Idiap is developing its research capacities by hiring four new senior researchers. Two women and two men, whose goal will be to work on topics with great potential in AI and to continue to progress in areas that have already contributed to the reputation of the institute.
Communications play a key role to share scientific breakthroughs and highlight researchers work. To follow Idiap’s growth, a new team member is joining the institute he knows for many years thanks to his internships.
Following an external audit, the Institute was declared to be an equal salary employer. Including more diversity remains an important goal for Idiap, as our professional environment suffers from a lack of diversity on the global scale.
Ranging from bikes to cars, batteries are a key element of the electric mobility. Managing the autonomy of these vehicles is challenging. Using machine learning and smart scooters, Idiap researchers intend to enhance battery charging plans for a better mobility experience.
To face the increasing use of biometrics systems, Android set up its own certification standard. The biometrics center of Idiap became accredited to deliver certificates meeting these standards. This competence builds up on the FIDO accreditation obtained in 2019.
Coordinated by Idiap, the Roxanne project aims to introduce AI technologies for law enforcement agencies. A few days ago, criminal investigation TV series were among the first data sets used to demonstrate early technologies developed by the project partners.
The first intake of students of the on-the-job Master in artificial intelligence just graduated. Offered by Idiap Research Institute and Swiss Distance University Institute, this curriculum allowed an engineer from Syngenta to become the artificial intelligence specialist to support the digital evolution of the production site.
Human-robot interactions are often lacking fluidity, especially outside of the lab. Today, researchers from Idiap are publishing in open access the algorithms which allowed a robot to be used in real conditions in a shopping mall in Finland in the framework of the European project Mummer.
A joint study by Idiap Research Institute, EPFL, and the University of Lausanne’s Institute of Psychology has provided us with a unique snapshot of how Swiss residents experienced the partial lockdown measures resulting from the coronavirus pandemic. The findings include gender disparities, doubts about the future and hopes for change.
To diminish facial recognition biases, data sets of representative pictures are necessary. Idiap decided to go a step further by participating in the creation of an ethical data set of pictures.
The increase of the number of employees incited Idiap to recruit its own caretaker. Supported by two helpers for cleaning, he takes care of the building to keep it clean and welcoming. We followed him backstage to discover his work.
The European project AI4MEDIA will start in September and gather 30 partners. Idiap and HES-SO Valais-Wallis are part of it. Researchers and media actors want to contribute to a more ethical artificial intelligence in the field of medias.
A nationwide study aims to understand the emotional effects of the lockdown on Swiss residents and what steps they are taking to cope with it. Thanks to an app developed at Idiap, this study will be able to gather the opinions of people over time.
With one million Swiss francs budget and supported by the Innosuisse agency, the CANDY project will develop and patent a contact-less scanner allowing to identify people using the venous patterns of their hands. The project is a collaboration between the Global ID start-up and Idiap Research Institute.
The European Association for Biometrics organized its workshop at Idiap. European researchers and representatives from various companies gathered to discuss presentation attack detection.
The shortage of skilled people in computer science is more prominent now that recruitment for some jobs is done at the international level. Idiap is investing in the next generation of women in order to compete.
First contact when you arrive at Idiap, the secretariat is in charge of the administrative tasks: from human resources to accommodation management for researchers. Departing Nadine Rousseau had to share her 23 years of experience with Laura Coppey.
Artificial intelligence technologies could further unlock the potential of genetics for health. Raphaëlle Luisier started a new research group at Idiap with that aim in mind.
Collaborative robots are the perfect tool to link art and science. Thanks to his visit at Idiap, a researcher from Goldsmiths University of London used this approach to demonstrate the concept with a piano.
At the end of the year, the Institute is awarding two honors: the student award and the paper award.
This National Science Foundation (NSF) initiative invites industry players to join forces in a cooperative effort to support and drive high quality research in biometrics and in return, to have privileged access to the developed technologies. Idiap hosts the first non-US site.
Full time professor in Mexico, Esaú Villatoro is on sabbatical year at Idiap. He aims to develop a project in the Natural Language Understanding field with different researchers from the Idiap Research Institute.
The Conference on Robot Learning (CoRL) awarded the best presentation award to Noémie Jaquier. In collaboration with the Bosch Center for Artificial Intelligence (BCAI), she presented a paper which highlights how mathematics and machine learning can help to find solutions to problems in robotics.
The system and infrastructure team is Idiap’s Swiss knife. They work on optical wire installation; they manage computing hardware; they plan our energy supply… Samuel Aymon just joined the team.
Coordinated by the Idiap Research Institute, the European project Roxanne gathers a large variety of national and international police forces, including Interpol, as well as scientists, large industry and private companies. Its aim is to create a computer programme able to help investigators to link various clues and uncover criminal network activities.
The ETH Board appointed a total of 25 professors in various fields. Among the nominated scientists, François Fleuret, head of the Machine Learning in our Institute.
It took the know-how of the cheese Master Eddy Baillifard, founder of Raclett’House, and the expertise of the Robot learning & interaction group from the Idiap research institute to achieve the first raclette made by a robot. Beyond the technical challenge, the project shows the potential of learning from demonstration techniques and for a better human-robot collaboration.
In the face recognition research field, new challenges are going harder as the field limits are expanding. Tiago de Freitas Pereira award from the European Association for Biometrics is a significant recognition for his work during his thesis.
Winners of the International Create Challenge (ICC) share a common will to use artificial intelligence for day to day applications. Particularly cosmopolitan, the 2019 edition illustrates the significant potential for business creation in these areas.
Four new researchers join the effort to shape the future of AI
