Summary of the AI4Life 3rd General Assembly
by Beatriz Serrano-Solano
The AI4Life 3rd General Assembly, held at Human Technopole in Milan on October 21-22, 2024, brought together project partners and collaborators to discuss advancements, challenges, and future directions in AI-driven image analysis.
Key Highlights
The event started with the welcoming remarks by Dorothea Dörr (AI4Life Project Manager) and John Eriksson (Euro-BioImaging Director General and coordinator of the project), followed by an introductory reflection on AI4Life’s achievements over the past two years by Anna Kreshuk and Florian Jug, scientific coordinators of the project.
Session 1 – AI4Life services
The first session focused on demonstrations for creating, uploading, and consuming models.
* Demo 1: Showcased how users can create and upload models via a web interface or programmatically through an API.
* Demo 2: Demonstrated model consumption from bioimage.io, community partner tools, and code environments.
* Demo 3: Emphasized the importance of FAIR principles, highlighting AI-ready datasets, FAIR models, and documentation enhancements.
Session 2 – Work Package updates
Work package leads updated the attendees on infrastructure and user services, with WP6 announcing that AI4Life’s 3rd Open Call will be launched soon.
Session 3 – Additional Work Package Presentations
Presentations from WPs 1, 3, 5, and 7 covering project coordination, direct support, data standards, and outreach.
Research Infrastructure Updates
Brief updates from the partner Research Infrastructures: INSTRUCT-ERIC, EU-OPENSCREEN ERIC, EMPHASIS, and EMBRC-ERIC.
Session 4 – Planning the Future
A forward-looking session exploring upcoming project collaborations with BigPicture and AI4EOSC, along with a panel discussion on project sustainability and post-project impact.
The assembly concluded with plans for year three’s demos, events, and outreach initiatives, with final remarks from Anna Kreshuk and Florian Jug.
