On November 16 and 17, 2021, two days of presentations, exchanges and scientific conversations will be held at the Institut Henri Poincaré and online, dedicated to the challenges of artificial intelligence research and the diversity of fields in which it is used. From environmental sciences to health, including the next presidential election and justice, the interventions of experts in the field will give young researchers the opportunity to discover the state of research on current topics and will show the diversity of training, career paths, jobs and expertise in AI research, whether in the academic sector or in companies. The Institut Henri Poincaré is organizing on November 16 and 17 an event on artificial intelligence dedicated to both experts and the general public interested in the issue. Registration on the event's website. Many experts are invited to speak, including :
  • Chloé-Agathe Azencott (Assistant Professor, CBIO Mines ParisTech, PSL Research University),
  • Juliette Raffort (Medical biologist, Hospital practitioner, CHU Nice, Institut 3IA, Université Côte d'Azur),
  • Nicolas Mansard (Director of research at LAAS-CNRS),
  • Marc Mézard (ENS, Paris),
  • Damien Ernst (Professor ULiège - CSO Haulogy),
  • Stéphane Lemaire (CNRS Research Director, Chief Science Officer & Co-founder Biomemory, Laboratoire de Biologie Computationnelle et Quantitative, CNRS, Sorbonne University),
  • Jean-Philippe Vert (Google Brain / Mines ParisTech),
  • Claire Monteleoni (Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Colorado Boulder),
  • Florence G'Sell (Professor at the University of Lorraine, holder of the Digital, Governance and Sovereignty Chair at Sciences Po),
  • Etienne Ollion (DR CNRS, CREST (ENSAE/Polytechnique)
  • and Aurélien Bellet (Inria research fellow, Magnet team (Inria / Univ. Lille / UMR CNRS CRIStAL).
For this last highlight, which will take place on November 17 afternoon, the interventions will be transmitted simultaneously to the Centre de recherche sur l'information scientifique et technique (CERIST), to the Centre dédié à l'intelligence artificielle de Sorbonne Université (SCAI), and to the Université de Bretagne Occidentale (UBO), which will welcome audiences on site. Over three half-days, #FocusAI will allow:
  • to introduce the fundamental concepts and present the current state of the field
  • to highlight the diversity and richness of the application domains of AI: we will propose an immersion in several sectors: formal sciences, natural sciences, humanities and social sciences, health, robotics, aeronautics and more generally transport, industry, communication, e-commerce, finance and banking, law, justice, police, intelligence, the military domain or even art, notably music and games.
  • but also to evoke certain ecological, ethical and even philosophical questions raised by the intrusion of AI in society: energy cost of AI, data confidentiality, impact on justice procedures, sexist or ethnic bias, delegation of life and death decisions in the military field, empowerment of tasks and impact on the labour market, etc.
With enthusiasm, youth and humility, these days are open to a wide audience and accessible at the Institut Henri Poincaré (11 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, 75005) or online, upon registration. Translated from Rendez-vous les 16 et 17 novembre 2021 pour #FocusAI organisé par l’Institut Henri Poincaré

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