COMFORTage at the HumAIne and EUList Workshop: Advancing AI in Education and Healthcare
COMFORTage participated on the panel discussions of the “HumAIne and EUList Workshop: AI and Emerging Tech in Education” focusing on three main key areas of common interest with the other projects.
The continuous relation between the University of Piraeus (Coordinator of COMFORTage) and the National Technical University of Athens has grown into a fruitful collaboration concerning critical developments within the field of Artificial Intelligence. In that direction, key insights, uptakes and best practices were presented through several EU projects.
Focused topics:
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Dissemination of AI technologies and best practices
Where key aspects on ethical considerations, data privacy, and scalability of AI solutions were discussed and their implication in education, training and raising of awareness through open discussions, presentations, and workshops was analyzed.
Specific emphasis was placed mainly on finding optimal ways in which AI tools could be integrated into prevailing educational frameworks while considering th needs of educators and learners. Through the event, the two main organizations (UPRC and NTUA) aimed to foster a community of practice that will continue to drive future research and collaboration in this critical area.
The COMFORTage project actively participated in this topic by sharing its vision for a wider Community of Stakeholders and Adopters of AI, as well as its activities towards fostering synergies and clusters that focus on unpacking the potential of AI in the modern societies.
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AI and Data: The road ahead
Discussion pointed out that new methods are required in the research and exploitation of data both for research and for innovation. Contributing individuals underscored that such challenges are effectively surmounted through collective effort and that standardization processes are possible only through broad efforts from academia, industry, and government.
Our project presented its holistic approach for the integration, use and sharing of integrated healthcare data through the realization of Holistic Health Records (HHRs). On top of this, its AI-based tools (e.g., Patient Digital Twins (PDts) and Decision Support System (DSS)) demonstrate a clear roadmap of how digital transformation can revolutionize the healthcare domain.
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Standardization and future directions
Policies and technological developments in Europe should focus more on the standardization activities. Especially with the emerging discussions of the European Data Spaces initiatives harmonized structure for data sharing and management across Europe is a mandate.
The project emphasizes the need for improved standardization activities especially within the healthcare domain, as well as its key objective for the implementation of an Ageing-Data Space (focused on dementia and frailty) and its compliance with the EHDS.
**Article written by University of Piraeus Research Center (UPRC) a key partner in the COMFORTage project
