At EHU, we carry interdisciplinary AI research spanning a range of areas and themes. We also have dedicated research centres such as Centre for Data and Complex Systems Research and the Intelligent Visual Computing Research Centre.

AI in Health:

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Our aim is to improve health and lifestyle through technology, including:

  • minimally-invasive and automated monitoring
  • medical Image & Video Analysis for Diagnosis-support.

We have a pioneering research in various areas, including:

  • digital pathology
  • breast cancer screening and diagnosis
  • retina screening
  • lung cancer
  • pancreatic cancer
  • Alzheimer’s early detection

AI in Robotics and Autonomous Systems

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  • Multimodal AI
  • Human-machine/vehicle/robot interaction
  • Social robotics
  • Intelligent vehicles
  • Real-time traffic analysis

AI in Cybersecurity

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Our aim is to improve security and privacy in computer systems and networks, and associated devices (including IoT), including:

  • blockchain based security and privacy enhancing technologies and applications
  • security and privacy by design
  • security and privacy problems of Internet of Things and smart services and applications
  • security and privacy problems of biometrics systems and applications
  • malware analysis.

AI in Data Analytics and NLP (Natural Language Processing)

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Our work is on the core and applied aspects of Data Analytics, Data Science, and Machine Learning, for spotting patterns and behaviours (including violence) among others. Our work includes:

  • LLM models.
  • real-time machine learning & resource-efficient machine learning
  • classification Imbalance
  • data mining, pattern recognition & semantic analysis
  • natural Language Processing and Text Mining
  • social Media mining
  • soft Computing Methods
  • grammar Induction, Inference and Domain Specific Languages
  • feature design and analysis
  • AI Ethics

AI in Agriculture

Data.

Our aim is to help improve the farming and agiculture through technology, including:

  • plants phenotyping, using Computer Vision and AI.
  • detection and identification of plant diseases, to prevent spread/infection.
  • precision farming.
  • monitoring and grading the post-harvest fresh produce.

AI in Law

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  • Analysing legal documents, ethics of AI, Laws related to AI.

AI in Sports

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  • Analysing Sports data