a situation where learning from the available data is highly underdetermined. This scenario is common in the natural sciences due to the frequent combination of large dimensionality and relatively limited available measurements. Under these conditions, traditional AI methods, such as Deep Learning, which rely on significant amounts of data to learn effectively, typically encounter difficulties and exhibit reduced performance. Davide Bassetti from RPTU commented: "The AI4LUNGS project involves working with such “small data”, and thus the application of entropic learning methodologies will be of paramount importance. The existence of this rigorous mathematical framework also allows direct interpretation of the obtained results. Such advancements provide a way to be able to efficiently and reliably train models that are resistant to high dimensionality paired with low statistics and can integrate information across different modalities and data sources, despite potential measurement noise." A photo of the RPTU's AI math group, from left to right: Davide Bassetti, Illia Horenko, and Tim Prokosch. Davide and Illia are taking part in the AI4LUNGS project. #deeplearning #ai #smalldata

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The 𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗖 𝗔𝗜 𝗔𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗺𝘆 designed by RISC Software GmbH together with experts and partners from Hagenberg is actively contributing to education and training in the field of AI with its "AI Innovators Bootcamp". 💡 📆 On the 18th of April, during workshop day no. 4 - "From Data to AI" - the METAFACTURING project was presented as an example for Industrial AI in practice. The talk highlighted the challenges of achieving high data quality. #METAFACTURING #AI #Education #Innovation #DataQuality #RISCSuccess #AIBootcamp

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#EarlyCareer #talk at #IJCAI2024 by🗣️Julia Neidhart, Technische Universität Wien: Transforming Recommender Systems: Balancing Personalization, Fairness, and Human Values ➡️https://lnkd.in/dK3Nieyr Abstract: Recent advancements in recommender systems highlight metrics beyond accuracy, including diversity, serendipity and fairness. This paper examines the integration of Large Language Models into recommender systems, focusing on challenges such as interpretability, bias, and user autonomy. LLMs offer enhanced personalization capabilities but also introduce concerns regarding transparency and ethical implications. This work discusses ongoing research efforts aiming to develop transparent, fair, and contextually aware systems. Our approach seeks to prioritize user wellbeing and inclusivity, contributing to a more equitable and functional digital environment through advanced technologies and interdisciplinary insights. #XAI #LLMs #InclusiveTech #NextGenAI #AI TU Wien Informatics

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When and how can or will an artificial general intelligence #AGI be achieved? Check out this article in Handelsblatt featuring quotes by our co-director Bernhard Schölkopf and Yann LeCun, who was recently bitten by Bernhard‘s cat. And this is relevant because… ??? See for yourselves! Matthias Bethge Max-Planck-Institut für Intelligente Systeme ELLIS Institute Tübingen @European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems Cyber Valley #ai #CyberValleyDays

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So good to see this powerful technology, which was initially developed at AIT Austrian Institute of Technology and its Competence Unit Bioresources (AIT) is further developed by ensemo to a real innovation, a game changer for microbial applications

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9th Blockch[AI]n @ HTW conference: breaking out of the silos into interdisciplinary discussion was the motto of two-day discourse around AI and blockchain in at the HTW in Berlin. A heartfelt thank you to Professor Katarina Krueger who is the heart and soul of the HTW Blockchain conferences. Topics inter alia included: ➡AI in Dispute Resolution – Current Status and Future Opportunities by Marleen Krueger ➡ Dispute Resolution and AI in the Context of Small States by Steven Finizio ➡ How to use AI in a blockchain and taxation manner by Tami Mönnig and  Matthias Steger ➡ Digital Economy: Programmable Money from Adri Wischmann ➡ A burden or a competitive advantage: Regulation from Izzat-Begum B. Rajan ➡ Blockchain for Democratic Justice from Ioannis Revolidis ➡ Blockchain Innovation & Global Collaboration: Perspectives from Africa from Kayode BABARINDE MSc. ➡ The pathway to AI and Regulation - Best Practices by Dr Nina-Luisa Siedler ➡ Interrogative dialogue role for optimising the development and use of smart contracts and conversational AI by Professor Crenguta Leaua ➡ IOT, AI and DLT for Climate Smart Agriculture by Dr Stephan Adam #AI #smallstates #blockchain #disputeresolution #arbitration #smartcontracts #democraticjustice #taxation

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We invite you to our #NFDITalk next Monday: 📖 The #IAM4NFDI Project - Providing federated Identity and Access Management for the #NFDI 📅 6 May, 4 PM – Online 🎤 Speaker: Marius Politze, RWTH Aachen University ℹ About the talk: Identity and Access Management (#IAM) is concerned with the processes, policies, and technologies for managing digital identities and their access rights to specific resources. The task of IAM4NFDI is to establish and provide a state-of-the-art decentralized and federated IAM, that fosters cross-consortial and international collaboration. NFDI Community Authentication and Authorization Infrastructures are connected to the national identity federation DFN-AAI. Through its participation in the international interfederation eduGAIN, the DFN-AAI facilitates international, cross-federation, and cross-community usage scenarios, including the connection to the #EOSC AAI. The talk will introduce technical backgrounds of AAI in a nutshell and provide an overview of the envisioned and implemented services for and within the NFDI. ➡ Join the Zoom Meeting (includes discussion): www.nfdi.de/talks ➡ YouTube stream: https://lnkd.in/ey5gJv8q #fdm #rdm #aai #Base4NFDI Base4NFDI - Basic Services for the NFDI

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Welcome to read the article "Integrated Gradients for Feature Assessment in Point Cloud-Based Data Sets" which is written by Mr. Markus Schwegler, Prof. Christoph Müller and Alexander Reiterer. This excellent article was published in issue 7 in 2023 and has been viewed 1313 times and cited 3 times! Article link: https://lnkd.in/gMCsed5z MDPI Fraunhofer IPM Furtwangen University Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg (Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg) #pointcloud #neuralnetwork #integratedgradients

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[EN] Tamme Emunds and Nils Nießen of RWTH Aachen University have published the peer-reviewed #paper "𝘌𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘫𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦: 𝘈 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘶𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨-𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥, 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦-𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘴" in Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies by Elsevier. The paper can be viewed and downloaded in full as #OpenAccess here: https://lnkd.in/evEHfSQw 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 • Timetable independent capacity analysis of railway junctions. • Formulation as a queueing system utilizing Continuous-Time Markov Chains. • Application of state-of-the-art probabilistic model-checking to estimate performance indicators. • Decision support for infrastructure managers when planning required infrastructure layouts. • Comparison with classical methods determining the capacity occupation of railway infrastructure. [DE] Tamme Emunds und Nils Nießen der RWTH Aachen University haben den peer-reviewed #Artikel "𝘌𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘫𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦: 𝘈 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘶𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨-𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥, 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦-𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘴" in Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies von Elsevier veröffentlicht. Der Artikel kann als #OpenAccess im Volltext eingesehen und heruntergeladen werden: https://lnkd.in/evEHfSQw

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𝗔𝗜 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆: 𝗩𝗖𝗘 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗕𝗿𝗔𝗜𝗻 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗜 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 We are delighted to announce that our research project BRAIN (Bridge management with AI for sustaiNable engineering), coordinated by VCE, was invited by the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG Österreichische Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft mbH) to take part in an exciting round of dialogue with 19 other AI projects. Our project coordinator Sonja Kracanović Kracanovic represented the BRAIN project at the AI for Green networking event, which took place on 26 June 2024 at the Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology (Bundesministerium für Klimaschutz, Umwelt, Energie, Mobilität, Innovation & Technologie). This event provided us with a great platform to share and discuss ideas for sustainable and innovative solutions in the field of artificial intelligence. The BrAIn project has set itself the ambitious goal of reducing CO2 emissions in the maintenance management of bridges by up to 50%, thus making a significant contribution to global sustainability. #Sustainability #ArtificialIntelligence #BridgeManagement #Innovation #VCE #AIforGreen #ClimateProtection #EnvironmentalProtection #Technology #Research

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