Feb 16, 2023

Travel Awards for Collaboration Catalyst Workshop in Haifa, Israel

Mar3-Catalyst Workshop in Haifa, Israel
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T-CAIREM is partnering with the Technion Israel Institute of Technology to hold a Collaboration Catalyst workshop in Haifa, Israel from May 6 - 10, 2023.  

T-CAIREM is providing travel awards for up to 10 UofT faculty members and an accompanying trainee each. The awards will include flights, food, and accommodations to attend the workshop and foster project collaborations with Technion researchers.

Technion-Israel Institute of Technology was ranked the number one university in Europe in the field of Artificial Intelligence by CSRankings.

Objectives

Selected UofT faculty members will participate in a workshop intended to devise joint project proposals with Technion researchers that have the potential to lead to advancements in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in medicine.

At the end of the workshop, participants will pitch their joint research proposals to a panel of experts. The winning project will receive a $50,000 (USD) research award. 

Faculty Eligibility

• Applicants must be T-CAIREM members

• Applicants must hold a University of Toronto faculty appointment

• Applicants must be conducting AI in health research. Preference will be given to researchers in the following:

Priority Clinical and Focus Areas
-Pediatrics
-Cardiology
-Nephrology
-Oncology
-Critical Care
-Neurology
-Rehabilitation Science
-Mental Health
-Genomics
-Medical Imaging 

Analytical Areas
-Natural Language Processing (NLP using unstructured data)
-Vision Learning (medical imaging and/or video data)
-Signal Processing (waveform data, EEG data)
-Core machine learning / deep learning

Deadline: March 3, 2023 (Friday @ 5pm)