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A mutual effort by the Visual Computing Lab and the Humanitas Research Hospital aims to provide doctors with an automated system for prioritizing patient treatment needs in order to augment their decision making process.

The Security Research Rapid Response Platform brings together the capabilities of the security research community to support the global efforts to combat COVID-19.

Papers from three different teams within the Visual Computing Lab (VCL) have been accepted for publication at CVPR 2020 workshops.

VCL Co-organizes the ICME 2020 Workshop on ICT and Multimedia Tools for Migrants Inclusion in Host Societies (WIMMIH)   Migrants integration into host societies pose many challenges in different levels. From job seeking to education enrolling and from asylum seeker to vulnerable refugees, the spectrum of different tools that can be created to assist these people and host authorities is vast. Multimedia ICT solutions have been devised in order to cope with many of these issues. Artificial Intelligence (AI) and…

VCL Co-organizes the PETRA 2020 AGENT II Workshop   New advances in sensing technologies, including wearables, depth sensors, cameras etc., and machine/deep learning techniques open up new opportunities for researchers to capture and collect data in order to: i) offer early detection, monitoring and prevention of many disorders; ii) identify harmful habits and behaviors; iii) ensure a barrier-free life for people with disabilities and; iv) provide early interventions for improving quality of life and encouraging behavior change towards adopting and…

VR-Together at IBC 2019   The VR-Together project got a chance to showcase some of the developed VR technologies at the 2019 International Broadcasting Convention (IBC), which took place between the 13th and 17th of September, in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The VR-Together project focused on the real-time photo-realistic 3D capture and the integration of a live-avatar into a several minutes scenario. The booth attendance was high and the project got lots of feedback from industry leaders, researchers and tech wanderers who…

Mr. Anastasios Dimou and Dr. Petros Daras are co-chairs of the ISCRAM 2020 track “Technologies for First Responders”     Today’s First Responders (FR) are using technology of the past. During their primary mission of saving lives and preserving society’s safety and security, FRs face a multitude of challenges. In both small scale emergencies and large scale disasters, they often deal with life-threatening situations, hazardous environments, uncharted surroundings and limited awareness. Threats and hazards evolve rapidly, crossing municipalities, regions and…

DANTE project webinar (organized by ILEAnet H2020 Coordination, with INTERPOL support)   Dr. Georgios Th. Papadopoulos will provide a webinar on the developed solutions of DANTE (Detecting and ANalysing TErrorist-related online contents and financing activities) security project. Date: Wednesday 11 September 2019, 12.30 until 13.30 (CEST) Connection details: Registration required Keywords: financial investigations, data mining, terrorism, Deep Web, Dark nets Target audience: Law Enforcement Agencies members, Security Researchers, digital specialists, data analysts, terrorism analysts ILEAnet H2020 Webinars bridge Practitioners and…