UBS finds top AI experts in Europe's most stable environment

It is a classic win-win situation: In the town of Manno, located not far from Lugano in the canton of Ticino, researchers from the Dalle Molle Institute for Artificial Intelligence ( IDSIA) and experts from UBS have been working together since the end of 2018. The IDSIA benefits from concrete applications for its research, while the global banking giant aims to use data analysis to optimize its processes and expand its services. "What will genuinely change our lives in the coming years are machine learning and artificial intelligence," says Sabine Keller-Busse, UBS Group Chief Operating Officer. The collaboration was announced at the beginning of 2018 and was already launched by the end of the year, thanks in large part to the location. "The launch at our existing base in Manno was extremely favorable. We found precisely the right experts there for our needs," says Sabine Magri, UBS GCOO Chief Operating Manager.