The Casa de la Convalecencia of the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) has hosted the presentation of a new project that seeks to bring together all the teams of Artificial Intelligence research in Catalonia in the same organization; the Artificial Intelligence Research Alliance (AIRA).
The autonomous community continues to bet on scientific innovation and now intends to become a benchmark in southern Europe in research related to AI. In this way, it intends encourage high-impact research and attract and keep specialized talent In this sector.
AIRA seeks to join forcesthat all the research teams (universities, institutes and private centers) unite around that common objective that is the transformation of knowledge into latent solutionsboth nationally and internationally.
The event was welcomed by the Director General of Innovation, Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship of the Generalitat of Catalonia, Lluís Juncàwho assured: “Launching this type of initiative is strategic for the future development of the Catalan technology sector, and consequently, for the economy as a whole.”
In the same way, he coined in this sense: “AIRA is a tool available to all research and innovation centers that work with AI, which should not hesitate to take advantage of it whenever they create it to add knowledge and talent, and thus be able to reach much more. far”.
AIRA is part of the Generalitat de Catalunya and is coordinated by the Computer Vision Center (CVC), although other institutions such as the Intelligent Data Science and Artificial Intelligence Research Center (IDEAI-UPC), the Barcelona Supercomputing Center – National Supercomputing Center (BSC-CNS); the Institute of Industrial Robotics and Informatics (IRI-CSIC-UPC), and the Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (IIIA-CSIC).
The director of the CVC, Dr. Josep Lladós, highlighted: “Catalonia has a long tradition in the field of AI in terms of generating knowledge and talent, with different research centers and universities with extensive experience. It was born from the need to unify the scientific ecosystem and energize it to create a network and promote interaction and try to bring in talent”.
Now the objective, in the short-medium term, is for AIRA to be seen as a meeting point and synergy, a cooperative work space where any AI research nucleus in Catalonia can converge and share their knowledge and advances in the field. This is the only way to achieve excellence in AI in the community.
A Coruña wins the game in the national struggle
This news from AIRA serves to raise the spirits of the AI sector in Catalonia after losing the battle to take the headquarters of the Spanish Agency for the Supervision of Artificial Intelligence (AESIA) To Barcelona.
AESIA will be a pioneer in the control of AI in the European Union, analyzing the limits of this technological sector. It is also a requirement before the entry into force of the european regulation which will force all states to have a supervisory authority in this matter.
Undoubtedly, in the efforts of the Government of Spain to decentralize public institutions, it will be possible to increase the employment rate in the Galician territory by a 10%, generating more than a hundred jobs. The Executive will make an initial investment of five million euroswhich already appear in the General State Budget.
A Coruña has surpassed other powerful candidates in the final screening such as Santiago, Ourense, Zaragoza, Tenerife, Logroño, Palma de Mallorca, Alicante, Gijón, Segovia, Guadalajara, Granada, Salamanca and Barcelona itself.
This is in addition to the fact that City Hall of L’Hospitalet de Llobregat struggled to be the headquarters of the new Spanish Space Agency, which will finally be located in Seville and which will mobilize more than €4.5 billion.
