AI powers up KEVIN: Swiss device takes home security a step further

Fribourg, August 6, 2025 – As burglaries rise for the third year in a row in Switzerland, Fribourg-based Mitipi is reinforcing its anti-burglary device KEVIN with artificial intelligence. The presence-simulation system, already known for mimicking daily life with lights and sounds, will soon generate realistic conversations, adapt to users’ routines, and even reproduce their voices. […]

MSE Summer School 2025: AI & Data Services — Highlights from Lausanne

The MSE Summer School 2025 AI & Data Services ran 25–29 August 2025 at HES-SO Master in Lausanne, co-organised by the Swiss AI Center for SMEs and HES-SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland in the context of the Master of Science in Engineering (MSE).29 MSE students from across Switzerland combined morning expert […]

iCoSys at CISBAT 2025: two posters accepted & forthcoming publication

We’re happy to share that two iCoSys papers were presented at CISBAT 2025 and accepted for publication in the CISBAT special issue of the Journal of Physics: Conference Series (IOP Publishing). Posters Diffusion models for conditioned district heating network time-series generationPresented: 3 September 2025, 15:30–16:00Authors: Frédéric Montet, Benjamin Pasquier, Michal Bryxí, Philippe Cudre-Mauroux, Jean Hennebert.Presented: […]

MSE Summer School 2025 — AI & Data Services (25–29 Aug, Lausanne)

The Swiss AI Center for SMEs is organizing the MSE Summer School 2025: AI & Data Services, a one-week program running 25–29 August 2025 at HES-SO Master, Av. de Provence 6, Lausanne. The format combines morning expert talks and afternoon case-study sprints with industry partners. What to expect Audience & format: 29 students, working in small […]