AI4Life Workshop at the Euro-BioImaging All Hands Meeting 2025
On March 25, 2025, AI4Life hosted a dedicated workshop at the Euro-BioImaging All Hands meeting to strengthen collaboration between AI4Life and the Euro-BioImaging Nodes. The session brought together imaging experts, bioimaging facility representatives, and AI researchers to explore how AI-powered tools can enhance image analysis workflows and identify opportunities for joint initiatives.
Objectives
The workshop aimed to:
- Introduce AI4Life to the Euro-BioImaging Nodes, showcasing its goals, resources, and services.
- Gather feedback from the Nodes on how AI4Life can further improve its tools and services to better support the bioimaging community.
- Define actionable collaboration pathways between AI4Life and the Euro-BioImaging Nodes.
- Establish an ongoing framework for interaction, contribution, and resource exchange.
Discussion
Challenges in Running AI Models Across Different Infrastructures
Participants discussed the difficulties of deploying AI models across various computational infrastructures, such as high-performance computing (HPC) clusters. The importance of standardized environments was highlighted, with Docker containers and tools like DL4MicEverywhere identified as potential solutions to ensure model compatibility across platforms.
Quality Control and Model Validation
Ensuring AI model quality and reliability was a major discussion point. Participants emphasized the need for robust validation processes and user feedback mechanisms to assess model performance. AI4Life aims to incorporate community-driven validation strategies into its workflows.
Integration with the BioImage Archive
The session explored how AI models can be better integrated with the BioImage Archive, focusing on:
- Programmatic submission of datasets to simplify data sharing for frequent users.
- Improved interoperability between the BioImage Archive and repositories like EMPIAR, especially for cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET) data.
- Standardization of data formats and metadata to enhance AI-readiness and reusability.
Related events and community engagement
The AI4Life team and the Euro-BioImaging community continue to foster dialogue through upcoming events:
- BioImage.IO Weekly Meetings (Wednesdays, 4 PM CET) – Open discussions on AI models and image analysis challenges.
- Previous discussions: https://github.com/bioimage-io/bioimage.io/issues/28
- Video call link: https://kth-se.zoom.us/j/65777152331
- Agenda: https://hackmd.io/-tkD7XPoR2Gms1YST7G05g
- Euro-BioImaging Data Community Days: https://www.eurobioimaging.eu/our-events/image-data-events/image-data-community-days/
- AI4Life Community Event (May 2025, Helsinki) – A large-scale gathering featuring workshops, talks, and project updates.
- https://ai4life.eurobioimaging.eu/event/ai4life-community-event/
- GloBIAS Webinar (April 10, 2025) – A session on AI-driven data management.
- AI4Life Final Webinar (August 2025) – A presentation of project outcomes and Open Call results.
- Upcoming Challenge on Denoising Algorithms – Call for submissions opening soon.
Resources
Participants and interested researchers can explore AI4Life’s resources:
Slides
(Pictures by Ayoub El Ghadraoui)