Evening Talk: AI for Public Health

​🩺 How can AI help predict disease outbreaks, track infections, and improve public health decisions? And what challenges arise when these models are put into practice? 🚀

​Join HAIPI and the Hertie Data Science Lab for an evening of lightning talks exploring real-world applications of AI in public health, from early warning systems to disease surveillance and AI-assisted contact tracing.

​🎤 Meet the speakers:

• ​Jost Arndt (Fraunhofer Heinrich-Hertz-Institut): Lessons from developing an AI-powered COVID-19 early warning system for Germany, and importance of good data engineering.

• ​Dr. Nadezhda Malysheva (Robert Koch Institute): Using AI to predict spread of disease-carrying mosquitoes in Europe.

• ​Dr. Billy Quilty (Charité Center for Global Health): Using local LLMs to extract Ebola case and contact data at speed and scale.

​🕕 Schedule

• ​18:00-18:30: Doors open, check-in and pizza

• ​18:30-19:30: Lightning talks and Q&A

• ​19:30-20:00: Networking and closing

​🍕 Free vegetarian and vegan pizza will be provided! Food quantities will be estimated based on registrations, so please sign up if you plan to attend.

​🎟️ Entry is free, but registration is required for entry.

​We look forward to seeing you there! ✨