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DTIC participates in one of the four new units of the European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems (ELLIS)

Catalonia will host one of the four new units of the European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems (ELLIS), the pan-European network of excellence in artificial intelligence that connects the best researchers in the field of AI in Europe. The new ELLIS Barcelona Unit will become the third largest unit in the quarantine that make up the network and represents a guarantee of the high quality and impact of the research carried out in Catalonia in the field of AI. The candidacy of the Catalan unit of ELLIS has been promoted by the Government of the Generalitat in coordination with the agents of the country's knowledge system, within the framework of the Artificial Intelligence strategy of Catalonia (Catalonia.AI), led by the Department of Business and Labour.
 
Among the 21 members of the ELLIS Barcelona Unit, six are members of UPF. These are Carlos Castillo, Emilia Gómez, Gergely Neu, Coloma Ballester, Gábor Lugosi and Horacio Saggion. Carlos Castillo, also a fellow of the pan-European network ELLIS, says: "From the beginning, ELLIS has focused an important part of its work on understanding and mitigating risks of the application of artificial intelligence in sensitive areas. Having an ELLIS unit in Barcelona is excellent news for our researchers and for people implementing AI-based solutions in local industry."
 
More details at the full UPF news (in Catalan) here.