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AIRi@UTCN is pleased to welcome French artist Benoit Challand as a visiting researcher for a week-long research stay starting May 5 2026. The artist and researcher will engage with the AIRi@UTCN research community around the project “Crystallize”, an artistic and technological exploration of how emotions can be translated into data, images, and sculptural forms.
AIRi@UTCN is pleased to welcome French artist Benoit Challand as a visiting researcher for a week-long research stay starting May 5 2026. The artist and researcher will engage with the AIRi@UTCN research community around the project “Crystallize”, an artistic and technological exploration of how emotions can be translated into data, images, and sculptural forms.
AIRi@UTCN is pleased to announce our participation in the first in-person meeting of the 5G-SHARE project. Hosted by the Atlantic Technological University (ATU) Donegal in Letterkenny, Ireland, this two-day gathering marked a major milestone in our collaborative effort to shape the future of digital connectivity in academia.
AIRi@UTCN is pleased to announce that it will co-organize the 2026 IEEE International Conference on Advanced Scientific Computing - ICASC 2026, which will take place between 21-23 October 2026 in Cluj-Napoca.
AIRI@UTCN is pleased to announce the visit of Dr. Ilknur Dönmez from Istanbul Health and Technology University, who is joining the AIRi research community @ TUCN as a visiting professor through the Erasmus programme.
AIRI@UTCN is pleased to welcome Oumaima Majdoubi, PhD student at Mohammed V University in Rabat, Morocco, for a three-month research stay supported by the Eugen Ionescu Research Grant.
AI Buildathon is a 48-hour sprint where mixed teams — developers, designers, product people, marketers, and more - build functional AI prototypes for real problems in Cluj: mobility, education, local businesses, urban life. It takes place at ClujHub, as part of Zilele Clujului, and is organized by the Romanian Tech Startups Association, in collaboration with ADR Nord-Vest, INNO, and the Institute for Artificial Intelligence at UTCN.
AlloyGraph is an open-source platform that predicts mechanical properties of nickel-based superalloys, designs new alloy compositions, and answers natural language questions about superalloy data.
AIRi@UTCN was pleased to welcome the delegation of the Committee on European Affairs of the Chamber of Deputies, led by Deputy Ovidiu-Vasile Cîmpean, Vice-Chair of the Committee, during its working visit to Cluj-Napoca, held in the context of the public debate on the future EU budget for 2028–2034.
The Orange 5G Lab within AIRi announces two internship opportunities dedicated to students of the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Information Technology, Communications specialization.
AIRi is happy to announce the completion of this milestone: UTCN's Center of Immersive Technologies for Education, funded through eUT4ALL (e-PNRR: 1277457265) and hosted by AIRi, is now up and running! More updates to come! https://lnkd.in/d7_-yt4Y
Solar physics offers a uniquely rich and multi-scale environment for data science, combining high-resolution imaging, time-series analysis, and complex physical modelling. Modern missions, such as Solar Dynamics Observatory, continuously produce terabytes of data per day, including multi-wavelength images, Doppler velocity fields, and magnetic maps of the Sun. From a data science perspective, solar datasets are inherently high-dimensional, spatio-temporal, and physics-constrained, making them ideal for machine learning applications such as convolutional neural networks for image recognition, recurrent or transformer models for time-series forecasting, and unsupervised methods for pattern discovery. At the same time, they challenge purely data-driven approaches, as physical interpretability remains essential—for example, linking learned features to magnetic structures, energy transport, or wave dynamics.
One month before building completion, the vision is becoming reality. What once lived on drawings, plans, and discussions is now taking shape day by day. Every milestone reached reflects the dedication, coordination, and hard work of everyone involved. We are now in the final stretch, focused on delivering a space built with quality, purpose, and attention to detail.
The Artificial Intelligence Research Institute - AIRi@UTCN was pleased to welcome Minister Irineu Darău (Ministry of Economy, Digitalization, Entrepreneurship and Tourism) for an on-site visit and discussion.
AIRI@UTCN aims to become an institute where English is the official working language. The first step is to ensure that each of its 33 laboratories includes a researcher from abroad. Alongside partnerships across the EU and Asia, we see the Western Balkans as a strategic region for AI cooperation: strong talent, growing ecosystems, and shared priorities. In this line, on 16 February 2026 we were pleased to welcome representatives of “Aleksandër Moisiu” University of Durrës (Albania): Prof. Dr. Shkelqim Fortuzi, Rector Prof. Dr. Azeta Tartaraj Prof.Dr., Vice-Rector for Internationalization We were also honored by the presence of H.E. Enkeleda Mërkuri, Ambassador of the Republic of Albania to Romania, who joined the meeting and underlined the importance of academic and scientific bridges in the region. If your institution or lab is interested in AI collaboration across the Western Balkans–EU corridor, let’s connect.
Join us for an AIRi @ UTCN Invited Lecture with Benoit Challand (La Vorace) Step into the space where art meets AI and where pixels become matter. Benoit Challand will share how photography, 3D, and artificial intelligence converge in his practice, exploring the shifting boundary between the digital and the physical. 📅 Tuesday, January 27, 2026 🕙 10:00 – 11:00 📍 Room: Centrul de studii și învățare (CeSTI) 📌 15 C. Daicoviciu Street, Cluj-Napoca, 400020