In his current role as Managing Director of the international think tank Re-Define Sony advises key policymakers in the EU and in emerging economies. He also runs Court Jesters, a boutique consultancy that specialises in tackling groupthink in corporate boards and investment committees.

In addition, he is a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on the Future of Asset Management and Insurance. Part of his current work focuses on the future of technology and its interplay with productivity and future of labour.

In his keynote Sony takes the challenge to look at Europe’s economical development under the actually volatile conditions. The UK declares Brexit giving example for other regions and states within Europe strengthening separation trends. And across the Atlantic the Trump administration introduces a new style of leading the United States.

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Cognex Corporation (NASDAQ: CGNX) announced yesterday that it has acquired ViDi Systems SA, a maker of deep learning software for industrial machine vision. The acquisition was completed on April 4.

ViDi’s deep learning software uses artificial intelligence techniques to improve image analysis in applications where it is difficult to predict the full range of image variations that might be encountered. Using feedback, ViDi’s software trains the system to distinguish between acceptable variations and defects.

“The ViDi team is at the forefront of applying deep learning techniques to the real-world challenges of industrial machine vision,” said Robert J. Willett, President and CEO of Cognex. “We are excited to bring this expertise to Cognex to broaden the scope of applications that can be addressed at a world-class level with Cognex vision.”

Upon closing, ViDi Systems became part of Cognex’s Vision Products business unit, where their deep learning software will continue to be developed and integrated into the Cognex product portfolio. The transaction is not expected to have a material impact on Cognex’s financial results in 2017 or 2018.

ViDi Systems, based in Villaz-St.-Pierre Switzerland, was founded in 2012 by Dr. Reto Wyss, a computational neuroscience Ph.D., and the CPA Group, a Swiss industrial holding company and business incubator. Dr. Wyss and ViDi’s team of engineers joined Cognex at the time of the closing on April 4, and Cognex will maintain operations at the company’s current site in Switzerland.

The second article of EMVA’s white paper series ‘Machine Vision Fundamentals’ titled The Background is available for Download now.

Registration of 1st edition of this brandnew conference taking place 12 – 13 October 2017 in the International Congress Center of Stuttgart (trade show) has opened today.
Find all the details at www.embedded-vision-emva.org

Info event taking place 27 January 2017 in Brussels, Belgium.

89 M EUR budget call for Key Enabling Technologies with a lot of opportunities for the EMVA community.
Of special interest would be the call ICT30.b – Innovation Actions: Application driven core photonic devices integrated in systems.