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Gyöngyi Kovács and Nina Lindfors new members of Arcada's board

Kovács and Lindfors were elected to the board of Arcada University of Applied Sciences during the Annual General Meeting in May. Marcus Rantala continues as Chairman of the Board. 

Category: Press release

New Arcada project aims to create AI algorithms to recognise Swedish dialects in Finland

A speech recognition research project developing and testing AI algorithms that will recognise some of the different Swedish-speaking dialects across Finland has been launched by Arcada University of Applied Sciences in cooperation with Åbo Akademi University and StageZero Technologies.  

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Arcada takes next step in Ethics and AI research – Roberto V. Zicari new affiliated professor

Professor Roberto V. Zicari, founder of the Frankfurt Big Data Lab at Goethe University and leading the Z-Inspection® initiative, becomes one of Arcada’s affiliated professors. With the appointment, Arcada wants to further strengthen its focus on research in artificial intelligence, especially knowledge of ethical issues related to the field. 

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Arcada and Prakticum are launching new career center

A new career center will begin operations in Arabianranta, Helsinki next week. Karriärcenter Arabia, which is launched by Arcada, Prakticum and Sveps, will offer versatile councelling services in Swedish for young people and adults. 

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Arcada's nursing programme best in Finland

Arcada's nursing students are the most satisfied with their education in a comparison between the Finnish universities of applied sciences. This is shown by the AVOP survey 2020, a response survey for students at the universities of applied sciences who are in the final stages of their studies. 

Category: Education