by Ciarán Bryce, Daniel Celeny, André Charneca, Tugrul Daim, Marc Greuter, Andrei Kucharavy, Loïc Maréchal, Natalia Ostapuk, Dimitri Percia David, Alon Shahak, Maxime Würsch, Haydar Yalcin | Jun 23, 2023 | Podcasts
About Members of the Swiss Technology Observatory community met in Sachseln (Obwalden) in end of June 2023 and gave presentations on key topics such as scouting and technology and market monitoring. The event brought together many participants from the DDPS,...
by Dimitri Percia David, Santiago Anton Moreno, Loïc Maréchal, Thomas Maillart, Alain Mermoud | Mar 28, 2023 | Publications, Scientific Articles
Abstract We use a unique database of digital, and cybersecurity hires from Swiss organizations and develop a method based on a temporal bi-partite network, which combines local and global indices through a Support Vector Machine. We predict the appearance and...
by Andrei Kucharavy, Zachary Schillaci, Loïc Maréchal, Maxime Würsch, Ljiljana Dolamic, Remi Sabonnadiere, Dimitri Percia David, Alain Mermoud, Vincent Lenders | Mar 21, 2023 | Podcasts, Publications, Technology Reviews
Abstract Generative Language Models gained significant attention in late 2022 / early 2023, notably with the introduction of models refined to act consistently with users’ expectations of interactions with AI (conversational models). Arguably the focal point of...
by Alexander Glavackij, Dimitri Percia David, Alain Mermoud, Angelika Romanou, Karl Aberer | Nov 29, 2022 | Publications, Scientific Articles
Abstract Because of the considerable heterogeneity and complexity of the technological landscape, building accurate models to forecast is a challenging endeavor. Due to their high prevalence in many complex systems, S-curves are a popular forecasting approach in...
by François Burguet, Loïc Maréchal, Alain Mermoud | Nov 7, 2022 | Publications, Scientific Articles
Abstract This paper revisits the study of Cochrane (2005), to estimate the risk and returns of venture capital investments while correcting for the selection bias. We use an up-to-date dataset and enhance it to account for missing firm valuations using machine...
