Maltco Lotteries supports University of Malta and Institute of Digital Games timesofmalta.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from timesofmalta.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Horizon Europe, the largest and most ambitious research and innovation (R&I) programme in Europe, was recently launched in Malta at an online event organised by the Malta Council for Science and Technology (MCST) in conjunction with the European Commission. Succeeding Horizon 2020, Horizon Europe will have a budget of €95.5 billion.
Signe Ratso, deputy director for R&I at the European Commission, provided an overview of the Horizon Europe programme, outlining the three main pillars: Excellent Science, Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness, and Innovative Europe. She said the programme aims to promote excellence, provide valuable support to top researchers, and help innovators drive the systematic changes needed to ensure a green, healthy, and resilient Europe.
Horizon Europe launched in Malta timesofmalta.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from timesofmalta.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
modl.ai, a University of Malta start-up that delivers artificial intelligence tools for video game studios, is opening doors to new talent and partners.
Led by co-founder Georgios N. Yannakakis and senior AI engineer Daniele Gravina, modl.ai has a large contingent of Institute of Digital Games researchers.
It said it is working towards exciting collaborations, such as with Malta Enterprise.
Commenting on what lies ahead, Kurt Farrugia, CEO of Malta Enterprise, said: “Malta Enterprise considers both the digital games and the AI niches as central upcoming industries that are in perfect tune with the type of economic growth that Malta wants to attract. We are encouraged by modl.ai choosing to advance part of their RDI from their Malta-outpost. Malta Enterprise ascertains modl.ai and similar companies, including innovative start-ups, that our promise of support will not be limited to the initial steps but that we will be present all the way to translate their trust into tangible a