ANNOUNCEMENTS AND UPCOMING EVENTS 

CONSULTATION ON EUROPEAN DATA ACT

Recognizing the impact of data driven economy by the EU is now a certainty. Data is recognized now as an essential resource similar to energy or food – thus ensuring a proper governance. Access to data is considered to generated between 1-2.5% of EU GDP,  a value estimated to 7-11 billion EUR by 2028 (savings of 1.3 trillion EUR in manufacturing and 120 billion EUR in the medical sector).

Our work group has issued a position paper with amendments which can further improve this proposal, find it at ClujiIT Data Intelligence Consultation on Data GovernanceAct Position Paper . 

Mission

A better community through harnessing the power of data intelligence

Vision

To create community good via data science and artificial intelligence.

The Data Intelligence group of ClujIT consolidates the potential of Cluj’s software and innovation companies to design and deliver succesful AI solutions wich bring a positive effect to the regional socio-economic life.

Created at the end of 2019, our group has close to 20 member companies from various industries and of different sizes – from product startups to established IT service delivery providers. For more information about our vision and objectives we encourage you to access Data Intelligence – Workgroup Initiation Proposal.

CAPABILITIES

The Data Intelligence working group has strong capabilities to deliver machine learning/AI solutions on a various platforms and technologies. The cumulative knowledge and delivery capabilities of the members makes the Data Intelligence group a powerful AI innovation and delivery organization.

ENTERPRISE PLATFORMS

GOOGLE AI

MAINSTREAM AI/MACHINE LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES

OPENCV

XGBOOST

MATPLOTLIB

MEMBERS

We are a strong community with a high palette of skills and we have the determination to use the machine learning and artificial intelligence for the societal good.

EVENTS

The Data Intelligence Group initiates and delivers events and projects related to Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence. There is a continuous cycle of project initiation and delivery as a response to member’s vision and needs or triggered by our partners and collaborators.

Sibiu Innovation Days – AI Speakers

The first edition of Sibiu Innovation Days is co-organized by University Lucian Blaga in Sibiu, (through Hasso-Plattner Knowledge Transfer Institute) and by Cluj IT Cluster and will be held during November 26th and 27th, in conjunction with the “The Researchers Night 2020”.

The Cluj IT cluster was represented by AI speakers designated from the members of the Data Intelligence group, with subjects related to Deep Learning in Computer Vision and disruption in the management processes due to embedding data driven decisions processes.

CID 2020 – ADOPTING AI FOR SOCIETY AND BUSINESS PANEL

The combined effect of digital transformation, COVID-19 pandemic and automation creates a ripple of changes throughout the entire global society. All these factors are catalysts for large scale adoption of AI at various strata of the society: from policy makers and strategic decision makers to SMEs and individuals. Whomever will be able to survive and thrive through this disruption – will be one of the dominant players of the years to come.

The panel”Adopting AI for society and business”, which we had the honor to moderate, addressed this topic from the perspective of an EU policy maker, a manager and a scientist: ms. Annika Linck – EU Policy Manager at Digital SME Alliance, mr. Iustinian Sovrea – CEO at jPard and mr. Razvan Florian – CEO at RIST.

We would like to share the presentations as well:

ms. Annika Linck:       Challenges of AI uptake in Europe from the perspective of SMEs
mr. Iustinian Sovrea:  Management without managers in the AI Era

Finally we would like to offer our thanks to the speakers and to our audience as well!

CID 2020 – RE-IMAGINING WORK IN TIMES OF AI PANEL

We all know that there are great expectations on the society in regards with how AI will disrupt the workplace. Whether these expectations represent optimism or apprehension – they are definitely shaping the social mindset and the landscape of work in the years to come.

This was the topic of the panel “Re-imagining work in times of AI”, a panel which we had the honor to moderate along with one of the best selection of speakers: prof. Gerard de Melo from Hasso Plattner Institute – University of Potsdam, mr. Radu Orghidan – VP Cognitive Computing at Endava and mr. Ovidiu Ortan – Director Projects at Emerson.

We would like to share the presentations as well:

prof. Gerard de Melo: Putting AI to Work – How AI is Disrupting the Workplace
mr. Radu Orghidan:    NFL When Reshaping Work Using Augmented Intelligence System
mr. Ovidiu Ortan:        The role of human workforce in the digital plant of the future

Finally we would like to offer our thanks to the speakers and to our audience as well!

MACHINE LEARNING CHALLENGES FOR MEDICINE

Part of the ACAMED (Academy of young entrepreneurs&researchers in Medicine) European project activities, this event was focused on providing a fast track on AI and Machine Learning, on the main start-ups/vendors using AI in healthcare and on the legal, moral and social challenges of AI. The presentation was held by Marin Iuga from Intertechnica to more than 20 PhD students and researchers.

The audience was formed of researchers from Cluj Napoca’s Medical University, Oncological Institute, and University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine. 

Access the presentation as follows: Machine Learning Challenges For Medicine .

CONSULTATION ON EUROPEAN AI PRINCIPLES AND POLICIES

Under the umbrella of the European DIGITAL SME Alliance we have contributed with the group’s opinions and experience on topics related to AI security, fairness and ways to ensure AI adoption at European Level. These opinions were assembled on a common SME position at the European level. The documents we provided can be consulted as follows:

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Access_to_data_Consultation_document_DIGITAL_SME_selected_questions_part_1_ClujIT_DataIntelligence

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CONSOLIDATION OF DATA INTELLIGENCE GROUP CAPABILITIES

This project aimed at consolidating the group’s capabilities and interests. For a period of two months, the group members participated to a detailed survey and the responses were consolidated into a comprehensive Data Intelligence Group – CapabilitiesReport .