REPLAY Project: iCoSys Contributes to Franco-Swiss Collaboration on Recycled Plastics

On 15 October, partners of the Interreg France-Suisse REPLAY project gathered at Caran d’Ache in Geneva for their first technical meeting, marking another step towards facilitating the use of recycled plastics in industry. Following the project’s official launch in Lyon, this meeting brought together researchers and industrial partners to exchange expertise, discuss technical challenges and […]

Lighthouse EdTech: Lessons from Testing Digital Learning Tools in Swiss Classrooms

How can digital learning technologies be effectively integrated into Swiss classrooms? The Lighthouse EdTech Initiative, supported by the Jacobs Foundation, is exploring this question by bringing together researchers, EdTech companies, and schools to evaluate educational technologies in real-world learning environments. The initiative recently shared insights from six pilot projects conducted in Swiss classrooms, highlighting the […]

Over-the-Lunch: Connecting AI with Enterprise Data through MCP

For our latest iCoSys Over-the-Lunch, we welcomed Loïc Moisan for a presentation on “MCP and AI: Interacting with Enterprise Data Using Natural Language.” “How many units did we sell last month?” or “What is the latest contract we signed?” These simple questions illustrated how AI could provide a more natural way to interact with enterprise […]

iCoSys at ICDAR 2026: Exploring Agentic AI for Document Analysis

Members of the iCoSys team recently took part in ICDAR 2026 in Vienna, an international conference dedicated to document analysis and recognition. One of the highlights was the hands-on tutorial “Agentic AI for Document Analysis Systems,” presented by Ornella Vaccarelli, Olivier D’Ancona, Tim Hallyburton, Anna Scius-Bertrand and Beat Wolf. Agentic AI for document analysis During […]

AI Days 2027: Call for Contributions Now Ope

The AI Days will return from 17 to 19 February 2027, bringing together the artificial intelligence community across Yverdon-les-Bains, Geneva and Fribourg. The call for contributions is now open, with a submission deadline of 25 November 2026. Organized by the Swiss Artificial Intelligence Centre for SMEs (CSIA-PME) and funded by the Engineering and Architecture domain […]

From iCoSys research to a new chapter for Neur.on

The Fribourg-based LegalTech start-up Neur.on has been acquired by the Paris-based group Legal 230, marking a new step in its development. The foundations of Neur.on were laid through Datalambic, an applied research project conducted by iCoSys together with Hieronymus AG. The project combined expertise in AI, data engineering and document processing to address the challenges […]