There is a recent and avid burst in universal language models applied to translation, automatic text generation, text summarization, chatbots, speech and language recognition, speaker diarization and multi-speaker speech synthesis. One might have the feeling that only one technology can solve most language processing challenges. At the same time, some experts fear that there might…
With its renewed commitment supported by the second Erasmus+ funding period, and following the Phase 2 kick-off meeting in November, the EELISA Alliance is set to hold the initial on-site strategic meeting of the EELISA Executive Board. Scheduled for January 25 and 26, 2024, this initial gathering will be hosted at the Universidad Politécnica de…
From November 13th to 17th, as part of EELISA Days, I made an official trip to Madrid. We were a 10-people delegation from École des Ponts ParisTech, led by our director, Anthony Briant. The main objective was to strengthen academic and scientific relations between our school and the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM). The welcome…
ZERO HUNGER – Why waste Food? is a gamification activity organized in the framework of the Madrid Science and Innovation Week 2023, which is an annual event for scientific dissemination and citizen participation organized by the Madrid+D Foundation for Knowledge that offers the public the opportunity to learn up close about the work carried out…
Join #EquipoMédulaUPM and save lives next November! The Marrow Universities Tour is launching a campaign that promotes information about bone marrow donation in public universities in Madrid. The campaign will take place in various UPM faculties. UPM, in collaboration with the Community of Madrid’s Transfusion Center, will carry out the #EquipoMédulaUPM informational campaign among students…
On the occasion of the International Day of People with Disability (IDPwD), which is held on 3rd December each year, the EELISA community Tech Diplomacy, in collaboration with the UPM Accessibility and Disability Care Unit (UAD), Integra CEE and the Madrid Blind Football Team, will launch the II Blind Football International and Inclusive University Tournament on 29th November at the UPM South…
Being held annually since 2021 and for the third time, 3VIA 2023 will take place in the framework of the European Researchers’ Night. An annual Europe-wide public event that showcases the diversity of science and its impact on citizens’ daily lives in an nspiring way. This gamification workshop is an international collaboration of five universities…
The workshop is the second and final activity of the HI-QUAKE project of the Circular EELISA Community funded by the Second EELISA Joint Call. The first topic to be adressed is challenge-based learning projects. It is an international and interdisciplinary collaboration of two universities under the EELISA European University Alliance: İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi (ITU) from…
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) is celebrating its 17th International Staff Week! This event will be held from 3 to 7 July 2023 in Madrid, and all teaching and non-teaching staff working within the Erasmus+ framework and other programmes are welcome! Learn about UPM activities and services, meet with UPM departmental coordinators, visit different schools…
Aquaponics, the simultaneous culture of fish (aquaculture) and plants without soil (hydroponics), has been proposed as one of the 10 technologies which could change our lives, by the Scientific Foresight Unit (STOA) of the European Parliament. It has proven to be quite sustainable and can be considered as an example of ecological engineering, with mutual benefits…