A Strategic Collaboration for Innovation

Celebrating our collaboration with UBS

A Strategic Collaboration for Innovation

IDSIA collaborates with UBS to drive AI innovation in finance. The partnership spans GWM, P&C, Risk, Group Legal, Group Treasury, and more, aligning research with real-world impact.

Harnessing AI for Financial Excellence

We combine IDSIA's AI expertise with UBS's leadership to build systems that enhance decision-making, risk management, and operational efficiency.

Progress Through Partnership

Close collaboration between research and industry turns ideas into impact. Our joint work focuses on deployable AI with measurable value.

Selected Projects

In collaboration with UBS, IDSIA advances AI research and development across banking applications. We translate cutting-edge methods into deployable systems.

Focus areas include next-generation risk management, AI-assisted forecasting, and regulatory alignment. We are currently scaling up our collaboration, with a variety of projects being onboarded. At present, we are executing around 10 active initiatives, with nearly 100 people involved across IDSIA and UBS.

Below, we highlight two selected projects.

People

Oleg Szehr

Oleg Szehr

Chief Scientist & Scientific Manager

IDSIA

Marco Zaffalon

Marco Zaffalon

Collaboration Oversight & Senior Manager

IDSIA

Stefania Stan

Stefania Stan

AI Academia Strategy & Research Lead

UBS

Fernando de Meer Pardo

Fernando de Meer Pardo

AI Researcher

IDSIA

Maria Camila Sebastiani

Maria Camila Sebastiani

AI Researcher

IDSIA

Rolands Repetto

Rolands Repetto

AI Researcher

UBS

David Kletz

David Kletz

AI Researcher

IDSIA

Elena Franchini

Elena Franchini

AI Researcher

IDSIA

Adrian Cosma

Adrian Cosma

AI Researcher

IDSIA

Marzio Lunghi

Marzio Lunghi

AI Researcher

UBS

Alessandro Antonucci

Alessandro Antonucci

AI Researcher

IDSIA

Oscar William Lithgow-Serrano

Oscar William Lithgow-Serrano

AI Researcher

IDSIA

Miroslav Štrupl

Miroslav Štrupl

AI Researcher

IDSIA

Michele Inchingolo

Michele Inchingolo

AI Researcher

IDSIA

Marco Pierbattista

Marco Pierbattista

AI Researcher & UBS Associate Director

UBS

Claudio Ricci

Claudio Ricci

AI Researcher

UBS

Claudio Bonesana

Claudio Bonesana

AI Researcher & Project Manager

IDSIA

Vito Vargetto

Vito Vargetto

AI Researcher

UBS

Mert Kayaalp

Mert Kayaalp

AI Researcher

IDSIA

Lorenzo Varese

Lorenzo Varese

AI Researcher

IDSIA

Vani Kanjirangat

Vani Kanjirangat

AI Researcher

IDSIA

Lea Multerer

Lea Multerer

AI Researcher

IDSIA

UBS