AI Technological watch and guidance and AI Technical tests and Feasibility Study
Service Description
Overview
This service helps SMEs explore the potential of AI technologies and assess their feasibility before committing to a development or major technology choice. Multitel can support the customer in clarifying the application need, technological question, requirements and constraints, and then identify relevant AI approaches. Depending on the customer’s needs, the service can include a technological watch of emerging AI methods, comparison of potential technical approaches, exploratory analyses and technical tests on available data. The objective is to provide evidence-based guidance on whether and how an AI-based approach should be pursued, while considering technical limitations, performance expectations, healthcare requirements and constraints associated with the intended application.
How can the service help you?
The service is intended for SMEs and technology developers that are considering the use of AI but need expert support to clarify their technological needs, identify relevant technologies and determine whether the envisaged approach is technically feasible.
Before the service, the customer may have a healthcare need, an initial idea, available data or an existing technological concept, without necessarily having identified the most appropriate AI approach or clearly formulated the technical question to be addressed.
Multitel supports the customer in translating this need into a clearer technological problem and defining the relevant requirements and constraints. Its expertise in machine learning and deep learning, computer vision, multimodal data analysis, predictive and sequential modelling, signal processing and Trustworthy AI can then be used to investigate relevant technological options and, where needed, perform exploratory technical tests to assess feasibility.
After the service, the customer has a clearer definition of the technological problem and receives documented conclusions and recommendations on relevant AI approaches, their feasibility, identified limitations and possible next steps for development or validation. When included in the agreed scope, the service may also result in a first proof of concept (PoC) demonstrating the technical feasibility of a selected approach on the available data.
How will the service be delivered?
The service starts once the objectives, scope, available information or data and expected outcomes have been agreed with the customer during the quotation phase.
Depending on the agreed scope, Multitel performs a targeted technological watch and/or feasibility study. The work may include a review of relevant AI approaches, analysis of the customer’s technical constraints and available data, comparison of candidate technologies, and exploratory technical tests when required to assess feasibility. Exploratory work can lead to a first Proof-of-Concept.
Intermediate findings can be discussed with the customer when relevant. At the end of the service, Multitel presents the conclusions, identified limitations and recommendations for possible next steps. The main results are documented in a feasibility report.
The service is carried out by Multitel’s experts and does not require the customer to be on site. Customer interactions can be organized remotely. The execution time depends on the scope of the technological investigation, the complexity of the use case and whether technical tests are required, and is defined during the quotation phase.
Use cases/examples
Example 1 – Feasibility of AI for a new healthcare application
A healthcare SME has collected sensor and clinical data and is considering adding an AI component to its solution but does not know which modelling approach would be appropriate or whether the available data are sufficient. Multitel reviews the technological options and available data and performs exploratory tests on selected approaches.
Outcome: the SME receives a feasibility report describing the most promising approaches, observed limitations, technical risks and recommendations for subsequent development.
Example 2 – Technological watch before selecting an AI approach
An SME plans a new AI-enabled medical application and needs to understand which recent AI technologies could address its use case. Multitel conducts a targeted technological watch, compares relevant approaches according to the customer’s requirements and identifies their respective advantages, limitations and maturity.
Outcome: the SME receives documented guidance supporting its technology choice and a clearer roadmap for the next development or experimentation activities.
These prices are without VAT.