
Nonetheless, it is not trivial to gauge how your business may benefit from AI. For that reason, the EluciDATA Lab at Sirris can give you all the inspiration, advice and support you need. Even if you are only just about to embark on your data project, we can help you reach your company’s goals with AI — no matter what sector or niche you operate in.
Is there business potential in your data? Is your data innovation idea feasible? And which technology is most suitable to tackle your business challenges? Our experts will help you to answer all these questions, but do not stop there. You can count on their full support throughout the implementation of your project, up to and including proof-of-concept realisations.

- Identify and validate business opportunities via feasibility studies
- Realise a proof-of-concept for your specific use case
- Act as a sounding board for your R&D team
- Launch innovative R&D projects in collaboration with you
- Work together to find the right service providers
- Share knowledge through Mastercourses and AI Starter Kits
For which companies?

AI Mastercourses
Gain inspiration and knowledge
What can AI do for your business? Participate in our introductory webinar ‘Understanding what Artificial Intelligence is about’ to gain knowledge and inspiration. This interactive session is aimed particularly at SMEs with limited previous experience in data science or that are only just embarking on their data journey.
Find out how data innovation works
Gain more insight into the different steps of the data analysis process. Our Mastercourse Cycle ‘Data innovation beyond the hype’ will provide you with practical training and webinars on the ins and outs of data-driven innovation and AI. This course consists of four modules, each focusing on different steps in the data innovation process.
Solve a specific business challenge
Are you looking for state-of-the-art insights on data and AI to tackle a specific industrial challenge? If so, our focus modules are definitely the right fit. In these interactive sessions, we will explore the possibilities of using data science and AI to solve a particular business problem or to take on new challenges in your sector.
AI Starter Kit Platform

Perhaps you want to explore the world of AI on your own. Our digital AI Starter Kit Platform offers the possibility to gain hands-on experience with different AI-based solution methodologies, applied to several industrial cases. Our Starter Kits use practical examples to illustrate how data science and machine-learning methods are used and combined with each other in a data-driven methodology.
Identify your Starter Kit
One set of Starter Kits focuses on practical industrial challenges such as remaining useful life estimation or resource demand forecasting. Other Starter Kits zoom into specific techniques used in the various steps of the data science process, including advanced data visualisation, data exploration, and time-series preprocessing.
The AI Starter Kit Platform allows you to get started immediately in a ready-to-use interactive environment, supported by intuitive video tutorials. Do you need additional support? Subscribe for one of our ‘Bring your own data’ workshops, in which we get you started on how to apply the AI Starter Kit solution on your own problem setting.
What are the advantages?
- Validated AI methodology for industrial applications
- Embedded in a ready-to-use platform, supported by video tutorials and complemented with additional training courses
- Interactive format, illustrated by real-world datasets

Join the Sirris EluciDATA Community
Keep up with the latest developments and trends in the world of data and AI, and join our Sirris EluciDATA Community. Membership will allow you to have access to a unique network of colleagues, partners, and experts. Together, we can help you find solutions to specific business challenges a lot more quickly.
What are the benefits of membership?
- Be the first to learn about emerging technologies
- Free access to two community events per year
- Unique interactions with colleagues experiencing common challenges
- Collaborate with others in joint R&D projects
A proven industrial track record in data-driven AI
As the collective centre for and by the technological industry, Sirris is committed to stimulating data innovation among Belgian companies. Our expertise lies in data-driven AI. This means we focus on industrial use cases and technological challenges which are difficult to solve via straightforward application of traditional AI algorithms.
Most often, this is due to a mismatch between the strict requirements these algorithms impose on the data, and the characteristics of the data that is actually available in real-world settings. We rely on our extensive experience and creative mindset as data scientists to exploit the data in clever ways and address such challenges.
By joining forces with the Sirris EluciDATA Lab, you will have direct access to a core team of 20 data and AI experts, all with extensive expertise in solving real-world challenges with advanced data science and AI methods, and a proven track record in realizing data-driven proof-of-concepts in diverse industrial application scenarios.