Meeting of the UniGR Council at the University of Liège
The seven partners of the Université de la Grande Région met at the Château de Colonster (ULiege campus) to take stock of current collaborations and outline the future of the consortium.
As a public university open to the world and is anchored in the scientific, cultural and economic development of its region, the University of Liège relies on its three pillars: teaching, research and civic engagement.
ULiège trains responsible citizens who are provided with cutting-edge knowledge and critical thinking, are able to share knowledge and can push forward an increasingly complex world.
ULiège develops and promotes excellence in research, multidisciplinary and direct engagement with its instruction.
Global exposure is a top priority at the University of Liège. The institution offers a wide range of international mobility opportunities to students, researchers and staff, enabling them to enhance their cross-disciplinary skills and language knowledge.
ULiège: an experience of daily living. Located in 3 cities and 4 campuses, the university is a key player in terms of the environment and mobility.
Five universities of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation join forces to create an institute dedicated to AI: training, research, products and services.
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rtificial Intelligence is a major opportunity to transform our societies for the sustainable well-being of its citizens. Based on data acquisition and information processing algorithms, processes in many sectors can be made more efficient, particularly in terms of :
Five French-speaking universities (UCLouvain, UMONS, ULB, ULiège, UNamur) and four research centres (CENAERO, CETIC MULTITEL, SIRRIS) have joined forces to create the TRAIL Institute (Trusted AI Labs), dedicated to artificial intelligence, and thus jointly mobilise their resources and expertise in the service of regional development.
To participate in the transformation of the companies of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation, in the fields of medicine, media, mobility, manufacturing, energy, construction, governance and education.
TRAIL is structured around three interacting pillars: research (TRAIL Institute), the provision of tools (TRAIL Factory), and services to companies (TRAIL4Ventures):
Pr Benoît Macq (co-coordinator), UCLouvain
Pr Thierry Dutoit (co-coordinator), UMONS
Pr Marc Van Droogenbroeck, ULiège
Pr Pierre Geurts, ULiège
The seven partners of the Université de la Grande Région met at the Château de Colonster (ULiege campus) to take stock of current collaborations and outline the future of the consortium.
Coordinated by the University of Liège, the project aims to continue to position the Greater Region as a European model for the efficient management of technological resources and waste.
ULiège was the only university visited during the State Visit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg Sovereigns to Belgium, a day devoted to space, defence and cybersecurity.