ELLIS against Covid-19
20 May 2020 - 20 May 2020 Covid Workshop
The world is facing a public health emergency caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. We all need to take this on, and science can make a major contribution. This online workshop will present projects on how to tackle Covid-19 using methods of machine learning and AI, carried out by leading international researchers. Research topics include outbreak prediction, epidemiological modelling, drug development, viral and host genome sequencing, and health care management.
Agenda
* Speakers and talk titles are subject to change
* All times in Central European Summer Time (CEST)
| Time | Session |
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| 1:30pm 1:35pm |
Introduction |
| 1:35pm - 2:20pm |
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| 2:20pm - 3:10pm |
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The event will be livestreamed. You can watch it on YouTube: https://youtu.be/dHfghYDeKog
Speakers:
Talks:
- Data Evaluation and Learning for Viral Epidemics (DELVE), Neil D. Lawrence (University of Cambridge)
- Conferences in the age of pandemics - experiences from ICLR, Shakir Mohamed (Google DeepMind)
- Initiative for remote conference participation, Carl Johann Simon-Gabriel (ETH Zürich)
- Machine Learning, Statistical Mechanics and Covid19 host entry proteins, Frank Noé (Freie Universität Berlin)
- Inside Corona: The Coronavirus Structural Task Force, Andrea Thorn (Universität Würzburg)
- The Moonshot Project – Searching for a clinically effective COVID-19 antiviral, Mark Calmiano (UCB Pharma)
Program Committee:
Logistics Committee:
Contact
If you have questions about the workshop, please contact us a covid19@ellis.eu
