The Eurecat technology centre has developed a new system to predict the evolution of corrosion and meticulously schedule maintenance tasks. This has involved combining its expertise in identifying corrosion mechanisms with regular monitoring of hard-to-reach areas using drones and data analytics powered by Artificial Intelligence. Corrosion monitoring is a “crucial aspect for selecting the most suitable materials [...]
This September, the XPatient Barcelona Congress will gather experts to discuss the opportunities afforded by new technologies, such as Artificial Intelligence and automation, to simplify and expedite healthcare processes as this is increasingly essential due to Covid-19. The congress will host a roundtable about the lessons learned from Covid-19 and the role of technology in helping [...]
AI professionals need to work to “diminish the misuse of AI at every layer from product teams to core technology,” said Cristian Canton, head of Facebook’s AI Red Team specialising in discovering, understanding and mitigating potential threats posed to businesses using Artificial Intelligence, on the second day of the AI & Big Data Congress. This [...]
Multi-layer data platform for the management and anticipation of odour episodes in port environments through the concept of citizen science. The NASAPP project develops a SaaS (Software as a Service) platform of multilayer data that allows monitoring odours in real-time through the concept of citizen science, adding to the current tools [...]
The impact of Artificial Intelligence hinges on collaboration between businesses, universities and NGOs to jointly evaluate “data and information more quickly and achieve their objectives,” said Anna N. Schlegel, Vice President of Product, International Markets and Globalisation at ProCore Technologies, in her opening talk at the AI & Big Data Congress today. In her view “partnerships [...]
This September in Barcelona, the AI & Big Data Congress will address the new challenges, trends and best practices of ground-breaking businesses in Artificial Intelligence, a technology that is estimated will generate an additional $15.7 trillion increase in global GDP by 2030 according to figures compiled in the ‘Analysis of specialisation in artificial intelligence in Catalonia’ report. [...]
The Eurecat technology centre is coordinating the Life Infusion project which seeks to demonstrate and validate a new system for purifying wastewater from the treatment of the organic fraction of municipal solid waste on a pilot scale. The aim is to recover resources such as biogas, nutrients, organic fertilisers and reclaimed water and also to reduce its environmental impact in a [...]
The Eurecat technology centre is coordinating the European Glomicave project which is to develop a new digital platform which can process large-scale omics datasets using Big Data and Artificial Intelligence by leveraging pre-existing data to enhance our understanding of biological systems as a whole. The project, which has funding coming to €6,372,583, addresses the need to build systems which can relate genotypes, i.e. [...]
The Platform Operation in the PECT TurisTIC in Family project, which is now in its final few months, today unveiled its main deliverable: the ‘Trip&Kids’ web app, a technology platform for managing tourism services. This new tool positions Costa Daurada and Terres de l’Ebre destinations as domestic and international pacesetters by deploying management, recommendation and gamification tools to meet the [...]
“The Mobile World Congress has shown that the foundations are in place for major growth across the digital industry and multi-sector support powered by digital transformation,” said the Eurecat, technology centre’s Business Development Director Carles Fradera today. “The Mobile World Congress has provided the opportunity to meet up again, to create and innovate and to unlock new [...]
