Professor of Economics of Artificial Intelligence and Innovation
Simone Vannuccini is Chair of Economics of Artificial Intelligence and Innovation at the University Côte d'Azur and the laboratory GREDEG-CNRS in Nice, France. There, together with his team (called chAIre), he leads research and teaching on the topic of AI Economics, which includes the organisation of VOILA! seminars. His current work explores how the AI industry is developing: who and how innovates, whether we are heading towards an increasingly concentrated and integrated AI market, and what are the implications of this for policy, in particular (European) industrial policy and competition policy. At the same time, Simone is very interested in the nature of technology; hence, some of his projects investigate the relationship between technical features and firm strategy. He studies that in the context of robotics, remote sensing, and most recently in the convergences of large language models and robots as a case of 'embodied AI'.
The motivation behind launching VOILA! was to create a platform where the most up-to-date research on AI can meet a critical view of the technology that downplays the hype and favours inclusivity and access. Together with Lucile Sassatelli, Ekaterina Prytkova, and the EFELIA and Chair teams, we thought that an initiative such as VOILA! would represent the best type of scientific dialogue: one that leaves no one behind!
The motivation behind launching VOILA! was to create a platform where the most up-to-date research on AI can meet a critical view of the technology that downplays the hype and favours inclusivity and access. Together with Lucile Sassatelli, Ekaterina Prytkova, and the EFELIA and Chair teams, we thought that an initiative such as VOILA! would represent the best type of scientific dialogue: one that leaves no one behind!