Public research institute
The Dalle Molle Institute for Artificial Intelligence (Italian : Istituto Dalle Molle di Studi sull'Intelligenza Artificiale , IDSIA ) is a research institution based in Lugano , in Canton Ticino in southern Switzerland. It was founded in 1988 by Angelo Dalle Molle through the private Fondation Dalle Molle . In 2000 it became a public research institute , affiliated with the Università della Svizzera italiana and SUPSI in Ticino , Switzerland . In 1997 it was listed among the top ten artificial intelligence laboratories, and among the top four in the field of biologically -inspired AI.[ 2]
In 2007 a robotics lab with focus on intelligent and learning robots , especially in the fields of swarm and humanoid robotics , was established.[ 3]
Between 2009 and 2012, artificial neural networks developed at the institute won eight international competitions in pattern recognition and machine learning .[ 4]
IDSIA is one of four Swiss research organisations founded by the Dalle Molle foundation, of which three are in the field of artificial intelligence.[ 5]
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