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A new position paper created by an ERCIM task group highlights the crucial role of software technology, development, and maintenance in securing Europe’s economic prosperity. The document calls for greater investment and attention to this often-overlooked area, stressing its foundational importance across industries and innovation.
The full paper, including the list of contributing task group members, is available from https://www.ercim.eu/publications/strategic-reports 

In 2024, the ERCIM Human Capital Task Group compiled information on staff exchange programmes offered by a subset of ERCIM members. These programmes aim to foster exchanges among participating institutions. A comprehensive overview of the programmes is now presented in a document available for download. 

ERCIM hosted the AIOTI Workshop on Semantic Interoperability for Digital Twins from 5–6 February in Sophia Antipolis, France, gathering around 50 experts. The workshop focused on advancing semantic interoperability and laying the groundwork for next-generation information systems by addressing real-world industrial challenges. It featured a mix of invited talks and community-submitted presentations that led to productive discussions. The slides and abstracts of most presentations are now available on the workshop web page, and a comprehensive public report will follow.

For more details, please visit the workshop web page

Generative AI (GenAI) and Large Language Models (LLMs) are transforming science and society, presenting significant opportunities alongside inherent challenges. European digital science institutes and organizations are well-positioned to contribute to responsible development and use of these technologies.

This report summarizes the discussions and findings from the 2024 ERCIM Visionary Event "Challenges and Opportunities of Foundational Models and Generative AI (GenAI) for Science and Society," held on 16 April 2024 in Brussels. Experts from across Europe convened to examine the rapidly evolving landscape of GenAI and LLMs, their impact on science and society, and the role of European institutions in this context.

This report first presents the findings of the event. Subsequently, it outlines several key highlights and high-level recommendations. For more details, see the section Recommendations for Institutional AI Strategies.

by Behçet Uğur Töreyin (İTÜ), Maria Trocan (ISEP) and Davide Moroni (CNR-ISTI)

Approximately forty researchers attended the International Workshop on Computational Intelligence for Multimedia Understanding (IWCIM), organized annually by the ERCIM Working Group Multimedia Understanding through Semantics, Computation and Learning (MUSCLE). The workshop took place as a satellite event of IEEE ISCAS 2024 held in Singapore on 21 May 2024.

by Maurice ter Beek (CNR-ISTI)

The yearly conference of the ERCIM Working Group on Formal Methods for Industrial Critical Systems, FMICS [L1], the key conference at the intersection of industrial applications and formal methods, reached its 29th edition. This year the participants met in Milan, Italy, during 9-11 September 2024.

Nicola's research is distinguished by its high quality, interdisciplinary approach, and significant impact. His work spans across multiple domains, including Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision, Deep Learning, and Multimedia Information Retrieval. He has made substantial contributions to both the theoretical and applied aspects of these fields, with measurable scientific and practical outcomes.

ERCIM and JST (Japan Science and Technology Agency) are co-organizing the 5th joint workshop on ‘Exploring New Research Challenges and Collaborations in AI/BD/HCI/IoT. This workshop aims to present recent results and emerging R&D work conducted in European institutions and in the context of the JST AIP (Advanced Integrated Intelligence Platform) project in Japan. This event will provide an opportunity to its European and Japanese participants to discuss research challenges in these areas, as well as to consider collaboration prospects that may arise in the context of European programs and the relevant counterpart initiatives of JST.

In this workshop, invited participants will investigate research challenges, social aspects as well as potential collaboration opportunities in the following topics:

• #1’Trustworthy and Reliable Human-Machine Symbiotic Collaboration’,
• #2’Extracting Actionable Knowledge in the Presence of Uncertainty’,
• #3‘Trust in Data-driven Research: The role of Actors, Research Infrastructures and Processes’,
• #4’Infrastructure and Service Resilience for Smart Society’.

For more information, see:
https://www.ercim.eu/events/5th-ercim-jst-joint-workshop-2024