Key Activities
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RESEARCH PROGRAM
ELSA forms Research Programmes around foundational methodology for safe and secure machine-learning-based AI that provide a nucleus for key innovations.
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STRATEGIC RESEARCH AGENDA
ELSA has created and is driving forward a strategic research agenda for safe and secure AI.
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BENCHMARKS
ELSA defines benchmarks to steer innovation towards addressing grand challenges that hamper deployment.
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INNOVATION LAB
The ELSA Innovation Lab provides a platform for driving and exploiting socially-beneficial innovation.
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MOBILIZATION
ELSA has created a mobility program that mobilizes researchers in the network.
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PHD/POSTDOC PROGRAM
ELSA acquires talent by expanding the ELLIS PhD/Postdoc program to topics on safe and secure AI.
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BRIDGE HEAD OFFICE
ELSA’s bridge head office will leverage momentum and synergies as well as avoid duplication across networks.
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Network
ELSA is designed to grow a network of excellence for safe and secure AI based on common standards.
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SPREAD KNOWLEDGE
ELSA spreads knowledge and a European vision of AI across stakeholders and general public.