AI & Impact - Community Meetup

In collaboration with the E4S Center and the UNIL Applied Artificial Intelligence Lab (AAIL), this event brings together professors from EPFL, UNIL, and IMD to showcase cutting-edge research in artificial intelligence and explore new opportunities for collaboration and funding.

Throughout the event, participants will discover a selection of interdisciplinary projects examining the role of AI and its potential impact on society and the environment. Presentations will be organized into four thematic blocks: AI & Environment, AI & Life Sciences, AI & Human Behaviors, and Ethics of AI & Governance.

Ten professors will share short research insights, including Yash Raj Shrestha (ETH-UNIL), Mirko Kovac (EPFL), David Atienza Alonso (EPFL), and Öykü Işık (IMD). The preliminary program below provides the complete list of speakers.

The event will conclude with a networking drink, offering an excellent opportunity to connect and exchange ideas with peers across institutions.

Due to limited capacity, registration is mandatory, HERE. 

Agenda
16:00 — Welcome & Introduction

• Julia Bory, E4S Innovation Lead
• Agnieszka Kapalka, EPFL AI Center Program Manager
• Yash Raj Shrestha, UNIL Professor and Head of the UNIL Applied AI Lab

• Guillaume Jouvet, UNIL Professor – AI for computationally-efficient ice flow models
• Mirko Kovac, EPFL & EMPA Professor – Sustainability Robotics
• Devis Tuia, EPFL Professor – What we do at ECEO to support environmental monitoring

• David Atienza Alonso, EPFL Professor – Creating the Next Generation of Medical Wearables with Open-Source Edge AI
• Dorina Thanou, EPFL Researcher – NAIPO: A National AI Initiative for Precision Oncology
• Nicolas Salamin, UNIL Professor – AI for Computational Biology

• Marianne Schmid Mast, UNIL Professor and Dean of HEC – When Machine teaches us Human Skills
• Yash Raj Shrestha, UNIL Professor – Generative AI to Support Collective Problem-Solving
• Isabelle Engeler, UNIL Professor – Generative AI & What to do with the Time Saved

• Daniel Gatica-Perez, EPFL Professor – Participatory AI: Working with Local Communities
• Christian Peukert, UNIL Professor – AI & Copyright Policy
• Öykü Işık, IMD Professor – Ethics and AI

• Jean-Philippe Bonardi, E4S Co-Director