Research

Web and Social Media Mining
The large-scale availability of user-generated content on social media platforms has opened up new possibilities for studying and understanding real-world phenomena, trends and events. Social media is a highly heterogeneous source…
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Multimedia Understanding and Retrieval
Big Data Collections (e.g. Earth Observation data, social media streams, large video collections, etc.) are characterized by large volumes, velocity and variety, due to their highly heterogeneous nature and timeliness.
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Computer Vision
Digital images and video footages comprise one of the core data types for human-machine interaction and visual understanding in general. Human perception along with human logic is the most attractive capabilities of the human…
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Multimodal Data Fusion
A key requirement in multimodal domains is the ability to integrate the different pieces of information,to derive high-level interpretations. More precisely, in such environments, information is typically collected from…
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Big Data Processing and Analytics
Spatial, textual and visual data are ubiquitous and are massively generated by cameras, satellites, sensors and humans. Clustering large and semi-structured data is a very popular pattern recognition problem in the Big Data era…
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AI-based Multimodal Analytics
Artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, and in particular the deep learning paradigm, are advancing at an astounding pace and appear to have the potential to significantly enhance the capabilities in a wide range of applications.
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Natural Language Processing
The increasing volume of digital textual information is calling for efficient and effective Natural Language Processing (NLP) methods that will allow humans and machines alike to digest the continuous flow of all the generated information.
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Knowledge Representation and Reasoning
The Semantic Web technologies provide the means and tools to unanimously represent the meaning of Web entities and their relations to one another, in a machine-interpretable manner. While modeling and managing knowledge…
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Digital Twins
A virtual construct known as a “Digital Twin” simulates a physical counterpart, integrates various data inputs for the purposes of handling, storing, and processing data, and offers an automatic, bi-directional data linkage between…
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Decision Support based on Explainable AI
Decision support systems (DSS) have become essential tools for decision-making in critical domains such as healthcare, finance, and defense. These systems provide valuable insights and recommendations that can help responsible…
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Security
A generic description of security is to attain an acceptable probability that a person, their belongings and community will be safe/secure from physical or other harm. Despite the various security interpretations, all involved stakeholders face…
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Defense
Research towards AI technologies that facilitate everyday life has strongly emerged during the last years in order to modernize operations and optimize productivity in a wide range of sectors and applications. AI research in defense is revolutionizing…
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Health
Advances in sensing technology, combined with intelligent analysis and Artificial Intelligence (AI), promise to revolutionize care and mitigate the implications of diseases, often coupled with inaccessible or limited therapy options.
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Arts & Media
Rapid development of science and technology has changed the form of artistic expression and created new ways of how we experience and design the world around us. In order to achieve a more holistic and human-centered approach…
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Culture
Culture is made up of many diverse components that keep changing, evolving and blend together through the pass of time. The development of technology, transportation and globalization has a large impact on culture and cultural heritage.
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Environment
In the last decade, extreme events such as flood disasters are becoming more frequent and more destructive compared with the old ones, especially in developing countries, causing loss of human lives and properties.
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Earth Observation
Earth observation is the gathering of information about the physical, chemical, and biological systems of the planet Earth, and it can be performed via remote-sensing technologies and by ground-based techniques.
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Migration
Migration is a complex and challenging phenomenon, which affects all levels of society at a local, national, regional, European, and international level. A multistakeholder approach, in combination with the development…
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Software Infrastructure
Cloud computing is a developing paradigm of distributed computing that is highly adopted nowadays. Both economic and time benefits lead companies to use Cloud Computing. Users do not need to spend time installing software…
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Smart Manufacturing
Smart manufacturing is a term used to describe the industrial production and manufacturing which is done in automated ways, within a connected supply and value chain. It is characterized by a fully-integrated, collaborative…
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