First prize AI4ES Cervera Network of Excellence Datathon

On February 14, the awards ceremony of the First Datathon of the Cervera AI4ES Network of Excellence (network of excellence in enabling technologies based on data), composed of the technology centers CTIC, EURECAT, ITI and TECNALIA, in collaboration with the Department of Health of the Generalitat de Catalunya and the company BASF, was held. The main objective of the AI4ES Datathon was to encourage the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and data analytics technologies to solve challenges of business and social importance, involving the processing of large volumes of data and to recognize the best projects presented for the resolution of these challenges. After the meeting and evaluation of the jury the winning TECNALIA teams were:
CHALLENGE A: detection and quantification of diseases based on drone images for crop protection (BASF).
- Members of the AI4ES network: ROBOUTONES (TECNALIA): Javier Gonzalez Huarte, Ibon Merino Bermejo, Iñigo Moreno i Caireta.
CHALLENGE B: incidence and evolution of viral diseases (Departament de Salut de la Generalitat de Catalunya).
- AI4ES network members: MENTATS (TECNALIA): Jesús López, Javier Del Ser, Ibai Laña, Jon Ander Rivera González.