May 22, 2023 | Announcement
This project provides an inspiring example of an AI-based referral system for patients with diabetic retinopathy. Aware of the high prevalence of diabetes and a shortage of ophthalmologists and eye illness detections services in the Mexican State of Jalisco, the founding members of this
project developed an AI model based on deep convolutional neural networks (DCNN) to enable a timelier detection of Diabetic Retinopathy in people’s eyes. The trained models preprocess and evaluate the suitability and quality and classify relevant ocular documentation with an exceptional specificity and sensitivity on local data.
May 22, 2023 | Announcement
After a thorough scientific, ethical, and entrepreneurial review of all projects submitted to the 2022 IRCAI Global Top 100 call, IRCAI has deemed ten submissions as “outstanding” based on their AI integrity, potential impact on the SDGs, business...
May 22, 2023 | Announcement
MALENA is an NLP-based ESG analyst tool enabling investors to quickly review ESG texts developed by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to make SDG-integrated investments in emerging markets. The tool is able to identify more than 1,200 ESG risk terms, then performs a sentiment analysis to assign positive, negative or neutral sentiment to the risk terms, depending on the context.
Jan 11, 2023 | Announcement
On the 12th of December 2022, we were invited to the 2nd High-level event hosted by the Digital for Development (D4D) Hub for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). It has been exactly one year since the D4D Hub has launched its EU-LAC digital platform. The aim of the...
May 6, 2022 | Announcement
The International Research Institute on AI under the auspices of UNESCO (IRCAI) officially launched its Network of Excellence NAIXUS; a multi-stakeholder initiative aimed at bridging the gap between AI and sustainable development. The event was held online as part of...
Apr 5, 2022 | Announcement
In November 2021, the Slovenian Presidency hosted DigiEduHack, an EIT initiative organized in the frame of the European Commission’s Digital Education Action Plan, led by the EIT Climate-KIC and coordinated by Aalto University. The main stage event was hosted by...
