AI Accelerator is a training programme that supports AI talent from research centres and universities across Catalonia, helping accelerate the process of bringing their technological solutions to market. The programme has already contributed to the creation of four companies: Link3rs, Tecous, Atempo and Brainmapp. This fourth edition features a wide range of AI challenges and … Read more
Why do some images appear beautiful while others do not? Research in empirical aesthetics has long sought to answer this question by analysing large image datasets and comparing their visual properties with people’s ratings. However, most existing datasets combine two levels of information that are difficult to disentangle: low-level visual features and high-level semantic content. … Read more
Research confirms it: in image generation, AI creativity is a myth. Although current generative AI models may indeed appear autonomous creative agents, when deconstructing their imaginative process, their lack of true creative abilities becomes apparent. This is the conclusion reached by a new study, published in the scientific journal Advanced Science, led by an international … Read more
The national AI4POLYPNET network, dedicated to improving colorectal cancer diagnosis through Artificial Intelligence (AI), held its second working meeting in Bellaterra, Catalonia. Comprising eight institutions – four clinical and four technical – the network represents a collaborative effort to address one of the most prevalent diseases worldwide. One of the network’s main objectives is to … Read more
Stanford University, in collaboration with Elsevier-Scopus, has recently updated the results of the study of the most-cited authors in the world. This global ranking considered one of the most prestigious, is based on bibliometric information collected from the Scopus database (published by Elsevier), updated to the end of the citation year 2023, and includes the … Read more
Al llarg dels darrers anys la preocupació per l’estat i estabilitat de la biodiversitat als boscos de Catalunya ha anat a l’alça, amb la irrupció de múltiples tècniques i opcions com, per exemple: la gestió d’espais naturals protegits, la col·laboració amb entitats, el voluntariat, les campanyes de conscienciació a la societat, la preservació d’animals en … Read more
The national AIpolypNET network, dedicated to improving the diagnosis of colorectal cancer through Artificial Intelligence (AI), held its first working meeting in Ourense, Galicia. Comprising 8 institutions, including 4 clinical and 4 technical profiles, this network represents a collective effort to address one of the most prevalent diseases globally. Colorectal cancer is one of the … Read more
Stanford University, in collaboration with Elsevier-Scopus, has recently updated the results of the study of the most-cited authors in the world. This global ranking considered one of the most prestigious, is based on bibliometric information collected from the Scopus database (published by Elsevier), updated to the end of the citation year 2022, and includes the … Read more
The study “Monitoring war destruction from space using machine learning”, in which the CVC researcher, Dr Joan Serrat, has participated, has been recognized in the 2023 edition of the Society of Statistics and Operations Research (SEIO) – BBVA Foundation Awards. The awarded work was conducted by Andre Groeger (Ramón y Cajal researcher at UAB), Hannes … Read more
The Spanish National Council of Scientific Research (CSIC) has released the new edition of its Researchers in Spain and Spaniards Abroad ranking. This 2023 edition places five CVC researchers among the top 5.000 Spanish and foreign research scientists who do research in Spanish organizations ranked according to their profile indicators in the Google Scholar database. … Read more