VAIA
VAIA accelerates the adoption of AI in Flemish companies and organisations by gathering and redistributing a broad and relevant range of AI training courses for professionals in Flanders.
We help training organisations tailor their courses to meet current and future AI needs, by providing insights into the AI training requirements of different professional sectors and connecting them with AI expertise from academia and industry.
As a bridge-builder, we facilitate the smooth exchange of AI knowledge between academics and businesses. In this way, we promote lifelong learning in Flanders and make AI knowledge accessible for everyone.
Permanent courses
Automated detection of political trends and vaccine skepticism from social media text
VAIA Presents Pieter Fivez (UAntwerp) - webinar - VAIA
How design thinking and map sets improve AI products and services
VAIA Presents Laurens Vreekamp (author of 'The Art of AI') - webinar - VAIA
AI enriches geographical data. More and better geographical insights thanks to artificial intelligence
VAIA Present Véronique De Laet (GIM) - webinar - VAIA
A Mixed Blessing: Big Data and AI for Migration
VAIA Presents Tuba Bircan (VUB) - Webinar - VAIA
Scheduled courses
Building Trustworthy AI in Healthcare
study day on the state of the art in Flemish research - Gent - Flanders AI Research, VAIA, UZ Antwerpen
Robots on the Factory Floor: What works today, what comes next?
study day on the state of the art in Flemish research - Gent - Flanders AI Research, VAIA, Volvo Car Gent
Past courses
Kernel Machines for Dynamical Systems Modelling
online & live seminar - an AI for Times Series Seminar with Johan Suykens of KU Leuven ESAT-STADIUS & Leuven.AI Institute - VAIA, Flanders AI Research & KU Leuven STADIUS
Machine Learning Approaches for Analyzing Time Series from Sports
webinar with Jesse Davis, online, KU Leuven STADIUS & Flanders AI Research & VAIA
Data-driven Model Learning in Interconnected Systems
seminar - Leuven - an AI for Times Series Seminar with Paul Van den Hof (TU Eindhoven) - VAIA, Flanders AI Research & KU Leuven STADIUS
Semiparametric Time Series Modelling
seminar - Leuven & online - an AI for Times Series Seminar with Kurt Barbé (VUB, Department Biostatistics and Medical Informatics) - VAIA, Flanders AI Research & KU Leuven STADIUS
Multi-period financial stress testing: an integrated risk view
seminar - Leuven & online - an AI for Times Series Seminar with Tony Van Gestel (Dexia) - VAIA, Flanders AI Research & KU Leuven STADIUS
Matching Structured Data
online - an AI for Times Series Seminar with Romain Tavenard (Université de Rennes, LETG-COSTEL) - VAIA, Flanders AI Research & KU Leuven STADIUS
VAIA Presents
Short monthly presentation on an application of AI - by VAIA
Opportunities and challenges of AI in epidemiology
VAIA Presents Caroline Van Cauwelaert (EPCON) - webinar - VAIA
Dataskills for everyone, a new approach
VAIA Presents Martijn Theuwissen (Datacamp) - webinar - VAIA
Blog posts
Navigating the many roads towards a mAIndshift
For our symposium on Lifelong learning about AI, co-coordinator Ilse De Vos wrapped up the day posing the right questions. What elements are important to organise lifelong learning and AI
and which options were chosen by the international cases presented at mAIndshift?
AI lessons for SMEs: practical tips
Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs, in Dutch: kmo’s, kleine of middelgrote ondernemingen) face challenges and opportunities in embracing AI technologies. How can we improve the AI learning pathway for these companies? For VAIA, technology strategist Kevin D’hooge gathered insights and suggestions to make the learning process about AI even better.
Seeing is believing: data visualization is key for successful AI implementation
Data may be the new gold, but what do you do with all those insights? A good dashboard, a punchy graph or a great story are essential to ensure that people actually understand, use and follow data insights.
ChatGPT's revolutionary insight in language unlocks multitude of new applications
Beyond fun: the in-depth language knowledge of the new chatbot generation allows computers to deepen their collaboration with humans.
Middle finger problem, about the value of human colleagues in a world with AI
VAIA also got to work with DALL-E and discovered its pros and cons in practice.
Experts
Saskia Goeteyn
Tine Goovaerts
VAIA UGent liaison & Project Leader
Isabelle Borremans
Not an AI expert! Communication about AI courses at VAIA
Femke De Backere
Project lead bij VAIA en associate professor in software engineering bij UGent. Specialisaties: eHealth & personalisering
Bart De Moor
Voorzitter VAIA (Vlaamse AI Academie), Co-auteur van het Vlaamse Beleidplan Artificiële Intelligentie, Gewoon hoogleraar - KU Leuven
Lisa Hilte
University of Antwerp, VAIA, freelancer
Ilse De Vos
VAIA
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