The CRS4 concludes 2024 with the successful registration of 15 new software applications with SIAE, the Italian Society of Authors and Publishers. These new entries join the 27 software applications registered earlier this year in January, securing intellectual property rights and certifying their originality as unpublished works. Giacomo Cao, Sole Administrator of CRS4, commented: “The…
Enrico Gobbetti and Giovanni Pintore Win Best Paper Award at STAG2024 for VISPI: Virtual Staging Pipeline for Single Indoor Panoramic Images
Enrico Gobbetti and Giovanni Pintore from the Visual and Data-intensive Computing Group at CRS4, in collaboration with Uzair Shah, Sara Jashari, Muhammad Tukur, Jens Schneider, and Marco Agus from Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU) in Qatar, have won the Best Paper Award at the STAG2024 International Conference (Smart Tools and Applications in Graphics, 2024), organized…
CELEBRATIONS FOR THE 90TH BIRTHDAY OF NOBEL PRIZE WINNER CARLO RUBBIA, FORMER DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF CERN AND FIRST PRESIDENT OF CRS4
Today, 40 years after being awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics, CERN in Geneva is celebrating with a symposium the 90th birthday of Carlo Rubbia, Director-General from 1989 to 1994. His pioneering work on the proton-antiproton project, which led to the discovery of the W and Z bosons in 1983 and the Nobel Prize in…
The standards of the AI ACT, the European Union regulation on artificial intelligence
The event "The Standards of the AI ACT, the European Union Regulation on Artificial Intelligence: How to Gain a Competitive Advantage in the Distribution of AI Systems" took place yesterday, September 23, at the conference hall of the Fondazione di Sardegna in Cagliari. The event, organized by CRS4 in collaboration with UNINFO – the Federated…
Second year of STEM outreach activities in kindergartens and primary schools in Sardinia
The second year of activities promoting STEM disciplines (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) in kindergartens and the first and second grades of primary schools throughout Sardinia has also concluded positively. The activities, which began in March of last year, have so far reached 243 schools (133 primary and 110 kindergartens) in 102 locations across the…
CRS4, the first Italian institution recognised by the international organisation QWorld for the quantum computing dissemination
The CRS4, at the forefront of the digital world for over thirty years - in 1993 www.crs4.it was the first website in Italy – is the first Italian institution to join the international network of operational groups within the QWorld organisation, under the headline of QItaly. QWorld (www.qworld.net), which includes 29 nations, is an international…
Sardinia in space: filed an international patent
UNISS, CRS4, DASS UNICA and TOLO Green for the advancement of research in astrobiology The University of Sassari, the Center for Advanced Studies, Research and Development in Sardinia (CRS4), the Sardinia AeroSpace District (DASS), the University of Cagliari and the Tolo Green company, all from Italy, have filed an innovative international patent application that will…
Recent technological developments in artificial intelligence at CRS4
The CRS4 intends to follow up on the activities carried out over the past 4 years to highlight some recently developed applications that, leveraging artificial intelligence, metaverse, and human-machine interaction technologies, can already be used in sectors such as tourism, marketing, logistics, security, and more. Giacomo Cao, CEO of CRS4, stated: "The Center possesses the…
Quantum Computing and Programming workshop
The CRS4, along with the international association QWorld specialized in quantum technology education, as part of the DLAB | Cagliari Digital Lab project, led by the Municipality of Cagliari, are hosting a workshop titled "Qbronze-Quantum Computing and Programming" from March 18th to 22nd, starting at 5:00 PM, both in-person at the former Distillery of Cagliari…
Cutting-edge Genomic Sequencing and Bioinformatic Analysis Platform
The CRS4, less than a year after expanding its Next Generation Sequencing Core infrastructure with a cutting-edge Illumina NovaSeq X Plus genomic sequencer capable of producing data up to 120TB per month across various sample types, including humans, animals, and plants, at higher speeds and reduced costs, is strengthening its capabilities by acquiring expertise in…