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Timos Sellis: Artificial intelligence, data protection & plagiarism

Timos Sellis studied at the National Technical University of Athens, the University of California, Berkeley, did his PhD at Harvard and taught at NTUA, the University of Maryland, and in Australia.

Currently, he serves as the Scientific Director of the Archimedes Research Center, which focuses on Artificial Intelligence. He claims that statisticians have been doing the... same job for many years now and dislikes the term "artificial intelligence"! He believes that the biggest issue in this field is the lack of adequate data governance and explains what problems this may cause.

With Marco Veremis, they discuss the data obtained by Loyalty Programs around the world, social networks, and the ways they affect our lives, as well as ChatGPT. Finally, he self-criticizes as an academic and answers the question: How would you spend your last day on earth?

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One in four Greek companies are either already collaborating or looking for partnerships with startups. Specifically, 24% of Greek companies are "entering into partnerships with startups, improving their interconnection with the domestic innovation ecosystem. Euro2day presents four such examples.

The Recursive reviews 10 Greek M&A deals that materialized in 2023, so far. Spanning diverse sectors from cybersecurity to biotechnology, these M&As offer a comprehensive view of the Greek innovation ecosystem.

Hack-the-box a creator of cybersecurity training software, recently announced an agreement with the U.S. Department of Defense's to make available/integrate its innovative cyber content - as it puts it – with DoD’s Cyber Mission Force/Persistent Cyber Training Environment (PCTE).

5G Ventures announced the co-investment of Phaistos Investment Fund in the Greek enterprise, WINGS ICT Solutions, alongside a strategic investor from Greece. The WINGS ICT Solutions specializes in developing innovative IoT services and products based on advanced technologies such as 5G, Big Data and Artificial Intelligence.

Cisco has acquired Code BGP, enabling its ThousandEyes business to expand its BGP monitoring capabilities and further enhance its global view of Internet health. Cisco is acquiring Code BGP's expertise and intellectual property assets, with Code BGP’s entire team joining its ThousandEyes team.

Tripoli is becoming a center for pharma production, as more and more Greek pharmaceutical companies are turning their attention to the Arcadian city in order to make investments. Already Elpen and Demo have announced investments to create production hubs in Tripoli. The area attracts investments due to the incentives provided in the context of the de-lignification project.

Maggie Athanassiadi, Director of Industry Growth, Technology and Innovation at SEV discusses SEV’s recent Special Report on Digital Health. The report focuses on four pillars: telemedicine, digital tools & apps, health data, and smart hospitals.

TERNA ENERGY will integrate Nvisionist’s internationally award-winning nvbird®️ system at the largest wind farm in the country. This project is the flagship of TERNA ENERGY's projects under construction, located in the region of South Evia and will be the largest wind farm in Greece, with a total installed capacity of 330 MW and 111 wind turbines, while it is being developed with absolute respect to the environment and the local ecosystem using the most modern environmental management and biodiversity protection technologies.

We met with Ioanna Zergioti, CEO and cofounder of PhosPrint. Ioanna is a professor at the National Technical University of Athens, and is considered a world-leading expert in laser printing. n 2019, she launched PhosPrint, a business that aims to introduce novel ideas to the field of bioprinting with an emphasis on regenerative medicine. Here’s what she told us.

SEV Industrial Conference will highlight the challenges and prospects for the present and future of industry and its potential to continuously expand its economic and social footprint. Entrepreneurs and senior business executives, representatives of the EU and the OECD will participate in the conference, while discussions will also take place with representatives from the political sphere. The Conference will take place at Megaron Mousikis, October 9, 2023.

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