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ELLIOT Project @elliot-eu.bsky.social · 3d

🚀 JUPITER enters the Exascale Supercomputing League, ranking among the top 5 fastest in the world! 🖥️💨
With its immense computing power, ELLIOT will push AI innovation in media, robotics, mobility, and Earth observation 🌍

🔍 Discover how JUPITER is shaping Europe’s AI future: shorturl.at/s1gJp

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ELLIOT Project @elliot-eu.bsky.social · 8d

Exciting opportunity to join our team at @bsc-cns.bsky.social in Barcelona! 🤩 Apply by October 20 👇

Amirpasha Mozaffari @amirpasha.bsky.social · 8d

Come work with me and our great team at @bsc-cns.bsky.social
We’re looking for a #Postdoc to join the @elliot-eu.bsky.social flagship European project on multimodal foundation models for #earth & #climate.🌍🌦️🌡️
📍 Barcelona
⏳ Apply by Oct 20, 2025

www.bsc.es/join-us/job-...

#AI #Climate #HPC #Jobs

590_25_ES_CES_R2

Reference: 590_25_ES_CES_R2 Job title: Postdoctoral Researcher in Multimodal Foundation Models for Earth System Modeling (R2) About BSC The Barcelona Supercomputing C

www.bsc.es

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ELLIOT Project @elliot-eu.bsky.social · 9d

🌍 ELLIOT at #ADRF2025: Yiannis Kompatsiaris, Mario Fritz & Nicu Sebe presented ELLIOT’s potential connection to the RAISE initiative, a European Commission project aiming to align key AI resources.

Together, ELLIOT & RAISE will strengthen Europe’s AI ecosystem! 🤖

ELLIOT Project @elliot-eu.bsky.social · 13d

🧠 @dariogargas.bsky.social shares lessons from 2 years of training open LLMs & LVLMs on European HPC.

From jailbreak testing to synthetic data, Europe is building trustworthy AI from the ground up.

Watch the full session ▶️ youtu.be/_FZalHCPc-o?...

Training and Evaluating LLMs in European HPC Centers, by Dario Garcia Gasulla

YouTube video by ELLIOT Project

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ELLIOT Project @elliot-eu.bsky.social · 15d

🚀 Shape the future of European AI! The @ellis.eu PhD Programme is opening for applications.

🧠 Work with top researchers, join joint supervision 🤝 and benefit from networking 🌐 & training 🎓

Info session: Oct 1, 16:00 CET.

Everything you need to know is one click away 👉 ellis.eu/news/ellis-p...

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ELLIOT Project @elliot-eu.bsky.social · 17d

🎯 How can we build faster, smarter video foundation models?

At the TDW in Thessaloniki, Matthieu Cord (VALEO) presented VaVIM–VaVAM: boosting video AI with fewer, continuous tokens for faster training & better performance.

▶️ Watch the full talk: youtu.be/ykfwRa-ZQig?...

Driving through Generative Video Pretraining, by Matthieu Cord

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ELLIOT Project @elliot-eu.bsky.social · 20d

🛡️ How do we secure AI systems as they grow more powerful?

At the TDW, Mario Fritz mapped threats from LLMs & FMs and called for stronger safety benchmarks like CodeLMSec.

▶️ Watch the talk: youtu.be/RR1otLVODUk?...

Security and Safety of Foundation Models, by Mario Fritz

YouTube video by ELLIOT Project

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ELLIOT Project @elliot-eu.bsky.social · 24d

🗣️ Can generative AI speak more than English?
Cees Snoek presents NeoBabel — a multilingual, open-source text-to-image model in 🇬🇧 🇨🇳 🇳🇱 🇫🇷 🇮🇳 🇮🇷, built for inclusivity and fairness.
▶️ Watch now: youtu.be/qUadAcykUiI?...

NeoBabel: A Multilingual Open Foundation Model for Visual Generation, by Cees Snoek

YouTube video by ELLIOT Project

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ELLIOT Project @elliot-eu.bsky.social · 28d

📊 What if small tabular datasets could benefit from the power of #FoundationModels?

At the TDW in Thessaloniki, Frank Hutter presented TabPFN — a foundation model that outperforms ML/AutoML on structured data.

Faster, fairer, more robust.

▶️ Watch the talk: youtu.be/_T7Peaap9K4

Tabular Foundation Models, by Frank Hutter

YouTube video by ELLIOT Project

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ELLIOT Project @elliot-eu.bsky.social · Sep 8

🔙 Rewinding to July in Thessaloniki!

At the TDW on Foundation Models, Jenia Jitsev (JSC & LAION) explored how open data, shared compute & benchmarks can rival closed AI.

🧠 From OpenCLIP to Re-LAION, watch how Europe is scaling trustworthy AI: youtu.be/YSICb_mcW6Q?...

Open Foundation Models: Scaling Laws and Generalisation, by Jenia Jitsev

YouTube video by ELLIOT Project

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ELLIOT Project @elliot-eu.bsky.social · Sep 3

🎥 TDW recordings now on YouTube! Explore insights on #FoundationModels, from multilingual AI to secure LLMs & robotics. Organised by ELIAS, ELLIOT & @elsa-ai.eu

▶️ Watch now: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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ELLIOT Project @elliot-eu.bsky.social · Aug 14

🔙 The Flemish Parliament discussed VRT’s role in the ELLIOT project — showing growing political interest in #AI for public media. 🇧🇪🤖

Minister Van Achter highlighted our work on #factchecking, virtual studios & #TrustworthyAI.

📄 Minutes (NL): www.vlaamsparlement.be/nl/parlement...

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ELLIOT Project @elliot-eu.bsky.social · Aug 8

🎯 What makes multimodal foundation models powerful?

Marc Pollefeys, from @ethz.ch, explains how ELLIOT is advancing #FoundationModels with real-world use in mind.
🤝 With strong European collaboration, we’re building #MultimodalAI that’s robust, adaptable and ready for deployment

🎥 Watch the video!

ELLIOT Project @elliot-eu.bsky.social · Aug 6

🎯 Speech is a key frontier for #TrustworthyAI.

Karel Bourgois (VOXIST) shares how ELLIOT is advancing #SpeechRecognition to detect fake news in real time and enable 3D avatars to converse via #GenerativeAI.
🎥 Watch how #MultimodalAI is reshaping media innovation in

ELLIOT Project @elliot-eu.bsky.social · Aug 4

🎯 How is AI transforming media production?

Mike Matton explains how #GenerativeAI and #FoundationModels support VRT’s shift from traditional to virtual TV production using 3D — saving time, cutting costs, and boosting creativity.

🎥 Watch how AI is transforming media.

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ELLIOT Project @elliot-eu.bsky.social · Aug 1

🎯 Can AI accelerate hardware design?

Edgar Gonzàlez i Pellicer (Openchip) explains how ELLIOT uses #LLMs and #MultimodalAI to boost #SystemsEngineering, tackling low-level code and hardware design to speed up development and bring products to market faster.

🎥 Watch how AI meets next-gen design.

ELLIOT Project @elliot-eu.bsky.social · Jul 30

🎯 Turning AI into action starts with understanding the world around us.

Dimos Karatzas (CVC-CERCA) shares how ELLIOT is fine-tuning #FoundationModels for document understanding — aiming to deliver the most advanced model yet for real-world #AI applications.

🎥 Watch how #MultimodalAI meets reality.

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ELLIOT Project @elliot-eu.bsky.social · Jul 28

🎯 What’s the ambition behind training multimodal #LLMs in ELLIOT?

@dariogargas.bsky.social (@bsc-cns.bsky.social) explains how openness, trust & collaboration across the European #AIecosystem are key to scaling impactful #FoundationModels.

🎥 Watch how we’re building the future of #TrustworthyAI.

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ELLIOT Project @elliot-eu.bsky.social · Jul 25

🎯 How do we connect AI models with real-world use?

Cees Snoek (University of Amsterdam) shares how ELLIOT is fine-tuning #FoundationModels to bridge generalist #MultimodalAI with specialist use cases, from media to robotics.

🎥 Watch how smart tuning makes AI truly impactful.

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ELLIOT Project @elliot-eu.bsky.social · Jul 23

🎯 How is ELLIOT strengthening Europe’s AI ecosystem?

Jenia Jitsev explains how his team leads #pretraining of #MultimodalAI open foundation models in the #HorizonEU project — using scaling laws to improve core building blocks for trustworthy, reusable #GeneralistAI.

🎥 Watch the video to learn more

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ELLIOT Project @elliot-eu.bsky.social · Jul 21

🎯 ELLIOT’s role in Europe’s AI community

Nada Lavrač shares how her team is building a strong research community linked to the @ellis.eu network, combining top #LLM research with student training to boost Europe #AIresearch and grow a lasting #SovereignAI ecosystem

🎥 Watch the video to learn more

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ELLIOT Project @elliot-eu.bsky.social · Jul 17

🎯 What is ELLIOT all about?

Dr Yiannis Kompatsiaris (CERTH-ITI) explains how the ELLIOT #HorizonEU project is shaping the future of #MultimodalAI and #FoundationModels — open, trustworthy and built for real-world impact.

🎥 Watch how Europe advances #TrustworthyAI and #OpenScience.

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ELLIOT Project @elliot-eu.bsky.social · Jul 14

The European supercomputer #JUPITER, at the Julich Supercomputing Centre in Germany, is now ranked among the top 5 fastest in the world! 🌍💻

As a key partner in the ELLIOT project, JSC’s computing power is advancing our work on #TrustworthyAI and #FoundationModels.

➕ shorturl.at/x5Bek

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ELLIOT Project @elliot-eu.bsky.social · Jul 11

The TDW on Foundation Models was a success! 🎉

Thanks to all the speakers, attendees, and partners for making this event a milestone in advancing #TrustworthyAI. A special thanks to our coordinator CERTH-ITI for hosting in Thessaloniki, Greece! 🙏

Stay tuned for more updates and upcoming events! 🚀

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ELLIOT Project @elliot-eu.bsky.social · Jul 11

🎉 The ELLIOT project Kick-off Meeting was successfully hosted by CERTH-ITI, in Thessaloniki! 🏛️

30 partners from 12 countries 🌍 launched this exciting journey to advance open, trustworthy AI and #FoundationModels across Europe. 🤖

Stay tuned for more updates on #AIresearch and #TrustworthyAI! 💡

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