History
Funded in 1991, Idiap has celebrated its 25 years of activity in 2016. From its foundation to its silver jubilee, we present here several events that make up the history of an institute that has attained its majority.
| 2019 | Idiap becomes first non-US site of the Center for Identification Technology Research (CITeR) |
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| 2018 | Idiap launches a brand new artificial intelligence applied master |
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| 2017 | Launch of the new Idiap Website |
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| 2016 | To celebrate its twenty-fifth anniversary, Idiap organizes an "Idiap Innovation Day" to present its activities to companies in the region. |
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| 2015 | Idiap participates in the festivities organized to mark the bicentennial of Valais joining the Swiss Confederation; its contribution—the project Valais*Wallis Digital. |
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| 2014 | The Swiss Center for Biometrics Research and Testing—the first European center for biometrics—opens its doors; hosted by Idiap. |
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| 2014 | At the instigation of the institute’s director, seven leading figures from the world of science carry out an in-depth audit of Idiap’s activities. |
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| 2013 | Idiap’s first patents validated. |
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| 2012 | The first International Create Challenge—ICC'2012—is launched. |
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| 2012 | Creation of the Association Interactive Multimodal Information Management (AIM2)—the continuation of the NCCR IM2. |
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| 2012 | The project MediaParl begins, with the support of the Loterie Romande and Valais’ cantonal parliament. |
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| 2012 | For the first time, Idiap’s operating accounts exceed the symbolic 10 million franc mark. |
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| 2011 | First EPFL academic posts awarded to three of Idiap’s permanent researchers. |
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| 2011 | Idiap signs a collaboration agreement with the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG) and the International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad (IIIT). |
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| 2010 | Idiap unveils the first version of its technology portfolio. |
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| 2009 | Opening of a showroom at the institute. |
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| 2008 | Signing of a strategic alliance with the ETH domain. |
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| 2007 | Idiap moves into new premises at the Centre du Parc, Martigny. |
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| 2007 | Launch of Klewel, Idiap’s first spin-off. |
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| 2005 | IdeArk SA—the start-up incubator whose mission is to develop Idiap technologies—is created. |
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| 2004 | The funding of a new round of 16px-scale European projects (AMI/AMIDA) has a significant international impact. |
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| 2003 | First project with the United States government. |
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| 2002 | The 12th IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers) conference on the subject of “Neural Networks for Signal Processing” becomes the first international conference organized by Idiap in Martigny. |
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| 2002 | Idiap expands, building the Dalle Molle Pavilion in Martigny. |
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| 2002 | Idiap creates a stir—analyzing the Osama bin Laden recordings. |
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| 2001 | Coordinated by Idiap, the National Centre for Competence in Research (NCCR) Interactive Multimodal Information Management (IM2) is launched. |
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| 1996 | A new director—Professor Hervé Bourlard—comes on board. |
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| 1991 | With the support of the Dalle Molle Foundation for Quality of Life, Idiap first sees the light of day, taking up residence in Villa Tissières, Martigny. |
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