The Idiap Research Institute is an independent, non-profit research foundation based in Martigny, Switzerland. Idiap is recognized as a research institute of national importance by the Swiss federal government. The Institute undertakes both theoretical and applied research in several fields of Artificial Intelligence (AI), such as voice and visual recognition, machine learning, human-machine interaction, robotics, language analysis, social computing, genomics, and bio-imaging. Idiap’s activities focus on four research programs, namely Human-AI Teaming, Sustainable and Resilient Societies, AI for Life, and AI for Everyone. The Institute contributes fundamental research, technology transfer and training activities at graduate and post-graduate level. Idiap is affiliated with the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL).
What is your organization’s role in the project? What unique contribution does it bring to the team?
IDIAP is the technical coordinator in the CERTAIN project. As such Idiap is involved in every work-package (WP) of the project. Specifically, Idiap is the leader of WP6 and expects to make significant contributions in WP4 and WP5 also.
How do you think CERTAIN will contribute to the Artificial Intelligence landscape in Europe?
At present there exists a significant level of scepticism towards AI, among the general public. CERTAIN will promote widespread acceptance of AI by the general public in Europe, and possibly outside Europe as well, by providing solutions to enhance trustworthiness of AI technologies. That would, in turn, increase productivity, and create new business opportunities in many areas.