Finnish Flagships join forces for next generation networks -- FCAI

Experts of two Academy of Finland Flagships - the Finnish Center for Artificial Intelligence (FCAI) and 6G Flagship – are joining forces to harness the synergy between edge computing and Artificial Intelligence (AI), which are revolutionizing communication networks and becoming key components of next generation networks. Professor Sasu Tarkoma from the University of Helsinki, one of the organizations behind FCAI, has high expectations for the joint research approach. "Edge computing provides a distributed platform, in which smart localized software meets advanced machine learning and AI, and privacy enhanced technologies," Tarkoma says. "All this results in new applications and services, such as AR/VR applications, that react in real-time and can achieve a high level of privacy." The future internet, 5G and 6G networks, will be in operation in the 2020s and 2030s.