ALANA is a start-up company creating technology that’s redefining the role of Conversational AI by considering everything human conversation gives us. ALANA works on some of the most complex and interesting challenges in AI. Their partnership with the Interaction Lab at Heriot-Watt University gives us direct access to the very latest thinking in Conversational AI, natural language processing, computational linguistics, and deep learning. ALANA uses this research and vision to build solutions that are changing the way we interact with machines. Their world-class research has resulted in hundreds of peer-reviewed papers.

 

Role in the project

​

• Virtual assistants’ creation and deployment

• Work package 6 leader