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Key factors for successful collaboration identified in the SMARTNET project

15.03.2023 Cooperation, Projects

The project SMARTNET aimed to create a model for active and integrated business cooperation at Arcada, providing value for both the university and its partners. Several key factors for successful collaboration were identified, including clear guidelines, defined ownership and processes, personal contact, a CRM system, and named contact persons with regular follow-up. The findings were used to create an internal process description for staff and to propose collaborations with different…

Student blog: European Convention on Human Rights and the Protection of Private Life, Freedom of Expression and Access to Information in a Digital Age

10.03.2023 Alumni, Education

The title of my thesis is “European Convention on Human Rights and the Protection of Private Life, Freedom of Expression and Access to Information in a Digital Age”. The thesis examines the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights (the ECtHR) concerning the rights to private life and freedom of expression on the Internet. The ECtHR has been criticized for its decisions in the field of private life or…

News from Arcada’s Laboratory for Trustworthy AI

15.06.2022 Research

Arcada’s Laboratory for Trustworthy AI has had an active spring and summer. At the moment we are engaging both as technical experts in assessments in Netherlands and conducting workshops in Finland. Here are some of the recent highlights in May and June 2022: 16.05.2022 The kick-off of the pilot ‘Assessment for Trustworthy AI’ with the Province of Fryslân, Z-Inspection initiative, and the UBR Rijks ICT Gilde jointly investigating the reliability…

Märi-projektet framskrider och når delmål

21.10.2021 Research

Pandemin har gett ny skjuts åt tanken på sociala robotar i vård och omsorg – i det fallet som ett led i att minska på de mänskliga kontakterna och därmed smittorisken. Samtidigt vet vi att steget till en implementering är långt och att vi behöver mycket och bred, forskningsbaserad kunskap på området. Där kommer Åbo Akademi/Experience Labs och Arcadas gemensamma projekt Märi in på den finlandssvenska kartan. Märi, som står…

Lohkoketjuekosysteeminen tarkastelua hallinnan ja adoption näkökulmasta

01.06.2021 Research

Tutkija Petri Honkanen on uusimassa tutkimuksessaan tutkinut 16 lohkoketjuteknologiaperustaisen ekosysteemin hallintatapoja julkisesti saatavilla olevien asiakirjojen pohjalta. Tutkimuksen perusteella hallinta on kaikissa ekosysteemissä kehitteillä. Johdantona tutkimukseen on käytetty yli 3600 lohkoketjuateknologiaa koskevaa media-artikkelia. Merkittävää on, että suuressa osassa niistä ei ole mukana ekosysteemien hallintaan (governance) liittyvää sisältöä, vaikka juuri hallinta erottaa hajautetusti toimivat lohkoketjuekosysteemit lähtökohtaisesti keskitetyistä alustoista. Tausta-aineiston perusteella hallintaa on käsitelty laajemmin lähinnä vuodesta 2018 lähtien, mutta lähinnä omana diskurssinaan,…

MäRi – sociala robotar som agenter i vården

19.02.2021 Projects, Research

Arcada och Åbo Akademi/Experience Lab samarbetar kring projektet MäRi (Människa- Robot interaktion) för att studera hur klienter och studenter upplever mötet med sociala robotar i vårdsammanhang. Projektet har kommit bra igång och just nu pågår en intensiv fas för att utveckla en applikation för de robotar som respektive organisation har – Pepper på ÅA och Amy och Alf på Arcada. – Våra robotar har lite olika egenskaper och styrkor och…

The Ministry of Education and Culture funds Arcada’s new research programme

15.12.2020 Research

Arcada is very delighted over the funding decisions made at the Ministry of Education and Culture. Arcada has been granted strategic research funding for the research program “AI driven Nordic Health and Welfare“. The research program will start in late 2020 and go on til summer 2023. The total amount of funding is 625 000 euros. Artifical Intelligence and transdisciplinarity in focus Arcada’s successful application was drawn up by a transdisciplinary…

Arcada’s researchers are contributing to the development of an ethical assessment of Artificial Intelligence

25.11.2020 Research

What is Artificial Intelligence (AI) and how should we handle the use of AI? These are issues that are being pondered in most EU institutions and large companies today. AI is a loose term that includes most methods (self-learning algorithms) that are used primarily to process collected data and to create decisions based on patterns found in data. In fact, even today, most people use and are controlled by an…