NEC Laboratories Europe

The heart of #NEC are its researchers, leading technological discovery and developing real-life applications that are transforming science and industry. Collaborating in cross-disciplinary teams, our researchers pride themselves on developing new solutions for a brighter future.

@NECLabsEU & NEC Labs Singapore showcased an #AI-powered prototype elderly care app at #CHIInnovate2025. Featuring a multi-agent mobile app, it integrates wearables to monitor #health, manage appointments & offer personalised support. Learn more: neclab.eu/research-group…. #NECLabs

Last week was our annual #NECLabs summer party. We rocked out to our house band, NECstasy, spending the perfect evening with friends and colleagues against a backdrop of green fields and clear skies.

We hosted a talk by @joshuaongg21, Visiting Researcher at @EdinburghNLP and incoming PhD Student at @imperialcollege @ImperialX_AI, on applying symbolic reasoning and theorem-prover autoformalisation in mathematical reasoning. Watch here: youtu.be/TuXu7Hp4HE8?si…. #NECLabs #LLM

Our latest research presents a framework that enhances deep #graphnetworks by optimizing message depth and filtering, effectively modeling long-range interactions while overcoming limitations like oversmoothing and underreaching. Learn how: neclab.eu/research-group…. #NECLabs #ML

Our new strategy enhances context attribution in #LLMs by generating synthetic data for fine-tuning smaller models. It improves #AI accuracy in question answering, outperforms larger models & boosts real-world fact-checking efficiency. Learn how: neclab.eu/research-group…. #NECLabs

Our innovative modular #AI framework for differential diagnosis improves accuracy and transparency in #medicalAI applications through iterative learning, a history-taking simulator and specialized agents. Learn more in our #ACL25 accepted paper: neclab.eu/research-group…. #NECLabs

Our new physics-informed method for training machine-learned #interatomicpotentials addresses atomistic simulation challenges by improving robustness & accuracy, reducing errors & minimizing data needs. Learn how in our #ICML2025 accepted paper: neclab.eu/research-group…. #NECLabs

Our novel research uses #quantumcomputing to enhance forward error correction in dense #RANs. It cuts block error rate & boosts efficiency, outperforming existing methods without heavy optimization. Learn how: neclab.eu/research-group…. #NECLabs #6G

Our innovative AI-powered platform advances #materialdesign by transforming unstructured data into valuable insights, cutting down trial-and-error & speeding up production with smarter #datamanagement. Learn how: youtu.be/iqh5is8Dq4c. #NECLabs

Our new method enhances urban #airquality data through transfer learning. We expanded NO2 data coverage in Madrid from 98 km² to 253 km², tackling data gaps and supporting better #urbanplanning and #publichealth outcomes. Learn how: neclab.eu/research-group…. #NECLabs #smartcities

Our novel system – RISENSE – seamlessly integrates reconfigurable intelligent surfaces into #5G networks with cost-effective, real-time adaptability, boosting coverage & creating smarter #wirelessenvironments. Learn how in our @ACMMobiSys paper: neclab.eu/research-group…. #NECLabs

Congratulations to B. Bütün, D. de Andrés Hernández, M. Gucciardo & M. Fiore from @NECLabsEU, @IMDEA_Networks & @uc3m on winning #BestPaperAward at INFOCOM 2025 for DUNE – a framework for deploying #ML models in #network user planes! Learn more: neclab.eu/research-group…. #NECLabs

We hosted an insightful talk by @seungonekim, PhD candidate at @LTIatCMU, on the vital role of #syntheticdata in #languagemodel post-training. To learn about his insights from an innovative benchmark that evaluates LMs data generation capabilities, watch: youtu.be/HQ4v_D-3inM.

Watch NEC Senior Research Engineer Dr. Daniel Oñoro Rubio explain how our materials informatics platform can help the materials industry speed up #materialdiscovery & development, ensure regulatory compliance & uncover business opportunities. youtu.be/1YgToKtBnHQ #NECLabs #AI

Smart factories face emergency risks. Our novel smart energy-aware orchestrator helps #firstresponders in #robotic #searchandrescue missions by optimizing energy. Learn how it achieves a 10% boost in exploration rate and up to 97% map coverage: neclab.eu/research-group…. #NECLabs

Our new benchmark – AL4PDE – uses active learning to solve partial differential equations more efficiently with #neuralnetworks. It reduces data needs and lowers errors by up to 71% compared to random sampling. Learn how: neclab.eu/research-group…. #NECLabs #AI #MachineLearning

Our new #deeplearning system ensures privacy in #machinelearning as a service (MLaaS) by creating anonymized data representations while maintaining task accuracy. Learn how in our IEEE Transactions on Privacy 2024 paper: neclab.eu/research-group…. #NECLabs

Our novel real-time resource allocation algorithm for virtualized O-RAN platforms uses online learning to optimize resources & ensure fairness among vBSs. Our tests show major efficiency & reliability gains over current methods. Learn more: neclab.eu/research-group…. #NECLabs #5G

Deploying #ML models in #networks is challenging due to hardware limits. Our new framework distributes tasks across devices, improving inference accuracy by up to 7.5% while saving resources. Learn how in our IEEE INFOCOM 2025 accepted paper: neclab.eu/research-group… #NECLabs

While #LLMs boost productivity, debugging their inconsistent behavior is still a challenge. Our novel sensitivity & consistency metrics can help improve #promptengineering, enhancing LLM reliability & effectiveness in complex systems. Learn how: neclab.eu/research-group…. #NECLabs