• Deepfake, shallowfake and speech synthesis: tackling audiovisual manipulation

    Articles, Disinformation, Artificial Intelligence
    Despite alarmist news stories about deepfake heralding the end of democracy or truth itself, the technology – for better or worse – is far from perfect, which suggests that there is still a window of opportunity to prepare society, institutions and regulatory frameworks for the moment it is.   The state...
    on December 04, 2019

  • ESMH Press Review – November 27, 2019

    Media review

    Targeted advertisement, genome analysis & data leaks: check out the ESMH selection of 22 science & tech news published in the last 2 weeks on the web. Pick your favourite from the most popular topics in the mainstream media!

    on November 27, 2019

  • EU Project : PhilHumans

    EU projects
    PhilHumans : The goal of the PhilHumans (Personal Health Interfaces Leveraging Human-MAchine Natural interactionS) project is to train a next generation of young researchers in innovative Artificial Intelligence (AI) and establish user interaction with their personal health devices in an advanced and...
    on November 20, 2019

  • EU Project : CLARIFY

    EU projects
    CLARIFY : There were 17 million new cases of cancer diagnosed worldwide in 2018. Survival rates of cancer patients were rather poor until recent decades, when diagnostic techniques have been improved and novel therapeutic options have been developed. It is estimated that more than 50% of adult patients...
    on November 20, 2019

  • EU Project : MAMMO1

    EU projects
    MAMMO1 : Breast cancer is one of the main causes of death among women worldwide. Early diagnosis by mammography scanning is the best way to prevent mortality, but it requires the intervention of a highly trained workforce (radiologists). While the demand for radiologists is on the rise, the supply is...
    on November 20, 2019

  • EU Project : PATH-TOX

    EU projects
    PATH-TOX: Drug discovery is a time consuming, expensive and risky process. Each drug to market must undergo safety/ toxicity testing in animals which yields thousands of tissue sections that currently must be assessed manually by a trained veterinary pathology. However, there is a looming crisis due...
    on November 20, 2019

  • New technologies in medicine: time to prepare

    Articles, New Technologies, Health

    The technological revolution involving artificial intelligence, big data, machine learning and robotics is posed to deeply change healthcare and biomedical research, and things are changing fast. In this rapidly evolving scenario, researchers and health professionals need to acquire new skills and knowledge.

    on November 20, 2019

  • Europe to take up brain disorders challenge

    Health, Videos
      Brain illness is far more common than is generally perceived and has serious effects on the lives of many people, in terms of limitations on activity and restrictions on participation. The cost of these diseases in Europe is similar to the combined costs of cardiovascular disease, cancer, and diabetes....
    on November 19, 2019

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