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The benefits of Transfer Learning for the European steel industryTransfer learning is a widely used technique in machine learning and artificial intelligence, and it’s not surprising. In today’s article, we will discover how transfer learning works, what makes it so...

LCA in the ALCHIMIA projectFabio Claps, SSSA The awareness regarding environment protection and the possible impacts of goods production is continuously increasing, as the interest towards techniques and methods to evaluate and reduce these impacts. ALCHIMIA project...

Alchimia Project Ex-ante Evaluation FindingsBy Rachel Hale, Dean Stroud, Martin Weinel and Vinicio Di Iorio The ALCHIMIA Project social science research team has contributed to the project’s latest deliverable with its analysis of social requirements and human-centric...

'The importance of the SDGs in the ALCHIMIA Project'The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are the global goals created by the United Nations that revolve around working towards a more sustainable development and future. In 2015, they were adopted by 193 countries....

ALCHIMIA: Revolutionizing Metalworking with AI for Sustainable ProductionIn the vast realm of steelmaking, where colossal numbers dominate the landscape, CELSA Group emerges as a global recycler, producing around 7 million tons of steel each year. To generate these 7...

Transforming for a Sustainable Future: Fonderia di Torbole and the ALCHIMIA ProjectFor Fonderia di Torbole, the ALCHIMIA project is an integral part of the activities where to develop a path of energy and environmental sustainability of business processes, in order to...

Atos and Federated LearningIn 2023, it is almost impossible to see the news, read a newspaper or check social networks without being flooded with new usages of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Nowadays AI is everywhere, having an exponential growth that seems not to have...

As far as understanding the mission that the ALCHIMIA Project is undertaking, there is no better place to start than an interview with the coordinator, Jesus Benedicto Cirujeda. Here, he talks about what ALCHIMIA is trying to achieve, what distinguishes it from other...

By James Lloyd, Giorgos Nomikos, Marcos Varveris The European steel industry is highly competitive, particularly in the recycled steel sector. As a result, steel plants closely guard their processes and do not share their knowledge with their competitors. While...

By Rachel Hale, Dean Stroud and Martin Weinel The ALCHIMIA project is starting with the elicitation of the requirements of stakeholders, including shop-floor workers, to provide a solution that will be human-centred. The ambition of ALCHIMIA is to empower and augment...