Penny
Labropoulou
Penny Labropoulou
Researcher
Athens | Greece
Biography
Penny Labropoulou is a Principal Applications Researcher at the Institute for Language and Speech Processing/R.C. "Athena", working mainly in the area of Language Resources and Technologies Infrastructures.
She is currently involved in the European Language Data Space, leading the metadata model specifications and semantic interoperability activities, and collaborating as a core member in the design, specifications and development of the technical platform. She has extensive experience in similar initiatives and projects (European Language Grid, CLARIN:EL, OpenMinTeD, ELRC-SHARE, META-SHARE) and has been one of the main authors of the META-SHARE ontology for the documentation of language resources.
Her interests include metadata modeling, semantic web technologies, linguistic linked data and ontologies, and alignment of ontologies, as well as licensing and ethical issues for the exploitation of language resources.
Her interests and previous activities include the design and implementation of monolingual and multilingual computational lexica and user dictionaries.
Speaker session
Parallel Track 2 (Technical): From Cloud to Edge: Implementing AI, Privacy, and the Data Act
THE ARC
This session examines the shift from cloud to edge computing, driven by the rise of AI and concerns about sustainability and privacy. As cloud computing peaks, edge computing emerges, offering data processing and storage closer to data sources and consumers. Granting smart devices the capability to process data at the source independently greatly advances data sovereignty and privacy, where the user has full and individual control over personal data. We will explore how edge computing can democratise data, empowering users and communities in line with the AI and Data Act, and discuss its implications across various domains.
Moderation: Raf Buyle, Digitaal Vlaanderen & Athumi
Viivi Lähteenoja
Senior advisor
Helsinki | Finland
Biography
Viivi is a data strategy, policy, and ethics professional, researcher and advocate. She works towards human-centric and ethically sustainable personal data to benefit people and societies in and with companies, nonprofits, academic institutions, and the public sector. She has appeared in events alongside pioneers like Sir Tim Berners-Lee and Lawrence Lessig, spoken at events hosted by, e.g., the World Economic Forum, the World Bank, and the European Commission, and provided expert testimony for the European Parliament on digital regulation.
Speaker session
Parallel Track 2 (Technical): From Cloud to Edge: Implementing AI, Privacy, and the Data Act
THE ARC
This session examines the shift from cloud to edge computing, driven by the rise of AI and concerns about sustainability and privacy. As cloud computing peaks, edge computing emerges, offering data processing and storage closer to data sources and consumers. Granting smart devices the capability to process data at the source independently greatly advances data sovereignty and privacy, where the user has full and individual control over personal data. We will explore how edge computing can democratise data, empowering users and communities in line with the AI and Data Act, and discuss its implications across various domains.
Moderation: Raf Buyle, Digitaal Vlaanderen & Athumi
Andre Lapa
Head of Digital Service Delivery & Content
Lisbon | Portugal
Biography
Speaker session
Parallel Track 2 (Technical): From Cloud to Edge: Implementing AI, Privacy, and the Data Act
THE ARC
This session examines the shift from cloud to edge computing, driven by the rise of AI and concerns about sustainability and privacy. As cloud computing peaks, edge computing emerges, offering data processing and storage closer to data sources and consumers. Granting smart devices the capability to process data at the source independently greatly advances data sovereignty and privacy, where the user has full and individual control over personal data. We will explore how edge computing can democratise data, empowering users and communities in line with the AI and Data Act, and discuss its implications across various domains.
Moderation: Raf Buyle, Digitaal Vlaanderen & Athumi