International Symposium on Applications of Artificial Intelligence
September 27 - 28, 2018
Overview
The German-Canadian Centre for Innovation and Research, in cooperation with the University of Alberta Faculty of Science, the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (AMII), Future Energy Systems, the Embassy of France in Canada, the Consulate General of the Czech Republic in Toronto, CzechInvest, and the German Centre for Research and Innovation - New York, are proud to present an international, interdisciplinary symposium around the applications of Artificial Intelligence to a variety of different sectors and fields.
The two-day symposium will bring together academic researchers, policy makers, company representatives and students. Panels will discuss the relevance of AI in the fields of:
- Precision Health
- Human and Machine Interaction
- Policy
- Precision Agriculture
- Transport
- Future Energy Systems, and
- Humanities and Social Sciences
Schedule
Thursday
27 September 2021
| 08:15 - 08:45 | Coffee and Registration |
| 08:45 - 09:00 | Welcome and Opening Remarks Mr. Bernd Reuscher, GCCIR President |
| 09:00 - 09:45 | Keynote Address Prof. Dr. Jonathan Schaeffer, Dean of Science, Department of Computing Science, University of Alberta & Management Advisory Board Member, Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute |
| 09:45 - 11:15 | Mini Keynote & Panel - Artificial Intelligence and Precision Health 1 (Data Capture and Modelling) Keynote and Moderator: Prof. Dr. Edwin Wang Panelists: Dr. Jan Platoš, Dr. Radim Burget, Dr. Russ Greiner |
| 11:15 - 11:30 | Health Break |
| 11:30 - 13:00 | Mini Keynote & Panel - Artificial Intelligence and Precision Health 2 (Deployment) Keynote and Moderator: Dr. Jan Alexandersson Panelists: Dr. Deborah James, Dr. Michael Mengel, Dr. Rahul Samant |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00 - 15:30 | Mini Keynote & Panel - Human and Machine Interaction Keynote and Moderator: Mr. Rodolphe Gelin Panelists: Asst. Prof. Dr. Carrie Demmans Epp, Mr. Dmitriy Volinskiy, Dr. Jan Alexandersson, Dr. Ondřej Bojar, Mr. Rhys Chouinard |
| 15:30 - 15:45 | Health Break |
| 15:45 - 17:15 | Mini Keynote & Panel - Artificial Intelligence and Policy Keynote and Moderator: Ms. Sana Khareghani Panelists: Mr. Jason Fung, Mr. Jason Morris, Asst. Prof. Dr. Jonathan Cohn, Asst. Prof. Dr. Nicole Denier |
Friday
28 September 2021
| 08:30 - 09:00 | Coffee and Introduction |
| 09:00 - 09:45 | Keynote Address Prof. Dr. Michal Pěchouček, Director AI Center, Czech Technical University in Prague |
| 09:45 - 11:15 | Mini Keynote & Panel - Artificial Intelligence and Precision Agriculture/AgriFood Keynote and Moderator: Dr. Stanford Blade Panelists: Mr. John Murphy, Dr. Martin Schmid, Dr. Pavel Juruš |
| 11:15 - 11:30 | Health Break |
| 11:30 - 13:00 | Mini Keynote & Panel - Artificial Intelligence and Transport Keynote and Moderator: Mr. Ken Brizel Panelists: Prof. Dr. Aminah Robinson Fayek, Mr. Bruno Peters, Ms. Kristy Mlakar, Dr. Martin Schmid, Prof. Dr. Michal Pěchouček, Dr. Pavel Juruš |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00 - 15:30 | Mini Keynote & Panel - Artificial Intelligence and Future Energy Systems Keynote and Moderator: Prof. Dr. Petr Musilek Panelists: Mr. Darren McCrank, Mr. Henning Wilms, Mr. Joshua Wong, Asst. Prof. Dr. Omid Ardakanian, Dr. Pavel Juruš |
| 15:30 - 15:45 | Health Break |
| 15:45 - 17:15 | Mini Keynote & Panel - Artificial Intelligence and Humanities/Social Sciences Keynote and Moderator: Prof. Dr. Geoffrey Rockwell Panelists: Mr. Greg Burlet, Dr. Jan Platoš, Dr. Ondřej Bojar |
| 17:15 - 17:30 | Closing Remarks Mr. Bernd Reuscher, GCCIR President |
Speakers
Prof. Dr. Aminah Robinson Fayek
Principal Investigator, Future Energy Systems, University of Alberta &
Professional Engineer and Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta
Mr. Darren McCrank
Director of System Control and Chair of the Grid Technology Research and Development Group, EPCOR Distribution and Transmission Inc.
Mr. Henning Wilms
Research Associate, Institute for Automation of Complex Power Systems, E.ON Energy Research Center, RWTH Aachen University
Dr. Jan Alexandersson
Principal Researcher and Research Fellow, Intelligent User Interfaces Department at DFKI
Mr. Jason Fung
Technology Lawyer
Asst. Prof. Dr. Jonathan Cohn
Digital Culture, English and Film Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Alberta
Prof. Dr. Jonathan Schaeffer
Professor & Dean of Science, Department of Computing Science, University of Alberta
Member of the Advisory Board, Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute
Ms. Kristy Mlakar
National Operations Manager and Project Lead, Canadian Urban Transit Research and Innovation Consortium (CUTRIC)
Prof. Dr. Michal Pěchouček
Director, R&D Center of Artificial Intelligence and Computer Security (CISCO) & Professor of Computer Science, Czech Technical University
Dr. Michael Mengel
Chair and Clinical Department Head for Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta
Asst. Prof. Dr. Omid Ardakanian
Principal Investigator, Future Energy Systems, University of Alberta &
Asst. Professor, Department of Computing Science, University of Alberta
Dr. Pavel Juruš
Head of Technology Transfer, Institute of Computer Science, The Czech Academy of Sciences
Prof. Dr. Petr Musilek
Professor and Associate Chair (Undergraduate Programs), Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Alberta
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Radim Burget
Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Communication, Brno University of Technology
Dr. Rahul Samant
CEO, Rehabtronics Inc.
Dr. Russ Greiner
Researcher of Algorithms & Theory, AI, Bio-/Medical Informatics, Information Extraction & Visualization, Medical Imaging, and Machine Learning, Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute
Location
Donadeo Innovation Centre for Engineering Building
8-207 Patrick D. Daniel/Enbridge Conference Room
9211 116 Street NW
Edmonton, Alberta T6G 1H9
Canada
