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From June 2 to 6, 2025, under the direction of Ai Grid, the funding smithy of young talents in the field of artificial intelligence (KI; English: Artificial Intelligence, AI), a one -week Science and Innovation Tour (sit) took place in Italy. The tour led 15 selected doctoral students and master students in two of the most traditional AI research hubs in Europe: Pisa and Trento. The aim of the trip was to strengthen the German-Italian research network, to promote knowledge transfer across national borders and to fill the European thoughts in AI research with life. In Trento, the research delegation visited the Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK), largest and leading AI research center, where there were several successful discussions between AI Grid, FBK and gave the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI). In the future, the development of other hardware accelerators will play an outstanding role for the currently designed AI gigafactories. The participants of the SIT were very impressed that FBK also operates a clean room and an experimental chip design system, so that the entire chain can be developed and tested from the new AI algorithm to the acceleration chip in the FBK.
It was agreed to offer the competencies of FBK and DFKI in the further application work on Ki-factories in Italy and Germany and to integrate interested AI Grid members into pioneering projects as early as possible. In addition, the competition for AI gigafactories offers an excellent platform to found and promote start-ups. With the AI Grid members, great potential for future founders is already growing.
AI Grid is an initiative funded by the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR) to promote young AI researchers. With over 250 members, 27 Micro Focus Groups (specialized communities on topics such as robotics, deep learning and trustworthy AI), over 80 mentors from science and business, 10 international ambassadors and around 12 exclusive events every year, among other things on the AI Grid, is pursuing the goal of a stressful network to establish for excellent scientific exchange.
For reading DFKI (07/07/2025): Science & Innovation Tour strengthens German-Italian AI exchange
Source:
German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI)
Editor:
04.07.2025
By Aylin Ozaykir, VDI Technology Center GmbH
Countries / organizations:
Germany
Italy
Topics:
Education and universities
Engineering and production
Information and communication
innovation
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