{"id":12624,"date":"2026-01-14T12:15:42","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T10:15:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aire-edih.eu\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=12624"},"modified":"2026-01-14T12:15:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T10:15:42","slug":"aire-club-44-multimodal-ai-combining-language-and-vision-for-better-results","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/aire-edih.eu\/en\/event\/aire-club-44-multimodal-ai-combining-language-and-vision-for-better-results\/","title":{"rendered":"AIRE Club #44: Multimodal AI \u2013 Combining Language and Vision for Better Results"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"47\"><strong data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"47\">sTARTUp Day, Friday, 30.01 at 11 side-events room<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"49\" data-end=\"172\"><strong>AIRE Club #44: Multimodal AI \u2013 Combining Language and Vision for Better Results<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"174\" data-end=\"600\">Multimodal AI models offer strong potential, but today they often fall short in delivering the real-time accuracy needed for complex tasks like object counting or critical defect detection. This presentation examines why a single model is rarely sufficient, how combining language and vision models improves results, and which technical solutions and limitations shape their integration.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"174\" data-end=\"600\">All the sTARTUp Day ticketholders are welcome, but please let us know you are joining us:\u00a0<a class=\"decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/tartuteaduspark.typeform.com\/to\/kalzF8Xo\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"602\" data-end=\"650\">https:\/\/tartuteaduspark.typeform.com\/to\/kalzF8Xo<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"174\" data-end=\"600\"><strong>Speakers:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"652\" data-end=\"1061\"><strong data-start=\"652\" data-end=\"669\">Martin Rebane<\/strong><br data-start=\"669\" data-end=\"672\" \/>Head of AI at Sparkup Tartu Science Park<br data-start=\"718\" data-end=\"721\" \/><br data-start=\"748\" data-end=\"751\" \/>Martin has been developing and implementing practical AI systems since 2011. He earned a PhD in artificial intelligence from the University of Warwick in the UK. He possesses extensive hands-on experience in designing and deploying AI-based systems and processes for various organizations.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1063\" data-end=\"1531\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"><strong data-start=\"1063\" data-end=\"1082\">Ida Maria Orula<\/strong><br data-start=\"1082\" data-end=\"1085\" \/>AI Developer at Sparkup Tartu Science Park<br data-start=\"1122\" data-end=\"1125\" \/><br data-start=\"1153\" data-end=\"1156\" \/>Ida Maria holds a Master\u2019s in Computer Science from the University of Tartu. In her studies, she specialized in health informatics and pharmacogenetics. 2021. In 2021, she joined the sTARTUp Day team\u2014first as a volunteer, later as the Program Manager. She is now working as an AI developer at the Sparkup Tartu Science Park. Ida Maria is a language enthusiast with a goal to speak 12 languages by 2030.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>sTARTUp Day, Friday, 30.01 at 11 side-events room AIRE Club #44: Multimodal AI \u2013 Combining Language and Vision for Better Results Multimodal AI models offer strong potential, but today they [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":12623,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":"","_tec_slr_enabled":"","_tec_slr_layout":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[59],"class_list":["post-12624","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tribe_events_cat-aire-club","cat_aire-club"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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