Agenda |
Day 1 Tuesday, January 15
8:00 am |
Breakfast and Registration |
9:00 am |
Welcome and Introductions Master of Ceremonies: John Hepburn, VP Research, CIFAR Alan Bernstein, President & CEO, CIFAR |
9:15 am |
National Overviews
The Pan-Canadian AI Strategy and Neuroscience in Canada Elissa Strome. ED, Pan-Canadian AI Strategy, CIFAR
AI & Neuroscience at the Helmholtz Association Katrin Amunts, Director, FZ Jülich GmbH |
9:45 am |
Theme 1: Neuro & AI – Featured Research The Big Brain Collaboration - current status, critical success factors and new opportunities for AI in human brain mapping Alan Evans, Professor, Montreal Neurological Institute and McGill University and Timo Dickscheid, Big Data Analysis Group, Structural and functional organisation of the brain, FZ Jülich |
10:05 am |
Theme 1: Neuro & AI - Current Questions & Opportunities for Collaboration How is AI being applied to neuroscience research? How are insights from machine learning advancing our understanding of the brain? How are insights from cognitive science helping to advance machine learning?
Moderator: Elissa Strome Blake Richards, University of Toronto & McGill University, CIFAR LMB Simon Eickhoff, Brain and Behaviour, FZ Jülich |
10:50 am |
Networking Energy Break |
11:20 am |
Current Questions & Opportunities for Collaboration - Continued Joel Zylberberg, York University, CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar, LMB Peter Neher, Medical Image Computing, DKFZ Heidelberg Hannah Spitzer, Big Data Analysis Group, Structural and functional organisation of the brain, FZ Jülich |
12:20 pm |
Networking Lunch |
1:20 pm |
Theme 2: ML Methods and Medical Applications - Current Questions & Opportunities for Collaboration What are the latest advances in ML for neurology/psychiatry/biomedical challenges? What are the gaps in research and applications? Roland Schwarz, Evolutionary and Cancer Genomics, MDC Berlin Carsten Marr, Single Cell Dynamics, HMGU Munich Frank Rudzicz, Vector Institute, University Health Network |
2:30 pm |
Networking Energy Break |
3:00 pm |
Theme 3: HPC & Neuro - Current Questions & Opportunities for Collaboration How is HPC enabling neuroscience research? What are the limitations of HPC for neuroscience? How can AI and HPC be applied to neuroscience?
Timo Dicksheid, Big Data Analysis Group, Structural and functional organisation of the brain, FZ Jülich Mark Daley, Western, BrainsCAN Morris Riedel, Juelich Super Computing Centre, FZ Juelich Graham Taylor, Vector Institute, Guelph University , CIFAR LMB |
4:00 pm |
First day wrap up |
4:30pm |
Networking Reception |
Day 2 Wednesday, January 16
08:00 am |
Optional Information Sharing Roundtable Breakfast: Innovation in Neuroscience and Artificial Intelligence
The 1.5 hour breakfast roundtable will provide an opportunity for startup companies that develop and utilize artificial intelligence to facilitate products and service in the neuroscience space, to interact with leading researchers.
Thought leaders in Artificial Intelligence and Neuroscience from Canada and Germany will engage with up to 10 startup companies in a breakfast round table. Startup companies will present flash talks on their technology, to promote discussion from the researchers on the latest research achievements to inform entrepreneurs. |
09:30 am |
Welcome and format for day 2 |
09:35 am |
Overview of German resources and facilities Morris Riedel, Juelich Super Computing Centre, FZ Juelich |
10:05 am |
Overview of Canadian resources and facilities Mark Daley, AVP Research, Western University |
10:35 am |
Networking Energy Break |
11:00 am |
Breakout sessions: Exploring Opportunities for Collaboration
Neuro & AI Katrin Amunts, Blake Richards
ML methods & medical applications Carsten Marr, Lisa Saksida
HPC and Neuro Morris Riedel, Alan Evans |
12:30 pm |
Networking Lunch |
1:30 pm |
Report back: Opportunities identified by the parallel sessions |
2:30 pm |
Funding opportunities Canadian and German funding programs that support collaborations Kate Geddie, CIFAR Susanne Wenzel, Helmholtz, Structural and Functional Organisation of the Brain, FZ Jülich |
3:00 pm |
Closing remarks, wrap up and next steps |