The Delegation of the European Union (EU) to Indonesia has launched the third edition of the ‘’, an annual competition which aims to address human rights challenges in Indonesia through digital innovation. Held this year in partnership with Binar Academy, this competition is part of the EU’s broader effort to support Indonesia in promoting human […]
What are the benefits of making data accessible?
By fostering trust in the availability of data, European standards aim to stimulate innovation, ease the green transition and benefit Europeans. Big data plays a key role in the EU’s digital transformation as it can be used in different fields, such as agriculture or healthcare. To exploit its potential, data sharing needs to be enabled, […]
PhD Student Position in Techology in Spain
The University of Alicante is calling for applications to cover a predoctoral research contractual position to collaborate with the project “light neural technologies for low-resource language translation” of the department of computer languages and systems. Features of the job vacancy and working conditions: – Job position: Junior collaborator. – Working hours: 37.5 hours a week […]
EU-funded project could incorporate touch sense into virtual reality
New technologies can bring the sense of touch to virtual reality and create a more immersive experience. Although virtual reality (VR) is often associated with gaming and the metaverse, it can have a huge impact on a variety of industries. For example, surgeons can use it to perform complex surgical techniques and even perform operations […]
Launch of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology Campus
Today, the European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) launches ‘EIT Campus’, a new initiative to ease access to its broad offer of education and training blending innovation with entrepreneurship. Through the new comprehensive online platform, interested learners are now able to access the rich educational and skills development programmes offered by the EIT and its nine […]
Traineeships at the European Institute of Innovation and Technology
The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) has launched a call for traineeships for recent graduates and young professionals for a period of six months starting at the beginning of 2023. The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) is an independent EU body set up in 2008. It works to enhance Europe’s ability […]
EU-US Trade and Technology Council addresses common challenges and responds to global crises
The EU and the US held the third Ministerial Meeting of the Trade and Technology Council (TTC) in College Park, Maryland. The TTC is a key forum to deepen transatlantic cooperation to facilitate trade and develop global standards on technology and security. Geostrategic challenges, including Russia’s unprovoked war of aggression against Ukraine, have reinforced the […]
Creating a large-scale European drone market
The European Drone Strategy 2.0, adopted by the Commission, sets out a vision for the further development of the European drone market. It builds on the EU’s safety framework for operating and setting the technical requirements of drones, which is the world’s most advanced. The new Strategy lays out how Europe can pursue large-scale commercial drone operations while […]
New world-class European supercomputer opens in Italy
The Commission has inaugurated the latest European supercomputer model together with the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC Joint Undertaking), the Italian Ministry of Universities and Research and the CINECA consortium: LEONARDO, located at the Tecnopolo in Bologna (Italy). LEONARDO is a world-class supercomputing system developed and assembled in Europe. When fully operational, it […]