21 Interest Groups

The CMI supports 21 interest groups (IGs) which bring together 91̽»¨ researchers and professional services staff from across the disciplines, around an AI related theme.

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Disease diagnosis/treatment

Early and accurate detection, diagnosis and treatment of illness(es) 

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Mental health

Tackling mental health (e.g. depression, dementia, and cognitive) problems

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Medical images/omics

Collection, analysis, and interpretation of medical images and omics data

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Sensing & auto operation

Data-driven design for sensing and autonomous operations

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Complex systems

Physics-guided/ compliant learning for complex systems

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Molecules and Materials 

Creating and using novel chemicals and materials

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Universe's fundamentals

Detecting rare events for new insights into the Universe’s fundamentals

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Climate environment & bio

Tackling climate/environmental change & understanding biology

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Urban, Built Environment and Population Studies IG

Studying mobility, active lifestyles, urban environments, and population health

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Data-driven arts/humanities/social sciences

Revolutionising data-driven research in the arts, humanities, and social sciences

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Misinformation, privacy, security

Identifying and tackling mis- and disinformation & enhancing privacy/security

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Innovation & entrepreneurship

Shaping the future of innovation and entrepreneurship and building trust

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AI ED: Pedagogy & policy for education

Advancing pedagogy and policy to develop education in DS & AI

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Accessible/sustainable/scalable

Best practices for accessible, sustainable, and scalable systems

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Explainability / energy-efficiency

Increasing AI transparency, explainability, interpretability, and energy-efficiency

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Visualisation

Effective and efficient information visualisation to various audiences

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Data integration  

Integration of data/knowledge & disentangling of hidden factors

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Uncertainty estimation

Accounting for uncertainties in models for physical and social processes

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HCI / robotics

Safe, smart, connected technology (e.g. robotics) and human-machine interaction

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Automate data prep/access/use 

Automating/improving data preparation, access, understanding & exploitation

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Causality inference

Using and analysing data to confidently infer causal relationships