Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a cross-cutting technology that is making a major impact on behavioural analysis in both the defence and mental health sectors. Getting AI right can boost readiness and resilience of military personal.

Examples of AI for defence include machine learning of app-based self-reporting, blood test data and vocal pattern data for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and Natural Language Processing (NLP) of social media/IoT conversations to identify signs of radicalization in the context of counter extremism. Examples of AI for mental health include image processing of brain scans to identify biomarkers associated with depression, automated analysis of electronic health record data, NLP for emotion and mood classification, and social media/IoT monitoring to predict or classify mental health illnesses such as depression, schizophrenia or other psychiatric illnesses including suicide ideation and attempts.

This workshop seeks to bring together researchers and practitioners working on and with AI in the Defence and Mental Health sectors to share experience gained and lessons learnt between these disciplines. We will discuss the key challenges AI faces today in these areas and attempt to signpost the current directions of travel within AI research to overcome these challenges in the short and medium term.

This workshop is hosted as part of DSTL's AI Fest 5 event and is a AI UK-2023 fringe event. It is also supported by the UKRI TAS Hub grant EP/V00784X/1 and ESRC funded ProTechThem grant ES/V011278/1.

Workshop is free and online.

Workshop webpage: https://www.southampton.ac.uk/~sem03/AI-and-Defence-2023.html

AI and Defence: Readiness, Resilience and Mental Health