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E-PIAF is a faculty research unit dedicated to fundamental theoretical and practical issues related to digitally transforming governments and administrations.

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Research Center

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Digital State

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Legal Framework for AI

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Consulting

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Signature digital

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Use of New Data

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Smart Mobility

News

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26 May 2023

The great confusion - AI and automation in government and business

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10 May 2023

Blog post on Automation of Tax Procedures in French

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10 May 2023

AI in the Public Sector – Video and Slides available

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30 Mar 2023

Essay on automation and risk management systems

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20 Jan 2023

Essay on Mobility-as-a-Service published

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14 Dec 2022

Conference report published: First findings on transparency, discrimination and manipulation

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23 Nov 2022

New publication on rulings and automated individual decision-making

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25 Oct 2022

Conference report "State and Data" published

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03 Oct 2022

Presentation on possibilities and limits of AI

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16 Sep 2022

Review: State and Data Conference

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09 Sep 2022

Presentation on AI in the Public Administration

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25 Aug 2022

Digital Shapers 2022

03 Jul 2022

Interview with FSO Director Georges-Simon Ulrich

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11 Apr 2022

Paper on Face Recognition

Group picture at the launch of the E-PIAF research unit with Dean Wolfgang Wohlers, Nadja Braun-Binder and Christian R. Ulbrich.

01 Mar 2022

E-PIAF launched

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