How to overcome data challenges in transport policy making?

Published:09 Dec 2024

In this webinar, we discuss various data challenges experienced by cities, with a particular focus on three PoliVisu pilots: Ghent, Mechelen and Issy-les-Moulineaux. Representatives of local and regional administrations speak about the issues they faced and how they addressed them using the PoliVisu solution.

Course: How Artificial Intelligence Can Support Healthcare

Published:09 Dec 2024

The use of artificial intelligence to improve efficiency is prevalent across almost every industry, none more so than the world of healthcare.

In this course, you’ll learn how to join the discussion on the potential of AI in healthcare in a useful and realistic way.

With the help of teachings from leaders in AI healthcare, you’ll build your knowledge and confidence in key areas of AI healthcare before learning how to implement it into your own workflow.

Honest visuals: ethics in data visualisation

Published:09 Dec 2024

Data visualisation is as susceptible to misinterpretation and manipulation as any other communication method. This talk will focus on how to spot misleading visuals, prevent biases when selecting the context and visualisation, and ensure data and visual literacy to prevent misinformation. Xaquín will also highlight good practices in visualisation and present some real recent examples of COVID-19 visuals in the media.

Governing artificial intelligence: ethical, legal and technical opportunities and challenges

Published:09 Dec 2024

Cath  Corinne. 2018Governing artificial intelligence: ethical, legal and technical opportunities and challengesPhil. Trans. R. Soc. A.37620180080http://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2018.0080

Governance and Business Models for setting up a Living Lab

Published:09 Dec 2024

In the framework of Horizon Europe, the European Union Programme for Research and Innovation (2021-2027), the European Commission launched the Mission ‘A Soil Deal for Europe’, aiming to establish 100 Living Labs and Lighthouses to drive the transition to healthy soils by 2030. 

Getting started with the Interoperability Test Bed

Published:09 Dec 2024

The course is designed to offer knowledge and skills necessary to implement conformance and interoperability systems testing for semantic and technical aspects using the Interoperability Test Bed, and to put in place appropriate tools and resources. The Interoperability Test Bed is a service offered by the European Commission. The Test Bed is a software that can be downloaded and installed locally, but also reused through a shared online installation operated by the Commission.

Article: Getting Real: The Challenge of Building and Validating a Large-Scale Digital Twin of Barcelona’s Traffic with Empirical Data

Published:09 Dec 2024

Argota Sánchez-Vaquerizo, J. (2022). Getting Real: The Challenge of Building and Validating a Large-Scale Digital Twin of Barcelona’s Traffic with Empirical Data. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 11(1), 24. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi11010024

FAIR AI procurement process: the Helsinki way forward

Published:09 Dec 2024

Mr. Timo Ruohomäki, from Forum Virium Helsinki, presents his contribution on the Helsinki’s way forward to a FAIR AI Procurement process. The first part of the presentation focused on how to build trust with transparency. The City of Helsinki AI Register2 from Helsinki was explained, as a fundamental part of the fact that when we get AI it is embedded in products and services, and for that reason it is necessary to be transparent. In addition, this has to be explained in a way that lay citizens can understand. The Helsinki AI Register satisfies these two functions.

Experimentation and co-creation in a real-life environment

Published:09 Dec 2024

The VITALISE Summer School 2022 highlights the importance of Living Labs as an innovative framework for developing and testing user-centered technologies and services. Through a combination of theoretical insights, practical methodologies, and real-world case studies, participants explore how co-creation—engaging stakeholders and end users—can drive innovation and deliver value in diverse contexts. 

Evidence Based Policy Making In Europe Summit: Stakeholder Engagement 

Published:09 Dec 2024

A New Era of Collaboration, Co-creation & Consultation with Citizens & Stakeholders We live in a digital world, shopping, working and even meeting our friends and partners online, Despite the wealth of digital tools at our fingertips, participation in democratic processes is falling across Europe. This may be beacuse so far Governments have just digitised what we already do offline (e.g. e-petitions, e-consultation etc.) whereas new technologies and data opens up much more exciting possibilities for collaboration, co-creation and consultation with citizens.

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