PyTorch becomes part of the Linux Foundation

tech — Oct 03, 2022

Originating from a paper published by Idiap in 2002, PyTorch is one of the most important and successful machine learning software projects in the world. The Linux Foundation announced that the hosting of PyTorch will transition from Meta to its own infrastructures. This new environment will continue to foster the open source spirit provided by Idiap’s original publication.

The Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics and Idiap start a partnership

institute — Sep 13, 2022

Bringing artificial intelligence and bioinformatics closer in Switzerland, Idiap and the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics (SIB) signed a collaboration agreement. By becoming a partner institution of SIB, Idiap ensures its groups active in bioinformatics benefit from SIB’s national network of expertise, while enabling the SIB to access its 30 years of experience in AI research.

An interactive projector to revolutionize presentations

tech — Sep 09, 2022

Team LaternaMagica is the winner of the 11th edition of the International Create Challenge that took place from August 16th to August 24th. This 9-Day AI Super Hackathon organized and hosted by Idiap aims to have teams that transform their idea into a prototype. This year the competition gave a special twist with two teams that took challenges proposed by BCVs.

No artificial intelligence without full mastery of maths and statistics

research — Jul 27, 2022

Neural networks are often among cited technologies when it comes to artificial intelligence latest exploits. The downside is that this technology can be demanding in terms of energy costs. Two Idiap researchers demonstrated that in certain cases you should rather go for classical maths rather than for the AI hype.

A novel approach for conversation transcripts retrieval boosted by R&D

tech — Jul 12, 2022

In collaboration with a private company, Idiap researchers presented a novel approach to retrieve information from conversations’ transcripts. Their method uses both automatic speech recognition and natural language processing technologies.