Article by PhD Researcher Eladio Montero. Revised by Tom Lenaerts, Jelena Grujic. A recent investigation by the University of Ghent in Belgium revealed that today, only 33% of Flemish people are willing to comply with the COVID-19 health measures, compared with 81% in March. This lack of motivation is a big issue, suppose that everyone...Read More

The AI Lab is proud to welcome the Italian PhD student Filippo Carnovalini. He will be supervised by Prof. Geraint Wiggins to work on the creation of a novel music composition algorithm that uses explicit structural information. In his PhD project, he uses algorithms based on music theory, namely Schenkerian analysis, to describe hierarchical structural features...Read More

We have the honor to invite you to the public defense of the PhD thesis of Denis Steckelmacher, to obtain the degree of Doctor of Sciences. On Friday 6th of November 2020 at 17:00, he will defend his thesis “Model-Free Reinforcement Learning for the Real World“. You can follow the defence live on YouTube. Read...Read More

On October 7, we were honoured to welcome European Commissioner for Justice, Didier Reynders and Bruno Liebhaberg, Director General of the Centre on Regulation in Europe (CERRE) for a private visit to the AI Experience Centre of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. In presence of our rector Caroline Pauwels, and with our experts from the field...Read More

With technology moving ever faster and AI impacting a wide range of jobs, the need for lifelong learning has become undeniable.  Though much introductory learning material is available online (MOOCs, blog articles, seminars, boot camps), there is a severe lack of in-depth training. The abundance of – often questionable – sources makes it hard to find high-quality, trustworthy content. Welcome our AI Lifelong Learning Programme!  Our...Read More

AI Lab researcher Pieter Libin made it to the final of the VUB Doctoral Derby, which will take place on Thursday 25th June 2020 at 16h. He will be presenting his research on AI techniques that can create prevention strategies to mitigate the effects of epidemics. You can register for the event here, which will allow...Read More

The webinar will discuss how AI techniques such as predictive modelling and reinforcement learning can be used to improve prevention and exit strategies. One of the featured topics will be the PhD research of Pieter Libin, which he recently defended (see this news article). When? June 3rd 2020, 11.00-12.00 More info: https://experience-centre.ai/event/ai-for-defining-prevention-exit-strategies/ .Read More

The AI Experience Centre is happy to announce the ‘VUB AI Webinar series: AI & Data-driven solutions amid the COVID-19 crisis‘ each of which invites experts from various research fields to share their work on AI & Data-driven solutions in relation to the COVID-19 crisis. The Webinar Series will kick-off next week on Monday, May 11, 2020:...Read More

Jelena Grujic, a post doc researcher of the Artificial Intelligence Lab Brussels, teamed up with Riccardo Gallotti, a researcher at FBK (Fondazione Bruno Kessler), had been playing with an idea for years: can we use Game Theory experiments and Neuroscience models to investigate social and anti-social human behaviour.  In November 2019, their paper was published....Read More

Pieter Libin successfully defended his PhD research on Wednesday 15th April. Because of the social distancing circumstances currently applied to Belgium, Pieter presented his research to a remote jury, via conference call. The defence was broadcasted on YouTube Live. Artificial Intelligence (AI) can support decision makers in managing the COVID-19 crisis across multiple dimensions. However,...Read More