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AI technique captures complexity of human faces to help create realistic photo edits
The ability to distil images to their most essential components and anticipate new scenes is what could drive computer vision and robotics forward. [...]
The resilience of a hospital-associated bacterium dates back over a century
By combining old clinical specimens and new technology, it was determined that Enterococcus faecalis, a pathogen well known for hospital-acquired infections, has adapted to hospital conditions already in mid-nineteenth century – long before the first modern hospitals were built. [...]
Improving data literacy to support ethical decision-making
DataLit wants to raise awareness about the need for data literacy. It approaches this by busting myths and common misunderstandings about data. [...]
Artificial intelligence for dementia prevention
AI-Mind is a 5-year project funded by Horizon 2020, with the goal of facilitating a paradigm shift in clinical practice of mild cognitive impairment. A team of Aalto University and HUS Helsinki University Hospital researchers are involved in the project. [...]
Forbes AI Award to FCAI-related research on image-creating GAN models
The magazine pays tribute to the development of a model that starkly reduces the amount of data needed for generating new, artificial images. [...]
“There is no formula for a quick fix” for ethical dilemmas
Questions regarding the ethics of artificial intelligence provoked a lively discussion in Finland’s largest science event The Science Forum. [...]
Twinify solves data privacy issues
Researchers at FCAI have developed a machine learning-based method that can produce research data synthetically. The application is based on a method that allows academics and companies to share data with each other without compromising the privacy of the individuals involved in the study. [...]
Computer vision is guiding cranes
Researchers from the University of Helsinki are developing a positioning system based on machine learning and an increasingly accurate and inexpensive navigation solution. [...]
Scientific Advisory Board 2020 congratulates HIIT for its excellent track record of outstanding research
HIIT's activities and plans were reviewed by the Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) consisting of internationally prominent scholars invited by the HIIT Board. [...]
Brains and computers are alike as statistical inference engines
New methods for approximate Bayesian inference are both tools for artificial intelligence and models of human intelligence. [...]
Machine learning deployment is underway in the global plant breeding industry
Yield Systems aims to have a significant sustainable impact on the global food system by creating cost efficient AI capabilities for plant breeding and speeding up the development of crop yields and adaptation to climate change. [...]
Revolutionizing hyperspectral imaging
Researchers in Helsinki have developed an artificial intelligence based spectral imaging technology that will make color determination accurate, universally true and accessible to everyone with a smartphone. [...]