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The director of the GATE Institute, Prof. Silvia Ilieva, was a guest in the morning programme  “Business Start” on Bloomberg TV. Together with Gencho Kerezov, Deputy Mayor for Digitalization of Sofia Municipality, they answered hot questions related to urban planning and living conditions in the capital.  

What is the role of technologies in recognizing disinformation in the media and social networks, especially on issues related to the CORONA virus pandemic? Who spreads misinformation and why, and how to protect ourselves from fake news? These were the main topics in the programme “Direct” on Bulgaria OnAir TV on December 3, 2021 with the participation of Prof. Silvia Ilieva, director of the GATE Institute and Dr. Irina Temnikova, researcher at the Institute.  

GATE participated in the European Big Data Value Forum 2021 with a special session “Data Spaces Enabling City Digital Twins”. It was held online on December 2, 2021.  

The Second GATE’s Big Data and Artificial Intelligence Forum (BDAIF2021) will take place on 8 and 9 December 2021 as an online event. It aims to share exciting scientific results and technological achievements, present diverse perspectives, create opportunities to connect to the research and innovation community and encourage new collaborations. The event is organized jointly by the GATE Institute, Bulgaria and Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden.  

GATE’s session “Data Spaces Enabling City Digital Twins” is a sponsored session within the European Big Data Value Forum. It will take place online on December 2, 2021 (12.00 – 13.00 h EET)  

The Director of the GATE Institute, prof. Silvia Ilieva, participated in the TV conference of Bulgaria ON AIR “Education and Business: Professions of the Future”, on October 27, 2021.