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Smart Maintenance Insights – Dilemma zwischen Wertschöpfung und Wertzerstörung mit Daten

Am 23. November 2022 laden wir Sie sehr herzlich zu unseren Smart Maintenance Insights 2022 ein.

In Zusammenarbeit mit der data innovation alliance veranstaltet Easyfairs zum zweiten Mal einen Online-Event kostenfrei.

Rund um das Fokusthema “Dilemma zwischen Wertschöpfung und Wertzerstörung mit Daten” erwarten Sie vier hochwertige Referate, welche Wissenschaft und Praxis zusammenbringen.

Bringen Sie sich auf das smarte Level und reservieren Sie sich einen kostenlosen Platz an unserer Online-Session vom 23. November 2022 von 14:00 – 15:30 Uhr.

Die Registration finden Sie unter diesem Link: Smart Maintenance Conference

Forum économie numérique 2022

Join Nabil Abdennadher of the alliance at this event in both his workshop and his presentation.

For more information as well as registration please see the official website here.

Data, Documents & Donuts: Structuring Today’s Data With The Experts

Almost every business process contains documents created for the purpose of human collaboration, and which typically contain some form of data.

Think about studies, technical documents, certificates & regulatory compliance, or contracts – unstructured data within them cannot automatically be processed by machines and are hard to be analyzed without unimaginable amounts of manual effort.

Automatically extracting the relevant information from these documents is a challenging task for many reasons, e.g., a convoluted structure of the documents, tables, pictures, and even handwriting.

This workshop aims to bring together researchers and practitioners to leverage expert knowledge on complex document understanding and extraction.

Address: Acodis, Stadthausstrasse 14, 8400 Winterthur (Floor 3)

Preliminary Agenda:

08:45 – Reception & Welcome Coffee/Donuts 
09:00 – Handwriting recognition (20’ + 5′ Q&A)  
09:25 – KPI Extraction from financial reports (20′ + 5′ Q&A)  
09:50 – An applied research approach to table recognition (20′ + 5′ Q&A)  
10:15 – Extracting and structuring batch records with Acodis (20′ + 5′ Q&A)  
10:40 – Open Discussion and Databooster Ideation 
11:00 – End and farewell

Registration:
https://www.linkedin.com/events/data-documents-donuts-structuri6985991672274796544/about/

10th Swiss Conference on Data Science

The Swiss Conference on Data Science (SDS) is the most important Swiss conference for applied data science! 2023 marks the celebration of our 10th anniversary!

We connect data scientists, developers, opinion leaders, decision makers and pioneers. We create and exchange ideas for innovative products and services, with a non-exclusive focus on the Swiss market. We foster the community of data scientists in Switzerland – and beyond.

SDS2023: With talks and contributions focusing on applied data science and business, accepted papers will be submitted for inclusion into IEEE Xplore. Talks with business impact and data-driven innovation concepts will be presented at the SDS2023.

Meet innovators, scientists as well as business insiders and get access to emerging trends, cutting-edge technologies and research results. Get inspired and use the input from SDS2023 directly for the improvement and development of your data-based products, solutions and applications. Further expand your network and discuss with experts on applied data science during our breaks and social events.

Find more information on our website HERE.

Project Day & Christmas Lounge

The first Databooster Project Day will take place on December 13, 2022 at Oracle, Circle, Zurich Airport with companies such as Adcubum, AWK, Cropled, Crowdcoach, Kistler, Lift AG, Soleil Health, SSM AG, SwissRe, SwissTopo, Syntheticus, Thinkgate, URMA and Vivent.  Hear about the innovation ideas we have supported so far and get inspired to innovate with us. Start-ups, SMEs and large companies pitching their ideas use innovation to grow their business, to stay ahead of the competition and take advantage of new technologies. 

OPEN EVENT: Machine Learning in IoT

Save the Date: The Machine Learning Clining Expert Group will meet in the Technopark in Zurich with four exciting presentations with a focus on industry aimed at experts working with or having background knowledge in data science. Guests are welcome to join!

Speakers:

Christof Zogg, Swisscom, Head of Business Transformation: Competing in the age AI
Guillaume Noël, Heliot Group, Chief Strategy Officer: Data analytics in industrial packaging
Raamadaas Krishnadas, Inspire AG, Research Engineer: Trajectory optimization for embedded systems with Bayesian linear regression
Florentin Marty, SCS Supercomputing Systems, Department Head: Person counting on the Edge

Followed by an apéro.

Please use the form below to register.

Databooster zu Gast bei Digital Health – alles dreht sich um Daten!

By Philipp Schmid, CSEM

Das Thema des 4. Digital Health Lab Days der ZHAW lautete: «Smart Healthcare & Digital Innovation». Über 200 Teilnehmer und Aussteller sind an diesem Montag in das historische Sulzerareal nach Winterthur gereist. Im Epizentrum des Maschinenbaus des letzten Jahrhunderts drehte sich heute für einmal alles um die Gesundheit und damit verbunden vor allem um Daten und Digitalisierung. Spannende Keynotes, 9 inspirierende Startup Pitches, 7 Smart Healthcare Workshops kombiniert mit Podiumsdiskussion und einer Posterausstellung – das Programm war vielseitig und spannend. Gerade im Digital Health Bereich stösst das Angebot des NTN Innovation Booster – Databooster auf grosses Interesse. Wir freuen uns auf viele neue Innovationsideen!

Expert Day & General Assembly

Immerse in one of four expert groups

  • Spatial Data Analytics
  • Big Data and AI Technologies
  • Blockchain Technology in Interorganisational Collaboration
  • Data-Driven Business Models

and exchange expertise. Get inspired by the keynote and network during the coffee break. For data innovation alliance members the event is followed by the General Assembly and an apero. Let’s foster the community for Applied Data Science in this event.

Agenda

  • 13:15 Welcome
  • 13:15 – 14:45 Expert Groups in 4 Breakout Rooms
  • 14:45 – 15:30 Coffee break
  • 15:30 – 16:00 Keynote – Erika Meins,  La Mobilière «Using the Force of Analytics for Responsible Digital Interactions»
  • 16:00 – 16:15 Break
  • 16:15 – 17:15 General Assembly (formal part)
  • 17:15 Apero

Detailed Program

13:15 – 14:45 Expert Groups (running in parallel):

Expert Group: Spatial Data Analytics – Geospatial insights for all – from unique applications to future trends
The Power of Where – this frequently used statement underscores the importance of spatial data and spatial data analytics. All people interested in spatial data are invited to actively participate and/or get an entertaining insight into the world of geospatial data.  Take the opportunity to make new contacts and exchange ideas with experts from industry and research.
In this open event, we will take a tour of your favourite datasets, look at the most unusual and fun applications, and discuss together trends in geospatial data and future challenges. Of course, current infrastructure topics such as low code platforms (GEE & friends), new machine learning concepts and applications (image segmentation, tiny ML & Co) and data creation/access developments (Open Data & GDPR) will not be missed. Intellectual nourishment is guaranteed.

Expert Group: Big Data and AI Technologies
De-buzz AI, Thierry Bücheler, Oracle
«AI» is discussed as the solution for many problems on almost all levels – from exec boards down to the deepest and darkest hacker hide-outs. But what is it, really?
This short impulse will try to de-buzz AI to a certain extent by using real-world examples across industries, supporting the following theses:
– AI is not really about “intelligence” today
– Only rarely it is about developing algorithms
– And it is also not about bringing together data from different sources technically
So what’s the focus in real-world applications right now? What are some examples where «AI» makes a difference?
Talking to Data: Building Natural Language Interfaces for Databases, Kurt Stockinger, ZHAW
Information systems are the core of modern enterprises and scientific exploration. They are often based on fundamental research developed in the database community. While enterprise data is typically stored in relational databases, data-intensive scientific disciplines such as bioinformatics often store their data in graph databases. To query these databases, end-users need to know the formal query languages SQL or SPARQL as well as the logical structure of the databases. However, even for technology experts it is very challenging to write the right queries to retrieve the desired data. Hence, a large part of the end-users is basically not able to effectively query their databases. In this talk we discuss how to build intelligent information systems that enable end-users to talk to their data similar to humans. The major goal is to combine artificial intelligence with human intelligence for novel ways of data exploration. In particular, we will show how we have built various natural language interfaces for databases using pattern-based and machine learning-based approaches to significantly increase the productivity of scientists and knowledge workers when interacting with data. We demonstrate that our system INODE (Intelligent Open Data Exploration), which we have been building as part of a European Union project with 9 partners across Europe, is uniquely accessible to a wide range of users from large scientific communities to the public. Finally, we elaborate on the lessons learned when developing such a system and discuss how the technology can be enhanced by researchers or knowledge workers for exploring their own databases in natural language.

Expert Group: Blockchain Technology in Interorganisational Collaboration
Zurich has a new blockchain-based local currency: the “LEU”, which has already been discussed in the press.
The LEU is a currency and at the same time also a basic income that one receives by actively participating in the community. Although the LEU is based on blockchain technology, it has little to do with speculative cryptocurrencies: to receive the LEU, you have to meet regularly with members of the community. You can spend the LEU in local businesses in Zurich to promote the local economy.
The association Encointer will present the exciting LEU project and talk about the current developments and possibilities of such an alternative currency.
After a short introduction, we will cover the following topics. 
 – Introduction of Polkadot and Kusama Ecosystem.
 – Parachains and their advantages
 – Proof of personhood and sybill attacks 
 – Encointer vision, protocols and global communities
 – Status quo and field report Leu in Zurich
At the end we have some time to install the Encointer wallet and interact with it.

Expert Group: Data-Driven Business Models
Data-driven business models have become relevant to companies and organizations. According to Gartner back in 2018, 85% of AI use cases were not successful or did not live up to expectations. Where do we stand today? – What is the potential in data driven business models we still haven’t addressed – and why not? 
In this workshop, we will discuss success factors & challenges of AI projects. Among experts and practitioners we will exchange our experiences and share insights. As a take away, we will be equipped with a set of hands-on best practices, ready to be applied in our environments.

15:30 – 16:00 – Keynote Speech
Erika Meins, La Mobilière, Head of Mobiliar Lab for Analytics at ETH Zurich“Using the Force of Analytics for Responsible Digital Interactions”

Virtual Reality to reduce stress, telematics to prevent road accidents or augmented reality to improve collaboration? Erika Meins illustrates some of the opportunities of advanced analytics and new digital technologies for society – and provides a brief look at the dark side.

Swiss AI insights by SAIROP

Imagine you are one of 500,000 people with diabetes mellitus in Switzerland and driving your car. While driving, your blood sugar drops… and you don’t notice it. You don’t even want to start picturing what could happen.

With their “HEADWIND” project a team of researchers from the Inselspital University Hospital Bern, University of Bern, ETH Zurich and the University of St. Gallen aims at decreasing the risk of accidents for people with diabetes. With innovative approaches and supported by artificial intelligence, they try to detect hypoglycaemia in real time using already available vehicle data.

Prof. Dr. med. Christoph Stettler, Director of the University Clinic for Diabetology, Endocrinology, Nutritional Medicine & Metabolism at the Inselspital and Full Professor at the University of Bern, presents the challenges of this endeavour, the results of their research and the main findings of the project in this new event format.

Join us online and enjoy the current state of AI research after lunch presented first-hand by the expert.

Find more information and the registration HERE.

GEOSummit 2022: Webinar Geo Data Science

Werte GEO-Interessierte

Es freut uns, das dritte Webinar im Jahr 2022 ankündigen zu können. 

Das Wichtigste in Kürze:  

  • Thema: GEO DATA SCIENCE 
  • Detailbeschreibung: siehe → Webinare 2022 
  • Datum: 29. November 2022 
  • Zeit: 15.30 – 17.00 Uhr 
  • Form: online (Link wird mit Bestätigungsmail zur Registrierung verschickt) 
  • Organisator: Raphael Rollier und Roxane Pott  

Das Registrierungsportal ist eröffnet, wir freuen uns über Ihre Anmeldung. 

In Erinnerung rufen wir hiermit noch das Webinar OPEN DATA UND CROWD SOURCING vom 21. September 2022 (Detailbeschreibung siehe -> Webinare 2022)