iCoSys

We are proudly releasing a nice update to our microservices cluster! We recently added shared GPU support on top of Kubernetes. This was needed to deploy some larger deep learning models. The task was not easy as, by default, Kubernetes schedules only one container per GPU, which results in a considerable waste of computing resources. […]

La Liberté newspaper wrote about the SmartCity applied research project iCoSys, ISIS and Energy worked on. The project is about creating an intelligent network of measures using IoT Lora technology which will help the cities of Fribourg and Bull solve their problems of increased road traffic, noise and air quality. Read all about it there […]

We follow the Swiss authorities guidelines by working remotely from home. Our private services are still on and we are mastering the art of e-learning for our HEIA-FR students.

Nicolas Zurbuchen and Pascal Bruegger presented their work on “Comparison of Machine Learning Algorithms for Fall Detection using Wearable Sensors” at the ICAIIC2020 in Japan. Short abstract: The proportion of people 60 years old and above is rapidly increasing. A leading cause of death among elderly are falls. This paper presents the development of a […]

You have a competitive spirit ? You want to contribute in the evolution of the Video Optical Character Recognition (Video-OCR) research area? Register at the Arabic Text in Videos Competition 2020 https://diuf.unifr.ch/main/diva/AcTiVComp/ AcTiVComp20 is part of the 25th International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR2020) and it is organized by our PhD in Computer Science Oussama […]

The Berkeley Lab Computing Sciences news center presented an article about our brilliant collaborator Lucy Linder and her work at the Berkeley Lab for her Master thesis. Don’t hesitate to learn more about her and her work here : https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2020/01/29/researcher-develops-first-of-its-kind-quantum-algorithm-for-particle-physics-data/