Machine Learning in Science would like to invite you to take part in our 2024 conference. We hope to bring researchers together to share knowledge on machine learning, foster interdisciplinary collaboration and enhance research.

Themes

ML in Healthcare

Over the past years, AI has emerged as a transformative force in automating tasks such as time-series monitoring and image screening. By gathering patient data and logging healthcare-professional activities, AI further promises to alleviate the burden on overworked NHS staff, ensuring precision and efficiency and allowing our healthcare services to re-allocate resources to where they are needed most. Additionally, AI-driven diagnostics can enhance early detection and treatment of diseases, improving patient outcomes. The integration of AI in psychology promises personalized mental health interventions, revolutionizing patient care by offering tailored therapeutic approaches based on individual patient data. This theme explores the forefront of medical innovation with machine learning.

ML for Climate Sustainability

Climate sustainability is a pressing issue today, with global warming posing challenges such as droughts, desertification, and flooding. As the climate shifts, relying solely on historical data becomes less reliable for predicting weather, necessitating more accurate weather models. Industries like agriculture and logging rely on these models for informed decision-making. Moreover, AI’s power requirements in current data centers contribute to climate change, demanding energy-efficient solutions such as neuromorphic computing. In this theme, we delve into how AI can model ecosystems, climate, and weather, and explore novel hardware to reduce AI’s power consumption, thereby paving the way for a sustainable future and addressing the intertwined challenges of technological advancement and environmental stewardship.

The AI Augmented Researcher

The fusion of machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) with research methodologies has revolutionized scientific inquiry. These technologies empower researchers to analyze intricate datasets, unveil hidden patterns, and make precise predictions, spanning various disciplines. Current large language models can approximate literature reviews and suggest experiment improvements, while multi-modal models can identify errors in mathematical derivations, further enhancing research accuracy and efficiency. By leveraging these capabilities, researchers can accelerate discovery, tackle previously insurmountable challenges, and unveil novel insights, driving innovation and progress in their fields. We invite submissions on the topic of AI and ML as tools to enable and augment new research methods.

AI security

As artificial intelligence (AI) evolves, ensuring its security is crucial. Our fourth theme will explore various aspects of AI security, such as identifying and mitigating threats, safeguarding sensitive data, and enhancing the resilience of AI systems. Advances in drone identification use AI to enhance airspace security, while anomaly detection algorithms identify unusual patterns indicating security breaches. Techniques like machine learning (ML) unlearning ensure data privacy by selectively removing data from AI models. We will also examine adversarial attacks and the defenses against them, investigating both the vulnerabilities exploited by such attacks and the innovative measures developed to counter them. We invite submissions on these and other relevant topics to enhance the trustworthiness of AI systems.

Venue

The conference will be held on the 21st and 22nd of August 2024 in the Advanced Research Centre, which hosts a multi-disciplinary collaborative research environment at the University of Glasgow.

Schedule

Organisers

Valentin Kapitany

Oliver Neill

Jack Radford

Philip Binner

Andrew McAvenue

Paul Wagenaar

Mansa Madhusudan

Vytas Gradauskas

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