Institute of Computational Intelligence
Description
The Institute of Computational Intelligence (ICI) conducts applied research and innovation in Artificial Intelligence, focusing on deep learning models and knowledge graphs for the development of business solutions, data analysis platforms, and conversational assistants in Spanish. Its work ranges from theoretical foundations and algorithmic development to prototypes and industrial applications.
Research Areas
Generative Artificial Intelligence and Foundational Models: research and adaptation of generative models for task automation, content creation, and business and educational applications in Spanish, with an ethical and responsible approach.
Business Knowledge Graphs: development of methods and tools to transform heterogeneous business data into actionable knowledge through knowledge graphs and graph-based analytics.
Conversational Assistants in Spanish: research in natural language processing for the development of advanced conversational agents, focused on understanding intents, emotions, and automatic response generation in Spanish.
Services and Technology Transfer
Development of conversational agents with Artificial Intelligence.
Integration of business data for intelligent analytics.
Projects for the adoption of Artificial Intelligence in different industries.
Institutional Focus
The ICI's mission is to position Bolivia in the field of research and development in Artificial Intelligence, promoting the training of specialized talent and the application of cutting-edge technologies to solve socioeconomic and environmental challenges in Bolivia and Latin America.
Institutional Profile
Establishment Date: September 2018
Rectoral Resolution: UPB-RR-05/2018
Unit Director
Diego Collarana
Awards
Google AI and TensorFlow award the Faculty Prize to the Institute of Computational Intelligence (IIC) at UPB
Organizer/s:
Google AI and TensorFlow
Category:
Faculty Award
Project:
The proposal presented by the Institute of Computational Intelligence (IIC), led by Dr. Diego Collarana, was the winner of the Faculty Award granted by Google AI and TensorFlow. With this award, the IIC team will teach AI in Spanish to young people in Bolivia. Game-type activities will be developed to reinforce the learning of the main concepts and techniques in Artificial Intelligence. Additionally, 140 young Bolivians will be trained to carry out Artificial Intelligence projects. Winning this award and the support of the Google AI team in this project marks a milestone in the dissemination of knowledge in Artificial Intelligence in Bolivia.
