Doing PhD at R&D Centre

IDEAS NCBR – A PLACE WHERE AI-RELATED BUSINESS AND SCIENCE COME TOGETHER

Are you interested in carrying out research and doing PhD at an excellent R&D Centre? Read the interview with IDEAS NCBR’s CEO!!

Piotr Sankowski

Alicja Mrugal: IDEAS NCBR is very active in the field of artificial intelligence and digital economy. What do you do exactly? Professor Piotr Sankowski, CEO of IDEAS

NCBR: We are a research & development centre. We develop a platform which connects academic and business environments. Our aim is to conduct research at the world’s highest level. The place which is going to support the conduct of innovative R&D projects in Poland and which is going to allow to shape the new generation of scientists focused on practical use of developed algorithms. We conduct basic research as well as applied research. We pay particular attention to the commercialization of discoveries which is going to allow them to be used in various sectors of the economy and administration and also to become a real part of the digital transformation.

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What are your goals then?

One of our main principles is to become an integral part of the Polish, European and global AI and digital economy ecosystem. We wish to become a part of the international research projects and to support the development of the network of the best experts in the scope of artificial intelligence and digital economy. Several of our employees are members of the ELLIS Society – it is a pan-European AI network of excellence which focuses on fundamental science, technical innovation and societal impact. What is more, we cooperate with international research centres and universities.

What you have already achieved this year?

We are extremely pleased that we have been able to establish three functioning research groups and to attract such eminent experts as professor Stefan Dziembowski and professor Tomasz Trzciński. We hope to set up further teams soon to focus on topics such as robotics or computer graphics. Furthermore, we can proudly say that the activities of IDEAS NCBR are being positively received, and we have established cooperation with