Recently I was honoured to be invited by Huawei to the CeBIT 2018 conference in Hannover, to be part of their KOL program (Key Opinion Leaders Program). The KOL program is a program where Huawei gives the opportunity to a select group of domain experts and media people to get an understanding of their solutions and technology, and how it can make a difference on our society. I knew Huawei from the smartphones we see popping up, and an initial contact from about 6 years ago, talking to one of the HR people, asking to come to work for them. At that time, I thought, What do I have to look for in China, working for a telecom operator? Well that was the image I had from Huawei.

Groupe PSA and Inria today announced the creation of an OpenLab dedicated to artificial intelligence. The studied areas will include autonomous and intelligent vehicles, mobility services, manufacturing, design development tools, the design itslelf and digital marketing as well as quality and finance. "Artificial intelligence will quickly become an efficiency factor for the group. The OpenLab will work on artificial intelligence algorithms enabling autonomous vehicles to drive in complex environments for example. It will also work on predictive maintenance, powertrain design optimisation and the modelling of complex systems such as cities, to offer mobility services adapted to people's needs" said Carla Gohin, Groupe PSA's Vice President for Research and Advanced Engineering. Inria's project teams will participate in this OpenLab bringing their high-level algorithmic expertise as part of a fruitful dialogue with Groupe PSA's experts on all the identified topics.