Our CafeterIA is an interdisciplinary meeting space open to address aspects of relevance to the knowledge objectives promoted by the Chair in relation to digital transformation and Artificial Intelligence (IA in Spanish). The first session focuses on the use of AI applied to research in Health and Well-being, examining the case of predictive prenatal medicine.
In the last decade, research in Artificial Intelligence applied to Health and Well-being has grown exponentially. In the context of medical research, prediction generally refers to diagnosis or prognosis. Prognosis applies not only to people who are ill or have an established diagnosis, but also, for instance, to pregnant women at risk of diabetes or pre-eclampsia. Much of the recent research on Artificial Intelligence for the prevention of pregnancy-related disorders has focused on the application of machine learning. However, all this work assumes by default a traditional medical diagnostic model in which prediction indicators are based solely on patients' biological factors.
In this context, some interesting questions arise: Could the predictions of models and algorithms be improved if, in addition to biological factors, psychological factors (such as cognitive emotion regulation strategies or personality), and social factors (such as job satisfaction, stress, perceived physical burden or financial compensation) are also taken into account? Do the models developed so far really provide new knowledge or do they simply learn what is the most likely next step among a set of possible actions that the doctor would take in that situation? What should be changed in health service management to avoid the various sources of slant in the electronic health record?
In this session we will have coffee with:
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María del Carmen Romero Ternero. Tenured University Professor in the Department of Electronic Technology at the University of Seville. |
Full University Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Seville and Head of Reproduction Service at the Virgen del Rocío University Hospital. |
Full University Professor in the Department of Basic Psychology and Director of the Laboratory of Emotions at the University of Málaga. |
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Session held on May 3, 2021
WHAT IS THE CAFETERIA?
In our CafeterIA we are looking for an adaptable online format for the dissemination of knowledge and scientific debate. These are its characteristics:
- The CafeterIA is an online activity with an approximate duration of 45 minutes that we hold at coffee time, 4 p.m.
- It will have a maximum of three speakers who will discuss an issue of interest to which they are professionally related from different points of view (research, business or administration).
- Its ambition is to be a meeting place open to dialogue and interaction with the audience.
Our next sessions will include topics related to the use of Artificial Intelligence applied to police and judicial criminal investigation, the impact of the Digital Transformation and Artificial Intelligence in reconstruction and European competitiveness or the advances in the so-called Brain Project.
