The first Energy Atlas of Sofia, created by the GATE Institute with lead researcher Dr. Eng. Lidiya Vitanova, combines approaches from geographic information systems (GIS) and statistical methods for assessing energy consumption in buildings with different purposes.

Keith Peter Kiely,  Experienced researcher at GATE, was elected as a Member of the European Digital Media Observatory Executive Board from the quota of the hub representatives. Keith was elected in his capacity of a Scientific Coordinator of BRODhub (led by GATE Institute) for creation of a multinational, multi-stakeholder, and multidisciplinary regional hub for detecting, analysing and combating disinformation circulating in Bulgaria and Romania.

The first AEC Hackathon in Eastern Europe, which took place in Sofia, ended with success. It was hosted by GATE Institute together with the organizers of the biggest hackathon in this field – AEC Hackathon (Architecture, Engineering and Construction Hackathon).

The director of GATE Prof. Sylvia Ilieva is among the founders of the Society of the Future – a community of leaders – innovators, with a vision for tomorrow.

Part of the funds from the organization’s first event go to the Association of Olympic Science Teams.

Prime Minister Acad. Nikolay Denkov and Deputy Prime Minister Maria Gabriel opened the new high-tech building of GATE – the first institute in Bulgaria and South-Eastern Europe in the field of big data and artificial intelligence. They also started the forum “Up to GATE. Technology, Big Data & Beyond. Open Up for Innovation”.

How can we improve the healthcare sector through efficient data utilzation? This will be the main topic of discussion during the dedicated panel session “The data & innovation power for long-life healthy living”, part of our forum „Up to Gate: Technology, Big Data & Beyond. Open Up for Innovation”, which will mark the grand opening of the Institute’s new building.

Disruptive technologies for defence and resilience will be in the focus of a panel during the annual forum „Up to Gate: Technology, Big Data & Beyond. Open Up for Innovation”, which will mark the opening of the Institute’s new building.

The dedicated panel is entitled “Evaluating the Code of practice (CoP) on disinformation in Bulgaria and Romania – measuring compliance, mapping challenges and setting expectations”. It engages in a comprehensive exploration of the important efforts at evaluating VLOSE and VLOPs efforts to comply with the Code of Practice on Disinformation. Beginning with two original pieces of work done by GATE and the Bulgarian Romanian Observatory on Digital Media (BROD) in evaluating compliance with the Code.

Urban Digital Twins, using artificial intelligence (AI) methods, have a key role in the quest for the construction and development of sustainable and smart cities. “Future Cities” will be the focus of the panel “Shaping the Future of Sustainable Cities with Urban Digital Twins and f AI” during the annual conference “Up to GATE. Technology, Big Data & Beyond. Open Up for Innovation”, which will be held on December 5 and 6. It will also mark the opening of the GATE’s new high-tech building.

The Chief of Staff of NATO Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA) Moritz Zimmermann arrives in Bulgaria on November 16, 2023. This is one of his first visits to this post. Zimmermann will visit the Institute “Big data for smart society” (GATE), which from 2022 is NATO’s test centre in the field of big data and artificial intelligence. He will familiarize himself with the high-tech structure of GATE, which the institute will use to provide a range of testing and verification services covering different levels of technological readiness against established European standards.