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Internet of Things for Consumers: Commission opens sector inquiry into anti-competitive practices

The European Commission has announced the opening of an investigation into the Internet of Things in the European Union, focusing on anti-competitive practices in the consumer goods and services sector. It will complement other actions launched under the Commission’s Digita...

Dataiku launches “Dataiku Academy” and announces partnerships with Snowflake and Kayrros

Dataiku took advantage of the month of July to make some big announcements. The Analytics and Data Science platform launched Dataiku Academy, its free training portal, and signed two new partnerships with Snowflake and Kayrros. Dataiku Academy, a training portal for everyone Data...

Health: Medtronic Acquires Medicrea, Pioneer in Spine Surgery with AI

Medtronic and Medicrea announced in a press release that they are in the process of finalizing the acquisition by the US company of the Lyon-based SME. The latter is one of the pioneers in transforming spinal surgery through artificial intelligence, predictive modeling and custom...

Code quality: Ponicode raises three million euros to continue the development of its AI

Ponicode, a startup created in June 2019, has announced a seed fund raising of three million euros. This specialist in artificial intelligence and data sciences was able to count on the support of Breega, Kima and Plug & Play Ventures as well as about twenty Business Angels a...

Atos IT Challenge 2020 on Cooperative Artificial Intelligence – discover the winning teams

The Atos IT Challenge 2020 was held this year on the theme of “Cooperative Artificial Intelligence”. Teams from 27 countries competed in this international student competition and the winners were announced. After an initial pre-selection of 16 application projects, i...

Markets and uses of digital: Cap Digital presents its new trend map

Cap Digital has published its 2020/2021 trend map. A 72-page dossier produced thanks to the expertise of the 1,000 members of the collective of digital innovators (start-ups, SMEs, research laboratories, universities, territories, large groups and investors). Thought as a real ob...

Industry 4.0: Partnership between Renault and Google Cloud on the digitalization of factories and the supply chain

Going further in Industry 4.0 thanks to machine learning and artificial intelligence is the Renault group’s objective. To achieve this, the carmaker announced a partnership with Google Cloud on July 9. At the heart of this agreement: accelerating the digitalization of the g...

Ethics of Artificial Intelligence: Participate in UNESCO’s consultation for the elaboration of a recommendation

As part of the decision of the UNESCO General Conference at its 40th session in November 2019, UNESCO has embarked on a two-year process to develop the first global normative instrument on the ethics of artificial intelligence. An online public consultation is open until 31 July ...

OTESIA launches its first 4 AI projects in health, prevention of cyber-bullying, education, etc.

Last November, the Observatory of the Technological, Economic and Social Impacts of Artificial Intelligence (OTESIA) was launched in the Alpes-Maritimes. A first in France and Europe. The first four projects were officially launched and cover areas such as health, education, cybe...

Replay Dataquitaine: Markovian Decision Process and Reinforced Learning

Dataquitaine is offering a replay of its Data Science Workshop-Webinar, organised by Digital Aquitaine, on 30 June 2020. This seminar was dedicated to the theme “Markovian Decision Process and Learning by Reinforcement” with Emmanuel Hyon. Problems related to the opti...

Video : IMT Mines Albi carries out an immersion experience with the IOEMGA VR virtual reality platform

On the occasion of the 1st anniversary of the EGCERSIS joint research laboratory, IMT Mines Albi carried out a unique immersion experience. This crisis management exercise was broadcast live on June 30th and is now available in replay. It was scripted by the Industrial Engineerin...

Cybersecurity: the Greater East Region and four Quebec companies are working on a consortium

The Grand Est Region is seeking to implement an innovative policy to strengthen the attractiveness of its territory. It has thus signed an agreement with four Quebec companies in the field of cybersecurity. The Grand Est Region, anxious to reinforce the attractiveness of its terr...

Replay – SophiaConf 2020: Open Source, Artificial Intelligence and Containers

On June 29 and 30, SophiaConf, the major annual event organized by the Côte d’Azur’s Telecom Valley’s digital TV presenter, was held in its 100% digital version this year, as a result of the need to keep a distance. The second evening of this major summer event ...

Toulouse is AI launches a mapping of Toulouse’s VSEs and AI SMEs with the support of Aerospace Valley

Very dynamic in Occitania, the Toulouse is AI collective of experts has announced the launch of a mapping of the AI ecosystem of Toulouse’s VSEs and SMEs in collaboration with Aqsone and with the support of the Aerospace Valley cluster. After several conferences, workshops ...

Call for Proposals : European Commission invests €1 billion in clean technology projects

The European Commission opened this Friday the first call for proposals under the Innovation Fund. This is one of the world’s largest programmes for the demonstration of innovative low-carbon technologies. Financed by revenues from the auctioning of emission allowances from...

Transcript: how Bertin IT is helping Crédit Agricole CIB to improve compliance in its trading rooms

Automatic language processing solutions are currently used in many sectors, including trading. This is notably the case of Bertin IT’s MediaSpeech®, which has been adopted by Crédit Agricole CIB to facilitate the day-to-day supervision and analysis of the conversations of m...

Call for papers for the Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Defense (CAID) to be held in Rennes, France

In the framework of the 5th European Cyber Week and the 26th C&ESAR conference, the second CAID (Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Defense) conference will be held. Dedicated to Artificial Intelligence for Defence, it will take place in Rennes on 18 and 19 November 20...

Medical Research: Owkin closes Series A with $70 million raised

Start-up Owkin announced that it has closed its Series A with a total of $70 million raised. This fundraising is concluded with an investment of $18 million from Mubadala Capital, the asset management arm of Mubadala Investment Company, and Bpifrance’s Large Venture fund. T...

New-Aquitaine: SATT Aquitaine Science Transfert launches chrysa-link, its deep-tech incubator

SATT Aquitaine Science Transfert has officially launched chrysa-link, its deep tech incubator. In operation since last year, it is operated by Bpifrance and financed by the State through the General Secretariat for Investment and by the Regional Council of New Aquitaine, to the t...

Artificial Intelligence: Renaud Vedel announces new key areas of AI strategy

Renaud Vedel, national coordinator for artificial intelligence, spoke on Monday 29 June at the “Artificial Intelligence 2020 Platform” organised by the French association for artificial intelligence. The event, which is taking place online this year from June 29 to Ju...

International: Quebec and France Continue Strategic Partnership in Artificial Intelligence

On 25 June this year, a first virtual mission was organised in Paris between Nadine Girault, Minister for International Relations and the Francophonie and Minister for Immigration, Francization and Integration, and Cédric O, Secretary of State to the Minister for the Economy and ...

Clinical research: AP-HP and Bayer sign framework agreement on innovative projects using AI

L’Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris and Bayer have announced the signing of a 3-year framework collaboration agreement. It aims to strengthen their partnership as well as the sharing of expertise in clinical research and artificial intelligence. The two entities...

9 companies including Earthcube selected to develop the European intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance platform

The European Commission announced this June the 9 companies that have been selected to participate in its prototype intelligence platform. Among them, focus on the French start-up Earthcube, specialised in artificial intelligence and satellite data processing. Earthcube, a Paris-...

Replay: Webinar “In the age of AI and digital, does the human still have a place in the customer relationship?” – Easyfront and Axys Consultants

Axys Consultants and Easyfront Consulting offered a webinar on June 11th entitled “In the age of AI and digital, does the human still have a place in customer relations? For a little less than an hour, the two partners addressed the issue of customer service and also discus...

DPMR: European Commission publishes evaluation report on data protection tools

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) provided that the Commission should present a first report on the evaluation and review of the GDPR after two years of application and every four years thereafter. This report has been published by the European Commission and shows th...

PFIA: the 2020 edition will be held in virtualization from June 29 to July 3, 2020

This year’s 2020 edition of the Platform for Artificial Intelligence (PFIA) will not be held in Angers as planned, but will be virtualized from June 29 to July 3, 2020. As every year, PFIA is a unique and friendly meeting point for the AI community, and as a member or suppo...

Training : ESTIA launches a Master of ScienceTM in Artificial Intelligence and Big Data in face-to-face and remote mode

The École Supérieures des Technologies Industrielles Avancées (ESTIA) presented its Master of ScienceTM BIHAR and its online version eBIHAR. At the start of the 2020 academic year, these two Master of Science in Engineering and Science from DATA will be at the heart of ESTIA̵...

Businesses: prepare your marketing campaign – ActuIA Media Kit

ActuIA magazine is back on October 15. Companies specializing in artificial intelligence, big data, digital transformation and web technologies: take this opportunity to prepare your post-confinement back-to-school marketing. Our attractive price offer enables you to communicate ...

Intel Introduces Artificial Intelligence and Analysis Platform with Processor, Memory, Storage and FPGA Solutions

Intel has announced the arrival of its 3rd generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors. The company also unveiled additions to its portfolio of hardware and software AI solutions, enabling customers to accelerate the development and use of AI and analytics in data centers, networks...

ENGIE wins the Grand Prix 2020 of the ESSEC Accenture Chair thanks to an advanced data analysis tool

Engie won the 2020 Grand Prize of the ESSEC Accenture “Strategic Business Analytics” (SBA) Chair. Partner of the SBA Chair for two years, ENGIE proposed to a group of five students to work from November to June on a concrete use case of data analysis: how to optimize ...

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Europe: What regulation for artificial intelligence? with Yannick Meneceur and Clementina Barbaro

On June 4th, the Librarie Kléber in Strasbourg hosted an exchange on “What regulation for artificial intelligence?” Moderated by Franck Macrez, CEIPI (University of Strasbourg), the guests were Yannick Meneceur, author of “L’intelligence artificielle en pr...

Replay: Loïc Etienne, “Opportunities and limits of AI in the health sector” – AI for Tomorrow

As part of its cycle of webinars, AI for Tomorrow has invited Loïc Etienne to present the opportunities and limits of artificial intelligence in the health sector. An emergency doctor for almost forty years, Loïc Etienne created in 1987, 3615 Ecran santé with the support of GAN. ...

Replay: Lecture by Laurence Devillers, Ethical Issues in Artificial Intelligence at AI for Tomorrow

From May 21 to July 12, 2020, the AI for Tomorrow webinar series will be held. On this occasion, Laurence Devillers (Professor of Artificial Intelligence at LIMSI-CNRS and author of “Des robots et des Hommes”) presented the ethical issues of artificial intelligence. I...

Call for papers: COMTECDEV Symposium – Artificial Intelligence and Social Innovation

The COMTECDEV Colloquium – Artificial Intelligence and Social Innovation will be held from 27 May 2021 to 29 May 2021 in Bordeaux. A call for papers was launched this week in this context. The deadline for submitting proposals has been set at 30 July 2020. Objectives of the...

Revenue management: EURODECISION and YieldBooking join forces to create a global software solution

EURODECISION, publisher of the QRUSH web platform and a specialist in business intelligence, has announced a partnership with YieldBooking. The two players will work together to offer the first global revenue management software solution. It should enable professionals in the out...

Covid-19: Focus on the STOIC research project to create an unpublished database and AI tools

The STOIC project was supported by GE Healthcare, Orange Healthcare and TheraPanacea. These three players will collaborate with AP-HP and the Thoracic Imaging Society. Their objective: to create an unprecedented database on Covid-19 and to develop new tools based on artificial in...

Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence: OECD to host its secretariat

The Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence, an initiative launched by Canada and France at the Biarritz Summit in August 2019, is establishing a secretariat within the OECD. The aim of this partnership is to ensure that the use and development of artificial intelligence re...

NEXT French Healthcare: Business France and Bpifrance present the 13 winning French startups

After two months of deliberations, the jury of the NEXT French Healthcare program organized by Business France and Bpifrance, selected 13 French digital health startups. The winning start-ups will benefit from a digital bootcamp, followed by a face-to-face roadshow in the United ...

Artificial intelligence ethics: CNP Assurances sets up a governance system

CNP Assurances is committed to the ethics of artificial intelligence. The Group, a specialist in personal insurance, has announced the appointment of Xavier Vamparys as head of artificial intelligence ethics and the creation of a multidisciplinary and open committee responsible f...

FRENCH TECH: the French government unveils a 5-part plan to support innovation

Yesterday, during the visit of Bruno Le Maire and Cédric O to the Earthcube start-up, the French government announced a support plan for French Tech technology companies. This five-part plan aims to mitigate the effects of the coronavirus crisis. It provides for short-term public...

AI PARIS AWARDS: registration is open until June 15

The AI Paris Congress, organized by Corp Agency, will be held on 14 & 15 September in Paris in a hybrid version: face-to-face and virtual. On this occasion will be awarded to those whose aim is to highlight the diversity and quality of projects carried out in the field of AI ...

EU: €314 million to innovative companies against coronavirus and to support recovery

At the beginning of this week, the European Commission specified the investments made in the context of the fight against Covid-19 and for the recovery of the economy. 166 million, through the European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator pilot project, has been granted to 36 com...

World Ocean Day: some examples of AI use in the maritime domain

Artificial intelligence is everywhere, including where the general public may not expect it. The maritime field is an excellent example. There are innumerable cases of AI use: optimisation of port logistics, species preservation, autonomous navigation and environmental protection...

World Ocean Day: UNESCO showcases cases of using technology for a sustainable ocean

Today, as every June 8, is the United Nations World Ocean Day. This year, UNESCO wanted to highlight the crucial importance of innovation for a sustainable ocean by mentioning some of the technologies used: from the drone surveillance of wildlife in the Wrangel Island Reserve Nat...

Artificial intelligence magazine returns on October 15.

Launched on January 15, 2020, the Artificial Intelligence magazine, the leading source of professional information dedicated to AI and the digital transformation of companies, will make its return on October 15. Impacted like many activities by the coronavirus health crisis, the ...

Launch of the Wave 2 IA Wave 2 Challenges carried by SAFE and SCS on the theme of Defence/Security

As part of the national AI strategy set up by the government, the AI challenges were launched in 2019 for a period of 3 years. During the second wave of calls in 2020, 6 new challenges were selected, including 4 on the theme of Defence and Security proposed by MBDA, Telespazio Fr...

Replay: Artificial intelligence – challenges and opportunities for philanthropy | ESSEC Chair

On 5 May, as part of its Lunch & Learn, the ESSEC Philanthropy Chair focused on the theme of artificial intelligence and the challenges and opportunities it poses for philanthropy. During this seminar, Valery Yakubovich, Professor of Management at ESSEC Business School, and F...

Replay: “iHuman – Artificial Intelligence and Us” by Tonje Hessen Schei

Arte currently offers on arte.tv the Norwegian documentary “iHuman – Artificial Intelligence and Us”, by Tonje Hessen Schei. It raises the question of the replacement of humanity by artificial intelligence by taking the measure of the influence of algorithms on ...

Call for Papers for the First International Colloquium on Artificial Intelligence in Fiction

The first conference on the theme of artificial intelligence in fiction (literature, series, films, comic strips, video games, plastic arts) will be held in Paris from 3 to 5 June 2021. During this event, the representations of AI and their meanings will be discussed, as well as ...

COVID-19: Moody’s Analytics presents a tool for analyzing sentiment towards current events

Moody’s Analytics presented Coronavirus Pulse, a machine learning tool that assesses sentiment towards news related to COVID-19. This tool allows market participants to search for live news, view COVID-19-related information about a particular financial institution, company...

Predictive maintenance: Octonion launches an acoustic analysis functionality for industrials

DeepTech Octonion announced the launch of a new artificial intelligence feature in its Brainium Edge AI solution. Focused on sound analysis directly from a microcontroller, it allows manufacturers to optimize the upstream detection of anomalies and guarantee a better efficiency o...

ThoughtSpot Research Report: Artificial Intelligence and the Financial Services Sector

ThoughtSpot has published a new report on the future of artificial intelligence and the future of financial services. The publication reveals that 86% of banks and insurance companies plan to increase technology investment in AI by 2025 and outlines how AI is expected to shape th...

DataOps: Saagie raises €25 million and accelerates international growth

The software publisher Saagie continues its development. The FrenchTech 120 startup has announced that it has closed a new €25 million round of financing. The young company’s ambition is to become the leader in DataOps within two years, by doubling its workforce and acceler...

GAIA-X: Conference of Ministers and Expert Forum on the European Data Infrastructure Project

On 4 June, a conference of ministers will be held on GAIA-X, the Franco-German project for a European Data Infrastructure. Representatives of the German and French federal governments, as well as scientific and business institutions from both countries have worked together with o...

Deeptech North America – NETVA’20 : 14 innovative French deeptech start-ups have been selected

The Deeptech North America – NETVA program led by the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs has announced the selection of 14 Deeptech start-ups for its 2020 edition. These innovative French start-ups will receive personalized support and will benefit from an analysis of o...

Apple acquires Inductiv, a start-up specializing in data processing to improve Siri

Apple has confirmed the acquisition of Inductiv, a Canadian start-up using artificial intelligence to automate the tasks of identifying and correcting errors in data. The young team is said to have started working with the Cupertino giant on Siri, although Apple only said that it...

The Equality Laboratory, in partnership with Renault and Engie, presents its “Pact for Equal Artificial Intelligence”.

Last week, at the ExplorIA event organised by the Impact AI collective, Le Laboratoire de l’Egalité, in partnership with Renault and Engie, exclusively presented its “Pact for Equal Artificial Intelligence”. During the online conference, hundreds of participants...

Focus on ASSISTANT, the AI project for the factory of the future carried by IMT Atlantique selected for Horizon 2020

The ASSISTANT project, a consortium proposing to develop disruptive solutions for the manufacturing industry, using Artificial Intelligence to optimize production systems has been selected for the European Horizon 2020 programme. Led by the faculty members of IMT Atlantique’...

Focus on ScikitEDS: a visualization tool for monitoring patient flows

Focus on ScikitEDS, a project of the Covid Mission of Inria led by Alexandre Gramfort (EPC Parietal). Following the call for good will launched by AP-HP last March, a team of 9 data science experts was mobilized to help analyze, quantify, predict and visualize daily clinical data...