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HELSINKI AND FCAI WILL HOST A NEW ELLIS UNIT FOR TOP AI RESEARCH

Finnish artificial intelligence research received a significant acknowledgement. Finnish Center for Artificial Intelligence FCAI will host one of the new European units of top AI research, as the European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems will establish one of its first units in Finland.

ELLIS launches $220 million initiative to keep AI talent in Europe

The European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems (ELLIS) is establishing a project to grow research institutes that focus on the societal impact of AI. Today the nonprofit announced 17 cities in 10 European countries and Israel that it has selected to participate in the project.

SZ: "Es herrscht extremer Wettbewerb"

Artikel in der Süddeutschen Zeitung vom 12. April 2019

Spitzenforscher aus mehreren Staaten warnen: Europa könnte bei der künstlichen Intelligenz von den USA und China abgehängt werden. Sie fordern in einem Manifest stärkeres Engagement der Politik.

Corriere: Ellis, l’Europa al lavoro per un centro unico sull’intelligenza artificiale

Lo European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems nasce come una società per permettere a ricercatori e dottorandi dei migliori istituti europei di lavorare fianco a fianco, per provare a competere con i colleghi americani e asiatici

L’Europa ora ha una carta in più per colmare il gap nella ricerca sull’intelligenza artificiale con Stati Uniti e paesi asiatici. L’Ellis, lo European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems, nasce proprio con l’obiettivo di unire le forze delle eccellenze europee nel campo dell’AI, creando dei percorsi di ricerca e dottorato transnazionali incentrati in particolare sul progresso economico dato dallo sviluppo di queste tecnologie.

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Science Business: New artificial intelligence lab aims to keep top minds in Europe

US tech companies are raiding our computer science departments. A new initiative, Ellis, wants to give researchers a reason to stay in academe and in Europe. Meanwhile, the Commission is putting esh on its AI plans

Machine learning researchers and big industry players have teamed up to create multinational arti cial intelligence (AI) labs across Europe in a bid to reverse the brain drain of the brightest and best scientists to north America and China.

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Nature: Europe’s AI researchers launch professional body over fears of falling behind

Universities on the continent are rapidly losing talent to industry in the United States and China, say scientists behind the initiative.

Some of Europe’s top machine-learning researchers have founded an organization to strengthen capacity in artificial intelligence (AI) technology on the continent. The need for such an organization was first described in an open letter written by almost 200 researchers and published in April. The letter warned that investment and expertise in AI technology in Europe is falling behind those in North America and China.

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The Register: European AI researchers to create a new lab

A team of European AI experts are working together to support a new European research hub nicknamed ELLIS.

ELLIS, which stands for European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems, was previously proposed back in April to create new jobs and encourage academic research. USA and China are frequently seen as world leaders in AI and European countries want to remain competitive. Fast forward eight months, and it looks like the plan is slowly coming into fruition. The formation of the lab was announced at the NeurIPS (Neural Information Processing Systems) conference in Montreal.

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Bloomberg: Top Computer Scientists Form European Lab Devoted to AI

A group of prominent computer scientists has come together to form a new pan-European laboratory devoted to artificial intelligence.

The European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems, or ELLIS, will run physical laboratories and create an education program for doctoral students studying a type of AI called machine learning, while building bridges between universities and companies in the region.

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FAZ: Ein Spitzen-Verbund für maschinelles Lernen

Führende Fachleute haben Angst, dass Europa den Anschluss in der Künstlichen Intelligenz verliert. Sie haben einen Plan – und prominente Unterstützung.

Wie kann Europa den Anschluss halten in der Künstlichen Intelligenz (KI) an Amerika und China? Führende europäische Wissenschaftler für die derzeit besonders angesagte KI-Disziplin des maschinellen Lernens halten dies nur für möglich, wenn sie ihre Kapazitäten bündeln und zu einem Netzwerk zusammenschließen.

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Toronto Star: Top computer scientists form European lab devoted to AI

A group of prominent computer scientists has come together to form a new Pan-European laboratory devoted to artificial intelligence.

The European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems, or ELLIS, will run physical laboratories and create an education program for doctoral students studying a type of AI called machine learning, while building bridges between universities and companies in the region.

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The Guardian: Scientists plan huge European AI hub to compete with US

In an open letter, the scientists say the proposed Ellis institute is essential to avoid brain drain to big tech firms

Leading scientists have drawn up plans for a vast multinational European institute devoted to world-class artificial intelligence (AI) research in a desperate bid to nurture and retain top talent in Europe. The new institute would be set up for similar reasons as Cern, the particle physics lab near Geneva, which was created after the second world war to rebuild European physics and reverse the brain drain of the brightest and best scientists to the US.

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