“Recent breakthroughs in deep learning have created the illusion that deep learning will solve all of AI. This illusion is false as truly intelligent machines should not only learn but also reason, just like humans do. Self-driving cars, for instance, must comply with, and hence, reason about traffic regulations. The long-term promise of AI can only be realised by fostering all AI techniques. A too narrow focus is like claiming that the important invention of rubber tires in the automobile industry could also lead to better engines.”
Luc De Raedt, EurAI Fellow, ERC Advanced Grant, KU Leuven, Belgium.
ABOUT US
Strategically located in the capital of EU, CLAIRE Brussels Office plays a crucial role in the strategic planning and decision-making processes for the CLAIRE Network. CLAIRE Belgian office in Brussels has been initiated to strengthen the Network’s ties and visibility within both the Belgian AI community and the EU institutions. Officially established on 31 January 2020, CLAIRE Brussels aims to translate CLAIRE vision into activities for the Belgian AI community and in providing actionable and timely information on AI developments for policy-makers, the industry, NGOs, researchers, students, and the general public
We are currently hosted by FARI AI Institute for the Common Good, with physical office at BeCentral – Brussels‘ digital revolution hub backed by 60 tech companies right in the city’s central station. CLAIRE Brussels is backed by eight steering committee members composed of AI experts from Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven), UCLouvain, Ghent University, and University of Liège. CLAIRE Brussels is also actively involved in the confederation’s industry network projects, communication and outreach, as well as in several task forces that forward CLAIRE’s vision for a human-centred European AI.
EVENTS
FARI is an independent, not-for-profit Artificial Intelligence initiative led by two universities in Brussels: the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB). This initiative will aim at helping citizens, politicians and companies as well as not-for-profit organizations to address local, every day or long-term challenges in the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium and Europe.
It brings world-leading and future researchers to the service of the city. It reinforces a virtuous circle: the city encounters problems that FARI can help address with projects that in their turn could lead to major scientific advances, especially in the field of AI (Explainable and Trustworthy), Data (Open) and Robotics (human-centric).
On January 2022, we will gather AI experts, policy makers, and industry partners from Belgium and beyond on a two-day stakeholder event. This event will serve as a platform to continue the ever-growing discussion on the application of artificial intelligence in society building and in tackling its greatest challenges of today.
More details will be released soon.
Past events:
CLAIRE | Brussels Office Launch – AI Innovation Strategy: Public Policy Making
- Friday 25 June 2021 | 15:00–17:00 PM CEST
CLAIRE Brussels Symposium
- Friday 7 September 2018 | 9:30 – 18:00 CEST
OUR TEAM
Hans De Canck
Chair
Carl Mörch
Co-Chair
Joyce Anne Quinto
Communications Officer
OUR STEERING COMMITTEE
Ann Nowé
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Bart De Moor
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Bontempi Gianluca
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Hugues Bersini
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Luc De Raedt
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Pierre Dupont
UCLouvain
Pierre Geurts
University of Liège
Tijl De Bie
Ghent University
CLAIRE NETWORK MEMBERS IN BELGIUM
Research Network:
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Artificial Intelligence Lab, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels (contact: Katrien Beuls)
- BeCool and Machine Learning Group, ICTEAM, UCLouvain, Louvain-la-Neuve (contact: Siegfried Nijssen)
- Beyond the Horizon International Strategic Studies Group, Brussels (contact: Hasan Suzen)
- Business Informatics research group @ Hasselt University, Hasselt University, Hasselt (contact: Benoît Depaire)
- CLiPS Computational Linguistics Group, University of Antwerp, Antwerp (contact: Walter Daelemans)
- Department of Computer Science, KU Leuven, Leuven (contact: Hendrik Blockeel)
- Lab for Declarative Languages and Artificial Intelligence (contact: Luc De Raedt)
- EAVISE (Vision — AI — Embedded), KU Leuven, Sint-Katelijne-Waver (contact: Joost Vennekens)
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- IMEC, Leuven (contact: Stefan Van Baelen)
- Machine Learning Group, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels (contact: Tom Lenaerts)
- MONA, VITO, Mol (contact: Bart Elen)
- UGent.ai, Ghent University, Ghent (contact: Tijl De Bie, Piet Demeester)
- IDLab, Ghent University – IMEC, Ghent (contact: Erik Mannens) (also in IMEC)
- VUB Data Lab, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels (contact: Tias Guns)
CONTACT
CLAIRE Brussels Office
FARI AI Institute for the Common Good
3rd Flr., BeCentral
Kantersteen 10/12,
1000 Brussel, Belgium
