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The AI Act is Changing the Landscape of Artificial Intelligence
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The AI Act is Changing the Landscape of Artificial Intelligence

The EU's AI Act introduces new rules between February 2025 and summer 2027, treating AI systems as regulated products with CE marking requirements for high-risk applications.
Building Inclusive AI: A Swedish Future Worth Working Toward
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Building Inclusive AI: A Swedish Future Worth Working Toward

Imagining a 2035 shaped by diverse, transparent, and culturally aligned AI systems developed through Swedish and European leadership—where diversity equals resilience.
AI as a Force Field: From Sustainable Farmlands to Digital Sovereignty
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AI as a Force Field: From Sustainable Farmlands to Digital Sovereignty

Fifty presentations at RISE's AI ambassador meeting revealed one shared insight: AI is becoming a foundational layer in everything we do—from the farmlands of Europe to its digital independence.
Closing the Loop: Practical AI for Water Asset Management
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Closing the Loop: Practical AI for Water Asset Management

By 2035, water and wastewater systems will have evolved into living, learning ecosystems where AI-driven robots, reasoning agents, and human expertise work together in a resilient loop.
RISE Launches ESA Phi-Lab Sweden: AI for Space
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RISE Launches ESA Phi-Lab Sweden: AI for Space

ESA Phi-Lab Sweden is driving the development of artificial intelligence and edge technology in the space sector, enabling faster analyses and reducing the need to send data back and forth to Earth.
Building a Resilient AI Future - For Real
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Building a Resilient AI Future - For Real

Insights from a RISE futures workshop exploring what it takes for Sweden and Europe to lead in shaping a trustworthy AI ecosystem that is fair, robust, and aligned with shared values.
Reversed Design with Generative AI
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Reversed Design with Generative AI

A Teams message about creating a campfire powered by a rocket engine evolved into a collaborative art installation, demonstrating how generative AI accelerates prototyping while humans maintain curatorial control.
EU Commissioner at RISE for European AI Initiative
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EU Commissioner at RISE for European AI Initiative

Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen visited RISE to discuss Europe's AI factory initiative, emphasizing that AI is a critical technology where the EU must have its own capabilities.
Unlocking the Future: Three Key AI Trends to Follow
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Unlocking the Future: Three Key AI Trends to Follow

The AI year 2025 is in full swing with momentum increasing daily. Three emerging developments are reshaping the landscape: multimodal reasoning models, AI agents, and the Model Context Protocol.
MIMER: Sweden's AI Factory Powers Up
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MIMER: Sweden's AI Factory Powers Up

Sweden is launching MIMER, one of 13 EU-funded AI Factories, providing Swedish businesses with complimentary access to supercomputing infrastructure, AI expertise, and business support for startups and SMEs.
Open Source AI as Sweden's Path to an Independent Digital Future
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Open Source AI as Sweden's Path to an Independent Digital Future

By 2035, AI will form the backbone of public digital services and infrastructure. Open Source AI will be critical for nation states, industries, and citizens to ensure transparency, control, and sovereignty over models and data inputs.
5G-Enabled Edge AI for Real-Time Vision
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5G-Enabled Edge AI for Real-Time Vision

RISE and Flasheye are developing common building blocks for deploying computer-vision applications at the network edge, combining 5G connectivity with local AI processing for faster, more responsive services.
Agentic AI: From Copilot to Autonomous Workflows
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Agentic AI: From Copilot to Autonomous Workflows

RISE pilot deployment of Microsoft 365 Copilot agents illustrates how agentic AI is transforming knowledge work, with over 180 users testing pre-built and custom AI agents to streamline workflows.
AI Agenda: Aligning Policy and Practice
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AI Agenda: Aligning Policy and Practice

The AI Agenda, coordinated by RISE, serves as a national platform for dialogue and collaboration across civil society, public authorities, academia, and industry to align Sweden's AI policy with innovation.
AI at the Edge: Smarter, Safer Trucks 700 Meters Underground
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AI at the Edge: Smarter, Safer Trucks 700 Meters Underground

The FREEPORT project demonstrates that robust edge AI can operate 700 meters underground, marking a major step toward smarter and safer mining through real-time onboard intelligence.
AI Ethics by Design: Integrating Ethics Throughout Development
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AI Ethics by Design: Integrating Ethics Throughout Development

The AI Ethics by Design methodology ensures that ethical considerations are integrated throughout AI development rather than added at the end, using structured sessions and adaptive questionnaires.
AI and Robotics Speed Up the Search for New Solar Cell Materials
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AI and Robotics Speed Up the Search for New Solar Cell Materials

RISE collaborates with Uppsala University to apply active learning and Gaussian process regression to accelerate the discovery of new solar cell materials using robotic, self-driving labs.
AI as an Accelerator for Sustainable Transformation
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AI as an Accelerator for Sustainable Transformation

Through the Twin Transition Go program, RISE supported Engtex in accelerating its sustainable transformation through AI and digitalization, focusing on process optimization and resource efficiency.
Beyond Facts: Designing AI for Relevance, Uncertainty, and Meaning
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Beyond Facts: Designing AI for Relevance, Uncertainty, and Meaning

RISE work helps organisations design AI and knowledge structures that treat relevance, uncertainty, and provenance as first-class concerns, essential for deploying trustworthy AI in complex environments.
BIOPOL: Biologically Derived Principles of Online Learning
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BIOPOL: Biologically Derived Principles of Online Learning

The BIOPOL project explores how AI systems can learn continuously online like the human brain, rather than relying on static training datasets, contributing to the emerging field of neuromorphic computing.
Changing the Culture: Increasing Scientific Impact
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Changing the Culture: Increasing Scientific Impact

The Scientific Impact Communication Initiative resulted in practical guidelines designed to help researchers increase the visibility and usefulness of their work through better sharing and translation of research.
Computer Vision Across Industries: From Lab to Production Line
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Computer Vision Across Industries: From Lab to Production Line

RISE computer vision research spans a range of industrial applications from biotechnology to materials manufacturing, demonstrating how AI-based vision systems are transforming production processes.
Counterfactual Explanations for Anomaly Detection
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Counterfactual Explanations for Anomaly Detection

RISE researchers have developed counterfactual reasoning methods that answer: What minimal change would make this data normal instead of anomalous? Making AI explanations human-readable and actionable.
From Regulation to Reality: The EU AI Act in Practice at RISE
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From Regulation to Reality: The EU AI Act in Practice at RISE

Although mostly not in force yet, the EU AI Act is already shaping how AI projects are designed and deployed at RISE, translating into practical decisions around risk, responsibility, and compliance.
Foundation Models for Time Series: Extending Transformers Beyond Language
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Foundation Models for Time Series: Extending Transformers Beyond Language

RISE researchers are exploring how transformer-based foundation models can generalize across domains with minimal retraining, tackling challenges in sensor data, healthcare, and climate systems.
Infrastructure Maintenance: Predictive and Proactive
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Infrastructure Maintenance: Predictive and Proactive

By combining available asset data, IoT data, predictive models, and automated reasoning, AI models can provide new insights that drive a transition from reactive to proactive maintenance approach.
LeakPro: Privacy Risk Assessment for AI Systems
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LeakPro: Privacy Risk Assessment for AI Systems

LeakPro is an open-source tool developed by RISE for data protection risk assessment, testing models against realistic privacy attacks to gauge training data traceability and reconstruction feasibility.
Listening to Seabirds with AI
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Listening to Seabirds with AI

On Stora Karlso, RISE researchers are using AI and Adaptive Change-Point Detection to analyze guillemot calls, turning vast audio recordings into ecological insights about seabird behavior and marine health.
Predicting Maritime Risk with Bayesian Intelligence
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Predicting Maritime Risk with Bayesian Intelligence

RISE is exploring new frontiers in predictive risk assessment together with The Swedish Club. Using Bayesian statistical modelling, the team can now estimate both the likelihood and potential cost of maritime accidents across entire ship fleets.
Local Energy Communities: AI for Democratic Energy
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Local Energy Communities: AI for Democratic Energy

The SIMPLE project explores how AI can make energy management more democratic and efficient by integrating renewable generation, battery storage, electric vehicles, and IoT systems into intelligent local energy communities.
Model Context Protocol (MCP): Connecting LLMs to the Real World
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Model Context Protocol (MCP): Connecting LLMs to the Real World

The Model Context Protocol offers a standardized way to connect large language models to external tools and services, enabling more flexible, modular AI ecosystems where services can be composed and reused.
Optimising Wind Farms with Hybrid AI
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Optimising Wind Farms with Hybrid AI

RISE researchers have developed a hybrid approach combining physics-based simulation with machine learning to optimize wind farm layouts, achieving nearly 50 times faster performance than traditional implementations.
Physics-Informed Machine Learning: Engineering AI that Respects Natural Laws
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Physics-Informed Machine Learning: Engineering AI that Respects Natural Laws

Physics-Based Machine Learning integrates data-driven models with fundamental physical principles to ensure AI predictions remain consistent with established laws of nature, even when data is sparse or noisy.
Building Physical AI Agents to Spark Dialogue
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Building Physical AI Agents to Spark Dialogue

The Candytron 4000 demonstrates how AI systems 'listen,' 'interpret,' and 'act' as an integrated whole, making AI tangible and understandable through a playful multimodal demonstration.
Responsible AI for Toxicology
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Responsible AI for Toxicology

RISE is developing Responsible AI systems that integrate scientific logic, causal reasoning, and interpretability to ensure trustworthy toxicological hazard screening, moving beyond simple statistical correlations.
Democratizing Chatbot Development: RISE RAGs
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Democratizing Chatbot Development: RISE RAGs

RISE has developed an internal platform for building secure, domain-specific chatbots using retrieval-augmented generation, enabling non-technical employees to create AI assistants within established security frameworks.
Running AI Locally: Privacy, Control, and Flexibility
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Running AI Locally: Privacy, Control, and Flexibility

RISE researchers are exploring what it means to run advanced AI models securely on-premise, offering advantages for privacy, regulatory compliance, and experimentation while maintaining data sovereignty.
Seamless Integration of AI for IoT Smart Objects
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Seamless Integration of AI for IoT Smart Objects

The SeamAI project develops a toolchain that brings advanced AI to resource-constrained IoT systems, enabling AI to operate directly on devices like robotic lawnmowers and smart door systems.
Street View Image Analysis for Building Assessments
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Street View Image Analysis for Building Assessments

RISE is applying multimodal large language models to analyse Google Street View images for cultural heritage and building usage assessments, automating what traditionally requires extensive manual inspection.
Tackling Heavy Rainstorms with AI
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Tackling Heavy Rainstorms with AI

RISE is developing AI-driven tools for predictive maintenance of infrastructure, combining sensor data, weather forecasts, geodata, and historical records to identify risks before severe weather strikes.
TEAIN: Test and Evaluation of AI Network
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TEAIN: Test and Evaluation of AI Network

The Test and Evaluation of AI Network (TEAIN) was launched by the Center for Applied AI to strengthen Sweden's national capacity for AI validation, connecting technical teams across RISE.
When AI Meets the Law: Why Traffic Rules Must Speak to Code
Applied AI

When AI Meets the Law: Why Traffic Rules Must Speak to Code

Research at RISE reveals a growing gap between how autonomous vehicles make decisions through probabilities and numerical trade-offs, and how traffic regulations are written for human intuition.
Uncertainty-Aware AI: A New Era of Materials Understanding
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Uncertainty-Aware AI: A New Era of Materials Understanding

RISE is advancing AI-driven methods for materials characterization, integrating uncertainty-aware models into experimental analysis to enable faster scientific progress with more reliable interpretations.
AI as a Tool for Certification
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AI as a Tool for Certification

RISE explores how AI can enhance certification processes while maintaining quality standards, from processing product documentation to monitoring manufacturing compliance.
Advanced Data Analytics with Bayesian Methods
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Advanced Data Analytics with Bayesian Methods

RISE studies data through causal reasoning, Bayesian statistics, and information theory, tackling real-world problems in anomaly detection, diagnostics, and predictive analysis.
AI-Driven Financial Risk Assessment for Circular Business Models
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AI-Driven Financial Risk Assessment for Circular Business Models

RISE partners with major Swedish banks to develop AI models that reduce financial uncertainty in circular economy transitions, making sustainable business models more attractive to investors.
AI for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation
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AI for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation

RISE leads research on applying AI to address climate challenges, from water flow modeling and biodiversity monitoring to smart grids and carbon sink analysis.
One Step Closer to the Autonomous Mine
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One Step Closer to the Autonomous Mine

RISE collaborates on 5G and edge computing technologies to advance automation in Sweden's mining industry, creating more intelligent systems for improved safety and productivity.
AI Services and Energy: Driving Datacenter Sustainability
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AI Services and Energy: Driving Datacenter Sustainability

As AI demands grow, RISE explores how datacenters can become more sustainable through energy efficiency, heat recovery, and innovative cooling technologies at the ICE Datacenter in Lulea.
AI as a Resource in Medical Assessment
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AI as a Resource in Medical Assessment

Researchers at RISE, Karolinska Institutet, and Karolinska University Hospital collaborate on using AI to detect pathological changes in adrenal glands that may indicate tumors and metastases.
Training AI on Health Data Without Compromising Privacy
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Training AI on Health Data Without Compromising Privacy

RISE develops privacy-preserving AI techniques like federated learning and homomorphic encryption, enabling healthcare AI to learn from sensitive data without exposing patient information.
Quality Inspection and Process Monitoring Using Computer Vision
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Quality Inspection and Process Monitoring Using Computer Vision

RISE offers AI-powered visual inspection services for manufacturing, where deep learning algorithms automate quality control tasks that were previously time-consuming and inconsistent when done manually.
Setting the Framework for AI and Satellite Imagery
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Setting the Framework for AI and Satellite Imagery

RISE has been commissioned by the EU Satellite Centre to develop a framework for AI in satellite image analysis, supporting detection of illegal activities and environmental monitoring.
AI Methods Turn Satellite Data into Sustainability Tools
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AI Methods Turn Satellite Data into Sustainability Tools

The National Space Data Lab at RISE processes 20 terabytes of satellite data daily, applying AI to monitor drought, coastal changes, and agricultural land use for the UN Sustainability Goals.
AI is the Future of Smart Maintenance
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AI is the Future of Smart Maintenance

RISE is pioneering AI solutions for predictive maintenance across manufacturing, transportation, energy, and infrastructure sectors. By combining sensor networks with machine learning, they predict failures before they happen.
AI in Swedish Can Transform the Public Sector
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AI in Swedish Can Transform the Public Sector

RISE is developing AI language models trained on Swedish texts to help government agencies manage growing volumes of documents more efficiently, enabling faster citizen services.
The Future of AI Lies in Technology Collaboration
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The Future of AI Lies in Technology Collaboration

RISE researcher Anders Holst argues that the most significant AI advances will come not from single technologies but from combining multiple AI capabilities to solve complex real-world challenges.
Center for Applied AI: Making AI Happen
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Center for Applied AI: Making AI Happen

With over 60 active researchers and 75 AI projects, RISE's Center for Applied AI serves as Sweden's spearhead for AI innovation, bridging research excellence with practical industry applications.
Deep Learning: The Workhorse of Modern AI
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Deep Learning: The Workhorse of Modern AI

RISE's deep learning research spans image analysis, autonomous vehicles, anomaly detection, and privacy-preserving AI, pushing the frontiers of what machine learning can achieve.
Nordic Model of GPT Being Developed
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Nordic Model of GPT Being Developed

While ChatGPT dominates globally, RISE and partners are developing language models specifically trained for Nordic languages, enabling Swedish organizations to build on local AI capabilities.
TEF Health: Boosting AI Development in Healthcare
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TEF Health: Boosting AI Development in Healthcare

The EU-funded TEF Health project provides testbeds and expertise to help small and medium-sized businesses develop and deploy AI solutions in healthcare, with RISE as a key Swedish partner.
AI for Medical Imaging: Detecting Adrenal Tumors
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AI for Medical Imaging: Detecting Adrenal Tumors

A pilot project with Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital uses AI to find and interpret pathological changes in the adrenal gland that may indicate tumors and metastases.
Measuring Biodiversity from Space
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Measuring Biodiversity from Space

By combining remote sensing and machine learning, RISE develops methods to measure and monitor grazing pressure in natural pastures using satellite images.
Quantifying Biodiversity Through Sound Analysis
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Quantifying Biodiversity Through Sound Analysis

RISE has introduced novel AI technology designed specifically to harness the power of environmental sounds for biodiversity monitoring, using differentiable spectrograms and few-shot learning.
AI for Circular Fashion: Automating Textile Sorting
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AI for Circular Fashion: Automating Textile Sorting

RISE created a dataset of 30,000 annotated clothing items for AI models that enhance damage detection and valuation in second-hand textiles, supporting the EU Waste Directive 2025 goals.
Understanding Climate Change: CLIMES Partnership
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Understanding Climate Change: CLIMES Partnership

RISE is a partner in the Swedish Centre for Impacts of Climate Extremes (CLIMES), focusing on monitoring and analyzing extreme weather events and their impacts.
Strengthening Cybersecurity with AI
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Strengthening Cybersecurity with AI

RISE cybersecurity initiatives include enhancing system robustness against adversarial attacks, developing secure federated learning systems, and improving AI-driven threat detection.
Distributed Artificial Intelligent Systems
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Distributed Artificial Intelligent Systems

RISE explores edge AI components that are self-organizing, energy efficient, and private by design, using privacy-preserving federated learning methods.
DynaSty: Reducing Climate Footprint with AI Digital Twins
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DynaSty: Reducing Climate Footprint with AI Digital Twins

The DynaSty project developed a digital twin simulator of the carbon diffusion process in steel hardening, optimizing recipes to maintain quality while cutting carbon emissions by up to 50%.
FASTER-AI: Autonomous Realization of Embedded AI
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FASTER-AI: Autonomous Realization of Embedded AI

FASTER-AI aims to integrate Machine Learning into telecom hardware and safety-critical systems for airborne vehicles, providing a sustainable path towards digitization of critical infrastructure.
Prediction of Maintenance Needs for Small Houses
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Prediction of Maintenance Needs for Small Houses

RISE develops an AI model that can predict risks and maintenance needs in small houses, generating individualized maintenance plans for insurance customers.
Generative AI in Education: Masterclass Program
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Generative AI in Education: Masterclass Program

RISE offers masterclasses where educators explore what AI could mean for schools and teaching, examining possibilities of generative AI tools like ChatGPT and DALL-E.
Hybrid AI for Telecom Network Operations
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Hybrid AI for Telecom Network Operations

A collaborative project with Ericsson explored enhancing fault management within telecommunication network operations by integrating machine learning with reasoning methods.
Intention Prediction for Autonomous and Human-Driven Vehicles
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Intention Prediction for Autonomous and Human-Driven Vehicles

RISE has developed advanced hybrid AI algorithms for intention recognition, inferring an agent's intent from past actions to predict behaviors such as driving maneuvers.
Maritime Safety and Security: AI-ARC Virtual Control Room
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Maritime Safety and Security: AI-ARC Virtual Control Room

The AI-ARC project developed a Virtual Control Room for enhancing situational awareness at sea, using Hybrid AI to detect illegal activities including environmental violations, illegal fishing, and suspicious smuggling behaviors.
Language Technology for a Multilingual Society
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Language Technology for a Multilingual Society

RISE researchers are advancing multilingual language models, exploring efficient training methods that harness cross-lingual similarities while requiring less computational power.
Data-Driven Decision Support for Olympic Sailing
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Data-Driven Decision Support for Olympic Sailing

AI-based prediction and visualization methods developed for the Swedish Olympic Sailing Team provide invaluable tools for training, strategy development, and competitive events.
Accelerating Pharmaceutical Innovation with AI
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Accelerating Pharmaceutical Innovation with AI

RISE develops AI methods that predict safety-associated risks in early drug structure design, enabling pharmaceutical companies to advance drug candidates to clinical trials in under a year.
Language Technology for Pharmacovigilance
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Language Technology for Pharmacovigilance

RISE explores automation of drug safety operations using natural language processing in collaboration with the Swedish Medical Products Agency, studying explainability and efficient on-premise modeling.
Predictive Condition Assessment of Power Cables
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Predictive Condition Assessment of Power Cables

RISE developed a machine learning tool to prioritize maintenance work on underground power cables by analyzing historical outage data, improving sustainability and reliability of electrical networks.
Increased Process Efficiency Through AI Quality Inspection
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Increased Process Efficiency Through AI Quality Inspection

The project aims to automate quality inspection using AI for increased efficiency and accuracy, identifying errors earlier in the process for environmental and economic sustainability.
RISE-GPT Test & Demo: Exploring Generative AI Safely
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RISE-GPT Test & Demo: Exploring Generative AI Safely

RISE-GPT T&D is an offer where companies and the public sector can explore generative AI possibilities like chatbots and transcription within new application areas while complying with regulations.
AI-Driven Image Analysis for Porcelain Collectors
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AI-Driven Image Analysis for Porcelain Collectors

RISE created a user-friendly service where visitors can upload images of Rörstrand porcelain objects and receive immediate AI-powered responses about the artistic heritage.
Satellite Imagery Framework for European Security
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Satellite Imagery Framework for European Security

RISE was commissioned by the EU Satellite Centre to conduct a feasibility study on AI frameworks for satellite imagery applications, jointly financed by the European Defence Agency.
Software Development Copilots for Industrial Systems
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Software Development Copilots for Industrial Systems

RISE explores AI assistants for development of complex industrial software systems, offering opportunities for improved coding efficiency, reviewing, and requirements adherence.
AI for Spotting and Predicting Timber Defects
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AI for Spotting and Predicting Timber Defects

A lab study using NIR camera analysis trained AI to detect wood species and accurately identify damaged wood, forming the foundation for an industrial prototype.