Artificial Intelligence in Citizen Science
Session 2 The current uses of AI in science. The use of AI in science is widespread. This session examines how AI is being applied across a number of stages in the scientific process and across various domains of science.
12h35 – 12h45 (10’) Session introduction and housekeeping by the moderator, Hector Zenil, Professor, Researcher in AI for Scientific Discovery, Turing Institute.
2.1 Uses of AI by stage in the scientific process (1h40) A typology and overview of AI in science (20’). Aishik Ghosh, University of California Irvine; Physics Division, Berkeley Lab; CERN, followed by a Q&A session (5’)
AI-enhanced laboratory robots (20’). Ross King, Professor of Machine Intelligence at Chalmers University of Technology Dr. Patrick Courtney, Leader of the European working group on analytical laboratory automation, followed by a Q&A session (5’)
Tackling data privacy, security and policy challenges in healthcare with Federated Learning (20’). Sezai Taskin, Senior Vice President, Strategic Business Development, Owkin, followed by a Q&A session (5’)
Artificial intelligence in citizen science: an overview of opportunities and risks (20’). Luigi Ceccaroni, James Bibby, Erin Roger, Paul Flemons, Katina Michael, Jessica L. Oliver, Lea Shanley and Alexis Joly, followed by a Q&A session (5’)
Open discussion session 2.1. – All workshop participants plus invited participant observers* (20’)
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Hiroaki Kitano, President and CEO of Sony Computer Science Laboratories, Professor, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology.
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Bart Selman, President, Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), Professor, Department of Computer Science, Cornell University.
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Kenneth D.Forbus, Walter P.Murphy Professor of Computer Science, NorthWestern University.
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Jeremy G.Frey, Professor, Professor of Physical Chemistry, Head of Computational Systems Chemistry, PI AI for Scientific Discovery Network
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Utpal Mangla, Vice President and Senior Partner, IBM.
Citation: Luigi Ceccaroni, James Bibby, Erin Roger, Paul Flemons, Katina Michael, Jessica L. Oliver, Lea Shanley and Alexis Joly, “Artificial intelligence in citizen science: an overview of opportunities and risks”, followed by a Q&A session, AI and the Productivity of Science, Tuesday 2 November 2021, 12:00 – 18:35 (CET). https://www.oecd.org/sti/inno/