April's Activity Group Meeting (AG44) focused on contributions from research and innovation projects and BDVA/DAIRO members to data and AI standardisation and interoperability activities. The event, organised in collaboration with BDV projects, gathered nearly 100 members, Big Data Value Project portfolio representatives and other key stakeholders to exchange views, experience and ideas.
Today, 21st of April, the Commission unveils the proposal for European artificial intelligence regulation. Combining the proposal with an updated Coordinated Plan on AI, the EC aims to guarantee the safety and fundamental rights of Europeans while strengthening AI uptake, investment and innovation across the EU.
The 5th call for i-Space labels has been opened today, April 13th. Submit your application and join the European-wide group of trusted data-driven innovation hubs. The deadline for applications is June 15th. Find the instructions for submission here!
The European Commission has announced a new call for projects to foster better data access, sharing and analysis for the research of new virus variants. It aims to speed up the countermeasures for coronavirus and increase readiness for future epidemics.
BDVA/DAIRO and EuHubs4Data teams have been busy preparing the Data Week 2021, and you will receive news soon... very soon.
On the 23rd of March BDVA/DAIRO hosted a workshop on HPC, Big Data, IoT, and AI future industry-driven collaborative topics as a part of EuroHPC Summit week. During the workshop, Horizon 2020 ICT11 projects analysed research and innovation challenges SME's face with these technologies in terms of convergence and alignment.
Today General Assembly (GA23) officially welcomed 11 new members to BDVA/DAIRO. BayFOR, Optiva Media, FAU and POLIMI joined the association as full members.
The year is coming to an end, but we are already looking into 2023 and making new opportunities for our members. Next year, the BDVA community will have an increasing focus on ethical and Trustworthy AI and how it will actualise across industries. We will continue building the European Data Spaces and work closely with the HPC community to help this vision to become reality. BDVA will support the creation of the capabilities of European companies through skills and engage more actively with the EU’s digital policies. And these topics are just to name a few.
We are still accepting new member applications for January. By joining the BDVA now, you can start the year by working with the community leading the development of the European ecosystem for data and AI.
