NEWS AND EVENTS

Today, the first AI institute in SEE opens doors in Sofia to grow the Bulgarian scientific community, attract, develop, and retain local and international research talent, as well as accelerate the economic and social innovation impact in the region. The Institute for Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence and Technology (INSAIT) is created in partnership with ETH Zurich and EPFL Lausanne, two of the world’s leading technology universities, and is structured as a special unit of the Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”.

Today, the Institute for Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, and Technology (INSAIT) has been launched in Sofia. INSAIT is a new Bulgarian Institute established in partnership with ETH Zurich and EPF Lausanne.

Deeptech startups and investors, pay attention. There’s a new computer science and AI institution in the works — backed by Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google and DeepMind — and it plans to nurture the next wave of deeptech startups and entrepreneurs.

Bulgaria can rarely be called a pioneer in any field in the European Union. But on April 11, it will launch an organization that could become a global academic engine for innovation – a high-tech institute in Sofia whose ambition is not to be just a regional leader, but to rival institutes such as MIT in the US or Technion in Israel.

Bern, 07.04.2022 – Federal Councillor Guy Parmelin, Head of the Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research (EAER), will inaugurate the Institute for Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence and Technology (INSAIT) in Sofia on 11 April. During this visit, he will also hold talks on research, innovation and education in the context of Swiss-Bulgarian and Swiss-European cooperation.

A Bulgarian scientist has won €2 million for developing a new artificial intelligence. The award comes from the European Research Council. The project will be applicable in areas such as medicine, self-driving cars, finance and security.

INSAIT’s Supervisory Board Chair, Professor Martin Vechev, receives ERC Consolidator Grant for his research in secure, fair and resilient AI. The mid-​career award is given to outstanding researchers with highly promising scientific track records.