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Talk from AI Festival 2014: AI Beyond One Trick Programs

Screen Shot 2015-03-25 at 14.28.02Dr. Claes Strannegård gave a talk at the last AI Festival, focusing on AI beyond one trick programs — describing and demonstrating a system that mimics certain aspects of children’s cognitive development, maintaining versatility.

This presentation is part of a series of presentations that were held on IIIM & CADIA AI Festival in 2014. Continue reading Talk from AI Festival 2014: AI Beyond One Trick Programs

Career Days (Framadagar) at Reykjavik University

Recently IIIM participated in AIESEC’s Career Days for the fourth time. Career Days is an annual event aimed at students that are interested in internships and career opportunities at Icelandic companies.

IIIM introduced unique opportunities that are offered for students to train and learn from top scientists. As part of IIIM’s academic focus, it has always been highly valued to encourage collaboration with students, as students can benefit from being a part of qualified team, getting access to advanced technologies and developing a better understanding of future possibilities. At this years Career Days, students got a chance to meet our scientists and talk about their work at IIIM. Continue reading Career Days (Framadagar) at Reykjavik University

Exploiting R&D as Means to Competitive Advantage: A New IP Model

Hlynur Halldórsson.

Dr. Kristinn R. Thórisson and Hlynur Halldórsson L.LM. gave a talk on IIIM’s IP model at UT messan and discussed how the institute reaches its targets with this new approach.

Effects of high-tech on product development, services and users in modern society have been substantial and continue to increase. An enormous research and development effort lies behind this development. Granting businesses access to results of basic research, pre-competitive research findings, and prototypes can positively impact their capacity to gain a real competitive advantage in the market. Continue reading Exploiting R&D as Means to Competitive Advantage: A New IP Model

Annual Festival Explores AI: Man’s Greatest Invention or the End of Mankind?

IMG_7519-modOn October 31st the annual AI Festival was held at Reykjavík University. The aim of the festival was to get a glimpse into the future of this fast-growing research field. This year’s theme was Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) and the festival was a great success with over 100 people attending and participating. Continue reading Annual Festival Explores AI: Man’s Greatest Invention or the End of Mankind?