How can artificial intelligence help detect possible drowning incidents at beaches and swimming pools in real time? The LAIF project is developing a computer vision system capable of analysing images of coastal areas and automatically alerting lifeguards to a potential risk situation. The system is designed to complement, rather than replace, the work of lifeguards. … Read more
Published in Science and featured on the cover of its latest issue, the research, conducted with the involvement of the CVC and UAB, a global study highlights how ecological context and multiple factors determine whether camouflage or warning colouration provide the greatest evolutionary advantage. Natural selection has led some animals to evolve two alternative antipredator colour strategies: … Read more
CVC PhD student, Pau Torras, has recently been featured as an expert voice in an article in the online newspaper, VIAempresa. In the article, Pau explains the possibilities of AI in music beyond generative models, such as the recovery of musical pieces that, despite existing, have never been heard: “We may have the possibility of publishing … Read more
Arturo Fuentes, estudiant de doctorat al CVC, ha protagonitzat el capítol nou d’Unfold, dedicat a la intel·ligència artificial generativa per a la creació d’imatges i vídeos. Unfold és un programa de divulgació de les noves tecnologies, conduït per Ariadna Ollé, que s’emet a la plataforma de continguts digitals 3Cat, de la Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals. Durant la seva … Read more
Dr Dimosthenis Karatzas, CVC’s associate director, has recently been featured in two articles in the Catalan newspaper, El Punt Avui. The articles delve into crucial aspects of Artificial Intelligence and its development in Catalonia. The expertise of Dr Karatzas in the field makes this a must-read for those interested in the world of Artificial Intelligence.
Dr Josep Lladós, CVC director, participated in the TV programme “Fet a Mida” of the Local Television Network of Catalonia. He took part in a round table about Artificial Intelligence, along with Dr Karina Gibert, IDEAI-UPC director and Joan Mas, CIDAI director. You can watch the programme here (in Catalan). The round table starts at … Read more
Radiolung is aimed to develop an artificial intelligence system based on radiomic information to improve the malignancy detection of lung nodules. The research team is compound by members of the CVC research group Interactive Augmented Modeling for Biomedicine, led by Dr. Dèbora Gil, and various departments of the Hospital and Research Institute Germans Trias i … Read more
The Computer Vision Center (CVC) continues its collaboration with Maldita Tecnología to put in context several concepts associated with Artificial Intel·ligence. In this occasion, it was the turn of Dr. Dèbora Gil, who explained in Maldita Twitcheria how videogames can help in medical and computer vision research. First, Dr. Gil detailed to Naiara Bellio and Joselu Zafra that the … Read more
Las conclusiones de la segunda edición del ciclo de diálogos ciudadanos “Inteligencia Artificial, ética y participación ciudadana” un proyecto de ciencia ciudadana organizado por el Centro de Visión por Computador, con la colaboración de la Fundación ”la Caixa”, han sido recogidas en un reportaje a doble página por la Vanguardia. Para realizar dicho reportaje, la … Read more
Researchers from Barcelona and California, led by the Institute of Economic Analysis (IAE-CSIC) and the UAB, and with the participation of the Computer Vision Center (CVC), have applied machine learning to detect the destruction of buildings by artillery using neural networks. This automated method would make possible to monitor the destruction of a bellicose conflict, … Read more