Save the date: 8th CTSA Ontology Workshop "AI and Complex Systems in Biomedicine"

[Bill Hogan]

Save the date!  Details are below. If you wish to present, please contact the organizers (listed below) with a brief, one paragraph proposal.

What: The Eighth Clinical and Translational Science Award Ontology Workshop

Title: AI and Complex Systems in Biomedicine
 
Save the Date: Mar 16-18, 2022 (Wed to Fri)

Location: Orlando, Florida, USA.

Venue: Embassy Suites Kissimmee, FL (20 minutes from Orlando airport). A block of rooms will be available as well, and we will announce the block code in coming weeks. 

Registration: A link to register will be forthcoming.  We currently anticipate free to register, but that is subject to change. 

Organizers:  Barry Smith, Jobst Landgrebe, Bill Hogan

Opening Tutorial: Jobst Landgrebe, Cognotekt GmbH

Abstract:

“Google’s deep-learning program for determining the 3D shapes of proteins stands to transform biology, say scientists.”

An optimism of this sort as to the potential of AI is shared by many working in the field of clinical and translational science. The purpose of this workshop is to explore the basis for this optimism, by looking at successes and failures of AI in different areas of biomedicine. Potential topics to be explored are:

• Can NLP build useful medical ontologies?
• Machine learning and the role of ontology
• AI and team science
• AI and medical diagnosis and clinical decision support
• The limits of AI when applied to complex systems
• Complex systems and the replication crisis
• AI in therapeutic decision making
• AI in modelling cell biology
• AI in modelling systems biology
• AI-driven cell ontology
• The challenges of implementing AI in healthcare

 The tutorial will reflect on the questions of what will be the domain of medicine that will benefit most from AI and how will it impact the way we work in research and medical care? 

Outline of Agenda: (starting and stopping times for official agenda each day in bold)

Wednesday March 16th

9a-12p  Working session on the ontology of social determinants of health

12p-1p  Lunch (available to all, not just working session participants)

1p-1:15p  Welcome and overview

1:15p-3:15p Opening Tutorial by Jobst Landgrebe, Cognotekt GmbH

3:15-3:30 Break

3:30-5:00 Presentations

5:30p  Reception

Thursday March 17th

9a-5p  Presentations with breaks and lunch provided

Friday March 18th

9a-12p  Working session and discussion of next steps, closing

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