Researchers from the UGR apply AI techniques for the sharing economy platforms to find out how they manage user trust Noticia

A group of researchers including Manuel Chica, a researcher at the Institute, has published “Nature Scientific Reports” an article in which they develop their research by applying artificial intelligence techniques to collaborative economy platforms such as Airbnb or Blablacar in order to understand the mechanisms that govern them. Researchers from the University of Newcastle (Australia) […]

“Women need to be part of the digital transformation as well” Noticia

María José del Jesus Díaz, the only professor of the Area of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence at UJA, and a founding member of the DaSCI Institute. “Currently there is a very low percentage of students in degrees linked to engineering, and the percentage is even lower than when I was studying. I think this […]

Researchers of DaSCI Institute participate as speakers in the Course on Law and Artificial Intelligence organized by the University of Granada and the Superior Council of the Judiciary Noticia

During these days the Law School will host important references from the world of Law and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in a course that will last until next Friday, February 7. The course is called “Law and Artificial Intelligence”. Francisco Herrera, and Oscar Cordón , both leading researchers of AI in Spain and DaSCI . The […]

The project “CUSTODES. Intelligent systems for image processing and threat detection in conflict scenarios” is presented in Jaén Noticia

Led by researchers from the Institute, this project aims to develop software that will enable the Ministry of Defence to have Artificial Intelligence systems for decision-making. The project will be led by María José del Jesus and Francisco Charte as co-directors of the University of Jaén and Francisco Herrera and Siham Tabik as co-directors of […]

Artificial Intelligence to identify human remains Noticia

Óscar Cordón, Professor of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence at the UGR and meber of the DaSCI Institute, has been working since 2005 with a group of researchers from different disciplines such as anthropology or forensic medicine, in the automation of the process of identifying human remain by applying Artificial Intelligence techniques. More details in […]

Challenges of Artificial Intelligence in the framework of South Tech Week 2020 Noticia

The “South Tech Week 2020” will take place in Granada 11-12th March 2020. This event will bring together more than 1000 people. The venue will be the “Palacio de Congresos” of our city. This event was announced on Tuesday at the Computer Science and Telecommunications Engineering building of the University of Granada. After the presentation […]

Artificial Intelligence to locate and count whales Noticia

Researchers from the Institute in collaboration with researchers from Almeria have developed a tool that allows us to locate and count whales. Canal UGR (In Spanish)

UGR will lead a European Project for the creation of ultra-light intelligent structures for use in aircraft and wind turbines Noticia

The ENHAnCE project, in which 9 European institutions are participating, has been financed with 2.67 million euros. The coordination of a European project of the H2020 programme is a success for the University of Granada (UGR) and for the DaSCI Institute to which some of its principal researchers are affiliated. The consortium will be led […]

Agreement to launch the TECNALIA Endowed Chair in Artificial Intelligence at the UGR in the Andalusian News Noticia

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Agreement to launch the TECNALIA Endowed Chair in Artificial Intelligence at the UGR Noticia

The rector of the University of Granada (UGR), Pilar Aranda and TECNALIA’s Deputy Director General of Technology, Jesús Valero, have signed a collaboration agreement for the creation of the “TECNALIA Chair in Artificial Intelligence” which will be endowed with 50,000 € per year. For more information: Actualidad Canal UGR , IDEAL (In Spanish)

Rioja wineries miss out on Twitter communication possibilities, according to a study by UNIR and the University of Granada Noticia

A study focusing on the Rioja Qualified Designation of Origin (DOCa) carried out by UNIR Marketing professor Carmen Zarco and the expert from the University of Granada, Óscar Cordón, shows that only around 32% of the wineries affiliated to this Designation have a Twitter profile, although not all of them develop active and direct communication. […]

The Andalusian Council of Universities (CAU) has approved the creation of s the Andalusian Research Institute on Data Science and Computational Intelligence, by the Universities of Jaén (UJA) and Granada (UGR). Noticia

According to a press release from the Delegation of the Regional Government of Andalusia in Jaen, this institute will research in two major fundamental areas, Data Science and Computational Intelligence, two areas of great projection in the field of international research and with scientific recognition at the universities of Jaen and Granada. For more information: […]

The director of the DaSCI Institute, Francisco Herrera becomes a member of the Royal Academy of Engineering of Spain Noticia

Francisco Herrera Triguero, Professor of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence at the University of Granada (UGR), joined the Royal Academy of Engineering of Spain yesterday as a full member of the academy, in an event that took place at the headquarters of the institution in Madrid and was attended by the rector of the UGR, […]

A UGR Study on the use of algorithms for security and ecology granted by BBVA Foundation Noticia

The BBVA Foundation grants with 100,000 euros a research project at the University of Granada (UGR) called ‘Deep Learning’ applied to Security, Ecology and Natural Language’, coordinated by Francisco Herrera Triguero, professor of the Department of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence. The aim of this project is to generate high quality data for Deep Learning […]

Presentation in Granada of the Spanish R+D+I Strategy in Artificial Intelligence Noticia

On Monday 4 March, 2019 the Spanish Strategy for R+D+I in Artificial Intelligence was presented in Granada. The event, took place in the Palacio de Exposiciones y Congresos, was presided over by the Minister of Science, Innovation and Universities, Pedro Duque, and closed by the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez. More information (in spanish): […]

Coral del Val explains “the identification of genes related to human personality” in ‘InquietaMENTE’ by RNE-5 Noticia

Go to https://dasci.es/mediateca/coral-del-val-explica-la-identificacion-de-genes-relacionados-con-la-personalidad-humana-en-inquietamente-de-rne-5/ (in Spanish)

The occult face of big data: from prediction to social manipulation Noticia

Go to https://dasci.es/mediateca/la-cara-oculta-del-big-data-de-la-prediccion-a-la-manipulacion-social/ (in SPanish)

First prize CAEPIA 2018 in Competition of Apps based on Artificial Intelligence by the App MonuMAI Noticia

First prize: Francisco Herrera, Álvaro Martínez-Sevilla, Siham Tabik, Rosana Montes, Alberto Castillo Lamas, Teresa Cruz Sánchez, José Policarpo Cruz. MonuMAI: an app to increase the social value of Andalusian architectural heritage. MonuMAI is a mobile application (app) that is developed within the framework of a Citizen Science project of the same name. The aim of the […]

Francisco Herrerra in “A Hombros de Gigantes”, National Radio of Spain Noticia

Go to https://dasci.es/mediateca/francisco-herrerra-en-a-hombros-de-gigante-de-radio-nacional-de-espana-17-de-diciembre-de-2018/ (in Spanish)

The highly cited professors Francisco Herrera, Enrique Herrera, Salvador García and Alberto Fernández are key players in the raise of the University of Granada in the Shanghai Ranking Noticia

Links to IDEAL, a spanish Newspaper: Vídeo en Ideal: https://www.ideal.es/miugr/prestigio-ranking-proyeccion-5841464313001-20180928100925-vi.html