IRIDIA has been instrumental in the creation of CluePoints, a new company that determines the quality, accuracy and integrity of clinical trials using data-mining algorithms. Data quality is assessed centrally, by comparing the results of the different centers (e.g. hospitals) that participate in the study. This project was at first financed by a FIRST Entreprise Doctor (Region Wallonne) and is still financed by the Region Wallonne, through a BioWin grant in collaboration with IDDI, GSK Pharma and the UCL.

Le manuel indispensable à tout étudiant en informatique (IUT, écoles spécialisées, écoles d'ingénieurs) sur la programmation orientée objet ! Cette sixième édition de l'ouvrage « L'orienté objet » décortique l'ensemble des mécanismes de la programmation objet (classes et objets, interactions entre classes, envois de messages, encapsulation, héritage, polymorphisme, interface, multithreading, sauvegarde des objets, programmation distribuée, modélisation...) en les illustrant d'exemples empruntant aux technologies les plus populaires : Java et C#, C++, Python, PHP 5, UML 2, LINQ mais aussi les services web, Corba, les bases de données objet, différentes manières de résoudre la mise en correspondance relationnel/objet dont le langage innovant de requête objet LINQ et enfin les design patterns. Chaque chapitre est introduit par un dialogue vivant, à la manière du maître et de l'élève, et se complète de nombreux exercices en UML 2, java, Python, PHP 5, C# et C++.

INNOVIRIS (the Brussels institute for research and innovation) has launched in 2011 the "Jeunes Entreprises Innovantes" initiative in order to stimulate innovation of young technological companies within the Brussels-Capital Region. To take part of this competition, the candidates had to develop and submit a triennial strategic plan of innovation.
Twenty companies have applied in 2012. A jury of experts (including scientists and economists) have elected two laureates; D-Sight and Be Park. The funding - about 300.000 euros for each laureate - will help the winners to realize their vision for research and innovation.
D-Sight is a spin-off company from the CoDE-SMG unit of the École polytechnique de Bruxelles (ULB). It develops and distributes decision aid solutions. D-Sight is the ideal software to support decision makers facing decisions characterized by multiple conflicting criteria (financial, technical, environmental, etc.). It helps decision makers to structure, motivate and justify they choices. It is based visual interactive tools and a user-friendly interface that facilitate the decision process. The solutions developed by D-Sight are already used in more than 25 countries.

Research project – A new project called “DeciWeb” will start on September 2012. The project addresses a new paradigm referred to “Business Intelligence 2.0”, which aims to extend the standard BI in several directions including nonstructured data management (e.g., textual data such as emails and blogs), large-scale data management (i.e., distributed storage), service-oriented architectures (web services, cloud computing), and semantic web (e.g., ontologies). DeciWeb is a FIRST DoCA project funded by the Wallonia Region. It is coordinated by CETIC and involves CoDE-WIT and the Department of Service and Information System Engineering (ESSI) of the Universitat Polytècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona.

Summer School Organization – The Second European Business Intelligence Summer School (eBISS 2012) will be organized by the WIT laboratory. It will take place from July 15 to 21 in Brussels, Belgium.