On December 10th, Imec hosted the third physical workshop of the Central Supernode at its headquarters in Leuven. Partners from the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and France gathered to share progress, explore new ideas, and strengthen collaboration across the TEF network. The day combined insightful updates from all four nodes with hands-on experiences, including a tour of imec’s cleanroom and a live demonstration of our sensor rig, a car equipped with advanced sensors to enhance spatial awareness for autonomous vehicles and enable the development of next-generation AI models
The physical meeting started with status updates from all nodes and partners. One highlight from the status updates came from the City of Eindhoven. While progress had been slower initially, Eindhoven has now shifted into full motion, introducing three experiments that are in preparation or already underway. Another sign of growing momentum across the network. After the updates from all four nodes, the workshop shifted gears toward hands-on experiences. All partners were toured in imec’s state-of-the-art cleanroom facilities and got a glimpse into the precision and innovation that power semiconductor research. The day’s technical highlight was the live demonstration of imec's sensor rig: a car equipped with advanced sensing technologies designed to enhance spatial awareness for autonomous vehicles and serve as a test vehicle (pun intended) for next-generation AI models.
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Beyond the demonstrations, the heart of the workshop lay in its collaborative sessions. Partners engaged in dynamic brainstorming around four critical themes for cross-TEF synergy:
- Business Development Alignment: how can we harmonize strategies to amplify impact across nodes?
- Anomaly Detection in Traffic Data: can we pool expertise to tackle this shared challenge more effectively?
- Data Provisioning for Simulation Validation: can we provision real-life, robust and accurate datasets for model testing?
- LLM Performance Assessment: how do we create a comprehensive framework to evaluate large language models?
These discussions were not just theoretical, they sparked actionable ideas and reinforced the value of working together across borders and disciplines.
These physical meetings are more than meetings. They are a proof of the strength of collaboration. By sharing knowledge, exchanging perspectives, and building trust, we create a unified approach that ensures any customer engaging with the TEF experiences seamless cooperation and benefits from the combined expertise of partners across the consortium.