Research Stories

Perspectives from DVPS researchers and partners across Europe — how multimodal AI is taking shape in language, health, and environment.

Article

July 13, 2026

Health

Embodied AI: Why Intelligence Needs a Body

Aldo Faisal (Imperial College London) on why the next generation of AI needs perception, action, and memory — intelligence that emerges through continuous interaction with the world, not just fluent text.

Article

July 12, 2026

Language

Europe's AI Future Depends on Shared Computing Power

Marek Kasztelnik and Szymon Mazurek (Cyfronet) on the invisible foundation beneath every AI breakthrough — and why Europe's shared research infrastructure democratizes innovation while underpinning digital sovereignty.

Article

July 1, 2026

Language

Europe as a Natural Laboratory for Multilingual AI

Jan Niehues (KIT) on why intelligence is about interpreting situations, not just generating language — and how Europe's multilingual landscape becomes a driver of more robust, inclusive AI.

Article

June 30, 2026

Environment

Vision-First AI

Konrad Schindler (ETH Zurich) on Earth observation as a perception-first field, where intelligence emerges from combining optical, radar and laser signals into a reliable view of the world.