Projects
Assisted Text Simplification
Sub-project 1 (SP1) of the IICT Flagship focuses on text simplification. To achieve this objective, a set of computational techniques are implemented to reduce the complexity and length of a text while preserving its meaning and relevance. These techniques are used to...
Optical decoding framework based on artificial intelligence
Computer vision algorithms (CVA) are digital assistants that automatically recognize and evaluate certain information through a camera. Icare has developed solutions adapted to the identification and automatic decoding of vehicle license plates. The partner company...
Real-time visualization of the activity of an electrical installation
For Studer Innotec customers, remote monitoring of photovoltaic installations is essential today. It allows you to understand what is happening in your installation in order to optimize its operation and finally to perpetuate the investments. It is also a valuable...
Writing aid software for dysorthographic children
Phonowriter is a writing aid for "dys" children, more particularly dysorthographics, dyslexics and/or dysgraphics. It combines simple word prediction features with complex, innovative and novel algorithms based on artificial intelligence to facilitate text writing....
Prediction of remotely-read photovoltaic production
The Icare Research Institute has developed algorithms and tools that automatically predict network load and thus reduce adjustment penalties. These tools, which also include visualization solutions between forecasts and actual data, are used daily by some members of...
Distributed intelligent micro storage
This project proposes flexible load-steering models by DSOs (to avoid network investments) and the development of associated business models (to increase revenue) whose aggregation enables a self-consumption community. The aim is, on the one hand, to make the...
Accessible, low-cost, highly resilient IP services for video professionals
IPCAST aims to provide accessible, low-cost and highly resilient IP network services to video professionals: broadcasters, service providers, sports rights agency producers, sports federations, mobile operators. The objective of this project is to implement the main...
Digital tools for tourism during a pandemic
From a demand perspective, tourism is a global phenomenon: in Switzerland, it accounts for nearly 3% of GDP and 4.4% of total employment. The pandemic severely impacted the sector with a decrease of nearly 60% in international arrivals. The pandemic acted as an...
Information exchange interface & digital tourism
The actors of the Valais tourism industry, be it restaurants, destinations or startups, need to continuously exchange various information about events, points of interest, specific offers, etc. At present, there is no standardized and automatable system to perform...
The digital transformation of the aluminum value chain
Industry 4.0, with its digitalization of manufacturing processes, is transforming the shop floor environment into a space for human-machine cooperation. However, we must not stop there, everyone along the value chain must participate and must benefit. Current Industry...
Race Safety & Management Tool
R&D Cycling has identified, in its role as organiser and consultant, a market opportunity for safety management software for sporting events using public roads (cycle races, pedestrian races, car rallies, etc.). For this type of event, a police authorisation is...
Predictive Automated Negotiation & Dynamic Optimal Rate Adaptation
In recent years, the travel industry has undergone a major transformation. The digital revolution has given rise to large booking intermediaries (known as OTAs, short for Online Travel Agencies, i.e. Booking.com, Expedia, ...), which have rapidly achieved a dominant...