This network’s aim is to equip IBEC researchers with knowledge about the latest machine learning (ML) techniques for bioengineering and create a specialized ML toolkit tailored for IBEC’s needs. Key focus areas include biomarker development, targeted drug delivery, cellular and tissue engineering, biosensing, microscopy, and advanced data analysis and signal processing methods. These efforts will be supported through a series of designed workshops to address common challenges and integrate ML at IBEC.
The workshops will cover practical applications of ML in signal processing, biomarker development, and optical and scanning probe microscopy, providing insights into the practical implications of ML methods in bioengineering and addressing typical pitfalls. A retreat will strategize the future role of AI at IBEC. Moreover, a collaborative project will be launched to demonstrate a proof-of-principle idea, ensuring it is impactful, feasible, and leverages the network’s existing strengths. Finally, the development of a comprehensive toolkit will encapsulate best practices and tools for spectral and image processing, dimensionality reduction, and biomedical signal processing, among others.
NET-IA counts on the participation of the following IBEC research groups:
Contact us:
Main contact: Manuel Lozano, mlozano@ibecbarcelona.eu
Additional contact: Gotthold Fläschner gflaschner@ibecbarcelona.eu
NET-AI will organize 4 half-day workshops and a final retreat, each focusing on key topics in the application of IA in IBEC research. The first workshop will help to identify IBEC research groups challenges and needs, whereas the rest of the workshops will feature a seminar led by a distinguished national or international expert as well as IBEC group presentations on projects and use-cases.
Workshops information.
Workshop 1: Activities of AI in health at IBEC
Date and venue
Friday 8/11/2024 · 09:00 – 13:00 H, Baobab room, Tower I, Floor 11 (Parc Científic de Barcelona)
The aim of this first workshop is to explore and share AI use cases and needs within IBEC groups. Each group will have the opportunity to present its AI use cases and needs. Groups willing to participate should prepare a brief presentation (10-15 min max). After the presentations, we will engage in an open discussion to exchange ideas and identify future opportunities for collaboration and workshops.
09:00 – Welcome and introduction
09:15 – Presentations by the network groups
10:30 – Coffee break
10:50 – Presentations by other IBEC groups
11:45 – Roundtable discussion
13:00 – Closure
Workshop 2: AI fundamentals and use cases in healthcarer knowledge extraction
Date and venue
Friday 28/03/2025 · 09:00 – 13:00 H, Baobab room, Tower I, Floor 11 (Parc Científic de Barcelona)
In this workshop of the AI for Bioengineering thematic network (NET-AI), an introduction, both theoretical and practical, to the fundamental concepts and main algorithms of artificial intelligence applied to bioengineering will be given. To this end, a first seminar will introduce the fundamental concepts of AI. This will be followed by a practical programming activity in Python, in which attendees will be able to bring their laptop to practice the implementation of simple AI models. Finally, a second seminar will offer a more specific vision of AI use cases in the healthcare field for decision-making.
Schedule programme:
9:00-9:15 Welcome
9:15-10:15 Seminar. AI Fundamentals (Santiago Marco)
10:15-10:45 Coffee break
10:45-12:15: AI practical activity (Moritz Marquardt)
12:15-12:30: Short break
12:30-13:30: Seminar: Health Data Science: From Ontology-Based Classifiers for Rare Conditions to Transformer-Based Models for Type 2 Diabetes – Opportunities and Risks (Alexandre Perera)
13:30-13:45/14:00: Closure
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Workshop 3: Spectrometry, NMR, spectroscopy, time-series: Insights mining techniques
Date and programme to be announced.
This second workshop will foster an understanding of signal processing tools and their application in IBEC research projects.
Workshop 4: Feature selection for biomarker development, single-cell and nuclear RNA analysis, and DNA analysis
Date and programme to be announced.
This third workshop will highlight applicability to different research projects and showcase the availability of experts within IBEC.
Workshop 5: Into the rabbit hole: dimensionality reduction, latent space, and embeddings
Date and programme to be announced.
This fourth workshop will explore innovative data analysis techniques and their relevance to bioengineering.
Retreat topic: “Future development of AI for health at IBEC”. It will help to identify opportunities and risks for the growth of AI within IBEC and sketch a roadmap for the development of AI skills within IBEC groups.
All IBEC groups are welcome to join the network and actively participate by sharing their insights.
