Note: This is a hybrid event

Join us for this exciting workshop to learn how recent developments in artificial intelligence are used to tackle important challenges facing us today in the area of sustainability.

The event starts on Monday 9th January and ends on Tuesday 10th January. Please reserve a spot to confirm your attendance.

Schedule:

Monday 09 January 2023

1:30pm - 2:00pm: Welcome coffee and pastries
2:00pm - 2:40pm: María Pérez-Ortiz (UCL). Towards Planet-centered AI: Responsible Technology for the Anthropocene

2:40pm - 3:20pm: Weibin Chen (UCL). Sea-ice and Lead detection using Vision Transformers

Break (20 minutes)

3:40pm-4:20pm: Ellen Zapata-Webborn (UCL). Using Predictive Modelling Techniques to Study the Impact of COVID-19 on Domestic Energy Consumption in GB

4:20pm-5:00pm: Sean Hanna (UCL). AI and design sustainability: What does the system “want”?

Evening snacks and drinks (5pm onwards)

Tuesday 10 January 2023

1:30pm - 2:00pm: Coffee and pastries
2:00pm - 2:40pm: Vignesh Gopakumar (UCL, UKAEA). Fourier Neural Operator for Plasma Modelling

2:40pm - 3:20pm: Sebastian Hickman (Cambridge). Forecasting Daily Ozone Air Pollution with Transformers

Break (20 minutes)

3:40pm-4:20pm: Adnan Mehonic (UCL). Beyond CMOS technologies for energy-efficient AI

4:20pm-5:00pm: Paula Harder (Mila). Physics-Constrained Deep Learning for Climate Downscaling

Evening snacks and drinks (5pm onwards)

Venue:

Function Room (1st floor)

90 High Holborn

London WC1V 6LJ

(Monday, 09/01/2023) https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_NmFlOTM5MWYtZTAwYS00OGMyLWI1OWMtN2U2ZWJkMjFhN2Yy%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%221faf88fe-a998-4c5b-93c9-210a11d9a5c2%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22eff24fbc-f139-42e1-a4c5-efc1d3e83aab%22%7d

(Tuesday, 10/01/2023) https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_OTY1YmZkZTktODM5My00NzA0LTgxN2UtODVkNTA4ZmZjOWUz%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%221faf88fe-a998-4c5b-93c9-210a11d9a5c2%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22eff24fbc-f139-42e1-a4c5-efc1d3e83aab%22%7d

Organisers:

Rendani Mbuvha (rendani.mbuvha@wits.ac.za)
So Takao (so.takao@ucl.ac.uk)

Supported by UCL-Wits Strategic Partner Funds

UCL Workshop on AI for Sustainability