The Deputy Prime Minister of Spain, Nadia Calviño, visits AIR Institute laboratories

The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation, Nadia Calviño, visited Salamanca last Friday to learn about the latest advances made by the AIR Institute and the BISITE Research Group.

During her visit, the Minister learned about projects such as Deep Intelligence, DeepNGS, Apapachoa and DeepEnvironment, which contribute to the fields of science and digital transformation.

In view of these and other projects associated with the scope of her role in the Government, Nadia Calviño described the ecosystem of startups and consolidated R&D projects that coexist in Salamanca as "impressive".

Apapachoa

The Deputy Prime Minister learned about Apapachoa; intelligent therapeutic dolls that will be used to help people suffering from different pathologies, such as Alzheimer's, Dementia, or Autism, to have a better quality of life.

The dolls are handmade in Béjar, a city with a long-standing textile industry. They are inspired by Waldorf dolls, which combine different techniques and are made with high quality materials supplied by local producers. The project has been tested in therapies with elderly people, and has yielded good results, improving daily life and delaying the negative effects of the different pathologies.

DeepEnvironment

The DeepEnvironment consists of a physical device that, by means of sensors, collects and analyzes CO2 parameters in the air, as well as other parameters such as temperature and humidity. The collected information can be accessed by the user through the associated web platform, which enables them to stay updated on the effectiveness of ventilation in enclosed spaces, alerting the user when the quality of the air decreases and thus avoiding exposure to coronavirus infection.

DeepNGS

Solutions such as DEEPNGS enable the rapid analysis of genomic data and provide explicit and complete information thanks to the use of Cloud Computing. The DEEPNGS software incorporates the latest advances in Biomedicine and is capable of analyzing all types of data, from complete sequencing files to clinical reports. The data may come from different sources and in multiple formats. Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) facilitates the diagnosis of diseases with high genetic heterogeneity and its application in clinical practice. However, the amount of sequenced data requires high processing, storage and analysis capacity. DEEPNGS aims to solve this problem through the application of technologies such as Machine Learning or Artificial Intelligence.

DeepInt

Finally, Minister Calviño had the opportunity to learn about the latest advances of the Deep Intelligence –DeepInt- tool, a platform that optimizes the predictive capacity of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence techniques and algorithms to help users make the best decisions for their business. The tool uses a range of advanced algorithms, such as classification and regression (trees, ensembles, linear regressions, logistic regressions, deep neural networks), time series forecasting, cluster analysis, anomaly detection, topic modeling, association discovery, principal component analysis (PCA) and Neural Networks.

Thanks to the ability of these technologies to learn from the data provided by users and to predict possible scenarios on that basis, Deep Intelligence is a very useful software not only for business management, but also for other fields, such as Smart Cities, Fintech, IoT, Industry 4.0 or Logistics.