Jens Bontinck

Jens Bontinck holds a pivotal role in the Office of the CTO, where he has significantly contributed to the advancement of machine learning technologies in diverse sectors. He has been instrumental in implementing machine learning to improve battery performance on Saroléa superbikes, a project highlighted in a testimonial for its impact on enhancing vehicle efficiency. Bontinck also provided insights for an AI-driven solution used in the EU Council Newsroom for annotating media assets, where he evaluated both technical feasibility and potential ethical risks. His work with ML6 includes a collaboration with Accolade Wines, where he helped implement a machine learning process that successfully prevented wine loss, saving approximately 1 million litres of wine annually. Furthermore, Bontinck discussed the acceleration of artificial intelligence adoption in Keypoint’s platform through securing innovation funds and establishing necessary pipelines and APIs. Additionally, he shared his experience with ML6 on a project for VRT news, where natural language processing was used to automate the creation of news summaries, thereby enhancing journalistic efficiency by speeding up summary creation and suggesting alternative wordings.